Even though he won the title of batting champion, he failed to win the Golden Glove award. This is the story of Guillermo Herredia, a foreign batter of the SSG Landers.

At the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO Golden Glove Awards held at the COEX Auditorium in Samseong-dong, Seoul on the 13th, Herredia won 147 votes (51%) to rank fourth in the outfield category after Koo Ja-wook (260 votes), Victor Reyes (161 votes), and Mel Rojas Jr. (153 votes).메이저놀이터

Last year, Herredia posted a comprehensive performance with a batting average of 0.323, 12 home runs, 76 RBIs and an OPS (on-base plus slugging) of 0.846 in 122 games, but failed to embrace gold gloves. At that time, he was satisfied with the fourth place in the outfield category after Hong Chang-ki (LG Twins, 258 votes), Koo Ja-wook (Samsung, 185 votes), and Park Gun-woo (NC Dinos, 139 votes), but he accepted the same result again.

There were a total of 81 candidates for this year's Golden Glove. By position, 26 candidates for pitchers, seven for catchers, five for first baseman, six for second baseman, eight for third baseman, seven for shortstop, 19 for outfielder, and three for designated hitter were listed. In terms of fielders, fierce competition was expected in the outfield along with shortstop and first baseman.

The candidates were very prominent. Koo Ja-wook continued his performance throughout the season as a key player of the team, leading Samsung to the Korean Series. Reyes set a new record for the most hits in a single season in the KBO League, and Rojas, who played both ball and defense, was also a strong candidate.

However, based on her regular season performance alone, Herredia could well have aimed for the golden glove. Herredia won the title of batting champion this year by posting a batting average of 0.360 with 21 homers, 118 RBIs, four steals and an OPS of 0.937 in 1,641 times at bat in 136 games. She was also ranked among the top in other attack indicators including the most hits (2nd), RBI (3rd), slugging percentage (7th), and on-base percentage (11th).

Heredia achieved the record of most hits and RBIs in a single season in the club's history and made her name in the club's history by becoming the club's first batting king. In particular, she showed off her top-notch hitting ability in the league by even setting a record of "300 batting average against all clubs" for the first time under the 10-club system.

He was recognized for his value in defense, too. After winning the honor last year, he was named the winner of the left field section of the KBO's defense award for the second consecutive year. He scored a total of 87.5 points with 75 points for voting and 12.5 points for defense, beating Koo Ja-wook and Cho Ha-sung of the Doosan Bears.

The number of votes cast was not small. Out of 288 people who participated in this year's Golden Glove vote, 147 people (51 percent) voted for her. However, she failed to win the Golden Glove award by a narrow margin, which enabled her to secure the 2025 season.