Kim Yong-hee (born October 4, 1955, 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, ...

) is a retired player and former

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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 ...

. A graduate of Kyungnam High School and Korea University, Kim played for the silver medal-winning South Korea national baseball team at the 1981 World Games. With the formation of the KBO League in 1982, Kim joined the

Lotte Giants The Lotte Giants ( ko, 롯데 자이언츠) are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Busan. They are a member of the KBO League. The Lotte Giants are owned by Lotte Corporation, which also owns the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Pr ...

, for whom he played all eight seasons of his career. He won the

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 ...

three times, twice at

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and once at

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. After retiring at age 33 in 1989, Kim got directly into coaching, also for the Giants. He coached for the Giants at the KBO level from 1989 to 1992, and was promoted to the team's manager in 1994. He left the Giants after the 1998 season to coach for the Samsung Lions; he was the Lions' manager for the 2000 season. Kim returned to Lotte as a coach from 2001 to 2006; he served as caretaker manager for part of 2002. After leaving the KBO for awhile, Kim joined the SK Wyverns as a coach for 2012–2013. He was the manager of the Wyverns in 2015–2016.

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from Korea Baseball Organization SSG Landers managers Samsung Lions managers Lotte Giants managers SSG Landers coaches Lotte Giants coaches Samsung Lions coaches Lotte Giants players KBO League designated hitters KBO League third basemen South Korean baseball players Korea University alumni Kyungnam High School alumni Footballers from Busan 1955 births Living people Gimhae Kim clan South Korean Buddhists Competitors at the 1981 World Games {{SouthKorea-baseball-bio-stub