3B Tae-jin Kim #5
Age: 31 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
11/05/2026
 OA: 30 POT: 30
BNN Index | | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
3B TAE-JIN KIM #5 - AGE: 31 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
90 186 47 7 1 2 21 9 38 .253 .298 .333 1 -0.1
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 45 45 45 45
Gap 40 40 45 40
Power 40 40 40 40
Eye 30 30 35 30
Avoid K's 55 55 55 55
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 50 45
Errors: - 60 45
Arm: 20 55 50
Turn DP: - 50 -
Ability: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 20
1st Base: 45 Center Field: -
2nd Base: 45 Right Field: 35
3rd Base: 50
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 50
Stealing Ability: 55
Baserunning Inst.: 45
Sacrifice Bunt: 50
Bunt for Hit: 45
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/02/2026 LOT Loss, 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/28/2026 @ LOT Loss, 1-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/18/2026 @ DOO Loss, 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/16/2026 @ LOT Loss, 0-11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/15/2026 @ LOT Win, 1-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/12/2026 KIW Loss, 6-8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/06/2026 LOT Win, 2-1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
09/05/2026 LOT Loss, 0-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/04/2026 @ NC Win, 4-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/03/2026 @ NC Loss, 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Enjoys country music.
Low: Leader
Birthday:10/07/1995
Born in:Seoul, SEO
Nationality:South Korean
Height:5' 9"
Weight:160 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:None, Free Agent
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:7 Years, 105 Days
Service This Yr:176 Days
40-Man Service:1 Year, 105 Days
Pro Service:12 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Eligible, but possibly free agent after season!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
KOREAN BASEBALL ORGANIZATION 2026 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 90 186 47 7 1 2 21 19 9 38 .253 .298 .333 .631 .296 .081 84
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 34 200 3 0 0 1 2 0 62 10 1 3 25.0 18.3 3.41 -0.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   34 9 2 0 0 3 4 3 9 0 0 0 .265 .324 .324 .648
Versus Right   152 38 5 1 2 18 14 6 29 0 2 3 .250 .292 .336 .627
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
March   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
April   39 14 3 0 1 8 8 0 4 0 0 0 .359 .359 .513 .872
May   26 4 0 0 0 1 4 2 7 0 1 3 .154 .290 .154 .444
June   39 11 3 0 0 5 3 1 8 0 1 0 .282 .300 .359 .659
July   35 7 1 1 0 4 2 3 7 0 0 0 .200 .263 .286 .549
August   30 9 0 0 1 3 2 3 7 0 0 0 .300 .364 .400 .764
September   15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .133 .133 .133 .267
Spring Training   23 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 .174 .240 .174 .414
Postseason   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Last Year   201 46 8 1 3 22 20 19 44 3 2 2 .229 .298 .323 .621
2 Years Ago   310 77 19 2 7 39 28 18 54 5 2 4 .248 .294 .390 .684
Career   2672 710 129 13 37 287 298 145 472 26 26 24 .266 .307 .365 .672
Home   80 19 1 0 0 4 5 6 18 0 0 1 .237 .299 .250 .549
Road   106 28 6 1 2 17 14 3 20 0 2 2 .264 .297 .396 .694
Grass   158 42 6 1 2 17 15 8 32 0 1 1 .266 .305 .354 .660
Turf   28 5 1 0 0 4 4 1 6 0 1 2 .179 .258 .214 .472
Day   20 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 0 0 0 .200 .238 .200 .438
Night   166 43 7 1 2 19 18 8 33 0 2 3 .259 .305 .349 .654
As Starter   119 34 5 1 2 15 12 6 20 0 1 2 .286 .331 .395 .726
As Reliever / Substitution   67 13 2 0 0 6 7 3 18 0 1 1 .194 .239 .224 .463
Pinch Hitting   36 7 2 0 0 6 5 0 7 0 1 1 .194 .216 .250 .466
Close/Late   77 18 2 0 1 4 9 5 17 0 1 1 .234 .289 .299 .588
Inning 1-3   34 7 0 1 0 6 2 3 10 0 0 0 .206 .270 .265 .535
Inning 4-6   52 18 4 0 1 11 6 1 8 0 1 2 .346 .382 .481 .863
Inning 7-9   83 18 2 0 1 4 9 2 13 0 1 1 .217 .244 .277 .521
Extra Innings   17 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 0 0 .235 .350 .294 .644
