This season, the Samsung Lions is the best home run team in the league. As of Wednesday, the Lions has been leading the league with 160 home runs. However, he has displayed as outstanding performance as home runs. It is a high steal success rate that is close to 80 percent.안전놀이터
Samsung’s steal success rate for this season is 79.6 percent. It attempted a total of 137 steals and made 109 attempts. This is the second highest success rate after the Kiwoom Heroes (81.7 percent). However, considering that Kiwoom has only 71 stolen base attempts, Samsung’s steal success rate is even more surprising. Although stolen base attempts are not as high as before, they boast the highest success rate in the last 10 years.
Kim Ji-chan (23) is at the center of this trend. Kim Ji-chan stole the bases 40 times this season. It is a career-high record, and he has only four failed attempts. The steal success rate is a whopping 90.9 percent. Among the players who stole 30 or more, Kim Do-young (KIA Tigers) is the only one who stole 90 percent or more.
According to Stattiz, a statistics website for professional baseball, Kim Ji-chan’s base run RAA (contributing to the average base run) is the best in the league with 5.45. He also ranks first in the RS percentage, which indicates the probability of scoring as a runner, with 40.9 percent. Additional base run also stands at 27.4 percent. He has a high on-base percentage (0.403·7th in the league) and a high probability of scoring a point, setting the table well.
In addition, a rookie named Yang Yang-geun (21) has appeared like a comet. As soon as he transitioned to an official player in September, he entered the first division as soon as he became an official player, boasting good defense, hustle play, and fast feet, he played the role of a utility infielder.
Now that he has played six games, he has no attempts as well as stolen bases. However, there was a scene where his fast feet stood out. After hitting a long ball at his first at-bat in the first division on last Saturday, he reached the third base with fast feet and produced a triple. He hit a triple at his first at-bat in the first division of the Korean pro baseball league, which is equivalent to the eighth in the KBO league. Then on Friday, Yang Yang-geun ran home to Kim Ji-chan’s triple, and his speed was similar to that of Kim Ji-chan, which created a buzz. He showed potential as a leadoff for the lower lineup.
Samsung lost 30 steals after Park Hae-min (currently LG Twins) and Kim Sang-soo (current KT Wiz). Excluding the two players, Koo Ja-wook (27) in 2021 and Kim Heon-gon (22) in 2018 were the only ones who stole 20 or higher. However, Kim Ji-chan broke the game.
On top of that, Yang Yang-geun also showed the possibility, making the base more abundant. The two players got on base and stirred the bases well, giving the rest of the batters a chance, which leads to a multi-run home run. He flies well and even runs well. This is why Samsung is doing well.