Kim Tae-hyoung (Korean김태형; 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 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
Hits432
Home runs9
RBI157
Teams
As player

As coach

As manager

Career highlights and awards
As player

As manager

  • 3x Korean Series champion
Kim Tae-hyoung
Hangul
김태형
Hanja
金太亨
Revised RomanizationGim Tae-hyeong
McCune–ReischauerKim T'ae-hyŏng

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

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  1. ^ "KBO's Bears part ways with manager Kim Tae-hyoung". The Korea Times. October 11, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
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Preceded by Doosan Bears manager
2015–2022
Succeeded by