0 Outs   61 21 3 1 0 7 13 3 10 0 2 2 .344 .394 .426 .820
1 Outs   55 13 1 0 0 6 3 1 14 0 0 0 .236 .250 .255 .505
2 Outs   70 13 3 0 2 8 2 5 14 0 0 1 .186 .250 .314 .564
Scoring Position   56 12 3 1 0 18 4 1 15 0 2 1 .214 .241 .304 .545
Bases Empty   90 25 4 0 1 1 13 5 13 0 0 2 .278 .330 .356 .685
Runner on 1st   40 10 0 0 1 2 1 3 10 0 0 0 .250 .302 .325 .627
Runner on 2nd   8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 3rd   8 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 .375 .375 .500 .875
Runner on 1st & 2nd   16 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 0 1 .250 .294 .312 .607
Runner on 1st & 3rd   7 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   6 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Bases Loaded   11 2 0 1 0 5 1 1 5 0 0 0 .182 .250 .364 .614
Two Strikes   72 7 2 0 0 5 6 3 38 0 0 2 .097 .156 .125 .281
First Pitch   32 7 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 .219 .242 .219 .461
Count 0-1   23 8 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .348 .348 .478 .826
Count 0-2   10 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 .100 .182 .100 .282
Count 1-0   22 10 3 1 0 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 .455 .455 .682 1.136
Count 1-1   19 7 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 .368 .368 .579 .947
Count 1-2   30 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 18 0 0 1 .100 .129 .100 .229
Count 2-0   5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Count 2-1   10 5 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .600 1.100
Count 2-2   19 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 .053 .053 .105 .158
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   3 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 .667 .857 .667 1.524
Full Count   13 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 .154 .312 .231 .543
Behind in Count   63 12 0 0 1 5 7 0 24 0 0 2 .190 .215 .238 .453
Ahead in Count   40 18 4 1 0 10 4 6 0 0 1 0 .450 .522 .600 1.122
Batting Leadoff   12 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 .083 .083 .167 .250
Batting 3rd   9 5 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 .556 .556 .556 1.111
Batting 4th   4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100
Batting 5th   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 6th   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 7th   67 14 2 1 0 6 3 5 9 0 0 2 .209 .284 .269 .552
Batting 8th   65 20 2 0 2 8 10 3 19 0 2 1 .308 .348 .431 .779
Batting 9th   20 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 .250 .250 .350 .600
Low Leverage   57 16 2 0 0 1 3 4 7 0 0 0 .281 .328 .316 .644
Medium Leverage   58 15 2 0 2 6 7 3 10 0 1 2 .259 .317 .397 .714
High Leverage   69 16 3 1 0 14 8 2 21 0 1 1 .232 .264 .304 .568
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2014 NC - KBO 18 109 294 77 13 0 0 23 28 12 4 3 47 0 1 .262 .297 .306 .603 75 66 -0.1
2015 NC - KBO 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -134 -0.1
2016 NC - KBO 20 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 190 204 0.0
2018 NC - KBO 22 20 31 11 0 0 1 3 5 3 0 0 5 1 2 .355 .412 .452 .863 150 149 0.4
2019 NC - KBO 23 123 374 103 14 5 5 46 44 16 1 3 67 12 4 .275 .305 .380 .684 98 91 1.4
2020 KIA - KBO 24 82 263 62 5 1 1 23 28 13 1 1 45 7 4 .236 .273 .274 .547 59 52 -0.2
2021 KIA - KBO 25 111 361 96 21 0 5 33 37 15 2 4 71 6 1 .266 .296 .366 .661 76 71 -0.9
2022 KIA - KBO 26 85 166 49 11 0 4 23 25 14 1 1 25 4 1 .295 .352 .434 .785 109 105 0.6
2023 KIA - KBO 27 130 481 141 31 3 9 54 63 26 6 6 76 9 4 .293 .333 .426 .760 102 100 2.0
2024 KIA - KBO 28 106 310 77 19 2 7 39 28 18 4 5 54 6 3 .248 .294 .390 .684 82 75 -0.2
2025 KIA - KBO 29 89 201 46 8 1 3 22 20 19 2 3 44 1 1 .229 .298 .323 .621 67 64 -0.3
2026 KIA - KBO 30 90 186 47 7 1 2 21 19 9 3 0 38 1 3 .253 .298 .333 .631 92 84 -0.1
Total KBO 948 2672 710 129 13 37 287 298 145 24 26 472 47 24 .266 .307 .365 .672 86 81 2.5
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2014 Changwon - R 18 85 189 45 4 7 0 15 37 15 2 0 33 6 0 .238 .301 .333 .634 77 76 0.1
2015 Changwon - R 19 86 271 109 16 8 4 41 61 22 1 0 32 14 0 .402 .449 .565 1.014 183 175 3.8
