Wendell Kim

Who is Wendell Kim?

Wendell Kim is a former professional baseball player, coach and manager. He most recently served as the third base coach for the Chicago Cubs, and is of mixed Korean and Hawaiian descent.

Kim got his start in professional baseball as a player, coming up through the San Francisco Giants' farm system as an infielder in the late seventies. He reached the AAA level in 1978, and had a .303 batting average in the Pacific Coast League. He never reached the major leagues, however, and he was released by the following spring. He played a brief stint in the Inter-American League in 1979, but was out of baseball by the end of the season.

In 1980 he began his coaching career, starting out as a coach for the AA Shreveport Captains. Throughout the eighties he coached and managed several teams in the Giants' organization, including the Captains, Clinton Giants, Fresno Giants and Phoenix Firebirds. It wasn't until 1989 that he got his first taste of major league baseball, when he became the third base coach for the Giants.

Kim held the Giants' job for eight years, before leaving to coach third base for the Boston Red Sox. He held down the third base coaching job in Boston for four years, manning the position from 1997 to 2000.