A milestone that no one has ever achieved is coming true. Even if it's not this year, it's possible next year.

Doosan's flagship big hitter Kim Jae-hwan has played for Doosan since 2008. This means that he has used Jamsil Stadium, the largest in Korea, as his home ground.스포츠토토

Kim Jae-hwan, who had been expected to have a big shot since joining Doosan, had difficulty penetrating thick outfielders such as Kim Hyun-soo, Min Byung-hun, Lee Jong-wook and Jung Soo-bin in his early professional debut.

Kim Jae-hwan, who began to stand out by hitting seven home runs in 2015, in his eighth year as a professional, finally succeeded in exploding his potential by hitting .325 37 home runs, 124 RBIs and 8 steals in 134 games in 2016. In 2017, Kim Jae-hwan, who had a batting average of .340 35 home runs, 115 RBIs and 4 steals despite appearing in all 144 games, swept the home run-run and RBI No. 1 in 139 games in 2018 with a batting average of .334 44 home runs, 133 RBIs and 2 steals, and became the regular season MVP.

Kim Jae-hwan slowed down with 15 home runs in 2019, but he showed off his robustness by hitting 30 home runs in 2020, and consistently showed off his slugging power by hitting 27 home runs in 2021 and 23 home runs in 2022. However, the aftermath of the surgery to remove bone fragments in his right elbow in 2022 was huge. Kim Jae-hwan, who suffered the worst slump in 132 games in 2023 with a batting average of .220, 10 home runs, 46 RBIs and three steals, visited Kang Jung-ho, who runs an academy in the U.S., and struggled to find a solution to his poor batting performance, and succeeded in a brilliant revival last year with a batting average of .283 29 home runs, 92 RBIs and one stolen base in 136 games.

During the last season, Kim Jae-hwan occasionally contacted Kang Jung-ho to receive feedback. "If I don't fit well, I do it first," said Kim Jae-hwan, who also said, " (Kang Jung-ho) sometimes gives feedback." Kim Jae-hwan, who truly saw the "effect," visited Kang Jung-ho Academy this winter as well and is fully prepared to play this season.

Kim Jae-hwan is now challenging a milestone that no one has ever achieved. Having hit 263 home runs in 1,383 games so far, Kim is the first pure Jamsil batter to hit 300 home runs. So far, a total of 15 hitters have hit more than 300 home runs in the KBO league. Among them, only Park Byung-ho (Samsung), Yang Joon-hyuk (Former Samsung), and Shim Jung-soo (Former Samsung) have used Jamsil Stadium as their home ground. However, they are not the only hitters who played in Jamsil alone. Park only used Jamsil as his home ground between 2005 and 2010, Yang Joon-hyuk as his home ground between 2000 and 2000, and Shim as his only home ground between 1994 and 2000.

If Kim Jae-hwan had left Jamsil Stadium, it is clear that he would have produced more home runs. In the meantime, Kim Jae-hwan has played 757 games at Jamsil Stadium and recorded 109 home runs. Except for Jamsil Stadium, the rest of the stadium has 154 home runs in 626 games, so his head nods naturally.

Of course, it is unclear whether Kim Jae-hwan will hit the 300-home run mark right away this year. He has to draw 37 arches including 300 home runs in the future. It is hard to be sure that he will be able to hit more than 37 home runs a year, as he is in his late 30s. Still, it seems that he will be able to break through at least next year.

In addition, the Bears are also on the verge of setting a new record for the most home runs ever. The player who hit the most home runs in the Bears' history so far is Kim Dong-ju, who left 273 home runs in total. Kim Jae-hwan has already exceeded the number of home runs of Yang Eui-ji (262 home runs), the "home run master of 15.2 billion." Of course, Yang Eui-ji returned to Doosan after passing NC, but it is definitely meaningful that he has surpassed the iconic player representing the Bears. This is why Kim Jae-hwan's "home run show" is already drawing high expectations.