
The 40th home run of the season against Samsung... The first and only KIA domestic player to reach 40 home runs
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Kim Do-young hit his 40th home run in 7 games after hitting his 39th home run against Lotte on the 26th of last month.
Professional baseball KIA Tigers infielder Kim Do-young (22) finally conquered the 40 home run milestone.
Kim Do-young fired a solo shot in the 6th inning, trailing 1-4, in a visiting game against the Samsung Lions in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League held at Lions Park in Daegu on the 8th.
Kim Do-young, who stood at bat as the leadoff hitter, targeted Samsung's second pitcher Satoshi Miyamori's first pitch fastball and hit his 40th home run of the season, well over the left fence.
He hit his 39th home run of the season against the Busan Lotte Giants on the 26th of last month, and after 7 games, he achieved 40 home runs in a season for the first time since his debut.
Although he missed the record held by Seung-yeop Lee (Yomiuri Giants coach) as the youngest player to hit 40 home runs in the KBO League, Do-young Kim set numerous other records.
First, as a member of the KIA team, he became the second player to reach 40 home runs, following Tracy Sanders (40 home runs) in 1999, and the first as a domestic player.
Throughout the KBO League, in 2018, a domestic player achieved 40 home runs for the first time in 8 years since Kim Jae-hwan of the Doosan Bears (44 home runs), Byeong-ho Park of the Nexen Heroes (42 home runs), and Han Yu-seom of the SK Wyverns (41 home runs).
Kim Do-young, who ranks first in the league in home runs, widened the gap with second-place Austin Dean (LG Twins, 36 home runs) to four with this home run.

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