Kim Eung-ryong

Kim Eung-Ryong (born September 15, 1941, in Pyongwon, South Pyongan, Korea) is a Korean baseball manager. He is the winningest manager in the history of Korean professional baseball,[1] having won ten Korean Series championships throughout his career. He was the manager of the Haitai Tigers (1983–2000), Samsung Lions (2001–2004), and Hanwha Eagles (2013–2014).

Kim Eung-Ryong
Outfielder / Manager
Born: (1941-09-15) September 15, 1941
Pyongwon, South Pyongan
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Teams
As manager
Career highlights and awards
As manager:
  • 10x Korean Series champion (1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2002)
Kim Eung-ryong
Hangul
김응룡
Hanja
金應龍
Revised RomanizationGim Eungnyong
McCune–ReischauerKim Ŭngnyong

Biography

He studied in the United States, attending Georgia Southern College,[2] and then returned to Korea. He played outfield for the South Korea national baseball team in the 1962 Asian Baseball Championship, which ended up winning a Bronze Medal.[2]

Kim managed the amateur baseball team sponsored by Haitai from 1964 to 1981. During that period he managed the South Korean team to its first international title in the 1977 Intercontinental Cup. He managed the national team to a Bronze Medal in the 1978 Amateur World Series.[2]

Continuing his association with Haitai, Kim was hired by the professional KBO League Haitai Tigers in 1983. He won nine championships with the Tigers (1983, 1986–89, 1991, 1993, 1996–97). From 1986 to 1997 he led the Tigers to eight championships, never losing a Korean Series during that span.

Kim was the manager of the Bronze Medal-winning South Korea national baseball team in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Leaving the Tigers after the 2001 season, Kim was hired by the Samsung Lions. During his four-year tenure with the team, he led them to the Korean Series three times, winning it once (in 2002).

Kim left managing in 2005, serving as president of the Samsung Lions until 2010, and then continuing on in an administrative role.[2]

In 2016 Kim was hired as president of the Korea Baseball Softball Association.[3]

Managerial record

Season Team Finish Rank Games Wins Losses Draws Win% Postseason
1983Haitai Tigers1/61/65030191.612Won Korean Series vs. MBC Chungyong (4–1–0)
4/65025250.500
19845/65/65019292.396Did not qualify
3/65024251.490
19853/63/65529260.527Did not qualify
3/65528261.519
19861/72/75434182.654Won Korean Series vs. Samsung Lions (4–1)
2/75433192.635
19871/73/75427252.519Won Playoff vs. OB Bears (3–2)
Won Korean Series vs. Samsung Lions (4–0)
2/75428233.549
19881/71/75434191.639Won Korean Series vs. Binggrae Eagles (4–2)
1/75434191.639
19891/72/712065514.558Won Playoff vs. Taepyoungyang Dolphins (3–0)
Won Korean Series vs. Binggrae Eagles (4–1)
19903/72/712068493.579Lost Playoff vs. Samsung Lions (0–3)
19911/81/812679425.647Won Korean Series vs. Binggrae Eagles (4–0)
19923/82/812671541.567Lost Playoff vs. Lotte Giants (2–3)
19931/81/812681423.659Won Korean Series vs. Samsung Lions (4–2)
19944/84/812665592.524Lost Semi-playoff vs. Hanwha Eagles (0–2)
19954/84/812664584.524Did not qualify
19961/81/812673512.587Won Korean Series vs. Hyundai Unicorns (4–2)
19971/81/812675501.599Won Korean Series vs. LG Twins (4–1)
19985/85/812661641.488Did not qualify
19997/84/413260693.465Did not qualify
20006/84/413357724.442Did not qualify
2001Samsung Lions2/81/813381520.609Lost Korean Series vs. Doosan Bears (2–4)
20021/81/813382474.636Won Korean Series vs. LG Twins (4–2)
20034/83/813376534.589Lost Semi-playoff vs. SK Wyverns (0–2)
20042/82/813373528.584Won Playoff vs. Doosan Bears (3–1)
Lost Korean Series vs. Hyundai Unicorns (2–3–4)
2013Hanwha Eagles9/99/912842851.331Did not qualify
20149/99/912849772.389Did not qualify
Overall recordGamesWinsLossesDrawsWin%
29351567130068.545Won 10 Korean Series championships

References

  1. Yoo Jee-ho. "Kim wins 1,000 and KBO sees longest game ever," Korea JoongAng Daily (September 4, 2008).
  2. "Eung-ryong Kim," BR Bullpen. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  3. "Pro championship-winning manager elected to lead amateur baseball – Korea," Baseball Federation of Japan website (2016-11-30).
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