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Byung-Hyun Kim
Byung-Hyun Kim

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 177 lb.

Debut May 29, 1999
  vs. NYM 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv
Born January 21, 1979 in Gwangju, South Korea

Signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks as an amateur free agent in 1999. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1999 20 ARI NL   1   2  25   0   0   0  10  1   27.3   20   15   14   2   20   31   5   4   121   2   1  4.61  4.61  100 1.463
 2000 21 ARI NL   6   6  61   1   0   0  30 14   70.7   52   39   35   9   46  111   9   3   320   5   2  4.46  4.78  107 1.387
 2001 22 ARI NL   5   6  78   0   0   0  44 19   98.0   58   32   32  10   44  113   8   5   392   3   1  2.94  4.67  159 1.041
 2002 23 ARI NL   8   3  72   0   0   0  66 36   84.0   64   20   19   5   26   92   6   2   343   2   0  2.04  4.57  224 1.071 AS
 2003 24 TOT      9  10  56  12   0   0  35 16  122.3  104   55   45  12   33  102  12   1   517   3   0  3.31  4.67  141 1.120
         ARI NL   1   5   7   7   0   0   0  0   43.0   34   17   17   6   15   33   4   0   181   0   0  3.56  4.67  131 1.140
         BOS AL   8   5  49   5   0   0  35 16   79.3   70   38   28   6   18   69   8   1   336   3   0  3.18  4.67  147 1.109
 2004 25 BOS AL   2   1   7   3   0   0   2  0   17.3   17   15   12   1    7    6   2   1    77   1   0  6.23  4.87   78 1.385
 2005 26 COL NL   5  12  40  22   0   0   3  0  148.0  156   82   80  17   71  115  14  11   667   8   1  4.86  4.78   98 1.534
 2006 27 COL NL   8  12  27  27   0   0   0  0  155.0  179  103   96  18   61  129   8   5   689   8   1  5.57  4.90   88 1.548
 2007 28 TOT NL  10   8  28  22   0   0   4  0  118.3  131   90   80  20   68  107  16   4   562   3   1  6.08  4.34   71 1.682
         COL NL   1   2   3   1   0   0   2  0    6.0    6    7    7   2    4    2   1   0    29   0   0 10.50  4.79   46 1.667
         ARI NL   0   1   2   2   0   0   0  0    2.7   11    9    7   1    2    3   1   0    22   0   0 23.63  4.70   20 4.875
         FLA NL   9   5  23  19   0   0   2  0  109.7  114   74   66  17   62  102  14   4   511   3   1  5.42  4.30   79 1.605
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .474  54  60 394  87   0   0 194 86  841.0  781  451  413  94  376  806  80  36  3688  35   7  4.42  4.68  106 1.376
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   8  55  12   0   0  27 12  118.7  110   63   58  13   53  113  11   5   521   4   0  4.42  4.68  106 1.376
 Career High     10  12  78  27   0   0  66 36  155.0  179  103   96  20   71  129  16  11   689   8   2  2.04  4.90  224 1.041

