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Kim Min-jae
South Korean baseball player

Kim Min-jae

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South Korean baseball player
A.K.A.
Min Jae Kim
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Busan, South Korea
Age
51 years
Stats
Height:
181 cm
Weight:
82 kg
Education
Busan Technical High School
Daeyeon-dong, Nam District, South Korea
Sports Teams
Lotte Giants (South Korea)
SK Wyverns (South Korea)
Hanwha Eagles (South Korea)
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Biography

Kim Min-jae (Korean: 김민재; Hanja: 金敏宰; born January 3, 1973) is a coach for the Doosan Bears in the Korea Baseball Organization. Previously, Kim was a shortstop for the Lotte Giants, SK Wyverns and Hanwha Eagles. He batted and threw right-handed.

Professional career

Kim graduated from Busan Technical High School in 1991. He was then signed by the Lotte Giants, and played for the Giants for eleven seasons. In 2002, Kim moved to the SK Wyverns. After the 2005 season his contract with the Wyverns ran out and he became a free agent. Before the 2006 season Kim signed with the Hanwha Eagles for four-year.

Since Kim was considered one of the best defensive infielders in the KBO league, he had been regularly picked for the South Korea national baseball team as a utility infielder.

In October 2002, Kim got first called up to the national squad, and competed in the Asian Games. He helped his team defend the gold medal, going 4-for-8 with 3 RBIs. A month later, Kim was joined in the South Korea national team again for the 2002 Intercontinental Cup held in Havana, Cuba.

In 2006, he was selected for the South Korea national baseball team, and participated in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. Kim went 3-for-5 with an RBI over Team USA in Round 2. He hit a one-bounce ground rule double over the left field off setup man Dan Wheeler with two outs in the fourth inning, and smacked an RBI single off Mike Timlin in the sixth. At the last match of Round 2 against Team Japan, Kim drew a one-out walk in the eighth off Toshiya Sugiuchi and scored the tiebreaking run when Lee Jong-beom hit a two-RBI double.

In December 2007, Kim played for South Korea again at the Asian Baseball Championship held in Taichung, Taiwan. He went 3-for-3 with 3 RBIs, playing shortstop and second base during the competition.

On July 16, 2008, Kim was named to the South Korea national baseball team for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Due to right ankle injury, he was mainly used as a substitute infielder or first base coach during the Olympics. But in the team's seventh game in the round-robin, against the Netherlands, Kim drew a two-out walk in the fifth off Alexander Smit and scored a run when Kim Hyun-soo hit a two-RBI single.

Kim retired for good as a player after the 2009 season but retained his assistant coaching position in the Eagles.

Notable international careers

YearVenueCompetitionTeamIndividual Note
2002 South KoreaAsian Games.500 BA (4-for-8), 3 RBI
2002 CubaIntercontinental Cup
2006 United StatesWorld Baseball Classic.273 BA (3-for-11), 1 RBI
2007 Chinese TaipeiAsian Baseball Championship1.000 BA (3-for-3), 3 RBI
2008 ChinaOlympic Games.000 BA (0-for-11), 1R
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