▲ KIA Kim Do-young enters the dugout after hitting a solo home run [연합뉴스]
A ‘genius hitter’ was born in KIA Tigers.
In the 3rd game of the 2024 Shinhan SOL KBO League away game against Kiwoom Heroes held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 25th, Kim Do-young hit a home run that went over the center fence by targeting the first pitch of Kim Seon- ki in the 5th inning when he was leading 3-0.
Kim Do-young’s 10th home run of the season.
This was the first monthly record of 10 home runs and 10 stolen bases in KBO League history.
Kim Do-young hit 10 home runs and 11 stolen bases in April alone, becoming the first professional baseball player to achieve the record of ’10 home runs and 10 stolen bases’.
It is a record that Lee Jong-beom is not a ‘KIA legend’ or Eric Thames (then NC Dinos), who joined the ’40 home runs and 40 stolen bases’ club in the KBO League in 2015, has been carried out.
In August 2017, Son Ah-seop (NC Dinos), who played for the Lotte Giants, recorded 9 home runs and 10 stolen bases.
▲ KIA Kim Do-young hits a home run [연합뉴스]
Kim Do-young, dubbed ‘the next Lee Jong-beom’ because he possessed the three beats of gong, su, and main during his time at Gwangju Dongseong High School.
He was selected in the first round by KIA, beating out ‘Fireballer’ Moon Dong-ju (currently Hanwha Eagles) in the 2022 rookie draft, raising the expectations of many.
Although he received a lot of attention even before his debut, his batting average was only 0.237 in the first year of his debut.
The following year, last year, he had a .333 batting average with 7 home runs and 25 stolen bases, but had to be content with playing in 84 games due to injury.
This year, in March, he showed a sluggish performance with a 0.154 batting average, 1 RBI, and 0 stolen bases, but things completely changed in April.
Kim Do-young’s performance this season is a batting average of 0.333, 10 home runs, 24 RBI, 26 runs, and an OPS (on-base percentage + slug percentage) of 1.058.
▲ Yang Hyeon-jong reached 170 wins for the second time in the KBO League [연합뉴스]
Meanwhile, in today’s game, Yang Hyun-jong earned his second win of the season by allowing 4 hits (1 home run), 5 strikeouts, 1 walk, and 2 runs in 7 innings.
Yang Hyun-jong became the second player in the KBO League to achieve 170 wins, following Song Jin-woo.
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