About 200 hits are said to be the batting king, but will Lee Jung-hoo come out in 24 years on Pace SF with 203 hits in 149 games?
Apr 11, 2025
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As 'The Grandson of the Wind' who returned from a year of rehabilitation after shoulder surgery last year showed off his top-class skills in offense and defense, local media rushed to 'float after Lee Jung-hoo'.
On the 9th (Korea time), MLB.com called Lee Jung-hoo a 'double machine' and evaluated him as a 'certain All-Star candidate' while including him in '6 hot hitters'2025 MLB prediction: The hottest things that happened in two weeks' in an article titled'2025 MLB prediction:'Lee Jung-hoo will win the NL batting champion and rank fifth in the MVP vote' ESPN predicted on the 10th.
Coach Bob Melvin said at the opening of the spring training that he would use Lee Jung-hoo as the third hitter, not the leadoff, saying, `I expect on-base ability and contact ability.' He is showing off his better-than-expected offense.
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Although it is a premature prediction because it is still in the early stages of the season, as ESPN's bold prediction, Lee Jung-hoo is likely to compete for batting average, hits and scoring titles. This is because they are so good at contacting. Sports Illustrated said on the day that the strikeout rate of Lee Jung-hoo was 14.6% this year, nearly double that of last year (8.2%), so it is worth believing that the situation will be much better in the future. If the strikeout rate approaches the level of last year and KBO (7.7%), the batting average will increase and the number of hits will increase.
If this happens, he can explore the possibility of 200 hits with the batting king. Lee Jung-hoo played in 11 games with his team playing 12 games this season. He missed the last three consecutive away games against the Houston Astros on the 3rd. It was for relaxation. Since this is the first full-time season this year, there is a need to arrange physical strength.
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It is the 23 times that Giants players have reached 200 hits in a season since 1900, the starting point of modern baseball. Most of them were written in the 1920s and 1930s. Bill Terry's 254 hits in 1930 were the most in a single season for the Giants. The most recent example was Richie O'Lillia in 2001, who hit 206 hits that year. Orelia was also the Giants' first 200-hit hitter in 31 years since Bobby Bonds in 1970.
In other words, Lee Jung-hoo is trying to make 200 hits in 24 years since Orilia.
Lee Jung-hoo made 193 hits, his most in a season, in 2019 and 2022 when he was in KBO. Suzuki Ichiro was the only Asian player who recorded a batting average of .300 and 200 hits for 10 consecutive years from 2001 to 2010.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
