Those who are into KT Wiz betting know who exactly should win the Rookie of the Year Award. So does the media. Out of 111 votes, 99 votes went to the very deserving Kang Baek-ho from the KT Wiz. Kang has a total of 514 out of 555 possible points for the award. He is also the first rookie from KT Wiz to win this award.
And Kang deserves the award. He was the best rookie who dominates the field almost every game. His regular season stats are impressive as well. His batting average is .290. He has 29 home runs. His RBIs are 84 and he has 108 runs.
Rookie of the Year Record
Such is the skill of Kang that he also hold the record for the most home runs made by a rookie who was drafted from after high school. Not only that, but Kang’s first home run of his career in the KBO is incidentally also the first home run of the season.
He is, however, just 1 home run short of the all-time KBO home run record for rookies. This record was made by Park Jae-hong back in 1996.
This may also be the lone award from the team. Other awardees are Kim Jae-hwan of the Doosan Bears as MVP. The highest batting average at .362 was won by Kim Hyun-soo of the LG Twins, and Lotte Giants’ Jeon Jun-woo has the highest number of his at 190, and runs at 118. Lindblom from the Bears won the highest ERA at 2.88. Teammate Seth Frankoff brings home the most number of wins award at 18, as well as the best winning percentage at .857. Hanhwa Eagles’ Keyvius Sampson tops the rankings for strikeouts at 195. The most holds award goes to Oh Hyoun-taek of the Giants at 25. Jung Woo-ram of the Eagles, meanwhile, has the award for most saves, with 35 saves for the regular season.
