Byung-Hyun
Kim
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 197
 
Born: January 21, 1979 in Kwangsa, S.KOREA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2014   
All-Star Selections 2009    2015   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 25 SFN NL $ 3,500,000 7 7 8 8 6 6 6 7 10 8
2005 26 FLO NL $ 3,500,000 7 7 8 8 7 7 7 8 10 9
2006 27 FLO NL $ 6,750,000 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 10 9
2007 28 FLO NL $ 6,750,000 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 10 9
2008 29 FLO NL $ 6,750,000 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 10 10
2009 30 MIN AL $ 6,750,000 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 10 9
2010 31 MIN AL $ 8,430,000 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 10 9
2011 32 MIN AL $ 8,430,000 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 10 9
2012 33 MIN AL $ 8,430,000 7 7 8 7 6 7 7 8 10 9
2013 34 MIN AL $ 8,430,000 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 8 10 9
2014 35 SFN NL $ 5,000,000 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 8 10 9
2015 36 SEA AL $ 3,510,000 5 6 6 6 5 6 5 7 9 8
2016 37 SEA AL $ 3,510,000 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 3,500,000 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,430,000 7 7 8 8 7 7 7 8 10 10
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 25 SFN NL $ 3,500,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2005 26 FLO NL $ 3,500,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2006 27 FLO NL $ 6,750,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2007 28 FLO NL $ 6,750,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2008 29 FLO NL $ 6,750,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2009 30 MIN AL $ 6,750,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2010 31 MIN AL $ 8,430,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2011 32 MIN AL $ 8,430,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2012 33 MIN AL $ 8,430,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2013 34 MIN AL $ 8,430,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2014 35 SFN NL $ 5,000,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2015 36 SEA AL $ 3,510,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2016 37 SEA AL $ 3,510,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 3,500,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,430,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 25 SFN NL 7 17 .292 30 30 0 0 0 155.0 145 90 24 94 148 5.23 .248 .354 .429 .783 4.4
2005 26 SFN NL 3 4 .429 28 16 1 0 0 79.0 67 25 6 26 66 2.85 .227 .298 .322 .620 5.4
  FLO NL 8 3 .727 17 10 0 0 0 99.3 77 34 6 25 91 3.08 .210 .270 .292 .562 8.5
  TOT   11 7 .611 45 26 1 0 0 178.3 144 59 12 51 157 2.98 .218 .283 .306 .588 13.9
2006 27 FLO NL 19 6 .760 33 33 1 1 0 205.3 181 60 3 58 175 2.63 .237 .294 .292 .586 20.1
2007 28 FLO NL 10 10 .500 33 33 0 0 0 190.3 200 77 13 60 175 3.64 .265 .322 .378 .700 12.0
2008 29 FLO NL 11 8 .579 28 26 0 0 0 157.7 172 70 12 44 135 4.00 .280 .331 .384 .715 9.3
2009 30 FLO NL 12 3 .800 16 16 1 0 0 107.0 82 27 6 33 93 2.27 .213 .276 .299 .575 11.9
  MIN AL 7 5 .583 17 17 1 1 0 103.3 131 75 10 34 89 6.53 .309 .361 .434 .795 3.0
  TOT   19 8 .704 33 33 2 1 0 210.3 213 102 16 67 182 4.36 .263 .320 .370 .690 14.8
2010 31 MIN AL 15 8 .652 41 41 0 0 0 245.0 252 113 17 71 218 4.15 .263 .322 .359 .681 17.2
2011 32 MIN AL 11 10 .524 35 35 0 0 0 203.7 207 96 16 72 218 4.24 .261 .328 .376 .704 11.7
2012 33 MIN AL 11 17 .393 36 36 0 0 0 219.3 224 113 16 68 202 4.64 .263 .321 .370 .692 11.7
2013 34 MIN AL 14 7 .667 36 36 1 1 0 229.0 219 78 11 66 199 3.07 .248 .301 .322 .623 20.6
2014 35 SFN NL 7 9 .438 32 32 0 0 0 188.3 180 85 16 67 158 4.06 .254 .318 .366 .684 8.9
