Hyun-jin Ryu (Korean: ???; Hanja: ???; Korean pronunciation: [?ju.รง?n.d?in]; born March 25, 1987) is a South Korean professional baseball starting pitcher who is a free agent.
He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
In 2013, after spending seven seasons with the Hanwha Eagles of the KBO League, he became the first player from the KBO to join an MLB team via the posting system.
Ryu is the first Korean pitcher to start in a World Series game.
In 2019, Ryu earned a selection to his first career Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
During that season, he led the Majors in earned run average (ERA) and achieved an ERA of 1.26 through his first 14 starts, the lowest by a Dodgers pitcher since the statistic became official in 1912.