Kim Tae-gun (; born December 30, 1989, in

Busan Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

) is a

catcher Catcher is a position in baseball and softball. When a batter takes their turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the ( home) umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. In addition to this primary duty, the ca ...

for the Samsung Lions in the

KBO League The KBO League (), officially the Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League, is the highest level league of baseball in South Korea. The KBO League was founded with six franchises in 1982 and is the most popular sports league in South Korea. The Kia Tigers ar ...

Professional career

Kim was selected by the

LG Twins LG Corporation (or LG Group) (), formerly Lucky-Goldstar from 1983 to 1995 (Korean: ''Leokki Geumseong''; ), is a South Korean multinational conglomerate founded by Koo In-hwoi and managed by successive generations of his family. It is t ...

in the third round of the 2007 KBO Draft out of Busan High School. He was traded to the

NC Dinos The NC Dinos ( ko, NC 다이노스) are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Changwon. They are a member of the KBO League. Since 2019, their home stadium is Changwon NC Park. NC Dinos are owned by video game developer NCSoft Corp ...

after the 2012 season. Kim fulfilled his military duties by playing with the Korean Police Baseball Team in 2018–2019.Kim Hyo-kyung
"Kim Tae-gun prepares for return to the big leagues,"
''Korea JoongAng Daily'' (July 5, 2019). He rejoined the Dinos at the tail-end of the 2019 season.

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from Korea Baseball Organization NC Dinos players LG Twins players KBO League catchers South Korean baseball players 1989 births Living people Busan High School alumni Baseball players from Busan 2017 World Baseball Classic players South Korean Buddhists {{SouthKorea-baseball-catcher-stub