'Jamsil Field Torn Apart' An Hyeon-min, 180 km/h Hit Speed → 145m Distance, Season's 8th Home Run! Missed Historic 5th Out-of-Park Home Run at Jamsil by a Hair [On-site at Jamsil]

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KT Wiz's An Hyeon-min (23) narrowly missed the chance to become the fifth person in KBO history to hit an out-of-park home run at Jamsil Stadium.

On the 18th, An Hyeon-min started as the third hitter and right fielder in KT's road game against LG Twins at Seoul Jamsil Baseball Stadium during the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League regular season, launching a home run from his second at-bat.

It was truly a monstrous hit that seemed to tear apart Jamsil Field. After grounding out to the shortstop in his first at-bat, An Hyeon-min faced Lim Chan-kyu again in the bottom of the fourth inning with KT trailing 0-2. An Hyeon-min took a curveball and changeup from Lim Chan-kyu, building a favorable 3 balls, 1 strike count, and did not miss the one momentary mistake pitch.

Lim Chan-kyu's 139.2 km/h fastball landed in the hanbok zone, and An Hyeon-min sent it soaring all the way to the upper right corner of Jamsil Baseball Stadium's outfield. The ball struck just before clearing the top of the outfield wall and bounced into the stands.

According to TrackMan measurements, An Hyeon-min's hit speed was 180.2 km/h with a launch angle of 30.7 degrees, resulting in an extra-large home run distance of 144.6 meters. It was his eighth home run of the season.

If that hit had traveled just a bit farther, An Hyeon-min could have become the fifth person to hit an out-of-park home run at Jamsil Stadium in KBO history. So far, there have been four regular-season out-of-park home runs at Jamsil Stadium. The first was hit by Doosan Bears' Kim Dong-ju on May 4, 2000, against the Lotte Giants.

Next, on October 10, 2018, Kim Dong-yeop (now with Ulsan Whales), then playing for SK Wyverns (now SSG Landers), hit one against Doosan. That was the second and also the last by a native Korean batter. After that, Jamie Romak, during his time with SK, hit out-of-park home runs in 2018 against Doosan and in 2020 against LG.

On this day, KT lined up its batting order as follows: Choi Won-jun (center fielder), Kim Hyun-soo (first baseman), An Hyeon-min (right fielder), Sam Hilliard (left fielder), Heo Kyung-min (third baseman), Kim Sang-su (second baseman), Kim Min-hyuk (designated hitter), Jo Dae-hyun (catcher), and Jang Jun-won (shortstop). The starting pitcher was So Hyoung-jun.

In response, LG constructed its lineup with Shin Min-jae (second baseman), Park Hae-min (center fielder), Austin Dean (designated hitter), Moon Jung-bin (first baseman), Song Chan-ui (left fielder), Oh Ji-hwan (shortstop), Park Dong-won (catcher), Lee Young-bin (third baseman), and Hong Chang-gi (right fielder). The starting pitcher was Lim Chan-kyu.

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