Tonguegaine is definitive, and there is only one final coordination leftChoi Hyung-woo's Family's Samsung Gold Return for the First Time in 10 years

Nov 30, 2025

Kang Min-ho teasing Choi Hyung-woo, who cried on Oh Seung-hwan's retirement tour.

'Tong-Again' became a reality in the end. Choi Hyung-woo (42) will return as the Samsung Lions for the first time in nine years.

Choi Hyung-woo has agreed to an FA contract with Samsung and is taking final steps such as adjusting the contract details. As soon as detailed coordination is completed, Choi Hyung-woo wearing a blue Samsung uniform will be officially announced through procedures such as group reporting.

Negotiations with the original KIA Tigers, which have been listened to for the past nine years, have finally failed.

A match between KIA and Samsung held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 10th. Samsung's Oh Seung-hwan Retirement Tour event was held. Choi Hyung-woo wearing a Samsung hat and taking a commemorative photo with Oh Seung-hwan. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.09.10/

With the addition of Choi Hyung-woo, who is the 'hitters', Samsung will be able to challenge for the championship in earnest by building a strong lineup in which old and old sluggers are in harmony.

Choi Hyung-woo took the center stage of the KIA lineup in the injured ward with a brilliant performance that is hard to believe as the league's oldest hitter this season.

He has a batting average of 0.307 in 133 games, 24 home runs, and 86 RBIs. With 30 doubles, he has a slugging percentage of 0.529 and an on-base percentage of 0.399. His OPS is 0.928, which is unbelievable to be the record of 42 batters.

In the KIA lineup, Choi Hyung-woo was the batter whom the opposing pitcher did not want to meet in the crisis. None of the outstanding KIA star players, including Wisdom, Na Sung-beom, and Kim Do-young, exceeded Choi Hyung-woo's presence this season in terms of reasons and aspects of various bases.

Choi Hyung-woo has a career batting average of 0.310 with 2,586 hits (2nd in total) in 2,314 games. He hit 543 doubles (No. 1 in total) with 419 homers (No. 4 in total) and surpassed 1,700 RBIs for the first time in the KBO league (1737 RBIs). The OPS is 0.930 with a slugging percentage of 0.530 and an on-base percentage of 0.400. What's surprising is that this season's percentage record is more than

Choi Hyung-woo, who fired a solo shot over the right-center wall at Gocheok Dome in 2016 when he was in Samsung. Sports Chosun DB

be similar to. Age is the epitome of consistency that shows that it is just a number.

Choi Hyung-woo, who joined Samsung in the 48th place in the second round of the sixth round after graduating from Jeonju High School in 2002, the year of Samsung's first Korean Series championship. The beginning was minimal. He joined as a catcher, but after humiliation of his release and twists and turns, he settled down in 2008, his seventh year, and reigned as the league's best hitter.

Choi Hyung-woo, who led the Korean Series championship for four consecutive years from 2011 to 2014, played as the center of the Samsung Dynasty, moved to the KIA Tigers in 2017 and served as a winning contractor by giving him two Korean Series wins. It is a spectacular return of Legend, who will greatly contribute to Samsung's bid to win the title in 2026.

The last time he played for Samsung was in the first season of Lions Park.

Choi Hyung-woo hit career high. He hit a batting average of 0.376 with 195 hits in 138 games, a slugging percentage of 0.651 with a batting average of 144 RBIs and 46 doubles, and an on-base percentage of 0.464. This is why expectations are pouring in on the compatibility with Lions Park, which returns for the first time in 10 years.

4th semi-PO match between SSG and Samsung at Lions Park in Daegu on the 14th. Koo Ja-wook is welcomed after Diaz hit a two-run shot with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning. Daegu = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.10.14/

They also have strong support.

Koo Ja-wook, who was a rookie at the time, is at the center of the lineup, and Lewin Diaz, the league's best slugger for the first time in history, is holding out. Kim Young-woong, who showed off his presence in the fall as a clutch giant third baseman, also supports him. If Koo Ja-wook and Diaz Kim Young-woong are Sinner Ji-won who will not let them avoid Choi Hyung-woo, the league's best quasi-hitters, including Kim Ji-chan and Kim Sung-yoon, are the strongest table setters to set the table for Choi Hyung-woo's RBI eating show. Power shortstop Lee Jae-hyun and still powerful catcher Kang Min-ho are holding on to the lower batting line. Ryu Ji-hyuk, a second baseman with both offense and defense, is one of Choi Hyung-woo's close brothers.

Kim Young-woong hits a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning with one out and runners on first and second bases in Game 4 of the playoffs between Hanwha and Samsung held at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 22nd. Daegu=Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.10.22/

Samsung, which has caught all of the Diaz, is set to sign light fastball right-hander Matt Manning. Even Won-tae, Manning Choi Won-tae, and Lee Seung-hyun can build a solid starting lineup. Fire bowlers such as Choi Ji-kwang, Kim Moo-shin, and Lee Jae-hee will return from injuries to the bullpen, which slowed down last year. Left-hander veteran Baek Jung-hyun will also join the team.

With the recruitment of Choi Hyung-woo, Samsung is fully prepared to challenge for the championship with the nuclear strike that hit the peak of the fire.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.