“My time in the second team was too long. “I’ll go up again.”
Samsung Lions outfielder Kim Tae-hoon (28) won the Southern League Batting Award at the Shinhan SOL Bank 2024 KBO Awards Ceremony held at the World Crystal Ballroom of Lotte Hotel in Seoul on the 26th.
Tae-hoon Kim recorded a batting average of 0.320, 11 home runs, 62 RBIs, 61 runs, a slugging percentage of 0.566, and an on-base percentage of 0.384 in 84 games. This is the first award in four years since he received the Southern Futures League Batting Award with a .367 batting average in the 2020 season.
Taehoon Kim from Samsung. Photo = Reporter Lee Jeong won
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Kim Tae-hoon, whom we met after the awards ceremony, said, “I also received it once in 2020. I felt good at that time. It’s great to have it again after 4 years, but it’s also disappointing. Every basketball player’s dream is to play in the first team. “I think this year was a year when I had a hard time because I couldn’t achieve that dream. “
Kim Tae-hoon, who graduated from Jinheung Elementary School (Ansan Little), Pyeongchon Middle School, and Yushin High School, wore the KT Wiz uniform as the 53rd pick in the 2nd 5th round of the 2015 KBO rookie draft.
As Kim Sang-soo’s free agent compensation player, he will be a member of Samsung starting in 2023. Before coming to Samsung, his performance in the first team was only 0.203 with a batting average of 0.203, a home run 2, 8 RBIs, and 9 runs in 75 games. However, in the Future League, he showed potential by recording a .303 batting average, 347 hits, 42 home runs, 211 RBIs, and 179 RBIs in 378 games.
He was selected as the MVP of the 2023 spring camp in Okinawa, Japan, raising many expectations. In addition, in the exhibition game held ahead of the 2023 season, he played an active role with a batting average of 0.314, 11 hits, 3 home runs, 12 RBI, and 6 runs. Although expectations were high on, he suffered an injury and missed the first half of the season.
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Kim Tae-hoon also said, “I was really disappointed about being injured last year,” and added, “I prepared well this year, but the timing wasn’t right. I I wish I did well, but I was really disappointed. “Even if I got a call from the first team, it wasn’t easy because my body didn’t respond, ” he said sadly.
Kim Tae-hoon’s performance in the first team has been disappointing since joining Samsung. In 11 games in the 2023 season, his batting average was .095 with 2 hits, 1 RBI, and in 12 games in the 2024 season, his batting average was .200, with 4 hits, 1 RBI, and 2 runs. In 98 games with the first team, he has a batting average of 0.190, 35 hits, 2 home runs, 10 RBIs, and 11 runs. However, things change when the second group comes. In 484 games with the second team, he had a batting average of 0.303, 455 hits, 54 home runs, 286 RBIs, and 247 runs. There is nothing more to see on the second team stage.
Kim Tae-hoon also said, “There is nothing to see in the second group anymore. My time in the 2nd Army was too long. The idea is not to get caught up in second rate life. There are times when I get wet if I stay there without even realizing it. Then, even if you get promoted to the first team, it will be awkward and you won’t be able to change. “I will never lose confidence, and I want to do my best in the first team next year regardless of the situation,” he said strongly.
He continued, “For any team, the competition for the starting position is tight. In the end, I have to do well to move up. “If the director calls me, I will do my best with the mindset of showing everything,” he said.
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Kim Tae-hoon will become a new groom in December. Will we be able to see Kim Tae-hoon playing in the first team in 2025?
[이정원 MK스포츠 기자]
2024-11-28 03:00:00
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