Kim Ki-tai
South Korean baseball player
Baseball player
| Kim Ki-tai | ||||||||||||
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| Yomiuri Giants – No. 78 | ||||||||||||
| Designated hitter / First baseman / Manager | ||||||||||||
| Born: (1969-05-23) May 23, 1969 (age 54) Gwangju, South Korea | ||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Left | ||||||||||||
| KBO debut | ||||||||||||
| April 11, 1991, for the Ssangbangwool Raiders | ||||||||||||
| Last appearance | ||||||||||||
| September 25, 2005, for the SK Wyverns | ||||||||||||
| KBO statistics | ||||||||||||
| Batting average | .294 | |||||||||||
| Home runs | 249 | |||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 923 | |||||||||||
| Teams | ||||||||||||
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As coach
As manager | ||||||||||||
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| Kim Ki-tai | |
| Hangul | 김기태 |
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| Hanja | 金杞泰 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Gitae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Kit'ae |
Kim Ki-tai (Korean: 김기태; Hanja: 金杞泰; born May 23, 1969) is a former South Korean baseball player who played for the Ssangbangwool Raiders, Samsung Lions and SK Wyverns and is a former manager of Kia Tigers in the KBO League.[1] He is generally considered as the KBO's best-ever designated hitter.
Career
During his pro career, he was used primarily as a designated hitter, with occasional games at first base. As a full-time designated hitter, Kim won a home run title in 1994 and a batting title in 1997. He is a four-time KBO League Golden Glove Award-winner as well.
In 2000, Kim was a member of the 2000 South Korean Olympic baseball team which won the bronze medal in the baseball tournament.
Kim managed the LG Twins from 2012 to 2014. In late 2014, Kim became the manager of the Kia Tigers. In 2017, Kim successfully lead the team to Korean Series and was considered the best manager in the KBO League.[citation needed] On May 16, 2019, he resigned as manager.[2]
See also
References
External links
- Profile at databaseOlympics.com
- Career statistics and player information from KBO League
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Kim Ki-tai at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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Yomiuri Giants current roster
- 15 Taisei
- 17 Yūhi Nishidate
- 18 Tomoyuki Sugano
- 19 Iori Yamasaki
- 20 Shosei Togo
- 26 Nobutaka Imamura
- 28 Rei Takahashi
- 29 Foster Griffin
- 30 Taisuke Kondō
- 31 Yuji Akahoshi
- 32 Kohei Suzuki
- 33 Kyle Keller
- 36 Kōsuke Baba
- 41 Kota Nakagawa
- 45 Seishu Hatake
- 46 Teppei Mataki
- 47 Shunya Morita
- 48 Chiharu Tanaka
- 49 Alberto Baldonado
- 53 Yuhei Takanashi
- 54 Daisuke Naoe
- 56 Hayato Ishita
- 57 Yuki Takahashi
- 58 Hiromasa Funabasama
- 62 Kai Yokogawa
- 63 Keisuke Izumi
- 64 Ryusei Ohe
- 65 Yohander Méndez
- 66 Ryuta Heinai
- 68 Yamato Shiroki
- 90 Ryūsei Yamada
- 91 Kenshin Hotta
- 93 Hayate Matsui
- 96 Taiki Kikuchi
- 97 Haruto Inoue
- 99 Makoto Kyōmoto
- 22 Seiji Kobayashi
- 24 Takumi Ohshiro
- 27 Yukinori Kishida
- 37 Takuya Koori
- 67 Shinnosuke Yamase
- 94 Ryusuke Kita
- 00 Dai Yuasa
- 0 Daiki Masuda
- 2 Naoki Yoshikawa
- 5 Makoto Kadowaki
- 6 Hayato Sakamoto
- 25 Kazuma Okamoto
- 35 Yūta Izuguchi
- 40 Raito Nakayama
- 55 Yūto Akihiro
- 60 Hirokazu Kikuta
- 61 Riku Masuda
- 95 Ayumu Nakata
- 98 Estamy Urena
- 7 Hisayoshi Chōno
- 8 Yoshihiro Maru
- 12 Masaya Hagio
- 13 Takayuki Kajitani
- 23 Soichiro Tateoka
- 38 Yūki Okada
- 42 Elier Hernández
- 43 Shinnosuke Shigenobu
- 44 Shunsuke Sasaki
- 50 Louis Okoye
- 51 Shōgo Asano
- 59 Seiya Matsubara
- 011 Naoki Kasashima
- 012 Katsunari Miura
- 015 Haruto Kawasaki
- 016 Takahiro Chiba
- 017 Riku Naraki
- 018 Motoya Kinoshita
- 019 Junki Sonoda
- 020 Natsuki Toda
- 021 Kenta Onuma
- 023 Tomoki Tamura
- 026 Yūsefu Yoshimura
- 028 Ryū Tomida
- 030 Yūsuke Yamasaki
- 034 Tessei Morimoto
- 035 Elvis Luciano
- 047 Eiji Kamouchi
- 056 Yūsuke Itō
- 063 Yūki Hanada
- 006 Hayato Sakamoto
- 010 Ryōya Ōtsu
- 022 Keita Kameda
- 024 Kenki Maeda
- 069 Tetsu Hagiwara
- 001 Ren Katoh
- 004 Gen Murayama
- 005 Yūya Tanoue
- 007 Kisara Utsunomiya
- 008 Hakuto Aizawa
- 025 Hiroto Okamoto
- 027 Rio Kitamura
- 003 Yamato Suzuki
- 009 Misaki Sasahara
- 031 Rui Mitsuka
- 033 Kota Hirayama
- 044 Gen Ohshiro
- 051 Hidetora Funakoshi
coaching
- Manager: 83 Shinnosuke Abe
- Head / Hitting Coach: 76 Tomohiro Nioka
- Comprehensive coach: 74 Yoshinori Murata
- Hitting coach: 80 Kenji Yano
- Infield coach: 78 Masahiro Kawai
- Outfield / Baserunning coach: 79 Yoshiyuki Kamei
- Pitching coaches: 81 Toshiya Sugiuchi, 77 Tetsuya Utsumi
- Bullpen coach: 88 Kazunari Sanematsu
coaching
- Manager: 72 Masumi Kuwata
- General coach: 75 Tsuyoshi Ando
- Hitting coach: 87 Itaru Hashimoto
- Pitching coaches: 71 Tetsuya Yamaguchi, 72 Kan Otake
- Infield coach: 86 Ryota Wakiya
- Outfield / Baserunning coach: 82 Takahiro Suzuki
- Battery coach: 89 Ken Katoh
coaching
- Manager: 70 Norihiro Komada
- Hitting coach: 101 Shigeyuki Furuki
- Pitching coaches: 100 Koichi Misawa, 104 Ryoma Nogami
- Infield coach: 105 Daiki Yoshikawa
- Outfield / Baserunning coach: 103 Tatsuhiko Kinjoh
- Battery coach: 102 Tomoya Ichikawa
coaching
- Patrol pitching coach: 84 Yasuo Kubo
- Hitting coordinator: 86 Zelous Wheeler
- Development: 108 Park Sok-min
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