KBO Defensive Award Nominees Announced... Reflection of Manager, Coach, and General Manager Votes
The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) has revealed the candidates and selection method for this season's new 'KBO Defense Award'.
On the 19th, the KBO announced a list of defensive award candidates: 108 pitchers, 14 catchers, 4 first basemen, 10 second basemen, 9 third basemen, 9 shortstops, 5 left fielders, 9 center fielders, and 7 right fielders.
The number of candidates has increased significantly as pitchers who have pitched more than 48 innings, which is ⅓ of the team's number of games (144 games), catchers who have appeared in more than 72 games, and infielders and outfielders who have defended their positions for more than 720 innings have all been nominated. 토토사이트
Unlike the Golden Glove Award, which selects three outfielders, the KBO Defensive Award selects center fielder, right fielder, and left fielder separately, and the center field position is expected to be a battleground with hustle players Park Hae-min (LG Twins) and Su-bin Jeong (Doosan Bears) representing the KBO League. am.
The KBO Defense Award is given to a total of 9 people, one from each position, who demonstrated the most outstanding defensive ability during the regular season.
The winner is determined by adding 75% of the voting score and 25% of the defensive record score.
There are a total of 110 voters, 11 per club, including the manager, 9 coaches, and 1 general manager.
You cannot vote for players from your own club.
Defensive records are scored through cooperation with Sports2I, the KBO's official record company.
Official record scores quantified by fielding percentage and range factor weighted to fielding range are commonly reflected for all positions, bunt hit handling and checks for pitchers, base stealing rate and blocking rate for catchers, and not recorded for infielders and outfielders.
The adjusted KUZR (KBO Ultimate Zone Rating) score, which corrects for defense ratio and errors, is also included in the evaluation data.
The winner of the first KBO Defense Award will be revealed at the KBO awards ceremony scheduled for the end of November.
The winner receives a trophy and a prize of 2 million won.
