Neither Yang Eui-ji nor Kang Min-ho, the best catcher, announced the winner of the 2025 KBO Defense Award, a tie-breaking home run hero against Korea and Japan that beat 8 billion FA

Nov 18, 2025

The match between the KIA Tigers and the NC Dinos at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 27th. NC Kim Hyung-joon is defending. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.27/

The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced the winner of the defensive award.

The KBO defensive award, which marks its third anniversary this year, is given to one player in each position who showed the best defense in the regular season. The final winner will be selected by adding 75% of the voting score and 25% of the defensive record score of a total of 11 people per club (a total of 110 people), including nine coaches and heads of each club.

In the pitching category, Ko Young-pyo (KT) was selected as the winner. Ko Young-pyo scored 66.67 points in the poll. He was honored with the KBO Defense Award with a total score of 90.63 points, receiving 23.96 points in the pitcher's defensive record score, including bunt batting processing, checks and official records. Furado (Samsung) with 86.23 points and Won Tae-in (Samsung) with 86 points followed Ko with second and third place, respectively.

In the catcher category, Kim Hyung-joon (NC) was selected as the winner, beating two prominent seniors such as Yang Eui-ji (Doosan) and Kang Min-ho (Samsung), who have divided the Golden Glove for the past 14 years. Kim Hyung-joon scored 70 points on the ballot, and ranked first in the catcher's defense record score, including steal blocking and official records, with a total score of 86.25 points. Yang Eui-ji (Doosan), who received 77.92 points, came in second, and Cho Hyung-woo (SSG), who received 75.83 points, came in third.

The match between Samsung and Hanwha in Game 5 of the PO held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th, and Samsung's first baseman Diaz, with two outs and runners on third base, is not receiving a throw from shortstop Lee Jae-hyun, who caught Hanwha's Kim Tae-yeon's ball. Chae Eun-sung scored and the score was 5-1. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.10.24/

In the infield section, first baseman Diaz (Samsung), second baseman Park Min-woo (NC), third baseman Song Sung-moon (Kium), and shortstop Kim Joo-won (NC) were selected.

Diaz scored 75 points. In the defensive record score, which reflects UZR and official records, he scored 18.75 points to rank first with a total score of 93.75 points, beating Austin (LG), who ranked second with 82.5 points, and Hwang Jae-kyun (KT), who received 70 points, as the winner in the first baseman category.

Park Min-woo won the second baseman category with 64.29 points for voting, 23.21 points for defensive records, and 87.5 points for total score. 2nd place Shin Min-jae (LG) followed with 83.93 points and 3rd place Kim Sang-soo (KT) with 76.79 points.

In the third baseman category, Song Sung-moon was selected as the winner. He ranked first with a total score of 98.21 points, with 75 points for voting and 23.21 points for defensive records. Koo Bon-hyuk (LG), who scored 83.93 points, came in second, and Heo Kyung-min (KT), who scored 58.93 points, came in third.

The national baseball team began its first training session at Goyang Baseball Team Training Center in Gyeonggi Province on the afternoon of the 2nd. Kim Joo-won is training. Goyang = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.11.2/

In the shortstop category, Kim Joo-won was selected as the winner due to the superiority of voting scores. Kim Joo-won scored a total of 90.63 points with 75 points for voting and 15.63 points for defensive record, while Park Chan-ho (KIA) tied the score with 90.63 points for voting and 25 points for defensive record. According to the selection criteria that if the total score is the same, Kim Joo-won is ranked first and Park Chan-ho is ranked second. Oh Ji-hwan (LG), who scored a total of 70.31 points, took third place.

Left fielder Herredia (SSG), center fielder Park Hae-min (LG), and right fielder Kim Sung-yoon (Samsung) were selected in the outfield category, which was divided into left field, center field, and right field.

Herredia was named the winner of the left field category for the third time in a row, following 2023 and 2024. He scored 75 votes and ranked first with a total score of 97.92 points, 22.92 points in defensive record scores. Koo Ja-wook (Samsung) came in second with 72.92 points, followed by Moon Hyun-bin (Hanwha) in third with 60.42 points,

Park Hae-min won the center field category with a total score of 95.83 with a voting score of 75 and a defensive record score of 20.83. Kim Ho-ryeong (KIA) came in second with 72.92 points and Jihoon Choi (SSG) came in third with 60.42 points.

Game 5 of the Korean Series between LG and Hanwha at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 31st. Park Hae-min is sharing his joy after catching Choi Jae-hoon's ball with a good defense in the bottom of the fourth inning. Daejeon = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.10.31/

In the right field category, Kim Sung-yoon ranked first with a total score of 82.5 points with 75 points for voting and 7.5 points for defensive records. Cave (Doosan) with 80 points and Ahn Hyun-min (KT) with 57.5 points came in second and third, respectively.

Winners will be awarded 2 million won along with a trophy at the KBO awards ceremony at Lotte Hotel World in Seoul at 2 p.m. on the 24th.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.