The flower of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO Awards, which will be held on the 26th, is the MVP award. A total of 18 candidates were named this year, and many people are paying attention to just one name.
Kim Do-young (KIA) is the best hitter in Korea that KIA boasts of having dominated the KBO League this year. He is the biggest contributor to KIA’s overall victory, and at the Premier 12 after the season, he became a “super star” in the world by swinging a dreadful bat with a batting average of 0.412, three homers and 12 RBIs despite Korea’s elimination from the group league.
This year’s MVP is the same as the party prize won by Kim Do-young. Above all, there is no suitable “competitor.”
Kim’s performance this season has been remarkable. He showed even performance throughout batting average of 0.347 (third), 38 homers (second), 109 RBIs (seventh), 189 hits (third), 143 runs (first), 40 steals (sixth), 0.420 on-base plus slugging percentage of 0.647 (first), and 1.067 OPS (first). His 143 runs was the best in a season in the history of the KBO league, and he was the youngest to record 30 homers and 30 steals. 카지노사이트
In terms of personal performance, Victor Reyes (Lotte), who broke the KBO League record of most hits in a season in 2014 with 202 hits in the second place of batting (0.352), is not without players, but the difference is too big.
Kim Do-young’s MVP award also means KIA will set another record.
Among the 10 professional baseball teams, KIA and Samsung produced the most MVPs in the ninth inning. Sun Dong-yeol received the most awards in the third inning (1986·1989·1990), followed by Kim Sung-han in the second inning (1985·1988). And six players including Lee Jong-beom (1994), Kim Sang-hyun (2009), Yoon Seok-min (2011) and Yang Hyeon-jong (2017) won the ninth inning. Lee Seung-yeop has the most awards in the fifth inning (1997, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2003), and five players including Lee Man-soo (1983), Jang Hyo-jo (1987), Kim Seong-rae (1993) and Bae Young-soo (2004) jointly acquired the MVP award in the ninth inning.
As recently as Bae Young-soo won the MVP award in 2004, Samsung led both teams 9–6. However, there was no more MVP for Samsung since Bae, and in the meantime, KIA has managed to catch up. If Kim wins this time, KIA will surpass Samsung to become the first 10-time MVP in KBO league history. With Kim’s win, KIA will become the legendary Tigers again.
