Seoul: Powered by his record-breaking hitting streak, SSG Landers leadoff man Park Seong-han has claimed the top player award for the first month of the South Korean baseball season.

According to Yonhap News Agency, the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced Park as the winner of the Player of the Month for the March-April period, with the current season having started on March 28. In 27 games during that period, Park led the KBO in batting average (.441), on-base percentage (.543), slugging percentage (.618), and hits (45). He also tied for second for most runs at 24 and fourth for RBIs at 22.

Park set a KBO record for the longest hitting streak to start a season with 22 games. He recorded at least one hit in every game from March 28 to April 24, breaking the previous record of 18 games held by former Lotte Giants star Kim Yong-hee during the inaugural KBO season in 1982. Park collected 31 out of 35 votes from the media and 216,589 out of 420,871 votes from fans, totaling 70.02 voting points.

Kim Do-yeong of the Kia Tigers finished a distant second with 12.49 points. This is Park's first career Player of the Month award, and he is the first Landers player to be so honored since Choi Jeong in June 2023. Park will receive 300 million won (US$2,040) in prize money. Shinhan Bank, the official sponsor of the KBO, will donate 200 million won in Park's name to his alma mater, Yeosu Middle School.