Promising 38 million won a year, donating more than half of his annual salary to his alma mater's junior. Why?
Promising 38 million won a year, donating more than half of his annual salary to his alma mater's junior. Why?
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This season, a player worth 38 million won, far less than half of the club's average annual salary of 149.19 million won, is drawing attention by donating 25 million won worth of donations and baseball supplies to his alma mater.
Kim Young-woong (21), a professional baseball Lions infielder, gave 5 million won in donations and 20 million won worth of baseball products to his alma mater's baseball team on the 28th, giving a calm impression.
Kim, who became the first player to be nominated by a professional baseball team for the first time in Korea, had only three home runs in his career as a team player until last year, but hit 28 home runs this season and posted a career high with a batting average of 252 hits, 79 RBIs, 65 runs and nine steals. He also showed off his strength to hit four home runs on the fall stage.
Manager Park Jin-man said, "Kim Young-woong is good at home runs and has improved eyesight as well. He is good at hitting RBIs and getting on base with his swing when needed. He continues to grow. It is amazing that he is so young."
"I've been using Daegu Samsung Lions Park as my home ground and needed a batter with excellent slugging capability, and Kim Young-woong is playing that role well. I hope he grows further in the future. If you look at Kim Young-woong's style of play, he is a talent who will become a home run hitter like Doosan manager Lee Seung-yeop," he added.
Looking back on this season, Kim Young-woong, who completed his career high season, said, "It was an unexpected performance. Sometimes I still don't know if my performance is right." He added, "I'm most satisfied because my hitting rate came out better than I thought. Unfortunately, I didn't achieve my 30 home runs, but if I have a chance, I'll try it."
Kim Young-woong also said, "I had so much fun playing baseball in the first division this season. This time last year, I started the spring camp with the hope that I would have my place, but next year I want to make sure that I am in place." 토토사이트
Kim Young-woong, who has widely spent more than half of his salary this season, achieved his best performance since his debut, and is highly likely to see his salary rise vertically. He seems to be able to join the ranks of the annual salary that will be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.