Doosan Bears has signed a contract with all 44 recipients of annual salary renewal for the 2021 season.
Choi Won-joon, who recorded the first double-digit multiplier for his debut in mid-July last year, stamped 160 million won, an increase of 171.2% (100 million won) from 59 million won. This is the highest rate of increase in the team Won-joon Choi started in 42 games (18 starting games) and recorded an average ERA of 10-2 and 3.80.
Park Chi-guk, who played the most (63 games) and most innings (71 2/3 innings) among bullpen pitchers in the team, became the first billionaire in the ranks. This year’s annual salary is 160 million won, an increase of 100% (80 million won) from 80 million won.
The transfer student duo Hong Kun-hee and Lee Seung-jin also became the first billionaires. Hong Kun-hee signed a 107.5% (57 million won) increase from 53 million won to 110 million won, and Lee Seung-jin signed a 112.8% (53 million won) increase from 47 million won to 100 million won.
Kim Jae-hwan, the fourth hitter, changed the highest non-FA salary in the team. Kim Jae-hwan, who scored 30 home runs and 113 RBIs in 140 games last year, stamped 760 million won, an increase of 16.9 percent (110 million won) from 650 million won. The record for the end of the team’s highest non-FA annual salary was Kim Hyun-soo’s 750 million won in 2015.