Kim Min-jae (baseball)
| Kim Min-jae | ||||||||||||
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| Lotte Giants | ||||||||||||
| Shortstop | ||||||||||||
| Born: January 3, 1973 | ||||||||||||
| Died: January 14, 2026 (aged 53) | ||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | ||||||||||||
| KBO debut | ||||||||||||
| August 18, 1991, for the Lotte Giants | ||||||||||||
| Last KBO appearance | ||||||||||||
| September 25, 2009, for the Hanwha Eagles | ||||||||||||
| KBO statistics | ||||||||||||
| Batting average | .247 | |||||||||||
| Hits | 1,503 | |||||||||||
| Home runs | 71 | |||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 607 | |||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | ||||||||||||
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| Kim Min-jae | |
| Hangul | 김민재 |
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| Hanja | 金敏宰 |
| RR | Gim Minjae |
| MR | Kim Minjae |
Kim Min-jae (Korean: 김민재; Hanja: 金敏宰; January 3, 1973 – January 14, 2026) was a South Korean baseball player and coach. A shortstop, he played for the Lotte Giants, SK Wyverns and Hanwha Eagles. He batted and threw right-handed. As a coach, he coached the Doosan Bears in the Korea Baseball Organization among others.