‘3rd year’ Kim Do-young (21, KIA Tigers), who has recently shown off the hottest batting ability in the KBO League, became the first professional baseball player to achieve 10 home runs and 10 stolen bases per month.
Kim Do-young started as the third hitter and third baseman in the 2024 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League away game against Kiwoom Heroes held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 25th and hit a home run in his third at-bat.
Kim Do-young, who was the lead hitter in the top of the 5th inning when the team was ahead 3-0, hit the first fastball from Kiwoom’s second pitcher, Kim Seon-ki, and went over the center fence. Kim Do-young’s 10th home run in his first season.
Kim Do-young, who was selected in the first round in 2022 and wore a KIA uniform, hit 3 home runs in his first season and 7 home runs in 2023.
He has greatly improved his slugging ability this season and is hitting home runs a lot.
In the 10th game after the opening, against the Samsung Lions on the 5th, Ma Soo-geol hit a home run, which was the season’s best, and hit the ball into the outfield stands. And he hit his 10th home run that day.
He succeeded in stealing 11 bases in April and set a new milestone of 10 home runs and 10 stolen bases per month. 10 home runs and 10 stolen bases per month is a record that not even many superstars have been able to achieve during the 43rd season of professional baseball since its inception in 1982.
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