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line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Region served </div></th><td class="infobox-data">Domestic</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Membership </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Baseball_Federation_of_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Federation of Asia">Baseball Federation of Asia</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/World_Baseball_Softball_Confederation" title="World Baseball Softball Confederation">World Baseball Softball Confederation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Official language </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Commissioner</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chung_Un-chan" title="Chung Un-chan">Chung Un-chan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://eng.koreabaseball.com">http://eng.koreabaseball.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="infobox" style="width: 22em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size: 125%; color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Korea Baseball Organization</td></tr><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hangul" title="Hangul">Hangul</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline; font-size: 1rem;"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">한국야구위원회</span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline; font-size: 1rem;"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">韓國野球委員會</span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean" title="Revised Romanization of Korean">Revised Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Revised Romanization of Korean transliteration"><i lang="ko-Latn">Hanguk Yagu Wiwonhoe</i></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/McCune%E2%80%93Reischauer" title="McCune–Reischauer">McCune–Reischauer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="McCune–Reischauer transliteration"><i lang="ko-Latn">Han'guk Yagu Wiwŏnhoe</i></span></td></tr><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Korea Baseball Organization</b> (<b>KBO</b>; <a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span lang="ko">한국야구위원회</span>) is the <a href="/wiki/Sport_governing_body" class="mw-redirect" title="Sport governing body">governing body</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Professional_league" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional league">professional leagues</a> of <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>. The KBO was founded in 1981 and has governed two leagues: the <a href="/wiki/KBO_League" title="KBO League">KBO League</a> (<a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span lang="ko">KBO 리그</span>) and <a href="/wiki/KBO_Futures_League" title="KBO Futures League">KBO Futures League</a> (<a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">KBO 퓨처스리그</span></span> (<a href="/wiki/Farm_team" title="Farm team">farm league</a>) since 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is one of two major baseball governing bodies; the other is the <a href="/wiki/Korea_Baseball_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Korea Baseball Association">Korea Baseball Association</a> (<a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span lang="ko">대한야구협회</span>), which is the governing body for <a href="/wiki/Amateur_sports" title="Amateur sports">amateur</a> baseball competitions.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The KBO is a member of the <a href="/wiki/International_Baseball_Federation" title="International Baseball Federation">International Baseball Federation</a> (IBAF), and is responsible for the <a href="/wiki/South_Korea_national_baseball_team" title="South Korea national baseball team">national baseball team</a> for the <a href="/wiki/World_Baseball_Classic" title="World Baseball Classic">World Baseball Classic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Asia_Series" title="Asia Series">Asia Series</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> National team participation in other competitions is governed by the Korea Baseball Association.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korea_Baseball_Organization&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>See <a href="/wiki/Baseball_awards#South_Korea" title="Baseball awards">Baseball awards#South Korea</a></i></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KBO_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="KBO League Most Valuable Player Award">KBO League MVP Award</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBO_League_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="KBO League Rookie of the Year Award">KBO League Rookie of the Year Award</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBO_League_Golden_Glove_Award" title="KBO League Golden Glove Award">KBO League Golden Glove Award</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBO_Korean_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="KBO Korean Series">KBO League Korean Series</a> MVP Award<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>KBO League All-Star Game MVP<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2011-10-15</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Korea+release+24-man+Olympic+Qualifier+Roster+%26%23124%3B+Olympic+Baseball+Blog&rft.pub=Olympicbaseball.com&rft.date=2008-03-05&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.olympicbaseball.com%2F2008%2F03%2F05%2Fkorea-release-24-man-olympic-qualifier-roster&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKorea+Baseball+Organization" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>See also</i>: <a href="/wiki/List_of_CPBL_MVP_of_the_Year_Award" title="List of CPBL MVP of the Year Award">Chinese Professional Baseball League MVP of the Year Award</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>See also</i>: <a href="/wiki/CPBL_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="CPBL Rookie of the Year Award">Chinese Professional Baseball League Rookie of the Year Award</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award">Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>See also</i>: Nippon Professional Baseball <a href="/wiki/Mitsui_Golden_Glove_Award" title="Mitsui Golden Glove Award">Mitsui Golden Glove Award</a> and Major League Baseball <a href="/wiki/Gold_Glove_Award" title="Gold Glove Award">Gold Glove Award</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_League" title="Cuban League">Cuban League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Professional_Base_Ball_Players" title="National Association of Professional Base Ball Players">National Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Baseball_League" title="United States Baseball League">United States Baseball