A Korean, Kuk Lee was signed in 1964 by the
San Francisco Giants organization, who also signed
Masanori Murakami that year. He pitched ambidextrously, earning brief
looks in spring training. After the Giants released him, he concentrated on pitching
righthanded, changed his name to Ernesto, married a Mexican woman, grew a handlebar
mustache, and, playing into the 1980s, won more than 150
Mexican League games.
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