Kim Ki-tai (

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The le ...

: 김기태,

Hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, ...

: 金杞泰; born May 23, 1969) is a former

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 ...

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

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

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Career

During his pro career, he was used primarily as a

, with occasional games at first base. As a full-time designated hitter, Kim won a

home run In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team. A home run i ...

title in and a

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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 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 ...

from 2012 to 2014. In late 2014, Kim became the manager of the

. In 2017, Kim successfully lead the team to

Korean Series The Korean Series is the final championship series of the KBO League. It has been held since the KBO League's first season in and is the final series of the post-season play-offs. From to 2013, the winner of the Korean Series went on to play in ...

and was considered the best manager in the Korea Baseball Organization. On May 16, 2019, he resigned as manager.

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from Korea Baseball Organization * 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 {{SouthKorea-baseball-outfielder-stub

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