Batting average .320 RBI 917 Home runs 22 Name Kim Tae-kyun Height 1.85 m Spouse Kim Seok-ryu (m. 2010) | Home runs 232 Batting average .265 Runs batted in 106 Weight 100 kg | |
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Similar Lee Seung yuop , Lee Byung kyu , Sun Dong yol | ||
Kim tae kyun hits 14 home runs in the kbo home run derby
Kim Tae-kyun (Hangul: 김태균, Hanja: 金泰均; born May 29, 1982) is a South Korean first baseman who plays for the Hanwha Eagles in the Korean Baseball Organization league. He bats and throws right-handed.
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- Kim tae kyun hits 14 home runs in the kbo home run derby
- Amateur career
- Professional career
- Awards and honors
- Achievements
- Career Stats
- References
Amateur career
Kim attended Bugil High School in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea. In 2000, he was selected for the South Korean Junior National Team. The team won the 2000 World Junior Baseball Championship in Edmonton, Canada, and Kim led the attack alongside Lee Dae-ho, Choo Shin-soo (the eventual MVP of this event) and Jeong Keun-woo, batting .433 with 3 home runs.
Professional career
Kim was a first round pick of the Hanhwa Eagles in 2001 following a successful youth career. He made his KBO debut on April 17, 2001 as a starting first baseman against the Hyundai Unicorns. As a rookie in 2001, he hit 20 home runs and drove in 54 runs with a .335 batting average. After the 2001 season, Kim was honored with the Rookie of the Year Award. He became the first Eagles player to win the award.
In 2002, Kim experienced a sophomore slump, batting .255 with 7 home runs, but came back strong in 2003 to bat .319 with 31 home runs and 95 RBIs.
From 2003 through 2005, he notched three consecutive seasons batting .300+.
His stats dipped slightly in 2006 and 2007, but he broke out again in 2008, batting .324 with 31 home runs and 92 RBIs. He was first in home runs and slugging percentage, 4th in RBI, and 5th in batting average.
Awards and honors
Achievements
Career Stats
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