His fastball is legendary over Ponce, and he even summoned Sun Dong-yeol and Choi Dong-won

Aug 27, 2025

His fastball is legendary over Ponce, and he even summoned Sun Dong-yeol and Choi Dong-won
KBO League SSG and KIA match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 27th. SSG Anderson is pitching as a starter. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.27/



It was faster than coordination. 'K Machine' Drew Anderson even summoned the pitchers 'Legend'.

SSG Landers foreign pitcher Anderson took the mound as the starting pitcher in a home game against the KIA Tigers at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 27th. He struck out quickly from the beginning. In the top of the first inning, leadoff hitter Park Chan-ho was allowed an infield hit, but Anderson struck out Patrick Wisdom, striking out the next batter, Kim Sun-bin. He had 198 strikeouts before the game, but he had 200 strikeouts for the season with strikeouts against Kim Sun-bin.

The 200 strikeouts are the second in the club's history, including the full-body SK Wyverns. In 2001, Fernando Hernandez, a foreign pitcher who played for SK, had 215 strikeouts, and this record was the only one with more than 200 strikeouts.




However, Anderson engraved his name in the club's history 24 years after Hernandez.

There is another record. Anderson set a new KBO league record of 200 strikeouts in minimum innings. Anderson has struck out more than 200 in 139 innings this season, the lowest number of innings ever.

His fastball is legendary over Ponce, and he even summoned Sun Dong-yeol and Choi Dong-won
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This season, Hanwha Eagles Ponce ranked second in history with 200 strikeouts in 144 ⅓ innings, while Doosan Bears Ariel Miranda (152 ⅔ innings) ranked third in 2021. The fourth place is NC Dinos Eric Peddy (170 innings) in 2023, and the fifth place is Kiwoom Heroes Ahn Woo-jin (173 ⅔ innings) in 2022. Anderson has a faster strikeout pace than the best pitchers in the league who commanded the season.




Also this season, the KBO League produced two 200 strikeouts a year, including Anderson and Ponce, the third-highest ever. Haitai Tigers Sun Dong-yeol (214K) and Lotte Giants Choi Dong-won (208K) in 1986, Lotte Joo Hyung-kwang (221K) and Hanwha Jung Min-cheol (203K) are the first and second in history. This is the first time two foreign pitchers have recorded it. This is a record that can confirm how strong they are pitchers.

Anderson's strikeout ability eventually stems from his strong and outstanding fastball pitching. The completeness of the breaking ball is also high, but the power of the ball itself is strong, so there is a high probability of inducing a swing and miss. In the field, "The overall completeness is stronger in Ponce's performance this season, but Anderson is stronger in terms of the fastball pitch itself."





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.