“Smashes a 122-km/h mistake pitch!” 42-year-old Choi Hyoung-woo breaks oldest-home-run record again just three days later—the clutch man breaks a 1-1 tie

[Financial News]  At 42, Choi Hyoung-woo, the most senior member of the Lions, proved his mettle as a clutch performer by rewriting his own record as the oldest player to hit a postseason (PS) home run just three days after setting it.
Choi Hyoung-woo of the Samsung Lions launched a go-ahead solo homer to break a 1-1 tie in the top of the sixth during Game 4 of the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO postseason playoffs—a best-of-five series—against the Kia Tigers at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on the 30th.
After grounding out in the second and flying out on a foul ball in the fourth, Choi Hyoung-woo faced Kwak Do-gyu, the Kia Tigers’ second pitcher, in his third at-bat with one out and the bases empty in the top of the sixth. He didn’t miss the first pitch, a 122-km/h curve that had caught the middle of the strike zone, and swung boldly. The ball traveled 105 meters and sailed well over the right-field wall. It wasn’t an especially long hit, but it was such a fast, powerful bullet of a shot that he could tell it was a home run the moment it came off the bat.
Choi Hyoung-woo watched the ball from the batter’s box, then smiled broadly toward the dugout after seeing it clear the wall. It was his ninth career postseason homer and his second of the series.
Above all, the home run saw Choi Hyoung-woo write another chapter in KBO postseason history. On the 27th, he hit a solo homer in the seventh inning of Game 2 in Daegu to set a new record as the oldest player to homer in the postseason, at 42 years, 10 months and 11 days old. Just three days later, at 42 years, 10 months and 14 days old, he surpassed his own remarkable record, proving himself a living legend of Korean professional baseball.


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