“Reyes, is this really a human record?” An average of 200 hits a year—600 in three years. Is that even possible?

[Financial News] If you controlled a player yourself in a baseball video game and put up stats like these, people would call them “unrealistic” and say they throw the game’s balance out of whack. The arrival of a truly dominant “monster,” whose numbers are almost impossible to believe came from a human being. Lotte Giants’ “hitting machine,” Víctor Reyes, finally shattered the KBO League’s batting records in the final game of the regular season.
Reyes started as the leadoff designated hitter in the 2026 KBO League regular-season finale against the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 12th, and delivered an astonishing performance, going 4-for-5 with a home run, two RBIs and a run scored.
Reyes, who had 207 hits before the game, showed extraordinary focus, collecting four hits in a single day to finish the 2026 season with 211. He finally held off the relentless chase of KT Wiz’s Choi Won-joon, who had threatened him all season and racked up an astonishing 208 hits, by three hits—a perfect defense of his crown.



The historical significance of the 211 hits he racked up that day is beyond imagination.
For starters, Reyes surpassed by a remarkable nine hits the KBO single-season record of 202 hits that he himself set just two years ago, in 2024. He is the only player in KBO League history to reach 200 hits in a single season twice. He is making 200 hits—a mark difficult to reach even once—seem routine.
He also rewrote the record books for titles. Leading the league in hits three years in a row is the second such feat in KBO history, and the first in 25 years, since “Red Hare” Lee Byung-kyu (1999–2001). It is also the first time a foreign hitter has achieved it in the league’s 44-year history.
But what truly leaves experts and fans in awe is his “consistency” and “ironman stamina.” Over the past three years, Reyes has appeared in all 144 games each season without missing a single one. He has piled up exactly 600 hits over those three years. In other words, he has put together an astonishing record—144 games played and 200 hits per year on average—that is hard to believe even when you see it.


Many players have excellent hitting skills. But overcoming the triple challenge of injuries, slumps and declining stamina, taking the field every day for three straight years and getting 200 hits each year is something that is hard to explain unless you’re a “machine.”
Fans ask, “Is this player really human?” This dominant hit-making machine, having descended on Sajik, has already completely surpassed the KBO League’s conventional wisdom and limits.


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