Even if you don't play well, you're the main player. A batting average of 10% ↑ + a slugging percentage of 20% ↑…In the second half of Moon Sung-joo, who became a monster, I asked him why he changed so much

Sep 05, 2025

Even if you don't play well, you're the main player. A batting average of 10% ↑ a slugging percentage of 20% ↑…In the second half of Moon Sung-joo, who became a monster, I asked him why he changed so much
The LG-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 4th. Moon Sung-joo is cheering after hitting a grand slam with one out in the top of the eighth inning. Suwon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.9.4/



Even if you don't play well, you're the main player. A batting average of 10% ↑ a slugging percentage of 20% ↑…In the second half of Moon Sung-joo, who became a monster, I asked him why he changed so much
The LG-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 4th. Moon Sung-joo, the one-out grand slam in the top of the eighth inning, is welcomed by frontrunners. Suwon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.9.4/
Even if you don't play well, you're the main player. A batting average of 10% ↑ a slugging percentage of 20% ↑…In the second half of Moon Sung-joo, who became a monster, I asked him why he changed so much
The LG-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 4th. In the top of the eighth inning, Moon Sung-joo, with the bases loaded with one out, is smiling broadly as he goes around the ground after hitting a grand slam. Suwon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.9.4/
LG Twins Moon Sung-joo has completely changed. have a metamorphosis.

In the match against KT Wiz in Suwon on the 4th, it was literally 'Hero'. He led the team to victory by shooting the come-from-behind final bases loaded against KT closer Park Young-hyun, who was out early in the top of the eighth inning, trailing 6-8.

For Moon Sung-joo as an individual, it is the first full-base hit in 1217 days since the match against the NC Dinos on May 6, 2022. In particular, it was a special joy for Moon Sung-joo, who did not hit a single home run last year. It was exactly aimed at the fact that Park Young-hyun, who took the mound more often toward the end of the season, uses changeups rather than fastballs.




Moon Sung-joo's batting average in the first half was easy at 283, but OPS (on-base plus slugging) was only 0.673 due to the nature of not a big shot.

But it's different in the second half. The batting average is close to .40 (3.94). He also hit three home runs. The batting average rose 110, the on-base percentage rose 10%, and the slugging percentage rose as much as 2205. As a result, the OPS naturally reaches 0.987.

Is the reason why I became a different person like this. Moon Sung-joo said, `I suffered an injury in the first half of the year, so I had a lot of impatience in playing the season. I was full of thoughts that I needed to come up with the results quickly"I looked back. "But the balance once collapsed was not well balanced. I was very daunted myself" confessed his innermost thoughts.




It was LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop who stopped him.

Even if you don't play well, you're the main player. A batting average of 10% ↑ a slugging percentage of 20% ↑…In the second half of Moon Sung-joo, who became a monster, I asked him why he changed so much
The game between SSG Landers and LG Twins at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 17th. LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop is watching the game. Incheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.17/
"Even in the second division, I was recording a score that I had nothing to say, but the director kept believing and letting me go. 'You don't have to do it. I remember the words 'I'm going to play without fail. I'm not saying you don't have to do well, but I'm saying to be confident. "Those who will come up will come up, so don't fall too deep."

During the All-Star break, Moon Sung-joo focused on training while watching videos of himself playing well in the past. He said, `I wanted to repay the director's heart somehow," he stressed.




'Reversal', 'Final', 'Manlupo' are points that remain deeply in Moon's mind. He said "We're fighting for first place right now, and I thought today's game was really important. I thought that if I flip this over, the sky will drop it to us, but I'm so happy that I'm at the center of the reversal."

I also watched the Daejeon Hanwha-NC Dinos match, which Hanwha Eagles won 6-5 after a bloody battle the previous day. Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop went to Daejeon himself on this day"(Hanwha's dramatic victory) is a bit upsetting," he said, not hiding the anxiety of the No. 1 head coach.

Even if you don't play well, you're the main player. A batting average of 10% ↑ a slugging percentage of 20% ↑…In the second half of Moon Sung-joo, who became a monster, I asked him why he changed so much
The LG-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 4th. In the top of the eighth inning, Moon Sung-joo, with the bases loaded with one out, is smiling broadly as he goes around the ground after hitting a grand slam. Suwon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.9.4/
Moon Sung-joo laughed at the audience by answering "I think I was a little angry, too."

Then, to the question of "'It's a five-game difference, but can't we have some time to relax?' It was a five-and-a-half-game difference, but yesterday, Hanwha won on a day when there was no game, and we were five-game difference. Oh, I thought I shouldn't let my guard down,' he said, expressing his intention not to relax until the moment the No. 1 ranking is confirmed.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.