Thank you to KIA's younger brothers, Choi Hyung-woo's last greeting, the oldest GG glory ever, was given to his family

Thank you to KIA's younger brothers, Choi Hyung-woo's last greeting, the oldest GG glory ever, was given to his family
The KBO Golden Glove Awards ceremony was held at Lotte Hotel World in Seoul on the 9th. Samsung's Choi Hyung-woo, who won the Golden Glove in the designated hitter category. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.12.09/



Thank you to KIA's younger brothers, Choi Hyung-woo's last greeting, the oldest GG glory ever, was given to his family
The KBO Golden Glove Awards ceremony was held at Lotte Hotel World in Seoul on the 9th. Samsung's Choi Hyung-woo, who won the Golden Glove in the designated hitter category. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.12.09/
"Hello." It's Choi Hyung-woo from the Samsung Lions. "

Samsung Lions' Choi Hyung-woo once again wrote the history of winning the oldest Golden Glove award ever.

Choi Hyung-woo was honored with the award in the designated hitter category at the '2025 KBO Golden Glove Awards' held at Lotte Hotel World in Jamsil, Seoul on the 9th. 8th award in one's career. Choi Hyung-woo won 309 out of 316 valid votes, winning 97.8% of the vote. Kang Baek-ho of the Hanwha Eagles won only seven votes.




Choi Hyung-woo won the Golden Glove as a designated hitter at the age of 40 years, 11 months, and 27 days last year, setting the oldest record. Choi Hyung-woo, who has been honored with the award for two consecutive years, broke the record of the oldest award ever at 41 years, 11 months, and 23 days.

I've had a season where I can't believe I'm 41 years old. Choi once again showed off his best performance in the league, batting .307 (144 hits in 469 at-bats), 24 home runs, 86 RBIs and an OPS of .928 in 133 games this season. He still showed off his skills by ranking fifth in on-base percentage (0.399), fifth in OPS, seventh in slugging percentage (0.529), and seventh in home runs.

Thanks to this, I was able to take care of romance this year. He moved from the KIA Tigers to his old team, Samsung. Choi Hyung-woo came to the market with his third FA qualification, and when his mother-in-law Samsung sent him a love call full of sincerity in nine years, he boldly decided to transfer. It was stamped for two years and 2.6 billion won. Samsung tried to strengthen its batting lineup by risking paying 1.5 billion won in compensation to KIA.
Thank you to KIA's younger brothers, Choi Hyung-woo's last greeting, the oldest GG glory ever, was given to his family
The KBO League SSG and KIA match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 28th. KIA Choi Hyung-woo hit a two-run home run in the ninth inning. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.28/
Thank you to KIA's younger brothers, Choi Hyung-woo's last greeting, the oldest GG glory ever, was given to his family
The match between KIA and Lotte at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 11th. KIA Choi Hyung-woo hit a tiebreaking three-run home run against Lotte's Na Kyun-an in the fourth inning. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.09.11/
Choi Hyung-woo also won the Golden Glove after moving from Samsung to KIA in 2016. It was shortly after he became the first FA qualification and signed a four-year contract worth a total of 10 billion won with KIA. Choi Hyung-woo gave KIA the Golden Glove in the outfielder category that year, but this year it was in the opposite situation.

Regarding setting another record for the oldest, Choi Hyung-woo said, `I don't like the title of the oldest. Last year, I won the Golden Glove, and I didn't think it would come again this year. Of course, I will work hard (I didn't expect to win the award), but I feel good about the oldest title this year."

Choi is fighting the word "age" every year. I feel proud of myself because I felt like I overcame it last year and this year. Today, I'm going to say thank you to KIA's younger brothers. It could be long, so please understand. From (Yang) Hyun-jong, (the late) Jong-wook, (Kim) Sun-bin, (Kim) Tae-gun, (Kim) Do-young, and (Han) Jun-su, all of them thanked me. No, I've been more grateful in the meantime. If you always have a memory, ask it and one day later, if you work hard in your respective seats, you will meet in a good way. I want to tell everyone to work hard in their seats," he said, and swallowed his tears.

"Lastly, I want to tell Samsung fans that I'm back, but I've gotten older. But don't worry. I will do my best to take care of my juniors and achieve good results."




Thank you to KIA's younger brothers, Choi Hyung-woo's last greeting, the oldest GG glory ever, was given to his family
Choi Hyung-woo surrounded by Samsung players




This article was translated by Naver AI translator.