Kim Ki-tai (
Hangul
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: 김기태,
Hanja
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(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, ...
: 金杞泰; born May 23, 1969) is a former
South Korea
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n
baseball
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player who played for the
Ssangbangwool Raiders,
Samsung Lions and
SK Wyverns and is a former manager of
Kia Tigers
Kia Tigers ( ko, KIA 타이거즈) are a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982 and based in the southwestern city of Gwangju. Until 2001, they were known as the Haitai Tigers. The Tigers are a members of the KBO League and are ...
in the
Korea Baseball Organization. He is generally considered as the KBO's best-ever
designated hitter
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.
Career
During his pro career, he was used primarily as a
designated hitter
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, with occasional games at
first base. As a full-time designated hitter, Kim won a
home run
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title in and a
batting Batting may refer to:
* Batting (baseball), the act of attempting to hit a ball thrown by the pitcher with a baseball bat, in order to score runs
* Batting (cricket), the act of defending one's wicket with the cricket bat while attempting to score ...
title in . He is a four-time
KBO League Golden Glove Award
The KBO League Golden Glove Award is an award given out annually by the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) to the best overall player at each position in the KBO League. It is also commonly known as the KBO Golden Gloves. The award was established ...
-winner as well.
In , Kim was a member of the
2000 South Korean Olympic baseball team which won the bronze medal in the
baseball tournament.
Kim managed the
LG Twins
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from 2012 to 2014. In late 2014, Kim became the manager of the
Kia Tigers
Kia Tigers ( ko, KIA 타이거즈) are a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982 and based in the southwestern city of Gwangju. Until 2001, they were known as the Haitai Tigers. The Tigers are a members of the KBO League and are ...
. In 2017, Kim successfully lead the team to
Korean Series
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and was considered the best manager in the Korea Baseball Organization. On May 16, 2019, he resigned as manager.
See also
*
List of KBO career home run leaders
The following is the current leaderboard for career home runs in KBO League Korean baseball.
Lee Man-soo was the KBO's first Home Run King, retiring in 1997 with 252 career home runs. His total was surpassed by Chang Jong-hoon on May 23, 1999 ...
References
External links
Profileat databaseOlympics.com
Career statistics and player informationfrom
Korea Baseball Organization
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1969 births
Living people
Baseball players at the 1990 Asian Games
Baseball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
KBO League designated hitters
LG Twins coaches
LG Twins managers
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Nippon Professional Baseball coaches
Olympic baseball players of South Korea
Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea
Olympic medalists in baseball
Samsung Lions players
SSG Landers coaches
SSG Landers players
South Korean baseball coaches
South Korean baseball managers
South Korean baseball players
South Korean expatriate baseball people in Japan
Sportspeople from Gwangju
Ssangbangwool Raiders players
Asian Games competitors for South Korea
South Korean Buddhists
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