It even took Lotte LG's pride. 25 Han Dong-hee 24 Lee Jae-won, Futures Last Spurt for the most home runs record
Aug 26, 2025
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Lotte Giants and LG Twins' future big guns are fiercely competing for the home run king in the Futures League.
Han Dong-hee and Lee Jae-won, who joined Sangmu side by side last year, are hitting huge home runs as center hitters for Sangmu.
As of the 25th, Han Dong-hee and Lee Jae-won are ranked first and second in the Futures League with 25 and 24 home runs. Samsung's Lee Chang-yong, ranked third, has 15 points, 10 points shorter than the two, so the Futures home run king has actually narrowed down to a two-way race between Han Dong-hee and Lee Jae-won.
Han Dong-hee was leading by herself and Lee Jae-won followed her.
Han Dong-hee is simply dominating the Futures League. He has a batting average of 388 (130 hits in 335 at-bats) with 25 home runs and 98 RBIs in 84 games. He is ranked No. 1 in home runs, No. 1 in RBIs, and No. 2 in batting average.
Lee Jae-won played only 60 games due to injury in April, but has a batting average of 3.24 (72 hits in 222 at-bats) with 24 home runs and 76 RBIs. He is ranked second in home runs and second in RBIs.
Lee Jae-won fell out in the early stages, and until May, Han Dong-hee had 16 and Lee Jae-won had seven, nine differences, but Lee Jae-won hit 11 in June alone, catching up with Han Dong-hee, who hit five, by three differences.
And on August 15, he hit a solo shot against Jung Woo-joon of Lotte and tied with Han Dong-hee for first place with 24.
However, Han Dong-hee shot his 25th two-run shot from Kim Kyung-mook in the first inning of the KIA match on the 20th, leading again.
Sangmu, who plays 120 games, has played 84 games so far. The remaining 36 games will determine the home run king of this season's Futures League.
Attention is also focusing on whether he can break the record for most home runs in a season in the Futures League. The record for the most home runs in a season of Futures was 36 recorded by KT Wiz's Moon Sang-chul in 2017 when he was managing director. Arithmetically, Han Dong-hee has 35 and Lee Jae-won has 34.
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Han Dong-hee was selected as the first nominee and Lee Jae-won as the second round. Han Dong-hee got a chance in the first team from her first year, but she did not show as much growth as expected. He seemed to have risen to a batting average of .37 (140 hits in 456 at-bats) with 14 home runs and 65 RBIs in 2022, but he suffered as his batting average fell again to .223 in 2023 and eventually had to join the military. He played in 661 games in the first team and hit 262 (548 hits in 2093 at-bats) with 59 homers and 270 RBIs.
Lee Jae-won showed his potential by winning the Futures Home Run King for two consecutive years with 13 in 2020 and 16 in 2021, but in the first team, he showed limitations as his ability to cope with manned pitches declined. In the 2023 season, head coach Yeom Kyung-yeop expressed his desire to raise him, delaying his enlistment in the military by one year, but it was also unfortunate that he could not take the opportunity due to a series of injuries. His career performance in the first team was 222 with a batting average of 222 (113 hits in 509 at-bats) and 78 RBIs in 220 games.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
