What's wrong with 76 consecutive home runs? Lee Jung-hoo's reversal double + triple = 3rd place overall in 38 NL 1st place

Aug 19, 2025

What's wrong with 76 consecutive home runs? Lee Jung-hoo's reversal double triple 3rd place overall in 38 NL 1st place
Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants hits a double to the right of the Tampa Bay Rays at Oracle Park on the 18th (Korea time). AP Yonhap News



San Francisco Giants Lee Jung-hoo has a batting average of 0.260 (116 hits in 447 at-bats) as of the 19th (Korea time). To be precise, it is 0.259507, but he is a serious hitter in the 260s due to the principle that the batting average is calculated by rounding up from the fourth decimal place. Lee Jung-hoo, who hit two hits in four at-bats against the Tampa Bay Rays on the 17th and raised his batting average to 0.260 on the 18th and one hit in four at-bats against the San Diego Padres on the same day.

He ranks 77th in batting average and 52nd in hits among 158 hitters who have passed the regulation. Compared to the Major League average of 0.246, it can be interpreted that Lee Jung-hoo is now hitting far above the league average. The overall average of OPS, which combines on-base percentage and slugging percentage, is 0.719, and Lee Jung-hoo is 0.730, which is also above the middle level.

It is noteworthy that Lee Jung-hoo has a steady sense of hitting in August. Of the 16 games he played in August so far, only one game did not have a hit. He went 0-for-3 against the Washington Nationals on the 11th. In other words, he had hits in all the remaining 15 games. He had hits in eight consecutive games until just before the game against Washington on the 11th, and then continued his hit streak in seven consecutive games.




What's wrong with 76 consecutive home runs? Lee Jung-hoo's reversal double triple 3rd place overall in 38 NL 1st place
Lee Jung-hoo hit in 15 of 16 games in August. AFP Yonhap News
It is fortunate that Lee Jung-hoo found a sense of hit at a time when the pennant race is nearing the end. San Francisco gave up the postseason and is working on preparing for next season.

As they have spent a lot of money on recruiting players over the past three years but have not produced results, it can be said that they are objectively and precisely analyzing and evaluating each player. Lee Jung-hoo, who signed a six-year, $113 million contract, will surely describe various positive and negative evaluations.

However, even in the second half of the season, the club is likely to be encouraged by the fact that it is looking for such a sense of hitting.




If you look at it like this, you can't help but feel very sad about your last June's performance. Lee Jung-hoo did not have a hit in 13 of the 24 games he took at-bat in June. The percentage of games that were hit was less than half. It is very unusual for Major League hitters to have more than 50% of games that have not been hit on a monthly basis.

The Pittsburgh Pirates, O'Neill Cruz, who is last in batting average (0.207) out of 158, also has no 'DALL' that hasn't hit more than half in March-April, May, June and July.

Lee Jung-hoo had a batting average of 0.143 (12 hits in 84 at-bats) in 25 games in June. At that time, his monthly batting average was 156th, tied for the lowest with New York Yankees Paul Goldschmidt. It was a very unusual and insulting figure in Lee Jung-hoo's baseball life.




However, in August, Lee Jung-hoo has been showing the impact the San Francisco club expects. He is tied for 15th among 153 players in both leagues with a batting average of 0.333 (20 hits in 60 times at bat) in 16 games. Of course, it's No. 1 in the team. OPS is also tied for 44th with 0.865.

What's wrong with 76 consecutive home runs? Lee Jung-hoo's reversal double triple 3rd place overall in 38 NL 1st place
Lee Jung-hoo and Casey Schmidt. ImagesYonhap News
However, Lee Jung-hoo has not been able to operate a home run even in the second half of the year. The last home run he hit was a two-run shot to the right in the bottom of the seventh inning at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks on May 15. It was his sixth home run of the season. Since then, he has been on a march for 96 days, 76 games, and 314 consecutive at-bats.

However, Lee Jung-hoo is quenching his thirst for home runs by hitting more doubles and triples than expected. Twenty-eight doubles are tied for 16th and 10 triples are third. The 38 doubles and triples are tied for third overall and No. 1 in the NL.

It was time for a home run.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.