By Yoo Jee-ho
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Yonhap) — Oh Ji-hwan, captain and Korean Sequence MVP for the LG Twins, was named amongst inaugural winners of an award recognizing protection in South Korean baseball on Sunday.
The Korea Baseball Group (KBO) unveiled winners within the catcher and 4 infield positions for the brand new KBO Fielding Award, after asserting pitcher and outfield winners on Friday.
Oh, who helped the Twins win their first Korean Sequence title in 29 years, was a co-winner on the shortstop place, together with Park Chan-ho of the Kia Tigers.
Oh Ji-hwan of the LG Twins celebrates after successful the Korean Sequence MVP award following a 6-2 win over the KT Wiz in Recreation 5 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on Nov. 13, 2023. (Yonhap)
The supervisor, 9 coaches and the final supervisor from every of the ten golf equipment solid their votes for the defensive award, and so they weren’t allowed to vote for gamers on their very own groups. The fielding index developed by the KBO and its official statistics supplier, Sports activities 2i, was used as a reference. The official fielding rating, which accounts for fielding share and vary issue, was additionally used for all 9 positions.
Votes by managers and coaches comprised 75 % of the choice whole, and the fielding stats counted for the remaining 25 %.
At every place, the highest vote getter earned 75 voting factors. Oh collected 53 votes to steer all shortstops and picked up 75 factors, and added 12.5 factors from his defensive stats to complete with 87.5 voting factors.
Park had 66.67 voting factors and 20.83 factors from his stats to additionally end with 87.5 factors whole.
Throughout the diamond, Park Byung-ho of the KT Wiz was the winner at first base, and Kim Hye-seong of the Kiwoom Heroes received the second base place. Heo Kyoung-min of the Doosan Bears led all gamers at third base.
Heo’s teammate, Yang Eui-ji, was the winner on the catcher place.
On this file picture from Oct. 19, 2023, Doosan Bears catcher Yang Eui-ji reacts to a house run by Kim Hyung-jun of the NC Dinos throughout a wild card recreation within the Korea Baseball Group postseason at Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province. (Yonhap)
Of the winners introduced Sunday, Kim had probably the most votes from managers and coaches with 64.
Within the catcher spot, Yang had 34 votes to 25 votes earned by Twins backstop Park Dong-won. Yang held a large edge within the defensive stats factors, 17.41 to 11.16.
The award ceremony is Nov. 27 in Seoul. All winners will obtain a trophy and a pair of million received (US$1,540) in prize cash.
jeeho@yna.co.kr
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