# Eric Sim

Eric Sim (Korean: 심 에릭; born January 3, 1989) is a South Korean–born Canadian YouTuber and former professional baseball player who played Minor League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants. He was drafted by the Giants in the 27th round of the 2010 MLB Draft.

## Early life

Sim grew up in Busan, South Korea before his family immigrated to Canada at the age of 13. He attended high school at Robert Bateman Secondary School in British Columbia, and subsequently played for the Abbotsford Cardinals in the BCPBL whilst in high school. After graduating high school, he desired to continue playing baseball. Although he had no college offers at first, he eventually signed with Colby Community College in Colby, Kansas, to play NJCAA baseball. He played there for a total of two years.
After that, Sim received a scholarship to play NCAA Division I college baseball at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, where he batted .248/.366/.307 with the Bulls. He was then drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 27th round of the 2010 MLB Draft out of South Florida as a junior.

## Professional baseball career
### Minor League Baseball

Eric Sim played in Giants' Minor League Baseball system from 2010 to 2015. In his first two seasons, he played Rookie league baseball for the AZL Giants in the Arizona League. In his second season, he had a batting average of .352 with a total of 6 home runs.
For the next three seasons, he played in three minor league classes: Rookie, Single-A, and Triple-A.
His Triple-A stint was the highest level that he reached during his professional career, where he played for the Fresno Grizzlies of the Pacific Coast League in 2012. Sim played in two games for the Grizzlies, where he batted .500/.600/.500. He also played the 2012 season with the Augusta GreenJackets of the Single-A South Atlantic League and the rookie-league AZL Giants of the Arizona League.
Apart from Augusta, Sim spent the 2013 season playing for the San Jose Giants of the High-A California League.
In 2014, Sim played for Augusta and the Richmond Flying Squirrels of the Double-A Eastern League.
In 2015, he played for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes of the Northwest League.
Between 2013 and 2014, Sim moved up and down the professional baseball hierarchy, ranging from Single-A to Double-A, before being released by the team in 2015 while playing Low-A, ending his minor league career. His final batting stats in the entire minor leagues were .230/.322/.333.

### Independent League

After being released by the San Francisco Giants in 2015, he signed with the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the American Association Baseball League in the following season. During his time there, he played a total of 7 games. After the season, he did not sign anywhere else, thus, ending his professional baseball career. Leading to his YouTube career.

### Career statistics

| | | | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| Season | Team | League | Level | Affiliate | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA |
| 2010 | AZL Giants | AZL | Rookie | SF | 11 | 43 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .108 |
| 2011 | AZL Giants | AZL | Rookie | SF | 43 | 177 | 145 | 30 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 5 | 17 | 35 | .352 |
| 2012 | Fresno Grizzlies | PCL | AAA | SF | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| 2012 | Augusta GreenJackets | SALL | A | SF | 17 | 59 | 51 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 15 | .196 |
| 2012 | AZL Giants | AZL | Rookie | SF | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| 2013 | San Jose Giants | CALL | A-Adv. | SF | 17 | 65 | 58 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .276 |
| 2013 | Augusta GreenJackets | SALL | A | SF | 63 | 240 | 207 | 20 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 59 | .193 |
| 2014 | Richmond Flying Squirrels | EL | AA | SF | 7 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .158 |
| 2014 | Augusta GreenJackets | SALL | A | SF | 45 | 179 | 154 | 17 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 15 | 49 | .195 |
| 2015 | Salem-Keizer Volcanoes | NORW | A | SF | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2016 | Winnipeg Goldeyes | AA | | | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |

## Post-professional career

After finishing his professional career as a baseball player, Sim returned to Canada, where he worked as a bartender at his family hotel business in Duncan, British Columbia.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, while throwing baseballs at a park, he felt "disappointed" that he only threw a baseball at 77 mph. Over the next year, he started training with concrete weights, and posted progress videos of himself on social media platforms, such as Twitter and YouTube, trying to reach the goal of throwing 95 mph from training at home. In November 2020, he finally threw 95 mph, achieving his goal and completing his challenge. By that time, he already gained notable popularity on social media.
After he completed his challenge, Sim kept regularly posting on YouTube, where he gained a cult following and also became known as 'King of Juco'. His content consists of videos containing different challenges, accomplishments, collaborations, recreations, as well as other topics. He also collaborated with MLB players in multiple videos, notably Fernando Tatís Jr., Jackson Merrill, Julio Rodríguez, Jose Trevino, and Trevor Bauer. On the platform, Eric Sim is also an advocate for junior college baseball and encourages young players, warning them of the challenges.
Since partnering with Trevor Bauer, Sim also served as a bullpen catcher for the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican League when Bauer signed with the team in 2024.
Listed at 6'2" and 215 lbs during his playing career, Eric Sim is currently 288 lbs, with a body fat percentage of 30.2% based on DEXA scan info submitted on YouTube.
Eric Sim’s weight was an issue when he tried to participate in a pony ride. He was disqualified because of his weight as submitted on YouTube.