Shock retirement of opening shortstop! The director found it first.. He also resisted the team's dissuasion → He said he rarely played baseball this season

Nov 13, 2025

Shock retirement of opening shortstop! The director found it first.. He also resisted the team's dissuasion → He said he rarely played baseball this season
In the game between Lotte and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 27th, Doosan's Park Joon-young hits a hit and shares joy in the bottom of the third inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.27/



[Miyazaki(Japan) = Reporter Han Dong-hoon of Sports Chosun] The player who played as the main shortstop in the opening game of this season suddenly decided to retire. Even though the new coach found him first, he couldn't change his mind.

Doosan Bears infielder Park Joon-young (28) has decided to stop playing baseball. Vivo flew into the Doosan camp in Miyazaki, Japan, which is in final training.

A Doosan official said on the 11th that `Park Joon-young recently announced his intention to retire from active duty to the club. I think I suffered from repeated injuries."




Kim Won-hyung, the new coach who took office in October, also could not hide his regret. Manager Kim Won-hyung said, "(I asked about Park Joon-young) first after taking office. I heard he rarely played baseball this season."

Park Joon-young played as the starting shortstop in the opening match against Incheon SSG Landers on March 22 this year. It is a valuable shortstop resource with a single long shot and stable defense. He joined NC as the first draft pick of the 2016 rookie draft. He moved to Doosan as a compensation player for FA catcher Park Se-hyuk in the 2023 season.

Shock retirement of opening shortstop! The director found it first.. He also resisted the team's dissuasion → He said he rarely played baseball this season
The KBO League game between Lotte and Doosan at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 4th. Doosan Bears' Park Joon-young hits an RBI double in the fifth inning. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.04/
Doosan has lost valuable resources again at a time when there is no clear main shortstop. Park Joon-young is said to have lost a lot of motivation in baseball.




Manager Kim Won-hyung said, `I think I had several interviews with the club. From what I hear, the club said let's do it again. The club saw that Park Joon-young could do well enough, had the possibility and was necessary. But I heard that he expressed his regret about baseball now. I was curious because it wasn't coming out this season, so I asked first, and there was such a process."

Park Joon-young's last game against KIA on May 18th. It seems that he played baseball after going down to the second division due to injury. Park Joon-young made his debut in 2016 and played in a total of 378 KBO league games with a batting average of 216.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.