Education
Kim attended Shinil High School in Seoul, South of Korea.
Kim attended Shinil High School in Seoul, South of Korea.
He previously played for the Doosan Bears of the KBO League. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed. In September 2005, he competed for the South of Korea national junior team, that was runner-up at the 6th Asian Junior Baseball Championship in Seoul, South of Korea.
At the championship, he went 1-for-4 as a backup outfielder in the South Korean roster.
Notable international careers KBO League = Doosan Bears Upon graduation from high school, Kim made himself eligible for the 2006 KBO First-Year Player Draft, but went undrafted. Instead, he was signed by the Doosan Bears as an undrafted free agent.
He spent the whole 2006 season playing for the reserve team of the Bears. In the 2007 season, Kim took over the starting job after starting outfielder Yoo Jae-woong was sidelined with a sprained ankle in the beginning of the season.
In March 2009, Kim competed for the South of Korea national baseball team in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, where they finished runner-up with a 6-3 record.
In the tournament, he went 11-for-28 (393) with 4 RBIs, 6 runs and 7 walks, and was named to the All-Star team at designated hitter. In the 2009 KBO season, Kim exploded offensively, batting.357 and smacking 23 home runs. Major League Baseball = Baltimore Orioles On December 23, 2015, Kim signed a 2 year, $7 million contract with the Baltimore Orioles.
Awards and honors KBO KBO.
He defended his hit title with 172, and was runner-up in Reserve Bank of India (104) and triples (6), third in batting average, runs (97), doubles (31), on-base percentage (448) and slugging percentage (589), and eleventh in home runs.