League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Minor</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_defunct_minor_baseball_leagues_in_the_United_States" title="List of defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States">List of defunct minor leagues</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Israel_Baseball_League" title="Israel Baseball League">Israel Baseball League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">Japan</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Major</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League">Central League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_League" title="Pacific League">Pacific 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Major</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Professional_Baseball_League" title="Chinese Professional Baseball League">Chinese Professional Baseball League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Minor</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Professional_Baseball_League" title="Chinese Professional Baseball League">Chinese Professional Baseball League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Defunct major</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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Softball Association">Korea Baseball Softball Association</a> (KBSA)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Korea Baseball Organization</a> (KBO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Baseball_Association_Korea" title="Women's Baseball Association Korea">Women's Baseball Association Korea</a> (WBAK)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_national_baseball_team" title="South Korea national baseball team">Men's</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_national_under-18_baseball_team" title="South Korea national under-18 baseball team">U-18</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_women%27s_national_baseball_team" title="South Korea women's national baseball team">Women</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KBO_League" title="KBO League">KBO League</a> (major)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBO_Futures_League" title="KBO Futures League">KBO Futures League</a> (minor)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_school_baseball_in_South_Korea" title="High school baseball in South Korea">High school</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Awards & honors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Most Valuable Player <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KBO_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="KBO League Most Valuable Player Award">KBO League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Series_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Korean Series Most Valuable Player Award">Korean Series</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBO_League_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="KBO League Rookie of the Year Award">KBO League Rookie of the Year Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBO_League_Golden_Glove_Award" title="KBO League Golden Glove Award">Golden Glove Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choi_Dong-won_Award" title="Choi Dong-won Award">Choi Dong-won Award</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hosted events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_World_Baseball_Classic_Pool_A" title="2017 World Baseball Classic Pool A">2017 World Baseball Classic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics" title="Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics">1988 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_WBSC_Premier12" title="2019 WBSC Premier12">2019 WBSC Premier12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asian_Baseball_Championship" title="Asian Baseball Championship">Asian Baseball Championship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1963_Asian_Baseball_Championship" title="1963 Asian Baseball Championship">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Asian_Baseball_Championship" title="1971 Asian Baseball Championship">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Asian_Baseball_Championship" title="1975 Asian Baseball Championship">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Asian_Baseball_Championship" title="1983 Asian Baseball Championship">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Asian_Baseball_Championship" title="1989 Asian Baseball Championship">1989</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_at_the_Asian_Games" title="Baseball at the Asian Games">Baseball at the Asian Games</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_at_the_2002_Asian_Games" title="Baseball at the 2002 Asian Games">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_at_the_2014_Asian_Games" title="Baseball at the 2014 Asian Games">2014</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Amateur_World_Series" title="1982 Amateur World Series">1982 Amateur World Series</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_baseball_stadiums_in_South_Korea" title="List of baseball stadiums in South Korea">Ballparks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">KBO League</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sajik_Baseball_Stadium" title="Sajik Baseball Stadium">Busan-Sajik</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ulsan_Munsu_Baseball_Stadium" title="Ulsan Munsu Baseball Stadium">Ulsan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changwon_NC_Park" title="Changwon NC Park">Changwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daegu_Samsung_Lions_Park" title="Daegu Samsung Lions Park">Daegu</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pohang_Baseball_Stadium" title="Pohang Baseball Stadium">Pohang</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanwha_Life_Eagles_Park" title="Hanwha Life Eagles Park">Daejeon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cheongju_Baseball_Stadium" title="Cheongju Baseball Stadium">Cheongju</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwangju-Kia_Champions_Field" title="Gwangju-Kia Champions Field">Gwangju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incheon_SSG_Landers_Field" title="Incheon SSG Landers Field">Incheon-Munhak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gocheok_Sky_Dome" title="Gocheok Sky Dome">Seoul-Gocheok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamsil_Baseball_Stadium" title="Jamsil Baseball Stadium">Seoul-Jamsil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suwon_Baseball_Stadium" title="Suwon Baseball Stadium">Suwon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_futures_baseball_stadiums_in_South_Korea" class="mw-redirect" 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