Kim Il-yeop (baseball)

Kim Il-yeop (born February 15, 1980) is a South Korean professional baseball pitcher.

Kim was born in Daegu, South Korea. He had a minor league stint from 2001 to 2002 for the Philadelphia Phillies, playing for the Batavia Muckdogs and Lakewood BlueClaws. He was then released, and, in 2009, was hired by the Chiba Lotte Marines as a pitcher. After 2010, he was released, and is currently a free agent.