Im Tae-Hoon

Infobox KBO player
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textcolor1=white
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name=Im Tae-Hoon
position=Relief pitcher
team=Doosan Bears
number=51
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1988|9|28
debutyear=2007
debutdate=April 8
debutteam=Doosan Bears
statyear=2007
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=7-3
stat2label=Saves
stat2value=1
stat3label=Earned run average
stat3value=2.40
stat4label=Strikeouts
stat4value=93
teams=
*Doosan Bears (by|2007–present)

Im Tae-Hoon (Hangul: 임태훈, Hanja: 林泰勳) (born September 28, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea) is a right-handed relief pitcher who plays for the Doosan Bears in Korean professional baseball league.

Amateur career

Im attended Seoul High School in Seoul, South Korea. In 2006, he was selected for the South Korea national junior team that won the gold medal at the 2006 World Junior Baseball Championship in Cuba. Im pitched 5 shutout innings, struck out 9, and allowed only 2 hits to win over Panama in the preliminary round. He started another preliminary match against Australia and gave up 2 runs in 4 1/3 innings.

Notable international careers

Professional career

Im debuted with the 2007 Doosan Bears. In his first KBO season, he pitched 101 1/3 innings with 7-3, a save, 20 holds, 93 strikeouts and a 2.40 ERA, and eventually won the Rookie of the Year award.

In July 2008, Im was named as a member of the 2008 South Korea Olympic national baseball team together with the fellow 2006 World Junior Baseball champion Kim Kwang-Hyun. However, Im, who gave up six earned runs in six innings in his last five KBO games, also struggled during an exhibition game against the Netherlands Olympic team in Seoul on August 3, and on the next day he was finally replaced with Yoon Suk-Min of the Kia Tigers by Team Korea manager Kim Kyung-Moon.

Notable international careers

References

* [http://www.koreabaseball.com/record/player.asp?player_id=76610 Profile and stats on the KBO official website]