The game was conducted in a balanced way. Lee said former coach Sun Dong-yeol’s overall ERA of 1.20 and 0 points were the best in a season.
The record behind former coach Sun Dong-yeol was 56 home runs in the 2003 season when Doosan Bears coach Lee Seung-yeop was playing for the Samsung Lions. Lee still has the most home runs in a single season in the history of the KBO League. Lee Dae-ho predicted that while there are a few players who hit more than 50 home runs, the record of former coach Sun Dong-yeol will never come out again.
Still, no one can hit 50 home runs in a season. The 50 home runs in a single season in the KBO have been recorded only five times in the 42-year history of the KBO, including manager Lee Seung-yeop’s 54 home runs in 1999, 53 in 2003 when Shim Jeong-soo was with the Hyundai Unicorns, 52 in 2014 when Park Byung-ho was with the Nexen Heroes and 53 in 2015.
Lee Dae-ho said, “I don’t think 56 home runs in the KBO will come out again.” He even said that his 56 home runs are worth more this season than his nine consecutive games. “This is something only I can say, but I think Seung-yeop’s 56 home runs are more amazing,” he said.
The reason for this is that he failed to hit 50 home runs. “I’ve hit homers in nine consecutive games, so I wonder if 56 home runs that I’ve never seen before are more amazing,” Lee said. “I’ve never hit 50 home runs. I’ve played in nine consecutive games, so I might think, ‘You can hit it’. Since I’ve played in nine consecutive games, I’ve never hit 56 home runs in 20 or 23 years. Lee Seung-yeop’s 56 home runs are even more impressive.”
Lee hit a total of 374 home runs in the KBO League. His most homers in a single season were 44 in the 2010 season, when he won nine titles. Surprisingly, the only 30 homers in this season were in 2017 (34) and in 2018 (37). Not to mention 50 homers, 40 homers in this season are also a great record.
Lee said his 56 home runs are greater than the 17 strikeouts of Ryu Hyun-jin (37, FA) and Eric Peddy (31, Chicago White Sox) winning five titles as KBO League pitchers in the 2023 season. In the segment, Lee simultaneously showed a hand heart and a wink, calling it “yeop hyung.”
However, Lee also dropped 56 home runs under coach Lee Seung-yeop in front of former coach Sun Dong-yeol in the final. “The record of Sun Dong-yeol is hard to come out again. He looks like a cartoon character. Seung-yeop actually hit 56 home runs and 54 home runs. One or two older brothers who hit more than 50 home runs came out, but none like Sun Dong-yeol came out.