2015 36 SEA AL 17 10 .630 34 34 0 0 0 191.7 180 86 13 94 155 4.04 .249 .341 .352 .692 12.9
2016 37 SEA AL 1 4 .200 39 11 1 0 0 106.3 133 95 14 69 68 8.04 .304 .398 .438 .836 0.0
13 Years Sim 153 121 .558 455 406 6 3 0 2480.3 2450 1124 183 881 2190 4.08 .257 .323 .361 .684 157.5
Season Average 11 9 .550 35 31 0 0 0 190.8 188 86 14 67 168 4.08 .257 .323 .361 .684  
Career Highs 19 17 .760 45 41 2 1 0 245.0 252 113 24 94 218 8.04 .304 .398 .438 .836  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1177 518 46 411 1212   .239 .297 .310 .608
vs LH   1273 606 137 470 978   .276 .343 .415 .758
Home 79 62 .560 235 201 3 1 0 1288.6 1250 575 90 459 1136 4.02 .253 .317 .356 .672
Away 74 59 .556 220 205 3 2 0 1191.6 1200 549 93 422 1054 4.15 .260 .323 .367 .689
Mar/Apr 28 18 .609 73 68 1 1 0 415.0 369 153 34 152 381 3.32 .237 .305 .348 .654
May 31 20 .608 81 71 0 0 0 442.3 437 194 27 154 387 3.95 .257 .319 .352 .671
June 31 18 .633 84 69 0 0 0 443.0 419 195 29 164 381 3.96 .249 .315 .341 .656
July 16 21 .432 80 64 0 0 0 405.6 421 208 31 143 345 4.62 .267 .328 .373 .701
August 25 22 .532 72 70 3 1 0 420.3 424 195 33 155 386 4.18 .261 .325 .374 .699
Sep/Oct 22 22 .500 65 64 2 1 0 354.0 380 179 29 113 310 4.55 .271 .325 .380 .705
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 25 SFN NL 30 50 2 10 0 0 0 5 0 1 3 18 .200 .245 .200 .445 2.1 0.0
2005 26 SFN NL 28 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .063 .063 .063 .125 -0.8 0.0
  FLO NL 17 27 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .037 .103 .037 .140 -1.1 0.0
  TOT   45 43 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 .047 .089 .047 .135 -1.9 0.0
2006 27 FLO NL 33 59 3 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 25 .068 .095 .085 .180 -1.6 0.0
2007 28 FLO NL 33 61 2 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 22 .131 .131 .148 .279 -0.6 0.0
2008 29 FLO NL 28 50 2 6 4 0 0 5 0 0 1 16 .120 .137 .200 .337 0.3 0.0
2009 30 FLO NL 16 31 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .097 .152 .097 .248 -0.5 0.0
2014 35 SFN NL 32 60 4 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 17 .150 .203 .167 .370 1.5 0.0
7 Years Sim 217 354 19 42 7 0 0 26 0 1 14 120 .119 .151 .138 .290 -0.7 0.0
162 Game Average 264 14 31 5 0 0 19 0 0 10 89 .119 .151 .138 .290 -0.6  
Career Highs 45 61 4 10 4 0 0 5 0 1 4 25 .200 .245 .200 .445 2.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   283 12 24 4 0 0 18 0 0 14 94 .085 .127 .099 .226 -7.2
vs LH   71 7 18 3 0 0 8 0 1 0 26 .254 .254 .296 .549 4.3
Home 112 169 9 22 4 0 0 10 0 1 7 64 .130 .164 .154 .318 -0.2
Away 105 185 10 20 3 0 0 16 0 0 7 56 .108 .140 .124 .264 -2.8
RISP   104 0 18 2 0 0 24 0 0 2 39 .173 .185 .192 .377 1.9
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Mar/Apr 39 61 5 10 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 20 .164 .190 .180 .371 1.0
May 43 68 3 12 3 0 0 5 0 0 4 23 .176 .222 .221 .443 2.6
June 45 71 3 6 2 0 0 5 0 1 2 23 .085 .108 .113 .221 -2.4
July 29 50 4 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 20 .160 .192 .180 .372 0.9
August 33 62 3 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 19 .081 .108 .081 .188 -2.3
Sep/Oct 28 42 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .024 .068 .024 .092 -2.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2004 25 SFN NL P 30 30 155.0 9 20 1 0 .967 1.68    
2005 26 SFN NL P 28 16 79.0 7 10 1 0 .944 1.94    
  FLO NL P 17 10 99.3 8 13 2 1 .913 1.90    
  TOT   P 45 26 178.3 15 23 3 1 .927 1.92    
2006 27 FLO NL P 33 33 205.3 12 19 1 1 .969 1.36    
2007 28 FLO NL P 33 33 190.3 7 29 1 0 .973 1.70    
2008 29 FLO NL P 28 26 157.7 8 17 1 0 .962 1.43    
2009 30 FLO NL P 16 16 107.0 9 17 1 3 .963 2.19    
  MIN AL P 17 17 103.3 8 16 1 2 .960 2.09    
  TOT   P 33 33 210.3 17 33 2 5 .962 2.14    
2010 31 MIN AL P 41 41 245.0 15 24 2 1 .951 1.43    
