Im Tae-hoon
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Im Tae-hoon (born September 28, 1988) is a South Korean relief pitcher who played for the Doosan Bears in the KBO League.[1] 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 2006 World Junior Baseball Championship in Cuba. Im pitched 5 shutout innings, struck out 9, and allowed only 2 hits to win over Panama in the preliminary round. He started another preliminary match against Australia, and allowed 2 runs over 4.1 innings.
Notable international careers
| Year | Venue | Competition | Team | Individual Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | World Junior Baseball Championship | File:Gold medal icon.svg |
Professional career
Im debuted with the 2007 Doosan Bears. In his first KBO season, he pitched 101.1 innings with 7–3, a save, 20 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 2008 South Korea Olympic national baseball team together with the fellow 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 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 Team Korea manager Kim Kyung-moon.
Im finished the 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 and Chinese Taipei, and pitched 3.1 innings, allowing one run and five hits.
Notable international careers
| Year | Venue | Competition | Team | Individual Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei | Asian Baseball Championship | File:Silver medal icon.svg | |
| 2009 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | World Baseball Classic | File:Silver medal icon.svg | 0-0; 2.70 ERA (2 G, 3.1 IP, 1 ER, 3 K) |
| 2010 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | Guangzhou Asian Games | File:Gold medal icon.svg | 1-0; 0.00 ERA (1 G, 5.0 IP, 0 ER, 9 K) |
References
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- ↑ '임태훈 은퇴' 두산, 재현된 투수 유망주 잔혹사. MK Sports. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
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- Living people
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