List of KBO career home run leaders
The following is the current leaderboard for career home runs in KBO League Korean baseball.
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
- Stats updated as of June 22, 2020.[3]
| Rank | Player | Home runs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Seung-yeop | 467 |
| 2 | Yang Joon-hyuk | 351 |
| 3 | Choi Jeong | 342 (7) |
| 4 | Chang Jong-hoon | 340 |
| 5 | Lee Ho-joon | 337 |
| 6 | Lee Bum-ho | 329 |
| 7 | Shim Jeong-soo | 328 |
| 8 | Lee Dae-ho | 319 (7) |
| 9 | Park Kyung-oan | 314 |
| 10 | Song Ji-man | 311 |
| 11 | Kim Tae-kyun | 310 (1) |
| 12 | Choi Hyung-woo | 308 (6) |
| 13 | Park Jae-hong | 300 |
| 14 | Park Byung-ho | 294 (8) |
| 15 | Kim Dong-joo | 273 |
| 16 | Ma Hae-yeong | 260 |
| 17 | Kang Min-ho | 258 (5) |
| 18 | Lee Man-soo | 252 |
| 19 | Kim Ki-tai | 249 |
| Park Seok-min | 249 (5) | |
| 21 | Jang Sung-ho | 221 |
| 22 | Park Yong-taik | 211 (0) |
| 23 | Na Ji-wan | 210 (6) |
| 24 | Hong Sung-heon | 208 |
| 25 | Kim Seong-han | 207 |
| 26 | Kim Dong-soo | 202 |
| 27 | Kim Jae-hyeon | 201 |
| 27 | Choi Jun-seok | 201 |
See also
References
- 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.
- http://www.statiz.co.kr/stat_at.php
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