Kim Jae-ho (Korean김재호; Hanja金宰鎬; born March 21, 1985) is a South Korean infielder who plays for the Doosan Bears in the KBO League. Kim graduated from Choong Ang High School and joined the Doosan Bears through the first draft in 2004. His main position is shortstop, however, he sometimes plays as a second baseman.[1] He won the KBO League Golden Glove Award in 2015 and 2016 consecutively.

Kim Jae-ho
Doosan Bears – No. 52
Shortstop
Born: (1985-03-21) March 21, 1985 (age 39)
Seoul, South Korea
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
KBO debut
April 5, 2004, for the Doosan Bears
KBO statistics
(through 2024 season)
Batting average.272
Home runs54
Runs batted in600
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  South Korea
2015 WBSC Premier12
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tokyo Team

He handed over his captain's position to Kim Jae-hwan when he was dismissed due to an injury in 2017, and returned to his batting sense, but was dismissed again on August 29, 2017 after being hit by Kim Jae-hwan while defending against the Lotte Giants.[2]

Career

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Year Team AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI SB CS BB HBP SO GIDP E
2004 Doosan Bears 0.000 36 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
2005 0.222 47 27 6 6 1 1 1 12 4 1 0 2 1 5 1 2
2008 0.249 112 261 48 65 8 5 1 86 21 12 3 25 2 33 7 14
2009 0.239 80 180 27 43 9 4 3 69 36 4 1 20 1 27 5 7
2010 0.224 83 85 11 19 3 1 0 24 8 5 1 14 1 15 3 2
2011 0.183 57 109 6 20 5 1 0 27 9 1 1 7 2 15 4 5
2012 0.215 84 177 23 38 2 2 0 44 11 3 3 16 2 31 5 1
2013 0.315 91 248 42 78 10 3 1 97 32 9 6 26 0 24 7 5
2014 0.252 122 341 50 86 14 1 3 111 54 2 8 54 2 59 14 11
2015 0.307 133 410 63 126 24 3 3 165 50 7 2 54 3 42 18 16
2016 0.310 137 416 69 129 27 3 7 183 78 8 4 57 5 52 8 10
0.269 982 2263 349 610 103 24 19 818 303 52 29 275 19 306 72 73

References

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  1. ^ Park, Hyun-Chul (2013-06-05). "5G 타율 .545' 김재호, 나도 공격형 유격수" [Now I am a real shortstop]. OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  2. ^ "두산 김재호, 어깨 관절 인대 손상 의심…30일 정밀 검진". mydaily.co.kr. 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
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