# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yang-hyeon-jong
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:19:53.168Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yang-hyeon-jong"
name: "Yang Hyeon-jong"
slug: "yang-hyeon-jong"
description: "Yang Hyeon-jong is a Korean professional baseball pitcher for the Kia Tigers of the KBO League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers. He made his MLB debut with the Rangers in 2021. He won the Korean Series in 2009, 2017, and 2024, and was the Korean Series MVP and KBO MVP in 2017 as well. He is the KBO all-time leader in strikeouts."
tagline: "South Korean baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%EC%96%91%ED%98%84%EC%A2%85_(KIA_%ED%83%80%EC%9D%B4%EA%B1%B0%EC%A6%88).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
birthDate: "1988-03-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.29
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.559186666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A2%81%E7%8E%B9%E7%A8%AE"
    title: "梁玹種"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%86%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "يانج هيون چونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Hyeon-jong"
    title: "Yang Hyeon-jong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A2%81%E7%8E%B9%E7%A8%AE"
    title: "梁玹種"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%96%91%ED%98%84%EC%A2%85_(1988%EB%85%84)"
    title: "양현종 (1988년)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Hyeon-jong"
    title: "Yang Hyeon-jong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q626436"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump