After achieving both money and honor, how did the ace of the imprisonment dynasty fall
Mar 10, 2025
|
On the 10th, senior judge Ahn Kyung-rok of the Daegu District Court sentenced Yoon Sung-hwan, a former Samsung Lions pitcher, to one and a half years in prison for borrowing money from acquaintances and not paying it back (fraud). According to the court, Yoon Sung-hwan was put on trial from March to October 2020 on charges of borrowing a total of 450 million won from four acquaintances without intention to repay them with 200 million won in financial debt and 500 million won in tax arrears.
There are other charges. Yoon Sung-hwan was also charged with receiving 450 million won (violation of the Act on the Regulation and Punishment of Concealment of Criminal Profits) in September 2020 in exchange for match manipulation at a professional baseball game. Yoon Sung-hwan was sentenced to 10 months in prison in March 2022 for the match-fixing case.
Chief Judge Ahn said, `There is a situation in which he borrowed a large amount of money from victims using his status and reputation as a professional baseball player and used a large part of it for gambling, and the damage has not been properly recoveredHe explained the reason for the sentencing, saying, "We take into account the fact that we have agreed with some victims and that we are reflecting on our mistakes while confessing to the crime.'
|
Starting with the first double-digit victory (10 wins) in 2008, he began to play the role of Samsung's domestic ace in earnest and won a career-high 17 wins in the 2015 season. In particular, during Yoon Sung-hwan's time, Samsung dominated the league as the strongest team by winning consecutive championships to the extent that it was called the 「Samsung Dynasty」. Yoon Sung-hwan was at the center of it.
After becoming a successful player, he made a lot of money to live up to his career. In particular, Samsung at that time made huge investments in its parent company. In addition to the players' salaries, bonuses that were not restricted at the time were reportedly given a considerable amount.
After his team won the Korean Series in 2014, Yoon Sung-hwan signed a huge four-year, 8 billion won FA contract, a tremendous condition at the time.
There has already been one unsavory incident. At the end of the 2015 season, some Samsung players, including Yoon Sung-hwan, were excluded from the Korean Series entry and failed to win the Korean Series, but later succeeded in returning.
Yoon Sung-hwan applied for his second FA after the 2018 season and signed a contract of 1 billion won per year, and continued his active career until the 2020 season. However, the shock was even greater that year as the gambling controversy, debt, and involvement in game manipulation surfaced.
Yoon Sung-hwan recorded 135 wins, 106 losses and 28 holds with an ERA of 4.23 in 425 professional games, but ended his career lonely due to disgraceful forced retirement and a never-ending scandal.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
