Kim Ki-tai
| Kim Ki-tai | ||||||||||||
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| Yomiuri Giants – No. 78 | ||||||||||||
| Designated hitter / First baseman / Manager | ||||||||||||
| Born: May 23, 1969 Gwangju, South Korea | ||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Left | ||||||||||||
| KBO debut | ||||||||||||
| April 11, 1991, for the Ssangbangwool Raiders | ||||||||||||
| Last appearance | ||||||||||||
| September 25, 2005, for the SK Wyverns | ||||||||||||
| KBO statistics | ||||||||||||
| Batting average | .294 | |||||||||||
| Home runs | 249 | |||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 923 | |||||||||||
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As coach
As manager | ||||||||||||
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| Kim Ki-tai | |
| Hangul | 김기태 |
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| Hanja | 金杞泰 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Gitae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Kit'ae |
Kim Ki-tai (Korean: 김기태; Hanja: 金杞泰; born May 23, 1969) is a former South Korean baseball player who played for the Ssangbangwool Raiders, Samsung Lions and SK Wyverns and is a former manager of Kia Tigers in the KBO League. He is generally considered as the KBO's best-ever designated hitter.