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Im Tae-hoon (born September 28, 1988) is a South Korean relief pitcher who played for the Doosan Bears in the KBO League. '임태훈 은퇴' 두산, 재현된 투수 유망주 잔혹사. MK Sports. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015. He bats and throws right-handed.
| 2006 | World Junior Baseball Championship |
In July 2008, Im was named as a member of the 2008 South Korea Olympic national baseball team together with the fellow 2006 World Junior Baseball champion Kim Kwang-hyun. However, Im, who gave up six earned runs in six innings in his last five KBO games, also struggled during an exhibition game against the Netherlands Olympic team in Seoul on August 3, and on the next day he was finally replaced with Yoon Suk-min of the Kia Tigers by Team Korea manager Kim Kyung-moon.
Im finished the 2008 KBO season as a setup man with a 6–3 record and a 3.41 ERA with 6 saves, 14 holds (5th in the league) and 83 strikeouts (13th in the league) in 83 innings pitched.
In March 2009, Im earned a late slot on the South Korea national baseball team for the 2009 World Baseball Classic, replacing Hwang Doo-sung three days before the start of the WBC. Im, the youngest player on the Korean roster, appeared in 2 games against Japan and Chinese Taipei, and pitched 3.1 innings, allowing one run and five hits.
| 2007 | Asian Baseball Championship | |||
| 2009 | World Baseball Classic | 0-0; 2.70 ERA (2 G, 3.1 IP, 1 ER, 3 K) | ||
| 2010 | Guangzhou Asian Games | 1-0; 0.00 ERA (1 G, 5.0 IP, 0 ER, 9 K) |
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