Who will be the first player to hit 30 homers and 30 steals in the Korean, American and Japanese pro baseball leagues in the 2024 season? Is it Kim Do-young (23), the “genius batter” of the KIA Tigers? Or will it be Shohei Ohtani (30) who is the “superstar” of the Los Angeles Dodgers.토토사이트
Kim Do-young started the game against the Hanwha Eagles in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 3rd, and made 3 hits, 1 home run, 3 RBIs and 2 runs in 5 at-bats. KIA, with Yang Hyeon-jong (3 runs and 2 earned runs in 6 innings) showing good quality start and Kim Do-young’s strong bat, beat Hanwha 7-3 to escape its fourth consecutive loss.
Kim Do-young’s three long balls on the day resulted in valuable points. With runners on second and second bases with two outs in the top of the third inning when KIA was losing 0-3, Kim hit Ryan Weiss’ third slider at the left field to score his team’s first RBI.
In the top of the fifth inning when KIA was trailing 2-3, he even hit the come-from-behind winning shot with one out and runners on the second base. With the ball count 2-2, he hit a two-run homer with a flying distance of 110 meters over the right fence by pushing Weiss’ fifth fastball. It was Kim Do-young’s 29th homer for this season after six games.
With Kia leading 6-3 at the top of the ninth inning with one out and no runners on the base, Kim hit Kim Gyu-yeon’s fourth fork ball at the ball count to make a double with a sharp hit that went out of the third baseman’s side. Afterwards, he homered on Park Jung-woo’s triple and scored a 7-3 run.
Including the game on Thursday, Kim has been playing as MVP in 103 games this season with a batting average of 0.351 (142 hits in 404) 29 home runs, 82 RBIs, 100 runs and 30 steals. His batting average (0.651) and OPS are sweeping the top ranks in most batting indicators, with the most hits and runs scored, the second place in home runs, the third place in batting average, the fifth place in RBIs, and the sixth place in stolen bases.
Fans’ attention is focused on the record of 30 home runs and 30 steals. Kim Do-young, who already achieved 20 home runs and 20 steals in the first half, succeeded in stealing his 30th of the season against the Doosan Bears on July 31, recording 28 home runs and 30 steals until July. He added a home run against Hanwha on the 3rd, and now there is only one home run left until the 30-30 club.
Currently, Kim is the closest to 30 homers and 30 steals in the Korean, American and Japanese pro baseball leagues. The Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), which is based on pitching and hitting, has 20 homers and 30 steals in total, which makes it difficult for the team to have 30 homers and 30 homers.
In the Major League Baseball (MLB), Ohtani, a “700 million dollar man,” is on the verge of joining the 30-30 club. Ohtani, who hit a home run against the Oakland Athletics on the 3rd (Korea Standard Time), has a batting average of 0.308 with 33 homers, 79 RBIs and 28 steals in 107 games this season, with an OPS of 1.028. With 30 homers and 30 steals, Kim Do-young is one homer and Ohtani is two steals.
Kim Do-young is good at hitting all the balls. She hit seven home runs in consecutive games this season. Once she gets the hang of it, she hits home runs in succession. She has the highest batting average (0.451) against the Hanwha Eagles and the fact that she hit seven home runs (batting average of 0.469 four home runs and nine RBIs) among the nine teams, and that she was strong in Daejeon (batting average of 0.469).
Ohtani, who is focusing only on batters this year, has demonstrated that he can steal bases anytime he wants. Ohtani, who had 16 steals in 82 games through June, stole bases as many as 12 times in 24 games in July, increasing the number of stolen bases for this season to 28. As Ohtani has four multi-steals, if he succeeds in getting on base, he will likely be able to conquer the 30th base stealing mark quickly.
Attention is also focusing on whether the two players will be able to achieve 40 home runs and 40 steals. Kim Do-young has a 39.8 home run-41.1 stolen base when converted into 144 games, and Ohtani has a 48.6 home run-41.2 stolen base when converted into 162 games. Although the two players have different leagues, attention is focusing on who will achieve the first 30-30 club of the Korea-U.S.-Japan professional baseball league this season, and whether both players will be honored with the 40-40 club and the MVP award.