Following Subero, Manager Sutton also Fell

Following Subero, Manager Sutton also Fell... KBO League Disappears with Foreign Coaches

Among the five foreign coaches of all time, only Royster and Hillman made it to PS.

At the beginning of the 2023 Korean Professional Baseball KBO League, foreign coaches took the baton for two of the 10 clubs. 토토사이트

However, following former Hanwha Eagles coach Carlos Subero, Lotte Giants coach Larry Sutton also stepped down from the command tower during the season, leaving only “domestic coaches” in the KBO League.

On the 28th, Lotte announced, "Director Sutton expressed his gratitude after the match against kt wiz on the 27th for reasons of health.

After careful consideration, the club decided to respect Sutton's wishes."

On May 11, 2021, when former Lotte coach Heo Moon-hoe was sacked, former coach Sutton, who was promoted from second-team manager to first-team command tower, led the team for about two years and three months, but left Lotte without achieving his dream of advancing to the postseason.

Former manager Sutton, the 5th foreign manager in KBO League history, has a KBO League win rate of 0.471 (162 wins, 182 losses, 12 draws).

The results of games in which other coaches acted as coaches were subtracted.

Former coach Sutton, who took over the baton in the middle of the 2021 season, had a win rate of 0.500 with 50 wins, 50 losses and 8 draws that year, but last year, he directed 142 games (coach Moon Kyu-hyun acted for 2 games) and recorded 63 wins, 75 losses and 4 draws (0.457 win rate). ) resulted in a drop in performance.

This year, excluding two games where the manager was appointed as an acting manager, he received a record that was below expectations with 49 wins and 57 losses (0.462 win rate).

Lotte finished the regular season in 8th place in 2021 and 8th place in 2022, and is hovering in the lower ranks this year at 7th place.

As former coach Sutton, who was scheduled to lead Lotte until the end of the 2023 season, got off midway, the 'KBO League foreign coach's ordeal' continued.

Out of the five foreign coaches of all time, No. 1 and No. 2 were evaluated as 'successful contracts' and filled their terms, but three later left the team during the contract period.

Former coach Jerry Royster, the first foreign commander in the KBO League, signed a contract with Lotte in November 2017 and led the team for three seasons.

Former manager Royster was supported by Lotte fans to the extent that 'Royster Syndrome' broke out in Busan.

Lotte, which had never been on the postseason stage since 2000, climbed to third place in the 2008 regular season and had its first fall party in eight years.

Lotte advanced to the postseason all three years (2008, 2009, 2010) led by former coach Royster.

Former coach Royster's regular season record was 204 wins, 185 losses and 3 draws (0.524 win rate).

Former SK Wyverns (now SSG Landers) coach Trey Hillman remained as the first foreign coach to win the Korean Series in the KBO League.

Former coach Hillman, who took the baton in 2017, started fall baseball in 2nd place in the regular season in 2018 and even won the Korean Series.

Coach Hillman’s regular season win rate was 0.535 (153 wins, 133 losses, 2 draws), the highest among foreign coaches in the KBO League.

Since then, the three foreign coaches have not been able to make it to the postseason stage.

Former KIA Tigers coach Matt Williams finished in 6th place with 73 wins and 71 losses in 2020, and fell to 9th place in 2021 with 58 wins, 10 draws and 76 losses.

Former coach Williams signed a three-year contract, but returned to the United States with the team for only two seasons.

Former Hanwha coach Subero finished at the bottom in 2021 and 2022, and was sacked on May 11 this year.

Initially, Hanwha ordered coach Subero to 'rebuild', but in the third season, they hoped for results.

Coach Subero had the lowest win rate among all foreign coaches at 0.349 (106 wins, 198 losses, 15 draws).

Former manager Sutton also put down the baton, unable to stand on the postseason stage.

The achievements made by former coaches Royster and former coach Hillman have been forgotten little by little, and the argument that 'the best card for refreshing the atmosphere is a foreign manager' has gradually lost its power.

When former manager Sutton took office as the command tower in May 2021, the number of KBO league managers increased to three, the highest ever.

At the start of the 2022 and 2023 seasons, two foreign command towers guarded the dugout.

However, on August 28 this year, all foreign command towers disappeared from the KBO League.

◇ KBO League all-time foreign coaches

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│Director (affiliation at the time) │Term of tenure │Regular season performance │Remarks │

├────────┼───────────┼─────────┼── ────┤

│Royster (Lotte) │2008-2010 │Odds rate 0.524 │3 consecutive years │ │

│ │(204 wins, 185 losses, 3 draws) │PS advancing │

├────────┼── ─────────┼────────┼──────┤

│Hillman (SK) │2017-2018 │Odds ratio 0.535 │2018 │ │

│ │ │ (153 wins) 133 losses, 2 draws) │KS Championship │

├────────┼───────────┼─────────┼──────┤

│Williams (KIA) │2020-2021 │Odds rate 0.471 │PS failed to qualify│ │

│ │(131 wins, 147 losses, 10 draws)│ │ │

├────────┼─────────── ┼─────────┼──────┤

│Subero (Hanwha) │2021-May 2023 │Odds rate 0.471 │PS failed to advance│

│ │ │ (162 wins, 182 losses, 12 draws)│ │ │

├────────┼───────────┼────────┼───── ─┤

│Sutton (Lotte) │May 2021-August 2023│Odds ratio 0.349 │PS failed to advance│ │

│ │(106 wins, 198 losses, 15 draws)│ │ │ │

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