Gi-yeong Im

Gi-yeong Im (임기영)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 160-172 lb.

• High School Gyeongbuk High School

• Born April 16, 1993 in Daegu South Korea

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Biographical Information

Gi-yeong Im has pitched in the Korea Baseball Organization and for the South Korean national team.

Im was the second-round pick of the Hanwha Eagles in 2012, after Joo-suk Ha in round one. He pitched 2/3 of a shutout inning as a rookie in 2012. In 2013, he was 1-2 with a 4.50 ERA then he fell to 1-1, 6.75 in 2014. He spent 2015-2016 with the Sangmu Phoenix military team to fulfill his mandatory military service.

The sidearm hurler returned to the KBO in 2017, now with the KIA Tigers. He had gone to them as compensation for Eun-beom Song leaving the team as a free agent. He went 8-6, 3.65, walking only 18 in 118 1/3 IP. Had he qualified, he would have been 8th in the KBO in ERA. He placed a nice role when they won the 2017 Korean Series, shutting out the defending champion Doosan Bears for 5 2/3 IP while whiffing six. He fell to 8-9, 6.26 in 2018.

Despite his rough '18 campaign, he made the South Korean squad for the 2018 Asian Games and helped them to Gold. He closed out a 15-0, 5-inning mercy rule rout of host Indonesia, relieving Won-tae Choi and striking out Andospa Aldo Saputra and Jerry Rachman before a single by Diva Reza Fabil. Riski Moehammad Adjhari flew out to end the inning. He then got the start against China and got the win with a solid outing (6 1/3 IP, 6 H, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 R); Woo-ram Jung took over in the 7th with the shutout intact but let an inherited runner score. For the Games, Im was 6th in ERA, between Sheng-Feng Wu and Inayat Ullah Khan.