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| KIA Kim Do-young, who won the MVP award at the 2024 KBO Awards held at Lotte Hotel World on the 26th, is surprised by fireworks. Jamsil = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.11.26/ |
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| KIA Kim Do-young, who won the MVP award at the 2024 KBO Awards held at Lotte Hotel World on the 26th, is speaking. Jamsil = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.11.26/ |
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| KIA Kim Do-young, who won the MVP award, is receiving the award at the 2024 KBO Awards held at Lotte Hotel World on the 26th. Jamsil = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.11.26/ |
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| The 2024 KBO Awards ceremony was held at Lotte Hotel World in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 26th. KIA Kim Do-young, who won the slugging percentage and scoring awards, is giving his acceptance speech. Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.11.26/ |
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| KIA Kim Do-young enters the venue at the 2024 KBO Awards held at Lotte Hotel World on the 26th. Jamsil = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.11.26/ |
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The unanimous agreement in 42 years failed unfortunately. KIA Tigers Kim Do-young (21) received the honor of being the KBO League MVP in the 2024 season.
Kim Do-young became the MVP of the league at the 2024 KBO Awards held at Lotte Hotel World in Seoul on the 26th, along with a slugging percentage and two points.
Kim Do-young received 95 votes out of a total of 101 votes cast. The unanimous agreement in 42 years since Park Chul-soon in 1982, the first year of professional baseball, unfortunately failed. Reyes (3 votes), Rojas (1 vote), Hart (1 vote), and Won Tae-in (1 vote).
It was the best day of Kim Do Young's life. After winning the regular season and the Korean Series earlier, he also won the season MVP trophy at the KBO Awards, which marks the end of the season.
This year's MVP candidates are a total of 18 players selected as the No. 1 player in each individual category and qualified candidates by the Korea Baseball Press Association. Nail Jung Hae-young Kim Do-young (KIA), Won Tae-in Koo Ja-wook (Samsung), Austin Hong Chang-ki (LG), Kwak Bin Cho Soo-haeng (Dusan), Park Young-hyun Rojas (KT), and Noh Kyung were named by Eredia Choi Jeong (SSG), Reyes (Lotte), Hart Davidson (NC) and Furado (Kium).
Even before the award ceremony, Kim Do-young's MVP was considered a de facto winner of the party award. He played in 141 games this year, ranking third in the batting average (347) with 38 home runs, 109 RBIs, 143 runs, 40 steals, and a remarkable on-base percentage of .420 slugging percentage. In particular, 143 points is an unanswered record, surpassing the previous record of Seo Geon-chang (135 points) in 2014.
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| KIA Kim Do-young, who won the 2024 KBO Awards, slugging percentage and scoring awards at Lotte Hotel World on the 26th, is giving his feelings. Jamsil = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.11.26/ |
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Kim Do-young, from Dongseong High School in Gwangju, wore the KIA uniform as the first nomination in 2022. At that time, KIA chose Kim Do-young after deep consideration over Moon Dong-joo (Hanwha Eagles) and Kim Do-young, and later announced the start of 'Kim Moon-daejeon'. Until last year, Moon Dong-ju, who won eight games and won the gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games, seemed to be one step ahead.
This year, it has turned upside down. Kim Do-young has grown into the best player in the league by winning not only the championship of his team KIA but also the MVP trophy. He stood as the first Kim Do-young, no longer the second Lee Jong-beom.
In particular, he hit an infield hit in the bottom of the first inning, a double in the bottom of the third inning, a triple in the bottom of the fifth inning, and his 25th home run in the bottom of the sixth inning against NC on July 23 to achieve his 31st and least at-bat in KBO history, and a natural cycling hit. It is also the second natural cycling hit in history after Kim Eung-guk in 1996 and the second youngest age (20 years and nine months) after Shin Jong-gil (20 years and eight months).
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| The 2024 KBO Awards ceremony was held at Lotte Hotel World in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 26th. Kim Do-young and Kim Hye-sung are talking. Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.11.26/ |
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Then, on August 15, he hit his 30th home run of the season against Kiwoom, reaching the milestone of 30-30 in KBO history (seven players) and the youngest (20 years, 10 months and 13 days), minimum game (11 games). It was literally the moment when he established himself as the best hitter in the league this year.
He was responsible for the league's box office until the end, challenging his first 40 (homer)-40 (stealing) since Eric Thames (former NC) in 2015. The KBO League is the first contributor to surpassing 10 million spectators in the history of domestic professional sports. This year, a rookie in his third year with an annual salary of only 100 million won recorded more than 10 billion won in uniform sales alone.
In addition to being the first in slugging percentage-scoring, he ranked third in most hits, second in homers, third in on-base percentage, first in OPS, and fourth in stolen bases. He is also the only protagonist who won two individual categories this season during the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period.
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| KIA Kim Do-young, who won the 2024 KBO Awards, slugging percentage and scoring awards at Lotte Hotel World on the 26th, is giving his feelings. Jamsil = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.11.26/ |
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Unfortunately, it did not reach 40-40 for the first time in nine years, but it was an overwhelming performance that commanded the league. The MVP vote ended at the end of the regular season, but he hit a solo shot that led to the team's victory in Game 2 of the Korean Series, followed by a grand slam against Cuba in the Premier 12 and left a strong impact in the international competition. Now he has become a real superstar, not only in Korea but also in the U.S. and Japan.
With a hot batting lineup centered on Kim Do-young, his team KIA won the Korean Series against Samsung after winning the regular season, achieving its first championship in seven years and V12.
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| The 2024 KBO Awards ceremony was held at Lotte Hotel World in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 26th. Kim Do-young is smoothing her face's makeup. Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.11.26/ |
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