Kim Tae-kyun

Kim Tae-kyun is the kind of player who makes you genuinely appreciate what consistency looks like over a long career. Born in Cheonan and groomed through Korean baseball from his university days at Daejeon, he spent the bulk of his career as the cornerstone first baseman for the Hanwha Eagles in the KBO League — a team that hasn't always had much to celebrate, but always had him. A lifetime batting average north of .320, over 300 home runs, and more than 1,300 RBIs puts him in the conversation for the greatest hitters in Korean baseball history, full stop. He's not a flashy international export story, and that's actually what I respect most — he built an elite career by just being really, really good at home, year after year.

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Name (English)

Kim Tae-kyun

Name (Japanese)

金泰均

Reading

きむ・てぎゅん

Born

May 29, 1982 (age 44)

Origin

Cheonan, South Korea

Height

184 cm

Occupation

baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dog

High school

Bugil High School

University

Daejeon University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Tae-kyun%20(baseball%2C%20born%201982)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E6%B3%B0%E5%9D%87%20(1982%E5%B9%B4%E7%94%9F%E3%81%AE%E5%86%85%E9%87%8E%E6%89%8B)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q489346

Tags

• baseball player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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