The 34th consecutive stolen base success record was caught by the catcher with a 4.8% deterrence rate, allowing 20 times and the second thief to hit the jackpot (lockdown site)

Jul 10, 2025

The 34th consecutive stolen base success record was caught by the catcher with a 4.8% deterrence rate, allowing 20 times and the second thief to hit the jackpot (lockdown site)
The Kiwoom-LG match at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 9th. Lim Ji-yeol at bat with no outs and no outs in the top of the first inning. Song Sung-moon is failing to steal second base. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.9/



The 34th consecutive stolen base success record was caught by the catcher with a 4.8% deterrence rate, allowing 20 times and the second thief to hit the jackpot (lockdown site)
The Kiwoom-LG match at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 9th. Lim Ji-yeol at bat with no outs and no outs in the top of the first inning. Song Sung-moon is failing to steal second base. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.9/
A young catcher with a steal blocking rate of 488 blocked the milestone.

Kiwoom Heroes Song Sung-moon stopped the KBO League's streak of successful stolen bases at 34.

Song Sung-moon started as the 1st-3rd baseman in an away game against the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium on the 9th, hit a right-handed hit from opposing starter Son Joo-young in the top of the first inning, and then attempted to steal second base at the 2nd Lim Ji-yeol's at-bat.




Song Sung-moon ran to second base when Son Joo-young threw a 145km high outside fastball in the ball count 2B, and catcher Lee Joo-heon threw to second base, and second baseman Shin Min-jae tagged, but the second base umpire declared safe.

Shin Min-jae saw the dugout on the first base and sent a video reading signal, and the video version was immediately made. And the result was reversed to out. It was confirmed that Shin Min-jae's glove touched Song Sung-moon's hip before Song Sung-moon's left hand reached second base. Song Sung-moon failed to steal.

It wasn't just a failure to steal because it was Song Seong-moon. The successful record of consecutive stolen bases, which had never failed for two years, was stopped.




Starting with successful stealing second base against pitcher Lim Chan-kyu and catcher Park Dong-won in Jamsil LG on August 13, 2023, Song Sung-moon has continued to steal 34 times until he stole second base in the bottom of the first inning against pitcher Lee Seung-hyun and catcher Kim Jae-sung in Gocheok Samsung on June 29.

The 34th consecutive stolen base success record was caught by the catcher with a 4.8% deterrence rate, allowing 20 times and the second thief to hit the jackpot (lockdown site)
The Kiwoom-LG match at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 9th. Lim Ji-yeol at bat with no outs and no outs in the top of the first inning. Song Sung-moon is failing to steal second base. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.9/
The 34th consecutive stolen base success record was caught by the catcher with a 4.8% deterrence rate, allowing 20 times and the second thief to hit the jackpot (lockdown site)
Song Sung-moon failed to steal after a video review. Spotify Broadcast Capture
It was the first time in 28 years that Lee Jong-beom had successfully stolen bases in 29 consecutive years, which he wrote in 1997.

It's a stolen base, a game of probability, but it's ironic that catcher Lee Joo-heon failed to steal a stolen base in two years.




This is because Lee Joo-heon has allowed 20 stolen bases this season and has only stopped stolen bases once. In other words, he was caught stealing by a catcher whose stolen base blocking rate was only 4.8%.

I tried to steal against Lee Joo-heon for the first time this season, but I failed. Lee Ju-heon's blocking rate rose to 9.1% due to this steal.

It is regrettable that he played against Son Joo-young, who has a 45% steal rate (the 5th in 11 attempts) this season. With Song Sung-moon caught, Son Joo-young became a pitcher with a 50% stolen base stop rate with six stolen bases.

It was a steal that would one day fail, but no one would have known whether the opponent's catcher would be Lee Joo-heon. A famous scene was born in Lee Joo-heon's catcher career.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.