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An Ji-man

South Korean baseball player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 14, 2025
Entity authorityQ624377 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ahn Ji-man (Korean: 안지만; Hanja: 安志晚; born October 1, 1983) is a South Korean relief pitcher who played for the Samsung Lions of the KBO League.

Professional career

Ahn was selected by the Samsung Lions in the 2nd round (5th pick, 20th overall) of the 2002 KBO Draft.

During his career, he was one of the best relief pitcher in the Korean baseball league.

but because of his opening illegal sports betting website, he was released in 2016.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “An Ji-man” as south Korean baseball player. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1983, 2002, 2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1983-10-01. The account is most persuasive where Ji-man, South and Korean can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as south Korean baseball player. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 14, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q624377. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1983, 2002 and 2016.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Read biographical claims against dates, named institutions and the cited references. Distinguish a subject’s later reputation from evidence produced during their lifetime.

Best used for
  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “An Ji-man”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow An Ji-man primary sources, An Ji-man archive and Ji-man research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “An Ji-man”?
  2. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
  3. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
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This entry incorporates text from “An Ji-man” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.