Eung-gook Kim

Eung-gook Kim (김응국)

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 0", Weight 211 lb.

• School Korea University
• High School Dongdaemun Commercial High School

• Born January 14, 1966 in Seoul South Korea

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Biographical Information

Eung-gook Kim played in the Korea Baseball Organization for 16 years.

Kim was drafted by the Lotte Giants in the second round of the 1988 KBO draft, and he had a 5.03 ERA in 8 games in his first season. Kim's ERA was 6.75 in 6 games in 1989, then the Giants turned him into a batter. He hit .292/.368/.422 with 7 homers in 1990, then he improved to .301/.388/.443 with 9 homers in 1991. Kim was 7th in hits (29 behind Jong-hun Jang), 3rd in triples (tied with Hyeong-seok Kim) and 4th in steals (25, tied with Ho-seong Lee. He was also selected into the 1991 KBO All-Star Game, and he won the MVP. He then recorded a .319/.399/.504 batting line with 10 homers and 29 steals in 1992, and he won his first KBO Gold Glove as an outfielder. He was also 6th in batting (between Kang-don Lee and Bong-chul Dong), 2nd in triples (2 behind Jong-un Lee), 5th in RBI (tied with Jong-tae Park) and 4th in steals (between Jun-ho Jeon and Ho-seong Lee).

The Seoul native collected 26 doubles with a .285/.349/.396 batting line in 1993, and he was 4th in doubles (3 behind Jun-tae Park). He then improved to .323/.398/.483 with 8 homers in 1994, ranking 2nd in batting (.070 behind Jong-beom Lee) and 6th in doubles (tied with Jong-suk Kim). Kim then recorded a .299/.394/.426 batting line with 31 steals in 1995, and he was 7th in steals (between Jong-beom Lee and Tae-won Choi). He crushed 9 homers with a .321/.406/.457 batting line in 1996, and he won his second Gold Glove. He also became the 7th player to hit for a cycle, doing so on April 14 against the Hanwha Eagles. He was 4th in batting (between Hyun-woo Hong and Soo-hyuk Lim), 4th in hits (between Hong and Jae-hong Park), 2nd in triples (3 behind Jeon) and 5th in steals (tied with Soon-chul Lee).

Kim slumped to .250/.340/.392 in 1997, and he hit .266/.340/.354 in 1998. He played 125 games with a .293/.372/.428 batting line and 12 steals in [1999 KBO|1999]], then his batting line was .277/.336/.374 in 2000. Kim then batted .277/.331/.365 in 2001, and he recorded 12 steals with a .284/.346/.365 batting line in 2002. His batting line fell to .236/.305/.371 in 2003, and he announced his retirement. He was the batting coach for the Giants in 2004, and he became the minor league batting coach for the Hyundai Unicorns from 2006 to 2007 and for the Woori Heroes from 2008 to 2009. Kim later coached Busan High School in 2010 and he was an assistant coach for Gimhae High School from 2011 to 2012. He was the fielding coach for the Giants from 2013 to 2014, the baserunning coach for them in 2015 and the minor league batting coach for the Eagles from 2016 to 2017.

Overall, Kim hit .293/.369/.420 with 1,452 hits, 207 steals and 86 homers in 16 seasons in the KBO.

Sources

• Namu Wiki