Kim Seong-yoon
Kim Jeong-yoon | |
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Samsung Lions – No. 49 | |
Outfielder | |
Born: (1999-02-02) February 2, 1999 (age 25) | |
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
KBO debut | |
2017, for the Samsung Lions | |
KBO statistics (through 2018) | |
Batting average | .071 |
Slugging percentage | .286 |
Home runs | 1 |
Runs batted in | 2 |
Teams | |
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Kim Seong-yoon | |
Hangul | 김성윤 |
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Hanja | 金盛閏 |
Revised Romanization | Kim Seongyun |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Sŏngyun |
Kim Seong-yoon (also transliterated as Kim Sung-yoon, born February 2, 1999) is a South Korean professional baseball outfielder for the Samsung Lions of the KBO League. At 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m), he over-took Kim Sun-bin of Kia Tigers, who stands at 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m), to be the shortest player in the KBO when he debuted for the Lions in 2017. He is 4 in (20 cm) shorter than the average players in KBO and tied with Daichi Mizuguchi of Seibu Lions to be the shortest among Major League Baseball (MLB), Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and KBO players.[1][2] In 2020, Kim was joined by fellow Samsung Lions second baseman Kim Ji-chan, who also stands at 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m).[3]
Career
Samsung Lions
Kim joined the Samsung Lions as a fourth round, 39th overall draft pick in 2017,[4] right after graduating from Posco High School.[5] In his sixth KBO game, against the SK Wyverns, Kim hit a two-run home run despite never hitting any home run in his high school career.[1][6]
In 2023, he had a career-high batting average of .314 and 18 steals.[7]
International
Kim appeared in six baseball contests during the 2022 Asian Games, batting .222/.278/.333 in 18 at-bats, and winning a gold medal for South Korea.[8]
External links
- Career statistics and player information from the KBO League
References
- ^ a b "Baseball's shortest players stand tall". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ^ "Diminutive hitter chasing elusive .400 batting average". The Korea Herald. 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ^ "KBO Officially Has its Own Aaron Judge and Jose Altuve". 12up.com. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ "Kim Sung-yoon KBO League Batting Stats - Samsung Lions". MyKBO Stats. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
- ^ "Shortest player in Korean baseball focusing on strengths". The Korea Herald. 2017-06-08. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ^ "Shortest player in KBO history revives his Middle School baseball program". wbsc.org. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ^ "Korean baseball team replaces 2 injured players". The Korea Times. 2023-09-21. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "KIM Seongyoon". World Baseball Softball Confederation Asia. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
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- 91 Jong Hyun-wook (bench coach / pitching)
- 71 Cho Dong-chan (defence)
- 80 Hwang Seung-hyun (training)
- 81 Kwon Oh-kyung (training)
- 82 Kim Hyun-gyu (training)
- 83 Yoon Seok-hoon (training)
- 86 Han Heung-il (training)
- 89 Lee Jeong-sik (battery)
- 94 Kwon Oh-jun (bullpen)
- 95 Jeon Il-woo (training)
- 96 Ryu Ho-in (training)
- 97 Kang Myung-goo (base running)
- 1 Yang Chang-seop
- 2 Woo Kyu-min
- 4 David Buchanan
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- 17 Kim Dae-woo
- 18 Won Tae-in
- 20 Lee Seung-hyun
- 21 Oh Seung-hwan
- 25 Kim Yoon-soo
- 26 Jang Pill-joon
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- 37 No Sung-ho
- 40 Shin Jeong-hwan
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- 45 Lee Jae-ik
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- 48 Kim Si-hyun
- 49 Heo Yoon-dong
- 50 Park Se-woong
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- 53 Choi Ha-neul
- 54 Lee Seung-hyun
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- 108 Hong Seung-won
- 112 Han Yeon-wook
- 117 Jang Jae-hyuk
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- 23 Lee Byung-heon
- 42 Kim Tae-gun
- 47 Kang Min-ho
- 48 Kim-Jae-sung
- 109 Kim Se-min
- 114 Chae Sang-jun
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- 6 Kang Han-wool
- 7 Kim Sang-su
- 8 Kim Ho-jae
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- 16 Lee Won-seok
- 24 Kim Dong-jin
- 30 Kim Young-woong
- 32 Jo Min-seong
- 44 Oh Jae-il
- 56 Kong Min-kyu
- 58 Kim Ji-chan
- 67 Lee Hae-seung
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- 5 Koo Ja-wook
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- 34 Kim Heon-gon
- 35 Lee Tae-hoon
- 39 Kim Seong-yun
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- 52 Song Jun-seok
- 63 José Pirela
- 65 Park Seung-kyu
- 102 Kim Sang-min
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