From being a comedian to an ace. From Elin to Legend. With 75 wins and 10 wins, LG's top three wins
Feb 14, 2025
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He became a professional for 15 years at the age of 33. And after overcoming numerous difficulties, he is heading to the legend of the LG Twins.
Lim Chan-kyu, who graduated from Hwimungo University and joined the LG Twins as the second-ranked player in the first round in 2011, was a prospect who threw up to 146km of fastballs at the time of joining the team. He threw on the first-team stage from his first year, and took his first step as LG's next-generation ace with 9 wins, 6 losses, 7 saves and an ERA of 4.46 in 65 games. However, since then, it has suffered as the restraint has fallen.
However, by changing the game to ball control and breaking ball, he won 11 games (11 losses) in 2018 to surpass 10 wins for the first time since his debut, and also recorded 10 wins in 2020. In 2021, the ball speed went up to 147km, but the performance was not good, and from 2023, he will be in his prime as he goes back to his style of ball control and breaking ball-oriented pitching. Lim Chan-kyu, who recorded the most wins for domestic pitchers with 14 wins in 2023, became an FA after the season and signed a four-year contract with LG for a total of 5 billion won.
And last year, he took the mound only in 25 games due to injury, but won 10-6 with a one-hold ERA of 3.83 and achieved 10 wins for the second consecutive year for the first time. And in the postseason, he became a winning pitcher in all three games and recorded an ERA of 1.08, now he has a veteran ace who is strong in big games.
The victory he has built for 14 years is 75 wins. He surpassed Casey Kelly (73 wins), a foreign pitcher who left LG in the middle of last season.
Kim Yong-soo has 126 wins as the No. 1 overall winner of the LG franchise. After that is Jeong Sam-heum (106 wins) and Kim Tae-won (85 wins), followed by Lim Chan-kyu. It's already ranked fourth.
If he wins more than 10 games this year, he will be ranked third in the team's career wins with double-digit wins for three consecutive years.
'Elene', who has been a fan of the LG Twins since he was a child, is already walking down the path of LG's legend.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
