Kim Taekyeon, 140 million won! The highest annual salary in the second year of high school graduates → 366.7%, Doosan completes annual salary contract

Dec 13, 2024

Kim Taekyeon, 140 million won! The highest annual salary in the second year of high school graduates → 366.7%, Doosan completes annual salary contract
The 2024 Real Glove Awards were held at Grand Hyatt Seoul in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the 1st. Doosan's Kim Taek-yeon, the winner of the relief pitcher category, is giving her acceptance speech. Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.12.01/



Doosan Bears (President Ko Young-seop) has completed contracts with all 50 people eligible for renewal of their salaries in 2025.

Pitcher Kim Taek-yeon of the '2024 KBO Rookie of the Year' signed a contract of 140 million won, up 110 million won (366.7 percent) from the previous 30 million won, achieving the highest salary tie in his second year of high school. The previous record is for 2021's Cho Hyung-joon (KT Wiz).

In addition, Kim Taek-yeon set a new record for the highest increase rate in the history of the Bears franchise, with her annual salary rising 366.7%. The previous record was 300% (50 million won) of Kim Jae-hwan in 2017?It's 200 million won).




Kwak Bin of the "2024 Multi-Seung King" achieved the highest increase in the team by signing a contract of 380 million won, up 170 million won (81.0%) from 210 million won.

Kang Seung-ho signed for 370 million won, up 115 million won (45.1 percent) from 255 million won. Pitcher Lee Byung-hun signed a contract of 130 million won, up 94 million won (261.1 percent) from 36 million won.

Outfielder Cho Soo-haeng (200 million won), catcher Kim Ki-yeon (110 million won), and infielder Lee Yoo-chan (105 million won) were recognized for their performance in the 2024 season and rose to the rank of 1 billion won in annual salary for the first time in their lives.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.