Except for the Golden Glove Hoo Bo-seo, a .30/94-run hitter, why?
Except for the Golden Glove Hoo Bo-seo, a .30/94-run hitter, why?
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Yang Eui-ji of Doosan, who played in 119 games this season with a batting average of 0.314 17 home runs and 94 RBIs, was not on the list of Golden Glove candidates.
The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) finalized its candidate for the "2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO Golden Glove" on the 27th.
However, Yang Eui-ji, who combined catcher and designated hitter, was nowhere to be found. This is because he did not meet the qualifications of candidates for each position.
In the case of catcher's position, a candidate must wear a mask and play defense more than 720 innings (number of team matches X 5 innings) in order to become a candidate. In the case of designated hitter, he or she must play 297 or more, which is two thirds of the designated hitter.
Then, what about Yang? Having suffered from his advanced age and minor injuries, Yang played 608.1 innings as a catcher and played the rest of the game as a designated hitter, but played a total of 161 at-bats. He is short of 111.2 innings and 136 at-bats, respectively. If Yang had played as a catcher for 12 more games, he would have been eligible for the Golden Glove nomination.
Only four catchers have played at-bats this season, and only Yang Eui-ji and Kang Min-ho (0.303) of Samsung have hitters. In addition, Yang Eui-ji has produced 94 RBIs, the most among all catchers, making his contribution to batting considerably. 스포츠토토
As a result, the opportunity to win the Golden Glove's personal most awards was also lost.
Yang Eui-ji, who won his first Golden Glove in the catcher category in 2014, had nine golden gloves (2021 as designated hitter) until last year except in 2017 (the winner at the time was Kang Min-ho). In particular, Yang Eui-ji is a living legend, winning eight awards in the catcher position alone.
The biggest winner in Golden Glove history is Lee Seung-yeop (current Doosan manager) who has been named 10 times. Lee retired after seven times as first baseman, and three more times as designated hitter after returning from Japan.
As Yang Eui-ji, the winner of the Golden Glove in the catcher category, has been excluded for the past two consecutive years, this position is expected to develop into a two-way race between Park Dong-won of LG and Kang Min-ho of Samsung. The Golden Glove Awards, which will determine the winners by voting from media sources, will be held at COEX in southern Seoul on March 13.