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n the end, the great record disappeared due to the changing baseball trend.

This was the first year without a shutout in the KBO League, which started in 1982. In 720 games, 118 pitchers made 1,440 starts, none of them allowed a run over 9 innings. There was only one case where he pitched all nine innings. David Buchanan of the Samsung Lions pitched 119 pitches over 9 innings against the Gwangju KIA Tigers on July 13th, allowing 4 hits and 1 run to win 4-1, becoming his first and last complete game.

Recently, the number of shutouts in 9 innings has decreased drastically. The number of 9-inning shutouts, which was 12 in 2015, was 7 in 2016, 9 in 2017, and dropped to 3 in 2018. In 2019, it increased again to 12 times, but decreased again to 4 times in 2020, 5 times in 2021, and 3 times last year, and eventually became 0 times this year.

The limit number of pitches for starting pitchers was around 120 in the early 2000s, but has recently decreased to less than 100. It is not an easy situation to pitch 9 innings with less than 100 runs. As the concept of a quality start, which refers to 3 earned runs or less over 6 innings, was introduced, the perception that starting pitchers only need to pitch well for 6 innings arose, and the importance of bullpen pitchers has also increased since then.

The game between Samsung and KIA held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 13th. Samsung Buchanan, who won 4-1, earned a complete game. Buchanan hugging Jaesung Kim. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com/2023.7.13/

The 2023 KBO League match between KIA Tigers and KT Wiz was held at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on the 24th. Yang Hyeon-jong is applauding KIA second baseman Kim Sun-bin, who blocked KT Hwang Jae-gyun's hit with one out and third base on third base in the top of the third inning. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com/2023.09.24/

This was the first year without a shutout in the KBO League, which started in 1982. In 720 games, 118 pitchers made 1,440 starts, none of them allowed a run over 9 innings. There was only one case where he pitched all nine innings. David Buchanan of the Samsung Lions pitched 119 pitches over 9 innings against the Gwangju KIA Tigers on July 13th, allowing 4 hits and 1 run to win 4-1, becoming his first and last complete game.

Recently, the number of shutouts in 9 innings has decreased drastically. The number of 9-inning shutouts, which was 12 in 2015, was 7 in 2016, 9 in 2017, and dropped to 3 in 2018. In 2019, it increased again to 12 times, but decreased again to 4 times in 2020, 5 times in 2021, and 3 times last year, and eventually became 0 times this year.

The limit number of pitches for starting pitchers was around 120 in the early 2000s, but has recently decreased to less than 100. It is not an easy situation to pitch 9 innings with less than 100 runs. As the concept of a quality start, which refers to 3 earned runs or less over 6 innings, was introduced, the perception that starting pitchers only need to pitch well for 6 innings arose, and the importance of bullpen pitchers has also increased since then.


The 2023 KBO League match between KIA Tigers and KT Wiz was held at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on the 23rd. KT starting pitcher Cuevas, whose no-hitter was broken by a hit by KIA Kim Do-young with one out in the bottom of the 9th, is heading to the dugout. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com/2023.09.23/

The 2023 KBO League match between KIA Tigers and NC Dinos was held at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on the 31st. NC starting pitcher Peddie is fighting back. Gwangju = Reporter Choi Moon-young deer@sportschosun.com /2023.08.31/
In baseball these days, it is better to finish the game in the 8th inning and pitch in good condition in the next game than to go into the 9th inning with no runs and no runs in 8 innings and get a shutout.

On September 10th, NC's Eric Peddy recorded 2 hits and no runs until the 8th inning, attempted to shut out the team in the 9th inning, but failed by allowing 1 run, and KT's William Cuevas attempted a no-hitter and failed. On September 23, in the Gwangju KIA game, he pitched a no-hit, no-run pitching with only 2 walks and 1 hit to the body until 1 out in the top of the 9th inning, but he was hit by No. 2 Kim Do-young with a triple and allowed a walk to Kim Sun-bin with 1 out and runners on 1st and 3rd bases. When faced with a crisis, he was replaced. It was a situation where he could challenge for a complete shutout, but with the no-hit, no-run streak broken and the number of pitches reaching 112, he judged that he had reached his limit, and he also followed Manager Lee's decision.

KIA Yang Hyun-jong's 8 scoreless innings was in fact his last challenge. On the 11th, against Gwangju Kiwoom, Yang Hyun-jong threw 97 balls until the 8th inning, allowing 6 hits and no runs. A comfortable lead of 11-0. If it had been Yang Hyun-jong's last appearance on the mound, he would have appeared in the 9th inning and attempted a complete shutout, but KIA was challenging the semifinals until the end, and Yang Hyun-jong stopped in the 8th inning to appear in the final game of the season. And the shutout of the KBO League was over.