Even in the ABS era, he is the king of on-base hits for two consecutive years. I can't believe Golden Glove emptied his mind when he lost two games in a row in defense... "There are too many outstanding players"

Nov 29, 2024

The 2024 KBO Awards ceremony was held at Lotte Hotel World in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 26th. LG Hong Chang-ki, who won the on-base percentage award, is giving his acceptance speech. Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.11.26/

The 2023 Golden Glove Awards were held at the COEX Auditorium in Samseong-dong, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 11th. Hong Chang-ki, who won the outfielder Golden Glove, is giving his acceptance speech. Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2023.12.11/

The 2021 KBO Golden Glove Awards were held at the COEX Auditorium in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 10th. LG Hong Chang-ki, who won the Golden Glove in the outfielder category, is giving his acceptance speech. Samseong-dong = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2021.12.10/

"Honestly, I don't think it's going to be easy."

The best right fielder, who won the on-base king for the second consecutive year and the defensive award for the second consecutive year, has not been greedy for the Golden Glove for the second consecutive year.

LG Twins' Hong Chang-ki expressed his honest feelings about his third Golden Glove. Hong Chang-ki won the on-base award and the right field defense award at the 2024 KBO Awards held at Lotte Hotel World in Seoul on the 26th. Both have lost two games in a row.

Hong Chang-ki played in 139 games this season with a batting average of 3336 and 176 hits, five homers, 73 RBIs, 96 runs and 10 steals. With an on-base percentage of 0.447, he has become the best on-base machine in the KBO league by winning three on-base hits in the past four years, along with two consecutive on-base hits following last year.

He also received recognition in defense. Hong Chang-ki, who became the first KBO defensive award winner in the right field category last year, was also selected as the winner this season. With a record score of 22.92 and a voting score of 75, it was awarded with a total of 97.92 points, the highest score among all winners. The winner of the defensive award will be determined by adding 75% of the voting score and 25% of the defensive record score, which will be determined by a total of 110 votes, including nine coaches and 11 heads of each club. This means that the batting team also recognized Hong Chang-ki's defense.

Hong Chang-ki "I showed a lot of bad defensive performances because I made mistakes this year, but thank you so much for picking me a lot."The defense prize is given only by defense, so all players want to receive it. I want to do well next year and get it"He strengthened his will to win three consecutive games.

A game between Doosan and Lotte at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 26th. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Reyes hit an RBI double with two outs and a runner on second base, recording 198 hits for the season. Busan = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.9.26/

The game between SSG and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 23rd, and SSG Herredia, with one out and runners on the first and second bases, are happy to hit a timely RBI in the top of the first inning. Jamsil = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.09.23/

Koo Ja-wook greets his fans after the game.

Hong Chang-ki also received a golden glove every year when he won the on-base king. Both 2021 when he became the first on-base king with 0.456 and last year when he became the second on-base king with 0.444 became the Golden Glove winner.

Hong Chang-ki shook his head, although he can look forward to the Golden Glove again this year. "I'm not even thinking about Golden Glove this year." Then "There are too many outstanding players"That's why he doesn't get greedy for the Golden Glove.

Lotte's Reyes, who set a new record for the most hits in a season with 202 hits, and SSG's Eredia, who became the batting champion with a batting average of 360. In addition, there are many players who do not have a title but have shown even performances. KT Rojas had a batting average of 329 (7th), 32 homers (joint sixth), 112 RBIs (fifth), 108 runs (second), an on-base percentage of 0.421 (second), a slugging percentage of 0.568 (sixth), and an OPS of 0.993 (fourth).

Samsung's Koo Ja-wook also ranked second with an OPS of 0.995, third in slugging percentage (0.627), third in batting average (0.343), RBI (115), fourth in on-base percentage (0.417), and fifth in home runs (33). Doosan's Cho Soo-haeng, who became the steal king with 64 stolen bases, surpassed 60 steals for the first time in nine years since Park Hae-min (60) in 2015.

Still, Hong Chang-ki's second consecutive win at base, who scored the most 96 walks and recorded 284 on-base hits in the newly changed ABS environment, is also significant.

The Golden Glove will be selected by a vote of media officials in charge of the KBO League this season. How did Hong Chang-ki's performance look in their eyes.

indyk@sportschosun.com