'24th sellout' ties club record! KT needs just 113,927 more fans to reach first-ever 10 thousand won total attendance... New history awaits tomorrow [Suwon]

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The youngest franchise in professional baseball, KT Wiz, is steadily approaching its first-ever 10 thousand won total attendance this season. This time, it has tied the club’s single-season record for most sellout games.

On the 19th, KT recorded a sold-out crowd of 10,000 at its home game against Doosan Bears at SuwonKT Wiz Park. By around 5:20 p.m., all 18,700 seats had been sold out.

This marks the 24th sellout of the season so far, tying the club’s previous single-season record for most sellouts set last year. If the game against Doosan on the 20th also sells out, it will become the 25th sellout and set a new club record.

The countdown to 10 thousand won total attendance has accelerated even further. The day before (on the 18th), KT had recorded cumulative home attendance of 867,373 through its game against LG Twins. With an additional 18,700 fans on this day, cumulative attendance rose to 886,073. Exactly 113,927 more fans are now needed to reach the club’s first-ever 10 thousand won total attendance milestone.

There are eight home games remaining after today. Starting with the Doosan game on the 20th, KT will face NC Dinos on the 23rd and 24th, Kiwoom Heroes on the 26th, followed by a three-game home series against Lotte Giants from October 3 to 5, and a game against Samsung Lions scheduled for the 7th. To gather an additional 113,927 fans across these eight games, an average of approximately 14,241 fans per game is required — about 76% of KT Wiz Park’s capacity of 18,700 seats.

The average seat occupancy rate needed per game has decreased even further in just one day. Until yesterday, the team would have needed to fill an average of about 14,736 seats per game (approximately 79% of capacity) across the remaining nine games. However, with another sellout recorded today, the pressure to reach 10 thousand won total attendance has eased once again.

This was a barrier that could not be surpassed until the end of last year. In the 2025 season at home, KT drew a club-record high of 970,041 fans. Although it set records with 24 sellouts in a single season and nine consecutive sellout games, it still fell short of 10 thousand won by 29,059 fans.

This year’s atmosphere is different. The team has already reached the 24th sellouts set last year, with eight home games still remaining. The ongoing standings race through the final stretch of the regular season is also boosting fan engagement and ticket sales.

The club continues to host various on-site events for fans visiting the ballpark. On this day, in celebration of '2026 Big Victory Day,' KT prepared a special uniform marking event. From 2 p.m. until the team store closed, Big Victory markings were sold on the first floor of KT Wiz Park at a price of 20,000 won per item, with a limit of two items per person. Fans who purchased the markings could attach them to their uniforms at a dedicated team store marking booth set up separately.

In today’s game played before a sold-out crowd of 10,000, KT lined up its batting order as follows: Choi Won-jun (center fielder), Kim Min-hyuk (designated hitter), Ahn Hyun-min (right fielder), Sam Heileryard (left fielder), Kim Hyun-soo (first baseman), Kim Sang-su (second baseman), Heo Kyung-min (third baseman), Han Seung-taek (catcher), and Jang Jun-won (shortstop). The starting pitcher was Daniel Davis.

In response, Doosan arranged its lineup as follows: Park Chan-ho (shortstop), Ahn Jae-seok (third baseman), Kim Min-seok (left fielder), Yunion Severino (designated hitter), Yang Seok-hwan (first baseman), Kang Seung-ho (second baseman), Jung Soobin (center fielder), Kim Daehun (right fielder), and Kim Ki-yeon (catcher). The starting pitcher was Choi Seung-yong.

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