Choi Dong-won Award

The Choi Dong-won Award is given to the top pitcher in Korea Baseball Organization annually. The award is named in honor of Dong-won Choi, one of the greatest pitchers in Korean baseball history. A pitcher should meet one of the main seven standards to be eligible for the award. They are 15 wins, 3.00 ERA, 150 strikeouts, 180 innings, 25 starts, 15 quality starts and 35 saves.

Sawamura Award Winners

Year	Player	Team	G	W	L	IP	SV	SO	ERA
2014	Hyeon-jong Yang	KIA Tigers	26	16	8	171.1	0	165	4.25
2015	Hee-kwan Yoo	Doosan Bears	30	18	5	189.2	0	126	3.94
2016	Won-jun Chang	Doosan Bears	27	15	6	168	0	137	3.32
2017	Hyeon-jong Yang	KIA Tigers	31	20	6	193.1	0	158	3.34
2018	Josh Lindblom	Doosan Bears	26	15	4	168.2	0	157	2.88
2019	Josh Lindblom	Doosan Bears	30	20	3	194.2	0	189	2.50
2020	Raúl Alcántara	Doosan Bears	31	20	2	198.2	0	182	2.54
2021	Ariel Miranda	Doosan Bears	28	14	5	173.2	0	225	2.33
2022	Kwang-hyun Kim	SSG Landers	28	13	3	173.1	0	153	2.13
2023	Erick Fedde	NC Dinos	29	20	6	180.1	0	209	2.00
2024	Kyle Hart	NC Dinos	26	13	3	157.0	0	182	2.69