Byung-Hyun Kim
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Kim with the Florida Marlins in 2007
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| Kia Tigers – No. 45 | |||
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Born: January 21, 1979 Gwangju, South Korea |
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| Professional debut | |||
| MLB: May 29, 1999, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |||
| KBO: May 8, 2012, for the Nexen Heroes | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 54–60 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.42 | ||
| Strikeouts | 806 | ||
| Saves | 86 | ||
| KBO statistics (through May 8, 2012) |
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| Win–loss record | 11–23 | ||
| Earned run average | 6.19 | ||
| Strikeouts | 190 | ||
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| Men's baseball | ||
Representing  South Korea
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| World Baseball Classic | ||
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2006 San Diego | Team |
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| Hangul | 김병현 |
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| Hanja | 金炳賢 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Byeonghyeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Pyŏnghyŏn |
Byung-Hyun Kim (Hangul: 김병현; Hanja: 金炳賢; born January 21, 1979) is a South Korean professional baseball pitcher for the Kia Tigers of the KBO League. He is best known for his years with the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Boston Red Sox. In 2001, Kim took over mid-season as the Diamondbacks' closer and saved 19 games, then saved 3 games while giving up no runs in the first two rounds of the playoffs. In the 2001 World Series, however, Kim twice gave up ninth-inning leads, taking the loss in Game 4 and leading to an extra-innings loss for the Diamondbacks in Game 5, though the Diamondbacks rebounded to win the Championship in 7 games. Kim went on to save 36 games for the Diamondbacks in 2002 and 16 for the Red Sox in 2003, and played in the 2002 All Star Game.
Kim has also played for the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins in Major League Baseball.
Kim is a 1997 graduate of Gwangju-Jaeil High School. Jae Seo and Hee-seop Choi were Kim's teammates in 1996 and they are very close friends. Named both the Most Valuable Player and Most Valuable Pitcher for the National High School championships in Korea, Kim was selected to the 1996 National Junior Team, then named to the National Team in both 1997 and 1998. In that year, he pitched against the US Olympic team, striking out 15 batters in 6 2⁄3 innings. Later, he helped Korea claim the gold medal in the Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand. Kim attended Sungkyunkwan University's Faculty of Law until 1999.
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