List of KBO career home run leaders
The following is the current leaderboard for career home runs in KBO League Korean baseball.
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Lee Man-soo was the KBO's first Home Run King, retiring in 1997 with 252 career home runs. His total was surpassed by Chang Jong-hoon on May 23, 1999,[1] and Chang retained the title for ten years. In 2009, Yang Joon-hyuk hit his 341st home run, passing Chang to become Home Run King. In 2012, Lee Seung-yeop hit his 352nd home run to claim the Home Run King title,[2] which he extended to 467 before he retired. (Lee Seung-yeop hit an additional 159 home runs in Nippon Professional Baseball, for a career total of 626 homers.)
Players with 200 or more home runs
[edit]- Stats updated on August 26th 2024.[3]
Rank | Player | Home runs (2024 home runs in parentheses) |
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1 | Choi Jeong | 490 (32) |
2 | Lee Seung-yeop | 467 |
3 | Park Byung-ho | 394 (14) |
4 | Choi Hyoung-woo | 392 (19) |
5 | Lee Dae-ho | 374 |
6 | Yang Joon-hyuk | 351 |
7 | Chang Jong-hoon | 340 |
8 | Lee Ho-joon | 337 |
9 | Kang Min-ho | 336 (17) |
10 | Lee Bum-ho | 329 |
11 | Shim Jeong-soo | 328 |
12 | Park Kyung-oan | 314 |
13 | Song Ji-man | 311 |
Kim Tae-kyun | 311 | |
15 | Park Jae-hong | 300 |
16 | Kim Dong-joo | 273 |
17 | Park Seok-min | 269 |
18 | Na Sung-bum | 268 (17) |
19 | Ma Hae-yeong | 260 |
Yang Eui-ji | 260 (15) | |
21 | Kim Jae-hwan | 258 (24) |
22 | Lee Man-soo | 252 |
23 | Kim Ki-tai | 249 |
24 | Hyun-soo Kim | 248 (7) |
25 | Jang Sung-ho | 221 |
Na Ji-wan | 221 | |
27 | Hwang Jae-gyun | 217 (10) |
28 | Oh Jae-il | 214 (10) |
29 | Park Yong-taik | 213 |
30 | Jeon Jun-Woo | 210 (14) |
31 | Hong Sung-heon | 208 |
32 | Kim Seong-han | 207 |
33 | Kim Dong-soo | 202 |
34 | Kim Jae-hyun | 201 |
Choi Jun-seok | 201 |
See also
[edit]- List of KBO career hits leaders
- List of KBO career RBI leaders
- List of KBO career stolen bases leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders
- List of top Nippon Professional Baseball home run hitters
References
[edit]- ^ Lee, Sang-won (May 23, 1999). "Jang Jong-hoon sweeps all the offensive career categories". Yonhap News (in Korean).
- ^ 레전드 [History -> Legends] (in Korean). Samsung Lions official website. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ Statiz
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