[OSEN=홍지수 기자] SSG Landers’ main hitter Choi Jeong (37) finally set a new professional baseball home run record. Choi Jeong’s former teacher also delivered a congratulatory message.
Choi Jeong-eun hit a historic home run in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League regular season game against the Lotte Giants held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 24th.
Choi Jeong-eun, who started as a third baseman and third hitter, hit a solo home run over the left field fence by kicking up Lotte starter Lee In-bok’s 127 km/h slider on the first pitch in the top of the fifth inning with the team trailing 4-7 and with no runners on base. This is Choi Jeong’s 468th home run in his career. As a result, Choi Jeong surpassed ‘national hitter’ Lee Seung-yeop and became the record-holder for the most home runs in KBO League history.
Hulk Foundation Chairman Lee Man-soo sent a congratulatory message, saying, “Choi Jeong has finally hit his 468th personal home run, which everyone was looking forward to. He has surpassed the 467th home run held by Lee Seung-yeop, the best hitter in Korea, and has the record for the most home runs.”
In the game against Munhak KIA on the 16th, Choi Jeong-eun hit closing pitcher Jeong Hae-young’s 147 km/h fastball on the 5th pitch with two outs in the 9th inning, when SSG was losing 3-4, and hit a solo shot to tie the game. With this home run, he tied Doosan coach Lee Seung-yeop’s record for the most home runs in KBO history.
Afterwards, in his first at-bat against Munhak KIA on the 17th, his left rib was hit by opposing starter Will Crowe’s 150 km throw. He groaned in pain and was replaced. After a subsequent examination, he was diagnosed with a fracture. A subsequent detailed examination misdiagnosed a fracture. He sighed as he was diagnosed with a simple bruise.
But I needed a break. And he prepared for the game on the 23rd, but it was canceled due to rain, and in his return game on the 24th, he properly engraved his name in the history of Korean professional baseball home runs. In addition, Choi Jeong became the first player in history to achieve double-digit home runs for 19 consecutive years.
Chairman Lee said, “Choi Jeong joined the SK Wyverns team in 2005. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Choi Jeong’s professional debut. With his sincerity and consistency, Choi Jeong became the king with the most home runs of all time. He became Korea’s best player in name and reality, setting a monumental record in Korean baseball history.” He praised me again and again.
Chairman Lee and Choi Jeong-eun have been in a relationship since their days at SK. Choi Jeong-eun graduated from Yushin High School and joined SK as a first-round pick in 2005.
Chairman Lee started as SK’s head coach in October 2006, served as second-team manager and acting manager, and then took command of SK from 2011 to 2014. Director Kim Seong-geun stepped down in August 2011, and Chairman Lee served as acting director before being officially appointed in November.
I spent a lot of time wearing the same uniform as Choi Jeong. One of the people who knows Choi Jeong well is Chairman Lee.
Chairman Lee said, “Another advantage of Jeong Choi is her follow swing after hitting. When I see Jeong Choi’s follow swing, it’s like seeing a work of art. When I see Jeong Choi’s follow swing after hitting, it’s so cool and beautiful that everyone automatically gasps in awe. “He said.
Choi Jeong-eun hit only one home run in his first year of debut. The following year, Choi Jeong hit 12 home runs and has been hitting double-digit home runs every year until last season. He hit a total of 100 home runs against Samsung in Munhak on September 30, 2011, 200 home runs against Hanwha in Daejeon on June 1, 2016, 300 home runs against Hanwha in Munhak on July 8, 2018, and 400 home runs against KIA in Gwangju on October 19, 2021. achieved.
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