| rdfs:comment | - Byung-Hyun Kim (born January 19, 1979 in Kwangsan-Ku Songjungdong, South Korea) a.k.a BK is a free agent right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Previously, he played for the Arizona Diamondbacks (1999-2003, 2007), Boston Red Sox (2003-2005), Colorado Rockies (2005-2007), and Florida Marlins (2007).
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| abstract | - Byung-Hyun Kim (born January 19, 1979 in Kwangsan-Ku Songjungdong, South Korea) a.k.a BK is a free agent right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Previously, he played for the Arizona Diamondbacks (1999-2003, 2007), Boston Red Sox (2003-2005), Colorado Rockies (2005-2007), and Florida Marlins (2007). Usually described as a submarine pitcher, Kim is a side-arm and under-arm hard thrower who uses a great variety of deliveries. Kim possesses a four-seam fastball with tailing movement frequently hitting the low 90's, a Frisbee slider with sweeping motion across the plate, an up-shoot slider with a rising motion, and a circle-changeup which he usually uses to strike out left-handed hitters. Nevertheless, during the three seasons between 2004 and 2006, his main problem had been the loss of right pitching balance, which caused difficulty in ball control, reduced ball velocity, and an appearance of inability to handle pressure to those who did not understand the relationship between the balance and an overall performance for an underhand pitcher. During that time, he also struggled against left-handed batters. But his performance has improved each season since 2005. Kim is a 1997 graduate of Gwangju First High School. Jae Seo and Hee Seop Choi were Kim's teammates in 1996 and they are very close friends. Named both the Most Valuable Player and Most Valuable Pitcher for the National High School championships in Korea, Kim was selected to the 1996 National Junior Team, then named to the National Team in both 1997 and 1998. In that year, he pitched against the US Olympic team, striking out 15 batters in 6 2/3 innings. Later, he helped Korea claim the gold medal in the Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand. Kim attended Sungkyunkwan University's Faculty of Law until 1999.
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