Sang-hun Kim

Sang-hun Kim (김상훈)

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 0", Weight 187 lb.

• School Dong-A University
• High School Dongdaemun Commercial High School

• Born July 6, 1960 in Seoul South Korea

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Biographical Information

Sang-hun Kim played in the Korea Baseball Organization for 12 years.

Kim played for South Korea in the 1983 Intercontinental Cup. The MBC Blue Dragons selected him in the first round of the 1984 KBO draft, and he hit .271/.336/.347 in 87 games in his first season. He then hit .300/.352/.428 with 23 doubles in 1985, ranking 10th in batting (between Jun-hwan Kim and Sun-woong Lee), 10th in hits (between In-sik Kim and Il-seob Song) and 2nd in doubles (tied with Doo-yeol Yoo, Mun-jong Hong, Hyo-jo Jang and Kyeong-sik Shin). Kim was still a solid batter as he hit .295/.347/.391 with a league-leading 8 triples in 1986, and he was 7th in hits (between Kang-don Lee and Jong-doo Lee) and 6th in hits (between Kyu-ok Heo and Hong).

The Seoul native crushed 10 homers with a .278/.333/.416 batting line in 1987, and he was 8th in homers (tied with Jong-doo Lee) and 8th in hits (tied with Seong-rae Kim). Kim then had his career year in 1988, and he recorded a .354/.422/.508 batting line with 8 homers. He won his first batting title, and he was 3rd in triples (1 behind Deok-kyu Yun and Il-kwon Kim). Kim only hit .280/.345/.372 in 1989, and he soon bounced back in 1990 and his batting line was .322/.387/.453 with 6 homers. Kim was 4th in batting (between Chan-yup Roh and Jung-il Ryu), 3rd in doubles (between Seok-chun Kang and Ryu) and 9th in hits (between Jeong-hun Lee and Sun-woong Lee). He also won his first KBO Gold Glove as a first baseman.

Kim slumped to .255/.316/.371 in 1991, then he crushed a career-high 14 homers with a .292/.352/.430 batting line in 1992. He was 5th in hits (14 behind Soon-chul Lee) and 7th in RBI (between Jong-tae Park and Soon-chul Lee). Kim blasted 12 homers with a .285/.345/.424 batting line in 1993, and he was 3rd in hits (tied with Seong-rae Kim) and 4th in RBI (between Ki-woong Kang and Min-ho Kim. The LG Twins then traded him with Byeong-hun Lee to the Haitai Tigers for Dae-hwa Han, Dong-soo Shin, Moon-hoe Heo and Bong-jae Kim. Kim only hit .231/.276/.317 in 1994, then he announced his retirement after having a .257/.312/.344 batting line in 1995. He later coached the Twins from 1997 to 2003, and he was the coach of the Cheongwon High School from 2011 to 2014.

Overall, Kim hit .288/.347/.407 with 1,181 hits and 72 homers in 12 seasons in the KBO.

Sources

• Namu Wiki