Kim Jeong-yoon
Samsung Lions – No. 49
Outfielder
Born: (1999-02-02) February 2, 1999
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
KBO debut
2017, for the Samsung Lions
KBO statistics
(through 2018)
Batting average.071
Slugging percentage.286
Home runs1
Runs batted in2
Teams
Kim Seong-yoon
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationKim Seongyun
McCune–ReischauerKim Sŏngyun

Kim Seong-yoon (also transliterated as Kim Sung-yoon, born February 2, 1999) is a South Korean professional baseball outfielder for the Samsung Lions of the KBO League. At 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m), he over-took Kim Sun-bin of Kia Tigers, who stands at 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m), to be the shortest player in the KBO when he debuted for the Lions in 2017. He is 4 in (20 cm) shorter than the average players in KBO and tied with Daichi Mizuguchi of Seibu Lions to be the shortest among Major League Baseball (MLB), Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and KBO players.[1][2] In 2020, Kim was joined by fellow Samsung Lions second baseman Kim Ji-chan, who also stands at 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m).[3]

Career

Samsung Lions

Kim joined the Samsung Lions as a fourth round, 39th overall draft pick in 2017,[4] right after graduating from Posco High School.[5] In his sixth KBO game, against the SK Wyverns, Kim hit a two-run home run despite never hitting any home run in his high school career.[1][6]

In 2023, he had a career-high batting average of .314 and 18 steals.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Baseball's shortest players stand tall". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  2. ↑ Herald, The Korea (2017-08-18). "Diminutive hitter chasing elusive .400 batting average". www.koreaherald.com. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  3. ↑ "KBO Officially Has its Own Aaron Judge and Jose Altuve". 12up.com. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  4. ↑ "Kim Sung-yoon KBO League Batting Stats - Samsung Lions". MyKBO Stats. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  5. ↑ Herald, The Korea (2017-06-08). "Shortest player in Korean baseball focusing on strengths". www.koreaherald.com. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  6. ↑ "Shortest player in KBO history revives his Middle School baseball program". wbsc.org. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  7. ↑ "Korean baseball team replaces 2 injured players". koreatimes. 2023-09-21. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
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