Kim Myung-sung
Pitcher
Born: (1988-04-08) April 8, 1988
Seoul, South Korea
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
KBO debut
May 8, in 2011, for the Lotte Giants
KBO statistics
(through 2016 season)
Win–loss record1–1
Earned run average6.18
Strikeouts25
Teams
Kim Myung-sung
Hangul
김명성
Hanja
金明成
Revised RomanizationGim Myeong-seong
McCune–ReischauerKim Myŏng-sŏng

Kim Myung-sung (Korean: 김명성; born April 8, 1988) is a South Korean pitcher. He bats and throws right-handed. Kim was selected fifth overall by the Lotte Giants in the 2011 KBO Draft.

Amateur career

Kim was born in Seoul, and completed his mediocre high school career at Jangchung High School in Seoul, where his main position was an infielder. Kim went undrafted in the 2007 KBO Draft, and enrolled at Chung-Ang University to continue his baseball career.

Kim began his collegiate career as a third baseman in 2007, but the freshman infielder, who had a weak bat but a strong arm, converted from a position player to a pitcher.

Kim broke out in the 2009 season with a 5–2 record and a 2.71 ERA, appearing in 16 games as a starting pitcher. In July, he was called up to the South Korean national baseball team for the 2009 Asian Baseball Championship held in Sapporo, Japan. In the championship, Kim made only one appearance for the team, tossing 0.1 innings of relief against Team Japan.

Kim had another strong season in 2010, posting a record of 6–0 and an ERA of 1.72 and allowing only one home run in 68 innings pitched. In July 2010, Kim was called up to play for Korea in the Korea-USA Baseball Championship Series. He started in Game 2 of the series and hurled 5.1 innings of two-run ball with 5 strikeouts against Team USA. On September 6, Kim was selected as the only amateur player of the final 24 members for the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.[1] Kim tossed 2.1 shutout innings in South Korea's 17-0 win over Pakistan in the group round of the baseball tournament at the Asian Games, allowing only one hit and racking up three strikeouts.

Notable international careers

Year Venue Competition Team Individual Note
 2009    Japan   Asian Baseball Championship  0-0; 0.00 ERA (1 G, 0.1 IP, 0 ER)
 2010    United States   South Korea vs USA Baseball Championship   0W-5L   0-1; 3.00 ERA (2 G, 6.0 IP, 2 ER, 5 K) 
 2010    China   Asian Games  1-0; 0.00 ERA (1 G, 2.1 IP, 0 ER, 3 K) 

References

  1. ↑ Yoon, Chul (September 6, 2010). "KBO unveils list of AG baseballers". Korea Times. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012.
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