Kia Yang Hyun-jong’s 500th game, 11 consecutive seasons, 100th game is coming soon Dong-a Ilbo

Kia Tigers’ “big pitcher” Yang Hyun-jong is only one game away from his 500th career game.

He is also close to reaching 100 innings for 11 consecutive seasons.

Yang Hyun-jong will start the 2024 Shinhan Solbank KBO League Samsung Lions O game at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 4th.

Yang Hyun-jong, who has made 499 appearances, played in the match against Samsung on the 4th, which will be his 500th appearance.

He became the 55th player and the 4th player of KIA.

Since entering the professional arena in 2007, Yang Hyun-jong has been active as the ace of the Kia team, participating in about 30 games every year except the 2013 season.

Yang Hyun-jong has the most starts and wins among pitchers who have played in 500 games.

He appeared in 398 of 499 games as a starter, pitched 2,424 innings, and recorded 172 wins.

On June 6, in a game against the Gwangju Lotte Giants, he set a record of 2,000 strikeouts for the second time in history, showing the skills of a great pitcher.

Yang Hyun-jong, who pitched 91⅔ innings before his final appearance of the season, would throw another 8⅓ innings to become just the third player in history to pitch 100 innings in 11 consecutive seasons.

Previously, only Song Zhenyu and Zhang Yuanjun had achieved three-digit innings for 11 consecutive seasons.

(Seoul = Newsis)