Kim Sang-hyun (baseball)


Kim Sang-hyeon is a South Korean third baseman who played for 16 years in the KBO League.

Professional career

Kim debuted with the 2001 Haitai Tigers, the predecessor of Kia Tigers, but played an active part in farm team. Thus, In 2002 KBO season, he was traded to the LG Twins.
In 2004, Kim was drafted into the Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps. In the Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps, Kim was the home run leader. In 2007, Kim was discharged from military service and returned to the LG Twins. However, he still played an active part in the farm team.
In the 2009 KBO season, he was traded back to the Kia Tigers. Kim played in 121 games, hitting.315 with 127 RBI and hit a league-leading and a pro career-best 36 home runs. Kim and Hee-seop Choi hit 69 home runs, and the two together were called the "CK Cannon". In 2009 Korean Series, Kim hit a three-run homer in Game Three. After the season, Kim was given the KBO League Most Valuable Player Award. On December 11, 2009, he obtained his first Golden Glove Award as a third baseman.
In June 2016, Kim was banned from returning as a player for a minimum of a year without KT Wiz's approval, after he was booked without detention for allegedly masturbating in public while looking at a female college student on June 16, 2016. Kim has not played in the KBO since.

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