Pitcher Seung-Hwan Oh,'The King of the End', finally achieved a feat of 300 saves for the first time in professional baseball.
Samsung's Seung-Hwan Oh made the 9th appearance ahead of 3-2 in the KBO League's KIA Tigers away game at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, blocking 1 inning with no goal and winning a save.
With this, Oh Seung-Hwan, who recorded 299th save in KBO League's career in the match against Hanwha Eagles on the 13th, added a save in 12 days and climbed to a 300-save notice that no one could step on.
Since his professional debut in 2005, he has rewritten a page of KBO history in 16 years and 497 matches.
Seung-Hwan Oh won at least 100 saves in the game, 200 saves in the youngest and at least, and also scored all of his 300th saves against KIA.
Seung-Hwan Oh's record is expected to remain an unbreakable record for the time being, considering that the second place in the KBO League's career save rankings is 271 saves by retired Son Seung-Rak, and Hanwha’s Jung Woo-Ram, who is second in active duty, is 183 saves.
Seung-Hwan Oh, who made his first personal save against the LG Twins on April 27, 2005, when he was a rookie, has solidified his position as the top finisher with the record of 47 saves in the 2006 Asian single league record.
On September 18, 2007, Seung-Hwan Oh scored 100 saves in 180 games against the KIA on September 18, 2007, and on August 12, 2011, he also set a record of 200 saves in the youngest and minimum games in 29 years, 28 days and 334 games in the KIA match. .
On July 1, 2012, Seung-Hwan Oh, who has established himself as an unrivaled finisher, raised his personal career 228th save on July 1, 2012, surpassing the record of former Chung-Ang University manager (227 saves). As he entered the fight against himself.
Seung-Hwan Oh surpassed 40 saves in three seasons, raising 47 saves each in 2006 and 2011 and 40 saves in 2007.
We collected the largest number of 46 saves each by offering Doosan Bears and Hanwha Eagles, and we won 140 saves, which is nearly half in the former home of Daegu Civic Stadium.
The catcher who performed the most saves ceremony with Seung-Hwan Oh made a joint venture of 165 saves for Jin Gap-yong, the current KIA Tigers battery coach.
Seung-Hwan Oh, who has accomplished everything such as a save record and numerous victories in Korea, went to Japan in 2014 and continued his challenge on the overseas stage.
Japan's Hanshin added 80 saves from 2014 to 2015 and 42 saves from 2016 to 2019 in the U.S. Professional Baseball Major League, and so far, Korea, U.S. and Japan are recording 422 saves.
Seung-Hwan Oh remained the first and only pitcher in 2005 to record double digits in both wins, holds and saves in one season with 10 wins, 11 holds, and 16 holds.
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