Choi Jung, who surpassed Lee Seung-yeop, shows the history of 500 home runs for the first time in KBO history

May 06, 2025

Choi Jung, who surpassed Lee Seung-yeop, shows the history of 500 home runs for the first time in KBO history
SSG-LG match held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 2nd. Choi Jung is cheering after hitting a two-run shot with one out in the top of the first inning. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.2/



Choi Jung, who surpassed Lee Seung-yeop, shows the history of 500 home runs for the first time in KBO history
SSG-LG match held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 2nd. Choi Jung is cheering after hitting a two-run shot with one out in the top of the first inning. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.2/
Choi Jung (38, SSG Landers) is on the verge of setting a career milestone of 500 home runs for the first time ever.

Choi Jung-eun hit a three-run homer from his first at-bat in the first inning in a game against the Lotte Giants at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 5th. There are only two left until the 500th homer.

Choi Jung-eun faced the season late due to injury ahead of the opening of this season. On the 2nd, the first game of the season, he hit a home run in his first at-bat against the LG Twins in Jamsil, announcing a brilliant revival, and added two home runs in three games.




Choi Jung-eun is already the player with the most home runs in KBO League history. It exceeded Lee Seung-yeop's 467 home runs in the 2024 season, followed by legendary hitters such as Park Byung-ho (412 Samsung) and Choi Hyung-woo (400 KIA).

Choi Jung-eun graduated from Yoo Shin-go and joined the SK Wyverns (currently SSG) in 2005 as the first nomination and began her professional career. He won the home run king three times with 30 home runs in 2016, 46 home runs in 2017, and 35 home runs in 2021, and is already on various KBO league home runs-related records, including the first 19 consecutive seasons in history. If he scores two more home runs, he will engrave his name in KBO league history once again.

KBO will present a commemorative award based on the citation rules if Choi Jung achieves 500 home runs.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.