LG Twins Austin Dean’s August was as hot as the heat wave.
He had a batting average of 367 (36 hits in 98 at-bats) in 24 games held in August. On top of that, he garnered nine home runs and posted a whopping 35 RBIs, striving to win the game.
In August, he ranked sixth in batting average, tied for first in homers and No. 1 in RBIs. Notably, his RBIs are better than Son Ho-young (26) of the Lotte Giants, who came in second. Expectations for the monthly MVP have risen.
As LG recorded 132 RBIs in August, Austin recorded 26.5 percent, more than a quarter, indicating how big Austin played. LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop even said, “I am holding out thanks to Austin.” 메이저사이트
Whether he scores an RBI single or not, in particular, determines the team’s victory or defeat. Austin had RBIs in 16 of 24 games and no RBIs in eight games. Coincidentally, LG lost all eight games in which Austin failed to score an RBI single. In 10 games where he had multiple RBIs or more, he had overwhelming performance of nine wins and one loss, and in five games where he had just one RBI, he had two wins and three losses. While LG was sluggish with 11 wins and 13 losses in August, this would not have been easy without Austin’s strong performance.
As of Tuesday, Austin has a batting average of 317, 30 homers and 117 RBIs. He is ranking 11th in batting average, fourth in homers and first in RBIs. He has become the first player in the history of LG to have 30 homers and 100 RBIs.
In other words, in order for LG to win a lot of the remaining games, Austin needs to score a lot of RBIs. This means that in front of him, he needs to create chances with many table setters on base.
In particular, expectations are high for RBI. The birth of LG’s first RBI king is just around the corner. KIA Tigers’ Choi Hyung-woo, ranking second, has 102 RBIs, showing a difference of 15.
With his current pace of 135 RBIs, Austin can rank eighth in overall RBIs in a season. If he shows remarkable pace as in August, he will be able to surpass 140 RBIs. The record number of RBIs in a season is 146 RBIs that Park Byung-ho of the Samsung Lions recorded in 2015 when he was playing for the Nexen Heroes.
