Byung-hyun Kim

Byung-hyun Kim
Kim with the Florida Marlins in 2007
Pitcher
Born: (1979-01-19) January 19, 1979 (age 45) 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
Teams
Arizona Diamondbacks (1999–2003) Boston Red Sox (2003–2004) Colorado Rockies (2005–2007) Florida Marlins (2007) Arizona Diamondbacks (2007) Florida Marlins (2007) Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2011) Nexen Heroes (2012–2013) Kia Tigers (2014–2015)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (2002) World Series champion (2001)
Korean name Hangul 김병현 Hanja 金炳賢 Revised Romanization Gim Byeong-hyeon McCune–Reischauer Kim Pyŏng-hyŏn

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 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, though the Diamondbacks rebounded to win the Championship in seven games over the New York Yankees. 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. He is the first Korean player to win a World Series.^[1]