50 home runs, 150 RBIs, 2015 Navarro and Park Byung-ho will meet Ponce...You're not an MVP candidate?

Sep 01, 2025

50 home runs, 150 RBIs, 2015 Navarro and Park Byung-ho will meet Ponce...You're not an MVP candidate?
Samsung-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 29th. 1st base with no outs in the top of the 3rd inning. Diaz is cheering after hitting a two-run shot. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.29/



It's a strange thing.

It's heading towards the end of the season. Only Hanwha Eagles Cody Ponce and KT Wiz outfielder Ahn Hyun-min are mentioned as candidates for MVP this season.

But there is a candidate who cannot be left out. This is Samsung Lions first baseman Lewin Diaz.




As of the 1st, he ranks first in three categories with 43 home runs, 131 RBIs and a slugging percentage of 0.617 in 125 games. The number of home runs and RBIs is overwhelming.

The gap is 12 with Kia Wizdom (31 homers), who ranks second in homers, and 26 with LG Moon Bo-kyung (105 RBIs), who ranks second in RBIs. The slugging percentage, which was once allowed to Ahn Hyun-min, also widened the gap with LG Austin (0.561) and Ahn Hyun-min (0.559).
50 home runs, 150 RBIs, 2015 Navarro and Park Byung-ho will meet Ponce...You're not an MVP candidate?
Samsung-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 29th. 1 out and 2nd base in the top of the 1st inning. Diaz is happy after hitting a timely RBI single. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.29/
If he maintains his pace like this, he is likely to win three gold medals. It's not just a triple crown.

If he adds seven homers arithmetically possible in the remaining 19 games, he can surpass Samsung Navarro (48 homers in 2015) and become the first foreign hitter to reach the 50-homer mark. With a tremendous RBI pace of 1.05 per game, it is possible to surpass 150 RBIs for the first time in history. Park Byung-ho (146 RBIs in 2015) holds the record for the most RBIs in a single season.




If Navarro becomes the first foreign hitter of all time to win three gold medals with 50 home runs and 150 RBIs, fierce competition for MVP with Ponce will be possible.

That doesn't mean other records are lacking.

He is stronger in chances with a batting average of .300 and a scoring batting average of 0.338. Diaz has been at the center of the lineup as Samsung's No. 4 hitter.




In the last 10 games, he hit a batting average of 0.308, five home runs and 12 RBIs, putting the team, which was on the verge of elimination from autumn baseball, back on the path to an 8-2 rebound.

The remaining 19 games have become very important for Diaz and Samsung. If Diaz's home run is fired at a critical moment, Samsung can finish the season in third place beyond re-entry into the semifinals. The competition for MVP is also expected to become interesting.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.