What years did Byung-Hyun Kim play?

Byung-Hyun Kim played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2007.

Was Byung-Hyun Kim a pitcher?

Yes. Byung-Hyun Kim pitched in the major leagues, recording 54 wins and 806 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Byung-Hyun Kim hit?

Byung-Hyun Kim hit 0 career home runs with 19 hits.

What teams did Byung-Hyun Kim play for?

Byung-Hyun Kim played for 4 teams: the Arizona Diamondbacks (1999–2003, 2007), the Boston Red Sox (2003–2004), the Colorado Rockies (2005–2007), and the Florida Marlins (2007).

Did Byung-Hyun Kim win a Cy Young Award?

No. Byung-Hyun Kim did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Byung-Hyun Kim win?

Byung-Hyun Kim was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Byung-Hyun Kim's career stats?

In 394 games, Byung-Hyun Kim went 54-60 with a 4.42 ERA, 806 strikeouts, 841.0 innings pitched, and 86 saves.

What was Byung-Hyun Kim's salary?

Byung-Hyun Kim's last recorded salary was $2,500,000, in 2007. His highest recorded salary was $6,575,000, in 2005, and his lowest was $762,500, in 1999. The Salary History table lists each season from 1999 to 2007.

What position did Byung-Hyun Kim play?

Byung-Hyun Kim played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Byung-Hyun Kim and how much did he weigh?

Byung-Hyun Kim was listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 176 pounds.

What was Byung-Hyun Kim's career ERA?

Byung-Hyun Kim finished with a 4.42 career ERA, going 54-60 with 806 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Byung-Hyun Kim have?

Byung-Hyun Kim recorded 806 career strikeouts.

Is Byung-Hyun Kim in the Hall of Fame?

No. Byung-Hyun Kim has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Byung-Hyun Kim

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1999-2007)

Byung-Hyun Kim was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2007 for 4 teams, including the Arizona Diamondbacks, a span of 9 seasons. Across 394 career appearances, he went 54-60 with a 4.42 ERA, 806 strikeouts, and 86 saves. Byung-Hyun Kim was an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 5363.5.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

W–L 54–60

ERA 4.42

WHIP 1.38

SO 806

Pitcher PIV 5363.5

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 176 lb
Born: 1/19/1979 in Gwangju, Gwangju, South Korea
MLB Debut: 1999-05-29
Last Game: 2007-09-28
Awards: All-Star

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Career Pitching Statistics

Byung-Hyun Kim — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
54	60	394	87	0	0	86	841.0	781	413	94	376	806	4.42	5363.5

Career ERA 4.42 vs. league average 4.48 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Byung-Hyun Kim Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1999	ARI	NL	1	2	25	0	1	27.1	20	14	20	31	4.61	4.71 (+2%)	101.5
2000	ARI	NL	6	6	61	1	14	70.2	52	35	46	111	4.46	4.77 (+7%)	1409.4
2001	ARI	NL	5	6	78	0	19	98.0	58	32	44	113	2.94	4.42 (+33%)	1889.9
2002	ARI	NL	8	3	72	0	36	84.0	64	19	26	92	2.04	4.28 (+52%)	3396.3
2003	ARI	NL	1	5	7	7	0	43.0	34	17	15	33	3.56	4.40 (+19%)	-254.2
2003	BOS	AL	8	5	49	5	16	79.1	70	28	18	69	3.18	4.40 (+28%)	2300.5
2004	BOS	AL	2	1	7	3	0	17.1	17	12	7	6	6.23	4.46 (-40%)	-86.7
2005	COL	NL	5	12	40	22	0	148.0	156	80	71	115	4.86	4.29 (-13%)	-1447.6
2006	COL	NL	8	12	27	27	0	155.0	179	96	61	129	5.57	4.53 (-23%)	797.5
2007	COL	NL	1	2	3	1	0	6.0	6	7	4	2	10.50	—	0.0
2007	FLO	NL	5	3	14	13	0	75.2	65	35	53	68	4.16	4.47 (+7%)	-1766.7
2007	ARI	NL	0	1	2	2	0	2.2	11	7	2	3	23.62	—	0.0
2007	FLO	NL	4	2	9	6	0	34.0	49	31	9	34	8.21	4.47 (-83%)	-1766.7
Career · 13 seasons			54	60	394	87	86	841.0	781	413	376	806	4.42	—	4,573

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Byung-Hyun Kim — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
394	153	4	19	3	0	0	10	0	6	39	.124	.156	.144	.300	-448

Career AVG .124 vs. league average .267 across their career seasons — 53.4% below league average.

