Kyeong-sik Shin

Kyeong-sik Shin (신경식)

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 2", Weight 209 lb.

• School Jeju International University
• High School Gongju High School

• Born August 19, 1961 in Busan South Korea

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Biographical Information

Kyeong-sik Shin played in the Korea Baseball Organization for 14 years.

Shin joined the OB Bears when the KBO was founded in 1982, and he hit .335/.379/.468 with 4 homers in his first season. He was 4th in batting (between Tae-soo Jang and Bong-yun Kim), 2nd in hits (5 behind In-chun Baek), 3rd in RBI (15 behind Sung-han Kim) and 2nd in doubles (2 behind Baek). Shin extended his solid batting in 1983, and he won the KBO Gold Glove as a first baseman. His batting line was .268/.332/.353, and he was 10th in hits (tied with Jong-do Lee) and 10th in RBI (between Yong-hee Kim and Jin-woo Kim). He also attended the 1983 KBO All-Star Games, and he crushed a homer in Game 1. Shin then drove in the game-winning RBI in Game 3 (Game 2 was cancelled due to rain), and he was named the All-Star Game MVP.

The Busan native missed most of the 1984 season due to military service, and he only played 32 games with a .231/.324/.319 batting line. He returned with a .280/.351/.416 batting line and a career-high 8 homers in 1985, and he was 7th in hits (between Yu-keun Kim and Soon-chul Lee), 2nd in doubles (6 behind Sung-han Kim) and 4th in RBI (tied with Moon-jong Hong). Shin then hit .271/.333/.345 in 106 games in 1986, and he had a .269/.318/.352 batting line in 1987. He collected 109 hits with a .288/.333/.368 batting line in 1988, and he was 9th in hits (tied with Jae-bak Kim).

Shin record 25 doubles with a .275/.338/.419 batting line in 1989, and he led the league in doubles and triples. He was 10th in RBI (tied with Hyeong-seok Kim and Sang-hun Kim) and 3rd in hits (tied with Sung-han Kim). Shin then batted .255/.314/.358 with 21 doubles in 1990, and he was 5th in doubles (tied with Cheol-woo Park and Jeong-hun Lee. The Bears traded him to the Samsung Lions for Young-soo Kang after the 1990 season, and he hit .309/.380/.400 with 7 homers in 1991. He was 7th in batting (between Chan-yup Roh and Deok-kyu Yun) and 2nd in hits (18 behind Jong-hun Jang). Shin became the first player to play 1,000 games in KBO history on April 12, and he became the second hitter to get 1,000 career hits two days later (the first one was Sung-han Kim).

The Lions then traded him with Seong-kil Kim to the Ssangbangwool Raiders for Young-gyu Jung and 40 million won, and Shin hit .267/.328/.333 with 18 doubles in 1992. He had a .275/.335/.364 batting line in 1993, then he slumped to .220/.249/.317 in 1994. Shin went 9-for-43 in 1995, and he announced his retirement. He later managed the Raiders minor league team 1996 to 1997, and he coached Bundang Jungang High School from 1998 to 2000 and Kyunggi High School from 2001 to 2002. The Doosan Bears named him their batting coach from 2010 to 2011, and he was the minor league batting coach for the LG Twins from 2013 to 2017 and in 2020. He also coached their big club from 2018 and 2019.

Overall, Shin hit .276/.335/.373 with 1,282 hits and 56 homers in 14 seasons in the KBO.

Sources

• Namu Wiki