Jeon Jun-woo, Oh Seung-hwan, who will leave if he played baseball longer than me, greets Busan baseball fans for the last time
Sep 26, 2025
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Oh Seung-hwan hosted his retirement tour in the Lotte Giants' final home game of the season at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 26th. Now, Oh Seung-hwan's retirement tour only has one Gocheok Dome (Kium Heroes) left on the 28th and Samsung's last home game on the 30th.
Oh took a photo with the Lotte team before the game and held a simple retirement tour event. Legendary finishing's way to leave was seen off by Jeon Joon-woo and Busan closer Kim Won-joong.
On this day, the Lotte team presented a figure that reproduced Oh Seung-hwan's pitching form as it was and a frame containing Oh Seung-hwan's records.
Oh Seung-hwan first thanked Lotte officials and Busan baseball fans for preparing for the retirement tour.
Then "It feels really new. Sajik Baseball Stadium is a place where Lotte fans are cheering everywhere in the world. I still remember it so much."
Oh Seung-hwan said, `Although we were competing against each other as an opposing team, the Lotte fans' support will be really memorable. Thank you so much," he said with a big smile.
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Oh Seung-hwan has been a Samsung one-club man since his debut in 2005, playing in 737 games (first starter) and 803 ⅓ innings in a total of 15 seasons, recording 44 wins, 33 losses, 427 saves and 19 holds. In particular, 427 saves is the overwhelming number one record in history, far ahead of Son Seung-rak (271 saves).
His first career save was against the LG Twins in Daegu (Citizen Baseball Stadium) on April 27, 2005, and his first save against Lotte was against Sajik Lotte in Busan on July 20, 2005.
In addition to professional baseball, Oh Seung-hwan has played for 21 years in three countries: the Hanshin Tigers (2014-2015), the St. Louis Cardinals (2016-2017) in the Major League Baseball (MLB), the Toronto Blue Jays (2018) and the Colorado Rockies (2018-2019). Korea, the U.S. and Japan have 549 saves in total.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.