- Kim Min-Jae
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Kim Min-Jae Shortstop Born: January 3, 1973 Batted: Right Threw: Right Professional debut KBO: August 18, 1991 for the Lotte Giants Last professional appearance KBO: September 25, 2009 for the Hanwha Eagles KBO statistics Batting average .247 Home runs 71 RBI 607 Hits 1503 Teams Career highlights and awards - Korean Series champion (1992)
Olympic medal record Competitor for South Korea
Men's baseball Gold 2008 Beijing Team Kim Min-Jae (Hangul: 김민재, Hanja: 金敏宰) (born January 3, 1973 in Busan) is a third base coach for the Hanwha Eagles 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
Year Venue Competition Team Individual Note 2002 South Korea
Asian Games .500 BA (4-for-8), 3 RBI 2002 Cuba
Intercontinental Cup 2006 United States
World Baseball Classic .273 BA (3-for-11), 1 RBI 2007 Chinese Taipei
Asian Baseball Championship 1.000 BA (3-for-3), 3 RBI 2008 China
Olympic Games .000 BA (0-for-11), 1R References
South Korea 2002 Intercontinental Cup Roster P Chong Tae-Hyon | P Ma Jung-Kil | | P Kim Ki-Pyo | P Lee Hei-Chun | P Cho Young-Min | P Choi Yong-Ho | P Chae Byung-Ryong | P Kim Kwang-Sam | P Lee Hyun-Seung | C Chae Sang-Byung | C Kang In-Kwon | C Lee Jung-Sik | IF Jeong Keun-Woo | IF Yoo Han-Joon | IF Koo In-Hwan | IF Jang Won-Jin | IF Kim Min-Jae | IF Park Hyun-Seung | IF Lee Bum-Ho | OF Kim Jun-Hui | OF Bum Hoon | OF Lee Jin-Young | OF Chae Jong-Bum | OF Song Ji-ManManager Joo Sung-Roh | Coach Lee Jong-Do | Coach Park Sang-Yeol | Coach Lee Soon-ChulSouth Korea 2006 World Baseball Classic roster 1 Min-Han Son | 3 Jin-Man Park | 5 Seong-Hoon Jeong | 6 Jae-Gul Kim | 7 Jong-Beom Lee | 9 Byung-Kyu Lee | 11 Hee-Seop Choi | 12 Ji-Man Song | 14 Min-Jae Kim | 15 Dae-Sung Koo | 16 Jong-Kook Kim | 17 Seung-Hwan Oh | 20 Kab-Yong Jin | 21 Tae-Hyon Chong | 22 Sung-Heon Hong | 25 Seung-Yeop Lee | 26 Jae Weong Seo | 28 Byung-Doo Jun | 33 Yong-Taik Park | 35 Jin-Young Lee | 36 Young-Soo Bae | 41 Jae-Hun Chung | 44 In-seong Jo | 45 Jung-Keun Bong | 49 Byung-Hyun Kim | 51 Sun-Woo Kim | 52 Tae-Kyun Kim | 55 Bum-Ho Lee | 61 Chan-Ho Park
Manager In-Sik Kim2008 Olympic Champions Baseball – South Korea
3 Ko Young-Min | 7 Park Jin-Man | 8 Jeong Keun-Woo | 10 Lee Dae-Ho | 11 Oh Seung-Hwan | 13 Jang Won-Sam | 14 Kim Min-Jae | 15 Lee Yong-Kyu | 17 Kim Kwang-Hyun | 18 Kim Dong-Joo | 20 Jin Kab-Yong | 21 Chong Tae-Hyon | 22 Han Ki-Joo | 25 Lee Seung-Yeop | 28 Yoon Suk-Min | 29 Lee Taek-Keun | 35 Lee Jin-Young | 37 Kang Min-Ho | 39 Lee Jong-Wook | 47 Kwon Hyuk | 50 Kim Hyun-Soo | 51 Bong Jung-Keun | 91 Song Seung-Jun | 99 Ryu Hyun-Jin
Manager: 74 Kim Kyung-MoonCategories:- Hanwha Eagles coaches
- Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- 2006 World Baseball Classic players
- Olympic gold medalists for South Korea
- Olympic baseball players of South Korea
- Hanwha Eagles players
- SK Wyverns players
- Lotte Giants players
- Korea Professional Baseball shortstops
- South Korean baseball coaches
- South Korean baseball players
- Living people
- 1973 births
- Olympic medalists in baseball
- Asian Games medalists in baseball
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