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{{short description|South Korean baseball player}}
{{for|the activist|Lim Tae-hoon}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Im Tae-hoon
|position=[[Relief pitcher]]
|team=
|number=
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1988|9|28}}
|birth_place= [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]
|debutleague=KBO
|debutyear=2007
|debutdate=April 8
|debutteam=Doosan Bears
|finalleague=KBO
|finalyear=2014
|finaldate=October 16
|finalteam=Doosan Bears
|statyear=
|statleague=KBO
|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=39–30
|stat4label=[[Save (baseball)|Save]]s
|stat4value=19
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=4.00
|stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s
|stat3value=427
|teams=
*[[Doosan Bears]] ({{Baseball year|2007}}–{{Baseball year|2014}})
|awards= 
* {{Baseball year|2007}} [[KBO League|KBO]] Rookie of the Year
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport | Men's [[baseball]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{KOR}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]] | [[Baseball at the 2010 Asian Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Baseball Classic]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2009 World Baseball Classic|2009 Los Angeles]] | Team }}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name/auto
|hangul = %임태훈
|hanja  = 林泰勳
}}
{{family name hatnote|Im||lang=Korean}}

'''Im Tae-hoon''' (born September 28, 1988) is a South Korean [[relief pitcher]] who played for the [[Doosan Bears]] in the [[KBO League]].<ref>[http://sports.mk.co.kr/view.php?year=2015&no=609528 '임태훈 은퇴' 두산, 재현된 투수 유망주 잔혹사]. [[Maeil Business Newspaper|MK]] Sports. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.</ref> He bats and throws right-handed.

==Amateur career==
Im attended Seoul High School in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]. In 2006, he was selected for the South Korea national junior team that won the gold medal at the [[World Junior Baseball Championship|2006 World Junior Baseball Championship]] in [[Cuba]]. Im pitched 5 shutout innings, struck out 9, and allowed only 2 hits to win over [[Panama national baseball team|Panama]] in the preliminary round. He started another preliminary match against Australia, and allowed 2 runs over 4.1 innings.

=== Notable international careers ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background:#0A6EFF"|<span style="color:white;">Year</span>
!style="background:#0A6EFF"|<span style="color:white;">Venue</span>
!style="background:#0A6EFF"|<span style="color:white;">Competition</span>
!style="background:#0A6EFF"|<span style="color:white;">Team</span>
!style="background:#0A6EFF"|<span style="color:white;">Individual Note</span>
|-
|2006
|{{Bb|CUB}}
|[[World Junior Baseball Championship]]
|style="text-align:center"| [[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]]
|
|}

== Professional career ==
Im debuted with the 2007 [[Doosan Bears]]. In his first [[Korea Baseball Organization|KBO]] season, he pitched 101.1 innings with 7–3, a save, 20 [[Hold (baseball)|holds]] (the league's runner-up), 93 strikeouts and a 2.40 ERA. Im eventually won the Rookie of the Year award.

In July 2008, Im was named as a member of the [[Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Team squads#South Korea|2008 South Korea Olympic national baseball team]] together with the fellow [[World Junior Baseball Championship|2006 World Junior Baseball]] champion [[Kim Kwang-hyun]]. However, Im, who gave up six earned runs in six innings in his last five KBO games, also struggled during an exhibition game against the [[Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Team squads#Netherlands|Netherlands Olympic team]] in Seoul on August 3, and on the next day he was finally replaced with [[Yoon Suk-min]] of the [[Kia Tigers]] by [[Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Team squads#South Korea|Team Korea]] manager [[Kim Kyung-moon]].

Im finished the [[2008 Korea Baseball Organization season|2008 KBO season]] as a [[setup man]] with a 6–3 record and a 3.41 ERA with 6 saves, 14 holds (5th in the league) and 83 strikeouts (13th in the league) in 83 innings pitched.

In March 2009, Im earned a late slot on the [[South Korea national baseball team]] for the [[2009 World Baseball Classic]], replacing [[Hwang Doo-sung]] three days before the start of the WBC. Im, the youngest player on the Korean roster, appeared in 2 games against [[Japan national baseball team|Japan]] and [[Chinese Taipei national baseball team|Chinese Taipei]], and pitched 3.1 innings, allowing one run and five hits.

=== Notable international careers ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background:#0A6EFF"|<span style="color:white;">Year</span>
!style="background:#0A6EFF"|<span style="color:white;">Venue</span>
!style="background:#0A6EFF"|<span style="color:white;">Competition</span>
!style="background:#0A6EFF"|<span style="color:white;">Team</span>
!style="background:#0A6EFF"|<span style="color:white;">Individual Note</span>
|-
|2007
|{{Bb|TPE}}
|[[Asian Baseball Championship]]
|style="text-align:center"| [[Image:Silver medal icon.svg]]
|
|-
|2009
|{{Bb|USA}}
|[[2009 World Baseball Classic|World Baseball Classic]]
|style="text-align:center"| [[Image:Silver medal icon.svg]]
|0-0; 2.70 ERA (2 G, 3.1 IP, 1 ER, 3 K)
|-
|2010
|{{Bb|CHN}}
|[[16th Asian Games|Guangzhou Asian Games]]
|style="text-align:center"| [[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]]
|1-0; 0.00 ERA (1 G, 5.0 IP, 0 ER, 9 K)
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://eng.koreabaseball.com/teams/playerinfopitcher/summary.aspx?pcode=77251 Career statistics and player information] from [[Korea Baseball Organization]]
{{Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br= |fangraphs= |cube= |brm=yim---000tae }}

{{South Korea roster 2009 World Baseball Classic}}
{{South Korea baseball roster 2010 Asian Games}}
{{KBO League Rookie of the Year}}

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[[Category:Doosan Bears players]]
[[Category:KBO League Rookie of the Year Award winners]]
[[Category:KBO League pitchers]]
[[Category:2009 World Baseball Classic players]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists in baseball]]
[[Category:Asian Games baseball players for South Korea]]
[[Category:Seoul High School alumni]]
[[Category:1988 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Baseball players from Seoul]]
[[Category:Baseball players at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:World Baseball Classic players of South Korea]]