"You have to do it first" → "Without a Home Run" OPS No. 1 + RBI No. 2... He created the "Monster Park Sung-han" of the head coach's three goals

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He has no home run, but he is establishing himself as the hottest hitter this season. Park Sung-han (28, SSG Landers) is having the best moment of his life.

Park Sung-han has a batting average of 0.500 (24 hits in 48 at-bats), two steals, 13 walks, and three strikeouts, with 13 RBIs and 12 runs scored. The on-base percentage is 0.607, the slugging percentage is 0.729, and the on-base percentage is 1.336, making him a top-ranked hitter in the league.

In addition to batting average, he ranks first in the three batting categories with the most hits and on-base percentage, and has only three strikeouts, but is also No. 1 with 13 walks.

What's more surprising is that despite being the No. 1 hitter of SSG with the highest scoring batting average (0.643) in the league, he is proudly ranked second in RBIs, third in slugging percentage, and first in OPS without a home run.

He hit his first career batting average of .302 in 2021 and 0.301 in 2024, but he was still up and down with 0.266 in 2023 and 0.274 last year.

He seems to have completely changed this season. Technically, it has clearly changed since the second half of last year. Park Sung-han, who has been the first hitter since the second half of the year and has flown with a batting average of 0.299 has firmly established himself as a leadoff early ahead of this season.

Despite not being a fast-paced type with only 49 stolen bases, coach Lee Sung-yong paid attention to Park Sung-han's extraordinary on-base percentage.

Manager Lee Sung-yong said, "He has good concentration. Sung-han seems to be a friend who sees the ball the best in our team and knows what ball he can hit the most, he said. "He has all his own zones, but it's very difficult to keep that zone. "I think Sung-hwan is leading in predicting what kind of ball to hit at bat and what kind of ball will come in that situation," he said.

This is why Park Sung-han has insisted on being the first hitter since the middle of last season. Park Sung-han's on-base percentage was 0.372, which was high-quality and calm.

Coach Lee said, "When there is a runner, you can play the ball coming in while being good at ball count fighting. Sometimes because he is the first hitter now, he allows him to see a lot of balls and picks them out, so the second and third batters can hit more aggressively. That's why I think he's a very good hitter," he said.

It is also the secret of this season's hard hitting that he does not show his desire to hit long balls. Park Sung-han said, "I haven't really changed anything," but added, "I never try to stay away. I'm trying not to make a big swing with the idea of hitting well in the center and making a hit," he said. As a result, a double toward a good course is being mass-produced and a slugging percentage is secured. As he only paid attention to contact, he was able to hit accurately even in unfavorable counts and attack more effectively in scoring areas.

Park Sung-han, who expressed pressure when he was used as No. 1 last year. It is a natural part because he is in a position where he has to take the first batter of the game and take a lot of movement if he gets on base, taking charge of shortstop, who has a lot of difficulty and physical burden enough to be called the "flower of defense." There were also doubts about whether he was suitable for the first hitter because he was not quick. Therefore, he confessed that he was very nervous when he first hit the first batter.

Coach Lee said with confidence, "If you manage your physical strength well in the future, I think you will almost become the top hitter."

Above all, adapting to the No. 1 position, which felt burdened, seems to be the secret to hitting hard this season. Coach Lee continued to persuade him, "After last season, he said, 'You have to be the first hitter.' He made me prepare my mind, and from the second half of the year, I actively put it up as the first hitter, he said. "There was a build-up process of his own. It convinced him and allowed him to be upgraded. At first, he was antipathy, but he seems to have a sense of responsibility as the first hitter because he has good results when he tries it. At first, it would have been difficult to prepare quickly, but now I think I'm used to it and I think I've completely adjusted to my breathing and rhythm as the first hitter," he said with a happy smile.

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