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South Korean baseball player (born 1988)
Baseball player
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
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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
.
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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
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