‘It’s also a national catcher’ Kang Min -ho, the first 350 home run -2 KBO League catcher

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(Sports Seoul | Reporter Park Yeon -jun) It can be called ‘national catcher’. Samsung Kang Min -ho, 40, is in front of the KBO League catcher for the first time. Kang Min -ho, who has recorded 348 home runs to date, has left only two home runs for a record.

Kang Min -ho, who joined Lotte in 2004, scored his first home run in Suwon Hyundai Exhibition on April 28, 2005. Since then, he hit 100 homers in the KIA match on May 19, 2012, 200 homers in Suwon KT on May 4, 2017, and 300 home runs on September 6, 2022. In particular, Kang Min -ho’s 300 home run was the second KBO League catcher after Park Kyung -wan (former SK, current LG coach).

If Kang Min -ho achieves 350 home runs, he is the first of the KBO League catchers. There are only six players who have recorded more than 350 homers on the total beasts, and among the active players, Choi Jung, Park Byung -ho and Choi Hyung -woo are among the active players.

Kang Min -ho has played 2,461 games in 2,461 games as of August 8, 2025, holding the highest record of the KBO League.

Kang Min -ho, who took the first step in the 2004 KBO League, played 22 seasons with a large catcher’s position, and scored two -digit home runs for the third time from 2010 to this year. In addition, he has reached 10 homers in the season of the season (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015). duswns0628@sportsseoul.com