Career OBP .156 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 53.5% below league average.

Career SLG .144 vs. league average .426 across their career seasons — 66.3% below league average.

Career OPS .300 vs. league average .762 across their career seasons — 60.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Byung-Hyun Kim Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1999	ARI	NL	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	ARI	NL	61	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	ARI	NL	78	6	0	1	0	2	0	2	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	ARI	NL	72	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	ARI	NL	7	13	0	2	1	1	0	2	.154	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	BOS	AL	49	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	.286	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	BOS	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	COL	NL	40	38	0	3	0	2	2	6	.079	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	COL	NL	27	50	4	8	1	4	1	15	.160	.269 (-41%)	.336 (-48%)	.431 (-58%)	.768 (-54%)	-447.9
2007	COL	NL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	FLO	NL	14	17	0	1	1	1	1	6	.059	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	ARI	NL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	FLO	NL	9	13	0	1	0	0	1	5	.077	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			394	153	4	19	3	10	6	39	.124	—	—	—	—	-448

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Byung-Hyun Kim — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Byung-Hyun Kim — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	AVG
2003	ALDS2	BOS	1	0	.000
2002	NLDS2	ARI	1	0	.000
2001	NLCS	ARI	3	1	.000
2001	NLDS2	ARI	1	0	.000
2001	WS	ARI	2	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Byung-Hyun Kim — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	1	8	0	3	11.1	9	8	8	11	6.35

Playoff Pitching by Year

Byung-Hyun Kim — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2003	ALDS2	BOS	0	1	0	0.2	0	1	1	1	13.50
2002	NLDS2	ARI	0	1	0	1.0	2	2	3	0	18.00
2001	NLCS	ARI	0	3	2	5.0	0	0	1	3	0.00
2001	NLDS2	ARI	0	1	1	1.1	1	0	2	1	0.00
2001	WS	ARI	1	2	0	3.1	6	5	1	6	13.50

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Byung-Hyun Kim — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	199	67	1	6	0	5	.090
Away	195	86	3	13	0	5	.151

Pitching — Home / Away

Byung-Hyun Kim — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	199	434.1	401	205	193	430	4.25
Away	195	406.2	380	208	183	376	4.60

Last 10 Games — Batting

Byung-Hyun Kim — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	BB	SO
2007-09-28	MIA	NYN	W	3	1	0	2
2007-09-22	MIA	NYN	L	1	0	0	1
2007-09-17	MIA	ATL	L	2	0	0	1
2007-09-12	MIA	WAS	W	2	0	1	1
2007-09-07	MIA	PHI	W	3	0	0	0
2007-09-01	MIA	PHI	W	2	0	0	0
2007-08-28	MIA	ATL	W	0	0	0	0
2007-08-26	MIA	CIN	L	0	0	0	0
2007-08-25	MIA	CIN	L	0	0	0	0
2007-08-14	AZ	MIA	L	0	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Byung-Hyun Kim — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2007-09-28	MIA	NYN	W	5.0	8	4	3	0	2	1
2007-09-22	MIA	NYN	L	5.0	3	5	4	2	5	1
2007-09-17	MIA	ATL	L	4.0	9	9	9	1	3	0
2007-09-12	MIA	WAS	—	5.2	7	4	4	4	10	2
2007-09-07	MIA	PHI	W	6.0	7	3	3	0	7	1
2007-09-01	MIA	PHI	W	5.0	10	4	4	1	4	2
2007-08-28	MIA	ATL	W	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2007-08-26	MIA	CIN	—	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0
2007-08-25	MIA	CIN	—	1.0	4	4	4	1	1	1
2007-08-14	AZ	MIA	L	0.1	4	4	3	1	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Byung-Hyun Kim — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	394	87	49	124	12	6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Byung-Hyun Kim — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1999	ARI	P	25	0	2	7	0	0
2000	ARI	P	61	1	2	7	1	0
2001	ARI	P	78	0	4	19	1	0
2002	ARI	P	72	0	3	12	1	2
2003	ARI	P	7	7	3	14	1	0
2003	BOS	P	49	5	11	11	1	0
2004	BOS	P	7	3	3	3	1	0
2005	COL	P	40	22	9	22	2	2
2006	COL	P	27	27	7	19	1	2
2007	COL	P	3	1	1	0	0	0
2007	FLO	P	14	13	3	8	2	0
2007	ARI	P	2	2	0	0	1	0
2007	FLO	P	9	6	1	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Byung-Hyun Kim Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	394

