Samsung match hot pitch starter… Set a great record,
third most
wins ever, 2nd place after Song Jin-woo and Jung Min-cheol, and the most starting wins
“I will prepare well to break the record of 210 wins”
Graduated from Dongseong High School in Gwangju and won the 2007 2nd round of the 1st round of the professional baseball rookie draft, wearing a KIA uniform Contrary to expectations before joining, left-handed pitcher Yang Hyeon-jong (35) had only one win (7 losses hold) until his second year as a pro. Yang Hyeon-jong finally exploded his potential in 2009, his third year, and recorded 12 wins and 5 losses with an average ERA of 3.15 and was reborn as the left-handed ace of the KIA. Yang Hyeon-jong, who continued to win and reigned as a top-notch starting pitcher, recorded 20 wins and 6 losses in 2017, becoming the third native pitcher to record 20 wins after Kim Si-jin (KBO Steering Committee) and Lee Sang-hoon (MBC Sports Plus Commentator). also became a player.
Yang Hyeon-jong, who left for the major league challenge in 2021 and returned to the KBO league after a year, showed off his competitive edge last year with 12 wins and 7 losses with an average ERA of 3.85. Yang Hyeon-jong, who had a total of 159 wins before the start of the 2023 season, threw well with 3 runs in 7 innings and no runs in 7 innings in the previous two games of the season, but did not receive help from other lines and did not become a winning pitcher.
Yang Hyeon-jong, who started in the home game against Samsung held at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd, allowed 3 hits and 4 walks in 5 innings, but showed off his ability to manage crises by removing 7 strikeouts in each crisis and only lost runs. Blocked with 1 point. As the KIA won 6-2, Yang Hyeon-jong reported his first win of the season, and at the same time climbed to the height of 160 wins in 458 games after entering the pro in 2007.
After Song Jin-woo (210 wins) and Jeong Min-cheol (161 wins), Yang Hyeon-jong, who set up a monumental tower of 160 wins in total, is now the third player in history to achieve a great record whenever he accumulates victories. If you add just two more wins, you will surpass Min-cheol Jeong and rise to the second place with the most wins ever. Yang Hyeon-jong, who has won 158 out of 160 wins as a starting pitcher, will also break the record for the most starting wins (Song Jin-woo, 163 starting wins) if he adds 6 more starting wins in the future.
In addition,안전놀이터 if he adds 9 more wins and records double-digit multipliers, he can rise to the ranks of pitchers with 10 wins in the most seasons with Song Jin-woo with a record of double-digit multipliers in 11 seasons in total. He can also take the opportunity to break the record of 10 wins in 10 consecutive seasons by Lee Kang-cheol (KT coach), which has not been broken for 25 years, by increasing the double-digit wins in consecutive seasons to 9 seasons.
The biggest interest is, of course, whether Yang Hyeon-jong can break the record for the most wins held by Song Jin-woo. 50 wins left. In order to renew this, the next 4-5 seasons need to achieve double-digit multipliers. This means that Yang Hyeon-jong, who was born in 1988 and is now in his mid-30s, must continue his career as a player until his early 40s. A new record was set for future body management. Yang Hyeon-jong expressed his aspirations, saying, “I will prepare well to break the record of senior Song Jin-woo until his retirement.”