Retiring pitcher Oh Seung-hwan wants to go out with bang

A day after announcing his plan to retire after this season, Samsung Lions reliever Oh Seung-hwan, widely considered the greatest closer in Korean baseball history, said Thursday he will try to go out with a bang, not a whimper. Oh, 43, said Wednesday he will retire after the end of the 2025 season in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). He has spent his entire 15-year career in the KBO with the Lions and notched 427 saves, more than any pitcher in the league's 43-year history. Oh also collected 80 saves in two seasons with the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), and 42 saves in four seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals, the Toronto Blue Jays and the Colorado Rockies in Major League Baseball (MLB). Oh remains the only Korean pitcher to record a save in the KBO, NPB and MLB. The Lions will retire Oh's No. 21. He will be the fourth player in Lions history — and their first pitcher — to have his number retired, joining club legends Lee Man-soo (No. 22), Yang Joon-hyuk (No. 10) and Lee Seung-yuop (No. 36). "This retirement thing hasn't hit me yet. The word 'finWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times