San Diego infielder Kim Ha-seong almost missed a precious RBI. The third baseman assault hit was initially recorded as an error, so he almost lost an RBI as well as a hit, but it was corrected to a double during the game. RBI, batting average, and slugging percentage were affected.
On the 6th (Korean time), Kim Ha-seong started as an 8th batter shortstop in the ‘2023 Major League Baseball’ Chicago Cubs game held at Petco Park in San Diego, California, USA. He went 3 at bats, 2 hits, 1 walk, 1 RBI, and even a stable defense, helping the team win 5-0. His RBI came in his first at-bat in the second inning. He hit a double that brought in Matt Carpenter.
However, the official scorer originally recorded this batted ball as an error by the third baseman. Third baseman Patrick Wisdom held out his glove, but it slipped under it. The scorer seemed to have judged the ball Wisdom could catch. However, the batted ball was too fast to simply see it as a mistake. According to Baseball Savant, Ha-sung Kim’s batted ball reached 168.1 km (104.5 miles) per hour.
On this day, he was the third fastest batted ball throughout the game. Fernando Tatis Jr.’s 7th inning ground ball was 170.9 km (106.2 miles) per hour, and Matt Carpenter’s center fielder’s flying ball that flew to the warning track in the 8th inning was 170.1 km (105.7 miles). Among the hits, Kim Ha-seong’s batted ball was the fastest. He appears to have been corrected from an error to a hit given batting speed.
Ha-sung Kim’s last RBI came against Miami on the 31st of last month. Afterwards, he went without an RBI in 5 games, then scored his 19th RBI with a timely double in the 6th.
If this hit was left as an error, Kim Ha-seong would have to suffer losses in both batting average and slugging percentage. His batting average drops to 0.246 instead of 0.251, and his slugging percentage drops to 0.383 instead of 0.394. OPS almost fell to 0.726 instead of 0.742.
Meanwhile,메이저놀이터 on the 6th, The Athletic, an American sports media outlet, mentioned Ha-seong Kim as a strong candidate for the National League Gold Glove shortstop category. Kim Ha-seong also naturally accepted the possibility of winning the award. Kim Ha-seong said, “At first, I didn’t think of winning the Gold Glove at all. But as I entered my third year, I knew I might win the award.”