Byung-hyun Kim
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Kim with the Florida Marlins in 2007 | |||||||||||||||
| Pitcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: January 19, 1979 Gwangju, South Korea | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| Professional debut | |||||||||||||||
| MLB: May 29, 1999, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |||||||||||||||
| NPB: 2011, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | |||||||||||||||
| KBO: May 8, 2012, for the Nexen Heroes | |||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | |||||||||||||||
| MLB: September 28, 2007, for the Florida Marlins | |||||||||||||||
| NPB: 2011, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | |||||||||||||||
| KBO: October 6, 2015, for the Kia Tigers | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 54–60 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 4.42 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 806 | ||||||||||||||
| Saves | 86 | ||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 2.66 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| KBO statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 11–23 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 6.19 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 190 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Byung-hyun Kim (Korean: 김병현; Hanja: 金炳賢; Korean pronunciation: [kimbjʌŋçʌn] or [kim] [pjʌŋçʌn]; born January 19, 1979) is a South Korean former professional baseball pitcher. He had his most successful years with the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Boston Red Sox.
Kim is best remembered for his role in the 2001 World Series, in which he gave up consecutive ninth-inning leads in both Game 4 and Game 5, taking the loss in Game 4. He 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. He is the first Korean player to win a World Series.