Jong-hun Kim (01)

Jong-hun Kim (김종훈)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 176 lb.

• School Kyung Hee University
• High School Bugil Academy

• Born January 29, 1972 in Daejeon South Korea

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Biographical Information

Jong-hun Kim played in the Korea Baseball Organization for 14 years.

Kim was drafted by the Lotte Giants in the second round of the 1994 KBO draft, and he hit .191/.257/.303 in 35 games in his first season. He then hit .238/.281/.375 in 1995, and he was 3-for-14 in the 1995 Korean Series; the Giants lost to the OB Bears in 7 games. He improved to .290/.355/.416 with 5 triples in 1996, and he was 8th in triples (4 behind Jun-ho Jeon). However, Kim slumped to .200/.289/.250 in 1997, and he was traded with Dong-hee Park to the Samsung Lions for Dong-soo Lee and Seok-jin Park. Kim hit .225/.301/.333 in 53 games for the Lions, and he had a .215/.297/.301 batting line in 1998. He improved to .277/.341/.383 in 1998, but his batting line fell to .230/.288/.310 in 1999.

The Daejeon native crushed a career-high 11 homers with a .246/.323/.383 batting line in 2000, and his batting line was .290/.365/.388 2001. Kim hit .385/.393/.423 with 8 RBI in the 2001 Korean Series, but the Lions lost to the Doosan Bears in 6 games. He then had a .280/.372/.389 batting line in 2002, and he went 2-for-10 in the 2002 Korean Series. The Lions beat the LG Twins in 6 games, and Kim won his first title. He only had 84 at-bats with a .226/.261/.333 batting line in 2003, and he recorded a .264/.340/.361 batting line in 127 games in 2004. Kim shined in the 2004 Korean Series, and he was 8-for-34 with 2 homers. The Lions still lost to the Hyundai Unicorns in 9 games.

Kim had a .288/.348/.370 batting line in 70 games in 2005, and he became a postseason hero again. He hit .375/.389/.438 with 3 RBI in the 2005 Korean Series, and he became the all-time Korean Series RBI leader with 22 RBI (broken by Han-lee Park in 2013). The Lions beat the swept the Doosan Bears, and Kim got his second title. He slumped to .202/.266/.245 in 2006, and he was 4-for-21 in the 2006 Korean Series. The Lions beat the Hanwha Eagles in 6 games. Kim had a .206/.225/.206 batting line in 2007, then he announced his retirement and coached for the Lions. Kim later became the minor league fielding coach from 2012 to 2013, and he was assistant batting coach for their big club from 2014 to 2015. He coached their minors team from 2014 to 2021, and he returned to big club as batting coach in 2022. Kim jumped to the SSG Landers as assistant batting coach in 2024.

Overall, Kim hit .253/.322/.355 with 735 hits and 43 homers in 14 seasons in the KBO.

Sources

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