Kim played all 14 seasons for the Tigers, winning the KBO League Most Valuable Player Award twice, in 1985 and 1988.
In 1985, Kim won his first MVP award, hitting .333 with a league-leading 22 home runs and 75 RBI, second in the league.
In 1988, Kim won his second MVP award, hitting .333 (third in the league), smacking a league-leading 30 home runs and 89 RBI, and leading the Tigers to their fourth KBO championship.
His 30 home runs that year was the first time anyone in the KBO League had reached the 30-homer milestone (particularly impressive because the season was only 108 games).
Kim was the bench coach of the runner-up South Korean national team in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.