Kim Do-young (20), who has emerged as the best hitter in professional baseball this season, is only one home run away from his long-awaited ’30 home runs-30 stolen bases’ milestone.
Kim Do-young hit a powerful two-run home run to turn the game around in the away game against the Hanwha Eagles in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at the Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 3rd.
In the top of the 5th inning with KIA trailing 2-3, Kim Do-young came up to bat with 1 out and a runner on 2nd base, and hit a 149 km/h fastball on the 5th pitch off Hanwha starting pitcher Ryan Weiss with a 2-ball, 2-strike count, and it went over the right field fence and into the outfield stands.
With this, Kim Do-young, who hit his 29th home run of the season, is now three home runs behind the leader in the category, Matt Davidson (32 home runs, NC Dinos).
Kim Do-young, who has already achieved 토토 30 stolen bases, will join the ’30-30′ club if he adds one more home run in the remaining games.
’30-30′, a synonym for ‘Hotajunjok’, has only appeared 8 times in the KBO League.
There has been a 9-year hiatus since Eric Thames (NC Dinos) in 2015.
Kim Do-young, who was born on October 2, 2003 and is 20 years old, will become the youngest player to achieve ’30-30′ this season.
The youngest ’30-30′ person at the moment is Jaehong Park, aged 22 years, 11 months, and 27 days, set in 1996.