Lean but enormous value if achieved The milestone, which has only 10 people in the last decade, dares to challenge Chung-Hoo

Aug 20, 2025

Lean but enormous value if achieved The milestone, which has only 10 people in the last decade, dares to challenge Chung-Hoo
Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants hits a double to the right-center in the top of the fifth inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on the 20th (Korea time). AFP Yonhap News



Lean but enormous value if achieved The milestone, which has only 10 people in the last decade, dares to challenge Chung-Hoo
Lee Jung-hoo is running around the base vigorously after hitting his seventh home run of the season in the top of the first inning. Photo = MLB.TV Capture
Can San Francisco Giants Lee Jung-hoo hit a double-digit home run this year. Objectively, it's a slim chance.

Ahead of the season, let's take a look at the forecast from the fans, Graffs, who specialize in Major League statistics. Steamer predicted that Lee Jung-hoo will play in 114 games this year with a batting average of 0.295 with 11 home runs and eight steals. Another system, ZiPS, predicted a batting average of 0.279 with seven home runs and two steals in 103 games. When the two prediction systems are combined, the probability of Lee Jung-hoo hitting 10 home runs this year is not very high.

In fact, Lee Jung-hoo has not been able to operate the cannon for more than three months since he hit his sixth home run of the season in mid-May. However, as he hit his seventh home run, double digits 'Hope' is swelling again.




Lee Jung-hoo played as a leadoff center fielder in an away game against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on the 20th (Korea time) and swung two hits, one RBI and one run from four times at bat, including his seventh home run of the season.

He hit a home run in his first at-bat in the top of the first inning.

Against San Diego right-hander Nick Pivetta, he lightly pulled a 94.6-mile fastball that flew to a slightly high course in the middle of the second pitch on Onestrike and slightly over the right-center fence.




He hit his seventh homer of the season with an angle of launch of 27 degrees, a batting speed of 101.8 miles and a flying distance of 400 feet. It is the first time in 97 days, 77 games and 315 at-bats that Lee Jung-hoo hit a home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks on May 15 since his two-run shot to the right in the seventh inning.

Pivetta, whose home run was taken away by Lee Jung-hoo, threw 141 ⅓ innings in 24 games until the previous day, recording 12 wins and 4 losses with a 2.87 ERA, 144 strikeouts and a WHIP of 0.948. Lee Jung-hoo did not miss the actual pitch in an aggressive posture.

Lean but enormous value if achieved The milestone, which has only 10 people in the last decade, dares to challenge Chung-Hoo
Lee Jung-hoo is running vigorously on the base after hitting a first solo shot to right-center in the top of the first inning. ImagesYonhap News
It's not just this. Lee Jung-hoo hit another long ball in his third at-bat. Lee Jung-hoo, who entered the batter's box after one out in the top of the fifth inning, trailing 1-3, hit a line drive double that fell in the middle of Pivetta's third pitch of 93.9 miles without missing a fastball.




The ball, which flew at a launch angle of 12 degrees and 102.7 miles, fell next to center fielder Ramon Lauriano, and Lee Jung-hoo settled on second base with a comfortable standing. With his 29th double of the season, he tied for 12th overall in this category and tied for 6th in the NL.

Lee Jung-hoo, who succeeded in hitting in eight consecutive games, marked a batting average of 0.262 (118 hits in 451 at-bats), seven home runs, 47 RBIs, 61 runs, 10 steals, a on-base percentage of 0.325, a slugging percentage of 0.417, and an OPS of 0.742. The batting average has reached its highest since June 18 and the OPS since June 20.

Compared to the numbers predicted by FanGraphs, home runs and stolen bases were roughly matched, and the batting average feels somewhat sagging. However, if he continues his batting sense that he regained in the second half of the year, he is expected to recover his batting average in the 270s. Lee Jung-hoo had hits in 16 of the 17 games he played in August. He has a batting average of 0.344 (22 hits in 64 at-bats) and an OPS of 0.936. The August batting average ranks 13th in both leagues.

Lean but enormous value if achieved The milestone, which has only 10 people in the last decade, dares to challenge Chung-Hoo
LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani is on third base after hitting a solo home run to right-center in the second inning against Colorado at Coors Field on the 20th (Korea time). AP Yonhap News
If Lee Jung-hoo adds three home runs to reach the top 10 spots of the season, he can be recognized as an `all-around player.' In other words, '10 doubles, 10 triples, 10 stolen bases, and 10 home runs' will be achieved respectively. There are three homers left. Doubles, triples (10) and stolen bases have already reached double figures.

There are only a few players who achieve 10 doubles, 10 triples, 10 steals, and 10 home runs in a season. This season, Arizona Diamondbacks Corbin Carroll (22 doubles, 16 triples, 27 homers, 17 steals) and Boston Red Sox Jaren Duran (34 doubles, 12 triples, 12 homers, 20 steals) reached first. The record was only 10 times in the last 10 seasons, with four last year, two in 2023, one in 2019, one in 2017 and two in 2015.

In addition, three more players are expected to be added: Lee Jung-hoo, LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani (16 doubles, 8 triples, 44 homers, 17 steals), and Detroit Tigers Jack McKinstry (18 doubles, 9 triples, 10 homers, 19 steals), and in fact, Lee Jung-hoo's chances of adding three homers are lower than those of Ohtani hitting two triples and McKinstry hitting one more triple.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.