’82 line’ Choo Shin-soo, Oh Seung-hwan, two-ta salary king this season

Choo Shin-soo (Shinsegae Professional Baseball Team) entered Korea through Incheon International Airport on the 25th and poses after wearing a uniform with his name engraved on it. 2021.02.25. Reporter Dohoon Kim [email protected]

[스포츠서울 최민우 기자] Born in 1982, Shin-soo Choo (39) and Seung-Hwan Oh (39), who were born in 1982, have risen to the top two-hit salaries this season.

On the 4th, KBO revealed the current season’s KBO league squad registration status and salary. The association said, “The average annual salary of 532 players was 12,273 billion won, a whopping 15.1% decrease from 144.4 million won last year.” The total annual salary was 65.29 billion won, a decrease of 8.6 billion won from last year. KBO analyzed that the average age (27.3 years → 27.1 years) decreased, and the average annual salary also decreased due to the development stance of each club.

Nevertheless, the baseball player who entered the twilight period became the highest salary. It is Choo Shin-soo, who crossed the Pacific Ocean in the major leagues. Choo Shin-soo joined Shinsegae (tentative name) and stamped on an annual salary of 2.7 billion won. It surpassed Lotte Lee Dae-ho, who received 2.5 billion won until last year, and set a new record for the highest annual salary in the KBO League. Choo Shin-soo received nearly twice as much money than NC Yang Eui-ji and Ki-woom Park Byeong-ho (1.5 billion won).

Choo Shin-soo (Shinsegae Professional Baseball Team) entered Korea through Incheon International Airport on the 25th and poses after wearing a uniform with his name engraved on it. 2021.02.25. Reporter Dohoon Kim [email protected]

With the addition of Shin-soo Choo, the average annual salary of the Shinsegae Team also increased. With a total of 56 players registered, Shinsegae has become the highest-paid team among 10 clubs with an average annual salary of 174.21 million, excluding foreign and new players. This is an increase of 20.3% from 144.8 million won last year. Of course, there is also the influence of Joo-Hwan Choi, who joined Shinsegae through the recruitment of Free Agent (FA). Joo-Hwan Choi’s annual salary this year is 650 million won, the 20th highest annual salary among players registered in the KBO League.

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Meanwhile, Samsung Oh Seung-hwan, who is the same age as Choo Shin-soo, has also risen to the pitching salary king. Until last year, KIA Yang Hyeon-jong received 2.3 billion won, the highest annual salary. But this season, he left Korea with a challenge to the major leagues, and Oh Seung-hwan took over. Oh Seung-hwan’s annual salary this season is 1.1 billion won.

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