KKKKKK Hanwha Ponce Sets Another K New Record! → Over 226K. KBO League's Most Strikeouts in a Season

Sep 03, 2025

KKKKKK Hanwha Ponce Sets Another K New Record! → Over 226K. KBO League's Most Strikeouts in a Season
In the game between NC and Hanwha at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 3rd, Hanwha Ponce, with two outs and runners on the 1st and 2nd bases, struck out NC Chun Jae-hwan in the top of the 5th inning, recording 226 strikeouts in a single season. The electronic display shows the contents of Ponce's record. Daejeon = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.09.03/



KKKKKK Hanwha Ponce Sets Another K New Record! → Over 226K. KBO League's Most Strikeouts in a Season
The game between NC and Hanwha at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 3rd, Hanwha Ponce talks with catcher Lee Jae-won after treating NC Kim Hui-jip as an infield ground ball in the top of the 4th inning. Daejeon = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.09.03/
'Three strikeouts machine' Hanwha Eagles foreign pitcher Cody Ponce wrote a new KBO league history.

Ponce started against the NC Dinos in the 2025 KBO League held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 3rd and set a new record for the most strikeouts in a season. He added six strikeouts through the fifth inning. He recorded 226 strikeouts for the season.

The previous record was 225 for Doosan Ariel Miranda in 2021. In 2022, Kiwoom Ahn Woo-jin recorded 224.




Ponce made 25 starts and struck out 220 in 157 ⅔ before this game. He took the mound against NC with six left.

Ponce struck out Davison after two outs in the top of the first inning. Ponce lost three points in the top of the second inning when he didn't get defensive help. He struck out Kim Hwi-jip.

Ponce struck out Lee Woo-sung in the top of the third inning with one out and runners on first and second bases.




As Hanwha's batters gained strength, they turned it over to 4-3 at the bottom of the fourth inning.

Ponce completed the milestone by organizing the top of the fifth inning with KKK. He turned leadoff hitter Park Min-woo with three strikeouts. Davison struck out the next batter. Ponce then shook for a while with two hits. With two outs and runners on the first and second bases, he made a page of history by drawing a high fastball swing to Chun Jae-hwan.

KKKKKK Hanwha Ponce Sets Another K New Record! → Over 226K. KBO League's Most Strikeouts in a Season
In a game between NC and Hanwha at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 3rd, Hanwha starter Ponce is pitching hard. Daejeon = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.09.03/
Ponce even completed the requirements for a winning pitcher. They roared with clenched fists. He came into the dugout amid the chants of the packed crowd.




Earlier on May 17, Ponce broke the record of the most strikeouts in a game against Incheon SSG. Ponce struck out 18 in eight innings on the day.

On June 19, 1991, Sun Dong-yeol (then Haitai) lost 18 strikeouts to Gwangju Binggraejeon (currently Hanwha) in 13 innings. On May 11, 2010, Ryu Hyun-jin (Hanwha) had 17 strikeouts until the ninth inning against Cheongju LG. Ponce is now the record holder for the most strikeouts in regular innings.

Ponce went on to fill the season record with his name.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.