Sun-woo Kim

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{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Sun-woo Kim

| image = Kim Sun-Woo from acrofan.jpg

| team =

| number =

| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|9|4}}

| birth_place = Incheon, South Korea|

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = June 15

| debutyear = 2001

| debutteam = Boston Red Sox

| debut2league = KBO

| debut2date = April 2

| debut2year = 2008

| debut2team = Doosan Bears

| finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = September 17

| finalyear = 2006

| finalteam = Cincinnati Reds

| final2league = KBO

| final2date = October 17

| final2year = 2014

| final2team = LG Twins

| statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 13–13

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 5.31

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 211

| stat2league = KBO

| stat21label = Win–loss record

| stat21value = 57–46

| stat22label = Earned run average

| stat22value = 4.37

| stat23label = Strikeouts

| stat23value = 438

| teams =

Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|2001}}–{{mlby|2002}})
Montreal Expos / Washington Nationals ({{mlby|2002}}–{{mlby|2005}})
Colorado Rockies ({{mlby|2005}}–{{mlby|2006}})
Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|2006}})
Doosan Bears ({{baseball year|2008}}–{{baseball year|2013}})
LG Twins ({{baseball year|2014}})

}}

{{Infobox Korean name

|hangul = 김선우

|hanja = {{linktext|金|善|宇}}

|rr=Gim Seon-u

|mr=Kim Sŏn-u

}}

Sun-woo "Sunny" Kim ({{Korean|hangul=김선우|hanja=金善宇}}, {{IPA|ko|kim.sʌn.u}}; born September 4, 1977) is a retired South Korean professional baseball pitcher of the Korea Baseball Organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox, Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals, Colorado Rockies, and Cincinnati Reds. He bats and throws right-handed.

Pro career

Kim began his MLB career with the Boston Red Sox in {{Baseball year|2001}} and was traded to the Montreal Expos the next season. In his career, Kim has pitched in 110 games, starting 37, recording 13 wins against 13 losses. He was the starting pitcher of the Montreal Expos at the organization's final game at Montreal on September 29, 2004, lasting just over two innings.{{cite web|title=Expos, fans 'savor' final game in Montreal|url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/6135422/|agency=Associated Press|publisher=NBC Sports|accessdate=25 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011224138/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/6135422/|archive-date=11 October 2012|url-status=dead}} On September 24, Kim pitched complete game shut out against San Francisco Giants at Coors Field, leading the team's 6-0 victory.

He was acquired by the Cincinnati Reds on September 5, 2006, from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for future considerations. Kim was released from the Reds after the 2006 season. After playing one season in the minor leagues, he signed with the Doosan Bears in the Korea Baseball Organization at the end of 2007. Kim posted a 57–45 record and a 4.27 ERA in 6 seasons with the Bears. His best season was 2011, when he won 16 games (against 7 losses), pitching 175.2 innings in 28 games with a 3.13 ERA.

After a dreadful season in 2013, (5-6, 5.52 ERA and only pitched 60.2 innings due to injury), Kim was waived by the Bears. He then joined the LG Twins, where he played his final season.

Family

Kim is the cousin of Lee Junho, who is a member of the boy band 2PM.

References

External links

{{baseballstats|mlb=279615|espn=4266|br=k/kimsu01|fangraphs=197|brm=kim---001sun}}

[http://eng.koreabaseball.com/Teams/PlayerInfoPitcher/Summary.aspx?pcode=78232 Career statistics and player information] from Korea Baseball Organization
{{sports-reference|ki/kim-seon-u-1}}

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