On the 1st, players are training at the Samsung Lions’ Spring Camp, a professional baseball team, held at the Samsung Lions Ball Park in Gyeongsan City, Gyeongsangbuk-do. yunhap news
It was found that the average annual salary and age of all KBO registered players this season have decreased.
According to the status of registration of 2021 KBO league players announced by KBO on the 4th, the average annual salary of 532 players from 10 clubs (excluding rookies and foreign players) was 12.73 million won, which is 15.1% from 144.4 million won last year. Decreased.
The average age of the players has also decreased from 27.3 years old last year to 27.1 years old, and the average annual year has also decreased from 8.4 years in 2020 to 8.1 years this year.
The total annual salary also decreased by about 8.68 billion won (11.7%) from 7.37 billion won last year to 65.29 billion won.
It is analyzed as a result of the retirement of many high-paid players since last season, and the team’s operational stance focused on rebuilding through internal training.
In the player’s personal annual salary, Shinsegae Choo Shin-soo, who entered the KBO league this year, was registered as the highest annual salary player in the KBO league with 2.7 billion won. Samsung Seung-Hwan Oh was named in the top annual pitching category this year with 1.1 billion won.
Kt Sohn Joon, who won the Rookie Award last year, achieved the highest rate of increase this season by signing a contract for 140 million won, a whopping 418.5% jump from the minimum annual salary of 27 million won.
In this year’s KBO League, 161 players who earned more than 100 million won in annual salary were registered. In 2018, there were 164 players who had the highest number of players with a billion-year salary.