The King of Doubles 68 Pace, Tactile Oracle Park and Lee Jung-hoo, Best Match to see if they will achieve the highest record in 94 years
Apr 25, 2025
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Lee Jung-hoo hit a double in the bottom of the first inning in a home game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Oracle Park on the 25th (Korea time). Lee Jung-hoo, who took the first batter's box with runners on first base after two outs, pulled Milwaukee right-hander Tobias Myers' first fastball of 93.6 miles and hit a double to the right to bring first baseman Mike Yastremski home.
The ball, which flew like a clothesline at a launch angle of 19 degrees and a batting speed of 99.6 miles, fell on the line in front of the foul pole and hit the fence. With this, Lee Jung-hoo marked his 11th double of the season and tied for first place in this category, catching up with New York Mets Pete Alonso.
Lee Jung-hoo got a straight walk in his second and third at-bats and scored one hit, two walks, and one RBI in three at-bats on the day, helping him to a 6-5 come-from-behind victory.
Lee Jung-hoo marked a season batting average of 0.333 (32 hits in 96 at-bats), three home runs, 16 RBIs, 22 runs, 11 steals, a on-base percentage of 0.398 and a slugging percentage of 0.583 and an OPS of 0.981. If you keep your current pace, you can hit 68 doubles for the season. Arithmetically, it is possible to record the most in a season in this category. Calculated in the same way, Alonso hits 71 doubles.
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Five of the most first to sixth place in a season in the double category were made in the 1930s. The exact reason is unknown, but it is presumed to be related to the size of the ballpark. Webb's team, Boston's home stadium Fenway Park, is also asymmetrical on the left and right sides and has a deep structure from left-center to right foul pole.
Oracle Park, San Francisco's home, is also a stadium with more two or three hits than home runs due to its wide outfield area in the left and right centers. According to the Park Factor (PF) at Oracle Park this season, it is only 80 for home runs, but 102 for doubles and 134 for triples. If PF is greater than 100, it means that the record is relatively higher than other stadiums, and if it is smaller, it is less.
Fenway Park's PF is also 92 for home runs, which is less than 100 for home runs, but 123 for doubles, the highest among the 30 stadiums. In other words, it is the stadium where double hits the most.
However, the size of the ballpark alone cannot explain this. Two and three hits are more deeply related to the batter's mobility and batting speed.
Lee Jung-hoo's double and triple should be attributed to spray heating, which can fly in all directions of the field, in other words, contact heating, rather than the size of the stadium. It can be seen that the fast foot supports here. Of the 11 doubles this year, five were hit at Oracle Park and six were hit on the road. Both triples were recorded at home.
Lee Jung-hoo hit 49 doubles in 2020 to set a KBO League season record. As for the double, it is also known in the Major League that it is 'the king'.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
