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| The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon on the 12th. Hanwha starter Ponce roars after overcoming the crisis of losing points in the first inning. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.12/ |
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| The match between SSG and Samsung held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 6th. SSG Anderson is pitching as a starter. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.06/ |
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| The KBO League KT Wiz and KIA Tigers match held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 29th. KIA's nail is pitching hard. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.29/ |
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Isn't it the era of the best pitching and hitting of the 10 teams.
The indicator of who was stronger between pitchers and batters that year is batting average. If pitchers throw well, hitters' batting average falls. The number of hitters decreases and the overall batting average is low. If batters do well on pitchers' pitches, of course, the batting average will rise, so the number of hitters will increase, and the overall batting average will inevitably increase.
Up until the early and mid-season, this season was called the best pitching and hitting pitcher of all time. The overall batting average was only 256 until April, and it fell further to 254 until May.
Analysts say that the height of the mound has increased due to the emergence of high-quality foreign pitchers such as Cody Ponce and Ryan Weiss of the Hanwha Eagles, Drew Anderson and Mitch White of the SSG Landers, and James Nail and Adam Oler of the KIA Tigers. On top of that, the mound improved with the appearance of domestic pitchers with a fast ball of more than 150 kilometers.
However, did pitchers lose their strength over time. Did the batters adapt to the pitchers' balls. The batting average began to rise again. The overall batting average jumped to 269 in June, reaching 258 for the season, rising to 259 at the end of July and 260 at the end of August. If it falls back to the .25 mark in the last September, it will set a new record for the season's lowest batting average under the 10-team system.
Under the 10-team system, the season's lowest batting average is 260. It was recorded in 2021 and 2022. That year, only 13 hitters were the fewest.
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| KT and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 29th, and KT Ahn Hyun-min is happy after hitting a hit in the top of the first inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.29/ |
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| KT-Lotte match held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 27th. Two outs in the bottom of the third inning. Reyes reached base on a hit. Busan = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.27/ |
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| A game between Doosan and KT at Jamsil Stadium on the 24th. Doosan Yang Eui-ji hits an RBI infield ball in the bottom of the first inning. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.24/ |
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At the end of August, there are a total of 12 hitters in the KBO League. KT Wiz's Ahn Hyun-min is ranked first at 3202, while Samsung's Lewin Diaz is ranked 12th. Doosan Bears' Jake Cave and Hanwha's Chae Eun-sung have 299 percent, NC Dinos' Kim Joo-won is 298 percent, and LG Twins' Kim Hyun-soo is 296 percent. Only SSG has no batters at the moment.
A season batting average and a batting average of 300 will be determined for the month of September. As a result, it will be possible to know whether this season is the best pitching and hitting season ever.
Since 1998, when foreign players were introduced, the season with the smallest number of .300 hitters was only five in 2006. He also had the lowest batting average of 255 in that season. There were only two seasons when 2002 was nine, with less than 10 players.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
