The Kia Tigers’ All-Star Kim Do-yeong became the youngest member of the “30-30” club in Korean baseball history Thursday.
Kim launched his 30th home run of the 2024 Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) season in the top of the fifth inning against the Kiwoom Heroes at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, a two-run shot off Heroes starter Enmanuel De Jesus. Kim already had 33 steals prior to Thursday’s game.
With this home run, Kim, at 20 years, 10 months and 13 days old, became the youngest player ever in the KBO with at least 30 homers and 30 steals in a 추천 season. Former All-Star slugger Park Jae-hong held the previous record at 22 years, 11 months and 27 days old from the 1996 season.
This was the ninth 30-30 season in the KBO, whose first season came in 1982. Park accomplished this feat three times, and six players have pulled it off once each.
Prior to Kim, the most recent 30-30 season came in 2015, when then NC Dinos star Eric Thames finished with 47 homers and 40 steals.