Kim Tae-hyoung

For other people with the same name, see Kim Tae-hyung.

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Tae-hyoung
Lotte Giants – No. 88
Catcher / Manager
Born: (1967-09-12) September 12, 1967 (age 57) Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Batted: Right Threw: Right
KBO debut
April 9, 1990, for the OB Bears
Last appearance
2001, for the Doosan Bears
KBO statistics
Batting average	.235
Hits	432
Home runs	9
RBI	157
Teams
As player Doosan Bears (1990–2001) As coach Doosan Bears (2001–2011) SK Wyverns (2012–2014) As manager Doosan Bears (2015–2022) Lotte Giants (2024–present)
Career highlights and awards
As player 2x Korean Series champion As manager 3x Korean Series champion

Kim Tae-hyoung
Hangul	김태형
Hanja	金太亨
Revised Romanization	Gim Tae-hyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Kim T'ae-hyŏng

Kim Tae-hyoung (Korean: 김태형; born September 12, 1967) is a South Korean professional baseball manager and former player. As manager of the Doosan Bears, he led the team into seven consecutive Korean Series appearances between 2015 and 2021, and won the championship on three occasions.[1]

Kim played as catcher for the fourth-placed South Korean national team in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He spent twelve seasons in the KBO League, from 1990 to 2001, all for the Bears. After his retirement, he stayed on as a coach for the Bears for an additional eleven seasons. After three seasons coaching the SK Wyverns, Kim was brought back to the Bears, this time as the team's manager, in 2015.

References

1. "KBO's Bears part ways with manager Kim Tae-hyoung". The Korea Times. October 11, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2022.

External links

• Career statistics and player information at the KBO League official website (in Korean)

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Kim Tae-hyoung at Doosan Bears Baseball Club (in Korean)

Preceded by Song Il-soo

Doosan Bears manager 2015–2022

Succeeded by Lee Seung-yuop