[Official] Fan vote overturns reporters’ choice to make Kim Do-yeong KBO MVP
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- KIA Tigers’ Kim Do-yeong was selected as the KBO League’s August monthly MVP.
- Kwak Bin led the reporters’ vote, but Kim Do-yeong won the overall result after receiving 277,640 of 495,144 fan votes.
- Kim Do-yeong recorded 42.32 total points, ahead of the player who received 23.89 points.
The reporters’ vote put Kwak Bin first, but an overwhelming fan vote turned the result around and handed KIA Tigers’ Kim Do-yeong the KBO League’s August monthly MVP award.
Kim received 10 of the 35 reporters’ votes, or 28.6 percent. He then dominated the fan vote, collecting 277,640 of the 495,144 ballots, or 56.1 percent.
That result gave Kim a total score of 42.32 points. The next candidate recorded 23.89 points.
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Originally published by Chosun Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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