You're doing better now that you're older 40-year-old and 41-year-old hold king competition. No matter who it is, it's a new record for the oldest

Sep 07, 2025

LG Kim Jin-sung and SSG Noh Kyung-eun. Sports Chosun DB



You're doing better now that you're older 40-year-old and 41-year-old hold king competition. No matter who it is, it's a new record for the oldest
A match against LG-SSG at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 15th. Kim Jin-sung took the mound in the bottom of the seventh inning. Incheon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.15/
You're doing better now that you're older 40-year-old and 41-year-old hold king competition. No matter who it is, it's a new record for the oldest
Dusan-LG match held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 7th. Kim Jin-sung is pitching. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.7/
Veteran pitchers aged 40 and 41 are fighting for the hold king.

Kim Jin-sung (40) of the LG Twins and Noh Kyung-eun (41) of the SSG Landers are the main characters who beat the years.

Kim Jin-sung is in first place with 30 holds until the 6th, and Noh Kyung-eun is chasing Kim Jin-sung in second place with 28 holds.




Until the end of July, KIA Tigers' Cho Sang-woo was in first place.

By the end of July, Cho Sang-woo ranked first with 24, Kim Jin-sung ranked second with 23, and Lotte Giants Jung Cheol-won ranked third with 23. After that, KIA Jeon Sang-hyun ranked 4, 5th and 6th with 19, Noh Kyung-eun with 18, and Lee Woon with 17.

The table changed in August. Cho Sang-woo, who was sluggish in July, sat out the first team for 10 days in early August, and Kim Jin-sung recorded holds on August 1 and 5, ranking first with 25 holds. Cho Sang-woo came up to the first team and tied for first place with a hold on the 15th, but Kim Jin-sung later won five holds and filled 30 holds. Cho Sang-woo recorded only one in the meantime, only 26 holds.




By the end of August, Kim Jin-sung was in first place with 30 holds, Cho Sang-woo was in second place with 26 holds, and Noh Kyung-eun was in third place with 25 holds, so Kim Jin-sung's first place seemed relaxed.

However, Noh Kyung-eun came up in September. While Kim Jin-sung failed to add a hold, Noh Kyung-eun added three holds in four days, including the match against Kiwoom on the 2nd, the match against KIA on the 3rd, and the match against Lotte on the 5th, rising to second place with 28 holds at once, narrowing the gap to Kim Jin-sung by two.

You're doing better now that you're older 40-year-old and 41-year-old hold king competition. No matter who it is, it's a new record for the oldest
The KBO League match between SSG and KIA held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 27th. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.27/
You're doing better now that you're older 40-year-old and 41-year-old hold king competition. No matter who it is, it's a new record for the oldest
SSG Noh Kyung-eun, who ended the crisis in the bottom of the 8th inning at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 8th, is cheering. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.08.08/
LG has 17 games left and SSG has 18 games left. The key will be who takes the mound in the hold situation and wins the hold with good pitching.

Kim Jin-sung said, "This is my first title challenge. When he was with the NC Dinos, he ranked fourth in the save category with 25 saves in 2014 and ranked third in the hold category with 27 holds last year. This year, 30 holds is the new record for the most holds in a single season.

Noh Kyung-eun ranked second with 30 holds in 2023, and won the hold king with 38 holds last year. It was the oldest title in KBO League history as the first hold king in his 40s.

No matter who wins this year, they will win the oldest title. Kim Jin-sung was born on March 7, 1985, so his birthday is ahead of Noh Kyung-eun, who was born on March 11, 1984, so if Kim Jin-sung becomes the hold king, he will become the oldest hold king four days earlier than Noh Kyung-eun.

If Noh Kyung-eun becomes the leader, he will increase his record for the oldest by one more year.

The competition between the two is meaningful even when they reach the age of 40, showing that they are just a number beyond the interest of who becomes the hold king.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.