Hwimungo Yum Seung-won, 2024 Lee Young-min Strike Award...The best player award is Chung Hyeon-woo

Hwimungo Yum Seung-won, 2024 Lee Young-min Strike Award...The best player award is Chung Hyeon-woo

Blog Article

Hwimungo infielder Yeom Seung-won (joined by Kium Heroes) will receive the Lee Young-min batting award in 2024.

The Korea Baseball Softball Association (KBO) announced the winners in each category for 2024. The award ceremony will be held at the general assembly of representatives scheduled to be held in January next year.

Lee Young-min's batting award will be given to players with the highest batting average among hitters with 60 at-bats or more in 15 games in the high school baseball weekend league and the national high school baseball tournament hosted by the Korea Baseball Softball Association.

Yeom Seung-won played in 20 games this year and posted 38 hits in 73 at-bats (0.521 batting average), 18 RBIs, and 1.301 on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS).

Yeom Seung-won, who was designated by Kiwoom as the 11th overall pick in the second round of the 2025 Rookie Draft, will not be able to play on the professional stage in 2025 after undergoing reconstructive surgery on the medial collateral ligament in his right elbow. Lee Young-min's batting talent will be presented in the 2026 KBO League.안전놀이터

Deoksu High School pitcher Chung Hyeon-woo (who joined Kiwoom) was selected as one of the best players under the age of 18. Chung pitched 16 games this year, winning eight and losing four games with an ERA of 0.75. He also struck out 70 during 48 ⅓ innings. Chung, who joined Kiwoom as the No. 1 player in the rookie draft, will make his professional debut in 2025.

Joo Chang-hoon, the coach of Jeon High School, will receive the Kim Il-bae leadership award. Joo Chang-hoon led Jeon high school to three gold medals this year in the Cheongryonggi, Bonghwangdaegi National High School Baseball Competition, and the National Sports Competition.