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1999 20 ARI NL  22    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2000 21 ARI NL  58    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .000  .250  .000  -30    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2001 22 ARI NL  74    6    0    1   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   2  .167  .167  .167  -16    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2002 23 ARI NL  66    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .500  .500  .500  154    1   0   0   0   0   0 AS
 2003 24 TOT     11   20    0    4   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .200  .200  .250   14    5   2   0   0   0   0
         ARI NL   7   13    0    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .154  .154  .231   -4    3   2   0   0   0   0
         BOS AL   4    7    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .286  .286  .286   49    2   0   0   0   0   0
 2005 26 COL NL  40   38    0    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   2   6  .079  .122  .079  -48    3   4   1   0   0   0
 2006 27 COL NL  27   50    4    8   1  0   0    4   0  0   1  15  .160  .176  .180  -11    9   6   0   0   0   2
 2007 28 TOT NL  26   33    0    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   2  12  .061  .114  .091  -45    3   7   0   0   0   0
         COL NL   3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         ARI NL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         FLA NL  21   30    0    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   2  11  .067  .125  .100  -40    3   7   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      331  153    4   19   3  0   0   10   0  0   6  39  .124  .156  .144  -23   22  19   1   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         75    2    9   1  0   0    5   0  0   3  19  .124  .156  .144  -23   11   9   0   0   0   1
 Career High     74   50    4    8   1  0   0    4   0  0   2  15                           9   7   1   0   0   2
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1999 20 ARI NL    1    1    0   0.0   117| .000  .277| .000  .352| .000  .446| .000  .798|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2000 21 ARI NL    4    3    0   0.0   121| .000  .279| .250  .358| .000  .456| .250  .814| -30  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2001 22 ARI NL    6    5    0   0.0   118| .167  .278| .167  .350| .167  .455| .334  .805| -16  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 2002 23 ARI NL    2    1    1  26.8   116| .500  .278| .500  .354| .500  .443|1.000  .797| 154  .959   0.2   0.0   0%
 2003 24 TOT      22   18    2   3.0   114| .200  .276| .200  .347| .250  .443| .450  .790|  14  .281  -2.6  -0.3   0%
         ARI NL   15   13    1   2.1   116| .154  .278| .154  .351| .231  .446| .385  .797|  -4  .168  -2.1  -0.2   0%
         BOS AL    7    5    1   5.4   111| .286  .273| .286  .341| .286  .438| .572  .778|  49  .528  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2005 26 COL NL   45   40    1   0.7   118| .079  .282| .122  .354| .079  .449| .201  .804| -48  .026  -8.9  -0.9   0%
 2006 27 COL NL   57   50    2   1.1   121| .160  .283| .176  .355| .180  .459| .356  .814| -11  .054  -8.9  -0.8   0%
 2007 28 TOT NL   42   38    1   0.7   109| .061  .270| .114  .339| .091  .432| .205  .771| -45  .027  -7.2  -0.7   0%
         COL NL    2    2    0   0.0   118| .000  .282| .000  .352| .000  .451| .000  .804|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         ARI NL    1    1    0   0.0   116| .000  .280| .000  .350| .000  .447| .000  .797|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         FLA NL   39   35    1   0.8   108| .067  .269| .125  .338| .100  .430| .225  .768| -40  .031  -6.3  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       179  156    7   1.2   117| .124  .279| .156  .350| .144  .448| .300  .798| -23  .068 -29.5  -2.9   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1999 20 ARI NL P 25 2 7 0 0 1.000 .947 0.36 0.48 2.97 1.71 0 27.3 2000 21 ARI NL P 61 2 7 1 0 .900 .968 0.15 0.48 1.15 1.74 1 70.7 2001 22 ARI NL P 78 4 19 1 0 .958 .958 0.29 0.46 2.11 1.75 0 98.0 2002 23 ARI NL P 72 3 12 1 2 .938 .962 0.21 0.48 1.61 1.83 0 84.0 AS 2003 24 TOT P 56 14 25 2 0 .951 .956 0.70 0.49 2.87 1.77 12 122.3 ARI NL P 7 3 14 1 0 .944 .955 2.43 0.49 3.56 1.84 7 43.0 BOS AL P 49 11 11 1 0 .957 .957 0.45 0.49 2.50 1.73 5 79.3 2004 25 BOS AL P 7 3 3 1 0 .857 .952 0.86 0.46 3.12 1.66 3 17.3 2005 26 COL NL P 40 9 22 2 2 .939 .960 0.78 0.46 1.89 1.75 22 148.0 2006 27 COL NL P 27 7 19 1 2 .963 .956 0.96 0.43 1.51 1.72 27 155.0 2007 28 TOT NL P 28 5 10 3 0 .833 .968 0.54 0.40 1.14 1.68 22 118.4 COL NL P 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.40 1.50 1.65 1 6.0 ARI NL P 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.40 0.00 1.67 2 2.7 FLA NL P 23 4 10 2 0 .875 .966 0.61 0.40 1.15 1.68 19 109.