Doosan Bears infielder Oh Myung-jin, born in 2001, showed off his unrivaled sense of hitting in the exhibition game of professional baseball and is ready to take off the "unknown" label. Attention is focusing on whether he will continue his performance in the regular season as the only batter who has exceeded his batting average of 400.스포츠토토

An unfamiliar name came to mind in the exhibition game of professional baseball, which ended on the 18th. Oh Myung-jin, who has not shown any significant performance in the first team, is the main character. Oh Myung-jin wore a Doosan uniform as the 59th overall in the sixth round of the second KBO League rookie draft in 2020. He played in nine first-team games until last year, but had no hits in eight times at bat.

Leaving his regret behind, he took part in exhibition games this year, and wielded a fire bat to demonstrate his power. At nine exhibition games, he had a batting average of 0.407 (11 hits in 27 times at bat), a slugging percentage of 0.556 and an on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) of 1.023. He impressed coach Lee Seung-yeop by ranking first not only in the number of hits and batting average, but also in the slugging percentage and OPS categories.

Doosan is also apparently welcoming Oh's unexpected performance. As Hur Kyung-min (KT Wiz), who was formerly a third baseman, has moved to Doosan, Kang Seung-ho will take over. Up until right before the exhibition game, Oh did not have an advantage in internal competition. Lee, who left a strong impression at exhibition games, was selected as the starting second baseman of the early days of the regular season.

As his overall batting average in exhibition games has fallen from last year, Oh's performance has become even more pronounced. According to the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) on Sunday, the average batting average in exhibition games has fallen from 0.251 last year to 0.245 this year. The average number of hits was 16.74, down 3.4 percent from last year. His slugging percentage fell from 0.378 to 0.353, down 6.6 percent from last year.

Meanwhile, 321,763 spectators attended 42 exhibition games this year. The previous record was 7,661 spectators per game, breaking the previous record. The figure was 7,470 in 2012. Compared to last year (2,697 spectators), when the games were held in 46 games, the figure increased by 54.3 percent, and the total number of spectators increased by 93,434.