KIM Hyunsoo

Republic of Korea

Baseball/Softball

Date of Birth: 12 Jan 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.88/6'2''

Place of birth: SEOUL

Birth Country:

Republic of Korea

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Baseball/Softball	Baseball KOR Republic of Korea	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Opening Round Group B #2 ISR Israel 5 KOR Republic of Korea 6	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Opening Round Group B #6 KOR Republic of Korea 2 USA United States 4	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Round 1 #8 DOM Dominican Rep. 3 KOR Republic of Korea 4	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Round 2 #9 ISR Israel 1 KOR Republic of Korea 11	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Semifinal #13 KOR Republic of Korea 2 JPN Japan 5	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Semifinal #14 KOR Republic of Korea 2 USA United States 7	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Bronze Medal Game #15 DOM Dominican Rep. 10 KOR Republic of Korea 6	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Baseball	2008	Beijing, CHN

World Baseball Classic

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Baseball	2009
9	Baseball	2013

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Baseball	2019

Asian Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Baseball	2018	Indonesia

Batting Machine (isplus.live.joins.com,18 Mar 2021)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, Korean

LG Twins [Seoul, KOR] since 2018

Ryu Ji-Hyun [club], KOR; Kim Kyung-Moon [national], KOR

Position style:

Outfield (lgtwins.com, 23 Jun 2021)

Bats left, throws right (lgtwins.com, 23 Jun 2021)

National league:

Korea Baseball Organisation [KOR] (koreabaseball.com, 22 Jun 2021)

He began playing baseball in grade two at Ssangmun Elementary School in Seoul, Republic of Korea. (news.joins.com, 25 Dec 2015)

"There were three primary schools near where I lived, and I consistently asked my parents to send me to a school that had a baseball team." (chosun.com, 30 Aug 2013)

He received the Korea Baseball Organisation [KBO] Golden Glove Award for an outfielder in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015 and 2020. (koreabaseball.com, 2020)

He was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] at the 2015 WBSC Premier 12 tournament. (reuters.com, 23 Jun 2021; sports.donga.com, 23 Jun 2021)

He received a Grand Award at the 2015 Professional Baseball Grand Awards in Republic of Korea. (newsjeju.net, 02 Dec 2015)

General Interest

General
MLB EXPERIENCE
In December 2015 he signed a two-year, USD$7 million deal with MLB side the Baltimore Orioles, and featured in 151 MLB games for the Orioles. In July 2017 he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for whom he made 40 MLB appearances. He elected free agency in November 2017, and returned to Republic of Korea ahead of the 2018 KBO season after signing with LG Twins. (isplus.live.joins.com,18 Mar 2021; en.yna.co.kr, 05 Jan 2018; mlb.com, 2017; sports.chosun.com, 08 Jan 2017; ytn.co.kr, 24 Jul 2015; yna.co.kr, 21 Dec 2017)

2008 OLYMPIC VETERAN
He was part of the Korean team that won gold at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (reuters.com, 23 Jun 2021; news.joins.com, 24 Jun 2021)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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