2011 32 MIN AL P 35 35 203.7 9 16 0 3 1.000 1.10    
2012 33 MIN AL P 36 36 219.3 11 16 1 2 .964 1.11    
2013 34 MIN AL P 36 36 229.0 15 29 2 2 .957 1.73    
2014 35 SFN NL P 32 32 188.3 9 26 0 1 1.000 1.67    
2015 36 SEA AL P 34 34 191.7 8 24 2 1 .941 1.50    
2016 37 SEA AL P 39 11 106.3 3 11 3 4 .824 1.18    
Career Totals   455 406 2480.3 138 287 19 21 .957 1.54    
Career Highs   45 41 245.0 17 33 3 5 1.000 2.14    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2005 26 FLO NL 1 4 .200 6 6 0 0 0 35.7 29 13 3 12 28 3.28 .220 .285 .326 .610
2006 27 FLO NL 3 1 .750 5 5 0 0 0 33.7 31 8 0 9 30 2.14 .244 .294 .307 .601
2007 28 FLO NL 2 1 .667 3 3 0 0 0 15.0 16 5 1 7 12 3.00 .276 .354 .397 .750
2008 29 FLO NL 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 7.7 6 2 0 2 4 2.35 .231 .286 .308 .593
2014 35 SFN NL 2 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 17.0 21 7 1 6 20 3.71 .292 .346 .347 .693
Career Post-Season Pitching 9 6 .600 18 18 0 0 0 109.0 103 35 5 36 94 2.89 .248 .308 .333 .641
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2005 26 FLO NL 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
2006 27 FLO NL 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250
2007 28 FLO NL 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200
2008 29 FLO NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
2014 35 SFN NL 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 15 24 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 .083 .120 .083 .203
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2005-3-2.98
2006-4-2.63
2013-5-3.07
Wins
2006-2-19
2015-7-17
CAR-27-153
Losses
2004-2-17
2012-3-17
CAR-41-121
Winning Pct
2006-5-.760
Games Started
2010-1-41
2011-6-35
2012-1-36
2013-2-36
CAR-23-406
Complete Games
2005-6-1
2006-9-1
Shutouts
2006-3-1
2009-10-1
Innings Pitched
2010-2-245.0
2013-4-229.0
CAR-25-2480.3
Hits Allowed
2010-5-252
2013-10-219
CAR-28-2450
Strikeouts
2010-10-218
CAR-35-2190
Walks Allowed
2004-6-94
2015-9-94
CAR-23-881
Hits per 9IP
2005-4-7.3
2006-9-7.9
WHiP
2005-2-1.09
2006-7-1.16
OAVG
2005-4-.218
2006-10-.237
OOBP
2005-3-.283
2006-5-.294
OSLG
2005-2-.306
2006-3-.292
2013-8-.322
2015-10-.352
CAR-48-.361
OOPS
2005-2-.588
2006-3-.586
2013-10-.623
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 47    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 87)
 
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History
Traded from Boston to San Francisco on 4/5/2004 (Going to SFN: 3B Bill Mueller, P Byung-hyun Kim, SS Hanley Ramirez. Going to BOS: P Jason Schmidt)
Had first career hit on 4/11/2004, off Mike Hampton (ATL)
Earned first career win on 5/6/2004
Injured on 9/8/2004 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for full season
Traded from San Francisco to Florida on 7/1/2005 (Going to SFN: P Brett Tomko, P Logan Kensing. Going to FLO: P Byung-hyun Kim, RF Raymond Ritenour)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2006, going 4-1, 1.38
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/2006, going 5-1, 1.13
6/23/2009: Signed a contract extension with Florida, $8,430,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Florida to Minnesota on 7/1/2009 (Going to FLO: P Brian Beaufort, CF Henry Wakefield, 2B Chris Burke. Going to MIN: P Byung-hyun Kim)
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game
Injured on 5/28/2011 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2013, going 3-1, 0.77
Signed as a free agent by San Francisco on 2/7/2014 to a 1-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
Won World Championship with San Francisco in 2014
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/8/2015 to a 2-year deal worth $3,510,000 per year
Was selected to the 2015 Allstar game
Injured on 8/4/2016 with a Sore Elbow, out for one week