The winning rate of 0.457 is the worst. Lotte in 2001...Is it an honor or a humiliation

Aug 13, 2024

◇ Lotte team dugout during the 2001 season. Sports Chosun DB

Will the strongest last team ever be born.

Kiwoom Heroes' key foreign hitter Dawson was out for the season due to a knee cruciate ligament injury. Veteran Lee Yong-kyu, who collided with him, was also hit by a dune and broke his toe bone. To make matters worse, closer Cho Sang-woo, who thought he had returned from a shoulder injury, went back to the second division in seven days due to his bad shoulder.

I didn't have a house to live in anyway. Lee Jung-hoo, Ahn Woo-jin, and Choi Won-tae, who were two-hit signs, all escaped. In fact, before the opening of the season, there were also voices of concern that "Isn't raising 100 losses?" In the meantime, he suffered from injuries to key players throughout the season.

However, when Kiwoom played 108 games, the result was surprising. The ranking is 10th. It's as expected. However, the winning rate and the winning rate with the top team are important.

The game against the ninth-ranked Lotte Giants is only 1.5 games. It is 5.5 games shorter than the fifth-ranked SSG Landers, who are the last players in the fall baseball league. It's not easy, but it's not an impossible ride to catch up with.

Why Kiwoom is recognized as the scariest last place ever. It's because of the winning rate. Kiwoom recorded 48 wins and 60 losses as of the 12th. a winning rate of 444 percent.

A match between Kiwoom Heroes and SSG Landers at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 8th. The winning Kiwoom players are happy. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.08.08/

Since the inauguration of the KBO League in 1982, the number of teams, the number of games, and the league level have all been different, but the winning rate of the last-place team was usually around 30%. The worst was Lotte in 2002, with 35 wins, 1 draw and 97 losses in 133 games, with a winning rate of only 265. In the first year, the Sammi Superstars were 15 wins, 65 losses and 188.8 percent, but it is not easy to compare simply because they played only 80 games on six teams in their first season.

The slightly better last-place players hit the early 40s. Then, who was the best last team in history except for the two major leagues in 1999 and 2000. Coincidentally, it was Lotte in 2001. Before the 2002 'Devastated' season, Lotte was a strong bottom team.

The records back in 2001 are breathtaking. Lotte was eighth in the eight-team system, with a whopping 457 percent winning rate of 59 wins, 4 draws and 70 losses in 133 games. There was no difference with the seventh-place SK Wyverns (SSG Landers' predecessor), but they were at the bottom by a 1-ri margin. It was only two games apart from the fourth-place Hanwha Eagles, who were the last team in the postseason at the time. The fall baseball team and the last team were divided by a paper difference.

◇2001 season foreign hitter Jose. Sports Chosun DB

Lotte's 457 percent in 2001 is the lowest winning rate of the season in history. In the recent atmosphere, Kiwoom has a good chance of breaking this record. Of course, Kiwoom won't just be happy to have the highest last-place title ever. This is because it is a situation that will sufficiently threaten the middle ranks beyond the last place. It's just the last place at this point.

If they don't give up until the end of the season to avoid losing each other, and fight fiercely, the winning rate will inevitably rise. Other teams other than Kiwoom may take the honor (?) of the lowest winning rate of all time. If you let your guard down, you'll be pushed back.

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