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1999 20 ARI NL P 25 2 7 0 0 1.000 .947 0.36 0.48 2.97 1.71 0 27.3 2000 21 ARI NL P 61 2 7 1 0 .900 .968 0.15 0.48 1.15 1.74 1 70.7 2001 22 ARI NL P 78 4 19 1 0 .958 .958 0.29 0.46 2.11 1.75 0 98.0 2002 23 ARI NL P 72 3 12 1 2 .938 .962 0.21 0.48 1.61 1.83 0 84.0 2003 24 TOT P 56 14 25 2 0 .951 .956 0.70 0.49 2.87 1.77 12 122.3 ARI NL P 7 3 14 1 0 .944 .955 2.43 0.49 3.56 1.84 7 43.0 BOS AL P 49 11 11 1 0 .957 .957 0.45 0.49 2.50 1.73 5 79.3 2004 25 BOS AL P 7 3 3 1 0 .857 .952 0.86 0.46 3.12 1.66 3 17.3 2005 26 COL NL P 40 9 22 2 2 .939 .960 0.78 0.46 1.89 1.75 22 148.0 2006 27 COL NL P 27 7 19 1 2 .963 .956 0.96 0.43 1.51 1.72 27 155.0 2007 28 TOT NL P 28 5 10 3 0 .833 .968 0.54 0.40 1.14 1.68 22 118.4 COL NL P 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.40 1.50 1.65 1 6.0 ARI NL P 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.40 0.00 1.67 2 2.7 FLA NL P 23 4 10 2 0 .875 .966 0.61 0.40 1.15 1.68 19 109.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 394 49 124 12 6 .935 .958 0.44 0.47 1.85 1.74 87 841.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 394 49 124 12 6 .935 .958 0.44 0.47 1.85 1.74 87 841
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2001   NLDS  ARI STL     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  1  0   1.1   1   0   2   1 
        NLCS  ARI ATL     W   3   0   0.00  0  0  2  0   5     0   0   1   3 
        WS    ARI NYY     W   2   0  13.50  0  1  0  0   3.1   6   5   1   6 
 2002   NLDS  ARI STL     L   1   0  18.00  0  0  0  0   1     2   2   3   0 
 2003   ALDS  BOS OAK     W   1   0  13.50  0  0  0  0   0.2   0   1   1   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       2-1   3   0   9.00  0  0  1  0   3     3   3   6   2 
  5 Postseason Ser      4-1   8   0   6.35  0  1  3  0  11.1   9   8   8  11 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2001   NLDS  ARI STL     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  ARI ATL     W   3   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    ARI NYY     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2002   NLDS  ARI STL     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2003   ALDS  BOS OAK     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       2-1   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  5 Postseason Series   4-1   8   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 2002   ARI NL      0  0  0   0.1   3   2   2   0   0  0   0  0   1  0  1  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2002   ARI NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2002 *

Games
2001 NL-78-9

Saves
2002 NL-36-8
2003 AL-16-10

Wild Pitches
2005 NL-11-3

Hit Batsmen
2005 NL-14-4
2007 NL-16-1
Act-80-16

Games Finished
2002 NL-66-4

Youngest Player
1999 NL-20-4
2000 NL-21-5

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 7 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1323) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 11.0 (859) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

February 19, 1999: Signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks as an amateur free agent.

May 29, 2003: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Boston Red Sox for Shea Hillenbrand.

March 30, 2005: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with cash to the Colorado Rockies for Charles Johnson and Chris Narveson.

October 31, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

January 7, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

May 13, 2007: Traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Florida Marlins for Jorge Julio.

August 3, 2007: Selected off waivers by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Florida Marlins.

August 22, 2007: Released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

August 25, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1999Arizona Diamondbacks$762,500
2000Arizona Diamondbacks$762,500
2001Arizona Diamondbacks$762,500
2002Arizona Diamondbacks$762,500
2003Arizona Diamondbacks$3,250,000
2004Boston Red Sox$3,425,000
2005Colorado Rockies$6,575,000
2006Colorado Rockies$1,250,000
2007Colorado Rockies$2,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$20,050,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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