Hit 100+ home runs every season since his third year in the league.
Kim Hyun-soo (35-LG Twins), nicknamed “The Hitting Machine” for his precision hitting, has racked up triple-digit hits for the 14th consecutive season.
Hyun-soo Kim batted third in the lineup against the Samsung Lions of the 2023 Shinhan Bank Solar KBO League at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, 섯다 South Korea, on Friday and got a hit in his first at-bat.
With the score tied at 0-0 and runners on first and third in the top of the first inning, Kim Hyun-soo lined a single to right field against the opposing starter, Won Tae-in.
With his 100th hit of the season, Kim has recorded triple-digit hits in 14 consecutive seasons.
It is the sixth-longest streak in KBO history.
Yang Jun-hyuk (1993-2008) and Park Han-i (2001-2016) had triple-digit hits in 16 consecutive seasons, 온라인섯다 the longest streak in the category.
Lee Seung-yeop had 15 consecutive seasons of triple-digit hits from 1995-2017 (he went overseas in 2004-2011). Lee Dae-ho (2004-2022, with overseas stints in 2012 and 2016), Choi Hyung-woo (2008-2020), and Son Ah-seop (NC Dinos, 2010-2023) had 14 consecutive seasons with 100 or more hits.
Kim Hyun-soo, who began his professional career with Doosan in 2006, has hit triple digits in every season since 2008, his third year as a professional, except for 2016 and 2017, 고스톱 when he tried his hand at the American game. His single-season record for hits is 181, set in 2020.
