Kim Do-young of the KIA Tigers, who dominated the 2024 season of professional baseball, is enjoying rewards by collecting trophies in the off-season. He already has 10 trophies in his arms at various award ceremonies. Now, the 11th and 11th Golden Glove Awards are left.메이저사이트
In her third year as a pro, Kim played as a regular starting player for the first time. Kim joined Kia as a first-round pick in 2022, and played 254 times at bat in 103 games in her first year since her debut. Last year, she had to undergo rehabilitation for more than two months due to injury in early April, returned in late June, and played in 84 games (385 times at bat).
This year, he played in 141 games with a batting average of 347 (189 hits in 544 times at bat), 38 homers, 109 RBIs, 143 runs, a slugging percentage of .420, a slugging percentage of .647, and an OPS of 1.067. He was the top scorer, second in homers, third in hits, sixth in stolen bases, tied for seventh in RBIs, first in slugging percentage, third in on-base percentage, and third in OPS.
In April, he became the first KBO player to hit 10 home runs and 10 steals per month, the youngest to score 100 points, the youngest to score 30 home runs and 30 steals, the cycling hit, and the record for the most runs in a single season. He became the first Korean player to hit 40 home runs and 40 steals, but unfortunately, he was short of two home runs.
Kim Do-young, who led Kia to win the regular season title and the Korean Series, was recognized as the best player of the year by winning the regular season MVP award at the 2024 KBO award ceremony held on April 26. She garnered a whopping 95 votes (94 percent) out of 101. She also won the title of scoring and slugging percentage, and won three trophies.
During the day on the 1st, he also ranked as the best at the 2024 Com2us Professional Baseball Real Glove Awards hosted by the Korea Professional Baseball Players Association. He won the Player of the Year Award and two Fan Choice Awards. On the evening of the 1st, he was selected as the best player in 2024 professional baseball by the Korea Professional Baseball Retired Players Association and added another trophy.
At the 2024 Dong-A Sports Awards where players representing Korea's top five professional sports events vote to select the best player in each event, Kim was honored as the "Player of the Year" of the pro baseball league. At the 2024 Cho-A Pharmaceutical Professional Baseball Awards held on Thursday, Kim also won the FanCast Celebrity Popularity Award, Fandom Player of the Year Award and the Best Grand Prize. Three trophies were added at the same time.
At the 2024 Nutridi Day Ilgu Awards held on October 10, Kim won the Best Batter Award. It was her 11th trophy.
Kim Do-yeong, whom I met at the Ilgu Awards ceremony, mentioned her busy schedule during the offseason. "I think I stayed in Gwangju for about three days (after the Korean Series). I am still attending the awards ceremony in Seoul. I have to be in Seoul on Friday (13th) this week as well," Kim said. "I think I need to focus on training after the award ceremony. I don't like to do training in a bit, so I will do it all at once after the ceremony."
"I think this year marks the beginning of the year. I want to be a good hitter," Kim said at the award ceremony. "Doyoung, I want to be a good hitter. I think that's a good phrase. Thank you to the person who wrote that."
In interviews with reporters, he explained it in more detail. Kim Do-young said, "I contacted the fan separately, and I was so grateful to receive the sketchbook. What's really meaningful is that I wasn't doing well before I changed my profile picture to that phrase. I felt like I got the hang of it after changing my profile. So it was a meaningful meme, and I was really grateful to him." Kim Do-young's older sister contacted her fan and said that she delivered Kim Do-young's uniform as a gift.
Kim Do-young, who said, "This year marks the beginning of the year," said, "I think it's really important to be consistent. From this year on, I've been doing well for several years steadily, so I think I have to do well wherever I go."
Now, the final award ceremony is the Golden Glove. Kim Do-young is likely to win in the third baseman category. The Golden Glove Awards will take place on Saturday. The 12th trophy is waiting for the MVP.