2016 Changwon - R 20 42 161 62 16 2 3 31 26 7 2 0 25 9 0 .385 .418 .565 .983 174 164 2.0
2017 Korean - R 21 85 195 64 11 3 5 24 39 12 2 0 44 8 0 .328 .373 .492 .866 141 135 1.7
2018 Goyang - R 22 94 258 81 21 5 6 37 49 22 0 0 36 13 0 .314 .368 .504 .872 143 135 2.3
2020 Hampyeong - R 24 3 10 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .300 .500 39 31 -0.0
Total KFL 395 1084 363 69 25 18 148 214 78 7 0 170 50 0 .335 .383 .494 .878 145 138
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2026 KIA - KBO 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -121 -0.3
Total KBO 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -121
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2020 KIA - INT LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2020 NC - INT LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2020 KIA - INT CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2020 NC - INT CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2021 KIA - INT 2B 48 38 72 110 26 186 4 .978 362.2 4.52 -5.3 .883
2021 KIA - INT 3B 16 9 6 18 1 24 0 1.000 79.1 2.72 -0.1 .000
2021 KIA - INT LF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 9.0 1.00 -0.5 .481
2021 KIA - INT RF 38 36 67 2 0 70 1 .986 315.0 1.97 -2.4 .934
2022 KIA - INT 2B 18 0 9 18 2 27 0 1.000 50.0 4.86 +0.4 .964
2022 KIA - INT 3B 55 25 18 51 4 74 5 .932 283.1 2.19 -1.9 .906
2022 KIA - INT RF 4 1 2 1 1 3 0 1.000 16.2 1.62 -0.2 .991
2023 KIA - INT 2B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 3.0 3.00 +0.1 1.037
2023 KIA - INT 3B 130 127 70 200 21 279 9 .968 1120.2 2.17 -2.0 .968
2024 KIA - INT 1B 18 16 108 6 13 116 2 .983 153.2 6.68 -1.3 .834
2024 KIA - INT 2B 9 6 12 12 0 24 0 1.000 54.0 4.00 -0.3 .953
2024 KIA - INT 3B 51 35 12 60 5 75 3 .960 350.0 1.85 +1.1 1.003
2024 KIA - INT LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2024 KIA - INT RF 3 2 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 19.0 1.89 -0.1 .974
2025 KIA - INT 1B 3 0 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 7.0 7.71 +0.0 1.030
2025 KIA - INT 2B 10 7 12 18 4 30 0 1.000 66.2 4.05 -0.8 1.026
2025 KIA - INT 3B 33 17 8 25 2 36 3 .917 176.2 1.68 +0.4 .993
2025 KIA - INT LF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 -0.5 .495
2025 KIA - INT RF 3 3 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 24.0 1.88 +0.1 .982
2026 KIA - INT 1B 10 0 22 3 1 26 1 .962 25.1 8.88 -0.4 .920
2026 KIA - INT 2B 12 8 19 11 5 31 1 .968 79.0 3.42 -0.9 .830
2026 KIA - INT 3B 18 5 5 23 2 28 0 1.000 91.2 2.75 +1.0 1.068
2026 KIA - INT LF 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 8.0 2.25 +0.0 .984
2026 KIA - INT CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2026 KIA - INT RF 6 4 12 1 0 14 1 .929 39.1 2.97 -0.4 1.006
TOTAL 1B 31 16 136 9 14 148 3 .980 186.0 7.02 -1.6 .877
TOTAL 2B 98 59 124 170 37 299 5 .983 615.1 4.30 -6.9 .909
TOTAL 3B 303 218 119 377 35 516 20 .961 2101.2 2.12 -1.5 .973
TOTAL LF 6 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 22.0 1.64 -1.0 .653
TOTAL RF 54 46 90 4 1 96 2 .979 414.0 2.04 -3.0 .948
PLAYER HISTORY
08/26/2013 Drafted by the NC Dinos in the 5th round of the 2014 KBO Draft from Shinil HS.
06/12/2021 Goes 5-6 against the Lotte Giants, with 1 2B, 3 RBI and 4 R.
11/05/2021 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $90,000 with the KIA Tigers organization.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 35 (35).
10/17/2022 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $95,000 with the KIA Tigers organization.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 35 (35).
10/26/2023 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $176,000 with the KIA Tigers organization.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 35 (35).
10/22/2024 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $186,000 with the KIA Tigers organization.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 35 (35).
11/07/2025 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $196,000 with the KIA Tigers organization.
01/01/2026 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 30 (30).
11/02/2026 Was not offered arbitration and became a free agent.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year SF Rank
2023 6 9
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