Awards & Honors

Byung-Hyun Kim — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2002	Player of the Week	Week of 2002-07-13

Salary History

Byung-Hyun Kim's recorded salaries total $20,050,000 over 9 seasons, 1999 to 2007. Kim's career, 1999 to 2007, falls within 1985 to 2016, the years the salary data covers.

Byung-Hyun Kim — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2007	COL	NL	$2,500,000
2006	COL	NL	$1,250,000
2005	COL	NL	$6,575,000
2004	BOS	AL	$3,425,000
2003	ARI	NL	$3,250,000
2002	ARI	NL	$762,500
2001	ARI	NL	$762,500
2000	ARI	NL	$762,500
1999	ARI	NL	$762,500
Total recorded salary			$20,050,000

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Byung-Hyun Kim: the record in brief

The profile opens with Byung-Hyun Kim's first major league game on May 29, 1999; the last one listed came on September 28, 2007. The team column moves through the Arizona Diamondbacks (1999 to 2007), the Boston Red Sox (2003 through 2004), the Colorado Rockies (2005 through 2007), and the Florida Marlins (2007). The bio lists Kim as a pitcher who batted and threw right-handed. The recorded size is 5-foot-11 and 176 pounds. The birth record reads January 19, 1979, in Gwangju, Gwangju, South Korea.

The pitching table credits Kim with a 54-60 record and a 4.42 ERA in 394 games. Also on Kim's record: 806 strikeouts and 86 saves. Kim's 4.42 ERA was close to the 4.48 league figure for those seasons. 2002 brought Kim a season-high 8 wins. Kim struck out 129 batters in 2006, a career high. The most saves in one season was 36, in 2002. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 2.94 in 2001, when the league's was 4.42.

Frequently Asked Questions about Byung-Hyun Kim

What years did Byung-Hyun Kim play?: Byung-Hyun Kim played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2007.
Was Byung-Hyun Kim a pitcher?: Yes. Byung-Hyun Kim pitched in the major leagues, recording 54 wins and 806 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Byung-Hyun Kim hit?: Byung-Hyun Kim hit 0 career home runs with 19 hits.
What teams did Byung-Hyun Kim play for?: Byung-Hyun Kim played for 4 teams: the Arizona Diamondbacks (1999–2003, 2007), the Boston Red Sox (2003–2004), the Colorado Rockies (2005–2007), and the Florida Marlins (2007).
Did Byung-Hyun Kim win a Cy Young Award?: No. Byung-Hyun Kim did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Byung-Hyun Kim win?: Byung-Hyun Kim was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Byung-Hyun Kim's career stats?: In 394 games, Byung-Hyun Kim went 54-60 with a 4.42 ERA, 806 strikeouts, 841.0 innings pitched, and 86 saves.
How much did Byung-Hyun Kim earn in his career?: Byung-Hyun Kim's recorded salaries total $20,050,000 over 9 seasons, 1999 to 2007. Kim's career, 1999 to 2007, falls within 1985 to 2016, the years the salary data covers.
What was Byung-Hyun Kim's salary?: Byung-Hyun Kim's last recorded salary was $2,500,000, in 2007. His highest recorded salary was $6,575,000, in 2005, and his lowest was $762,500, in 1999. The Salary History table lists each season from 1999 to 2007.
What position did Byung-Hyun Kim play?: Byung-Hyun Kim played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Byung-Hyun Kim and how much did he weigh?: Byung-Hyun Kim was listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 176 pounds.
What was Byung-Hyun Kim's career ERA?: Byung-Hyun Kim finished with a 4.42 career ERA, going 54-60 with 806 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Byung-Hyun Kim have?: Byung-Hyun Kim recorded 806 career strikeouts.
Is Byung-Hyun Kim in the Hall of Fame?: No. Byung-Hyun Kim has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.