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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Professional baseball league, highest level of baseball in South Korea</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"KBO" redirects here. 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43 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1982</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">First season</th><td class="infobox-data">1982</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Organising body</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Korea_Baseball_Organization" title="Korea Baseball Organization">Korea Baseball Organization</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">No. of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">10</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">South Korea</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Most recent<br />champion(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kia_Tigers" title="Kia Tigers">Kia Tigers</a> (12th title) <br />(<a href="/wiki/2024_KBO_League_season" title="2024 KBO League season">2024</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Most titles</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kia_Tigers" title="Kia Tigers">Kia Tigers</a> (12 titles)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">TV partner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Korea</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Korean_Broadcasting_System" title="Korean Broadcasting System">KBS</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Munhwa_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation">MBC</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Seoul_Broadcasting_System" title="Seoul Broadcasting System">SBS</a><br /><a href="/wiki/SPOTV" title="SPOTV">SPOTV</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Streaming partner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Korea</b><br /><a href="/wiki/TVING" title="TVING">TVING</a><br /><b>Outside Korea</b><br /><a href="/wiki/SOOP" title="SOOP">SOOP</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Related<br />competitions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/KBO_Futures_League" title="KBO Futures League">KBO Futures League</a><br />(minor league)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.koreabaseball.com/default.aspx">Official website</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>KBO League</b> (<a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">KBO 리그</span></span>) is a professional <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> league in <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>. The league comprises ten teams. The KBO League was founded with six franchises in 1982 and is the most popular sports league in South Korea.<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> The <a href="/wiki/Kia_Tigers" title="Kia Tigers">Kia Tigers</a> are the most successful team, having won 12 of the 43 championships. </p><p>In comparison with American <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>, <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> reports that the KBO level of play "appears to be somewhere between <a href="/wiki/Double-A_(baseball)" title="Double-A (baseball)">Double-A</a> and <a href="/wiki/Triple-A_(baseball)" title="Triple-A (baseball)">Triple-A</a>, on average, though the best players are more likely to be MLB-quality than your typical Double-A league."<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> Historically, the KBO is known for its <a href="/wiki/Baseball_cheering_culture_in_South_Korea" title="Baseball cheering culture in South Korea">vocal and exuberant fan base</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Mercenaries_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mercenaries-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Roscher_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roscher-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the widespread practice of <a href="/wiki/Bat_flip" title="Bat flip">bat flips</a> (<i>ppa-dun</i> (<a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span lang="ko">빠던</span>), a <a href="/wiki/Portmanteau" class="mw-redirect" title="Portmanteau">portmanteau</a> of the "first syllables of the words for 'bat' and 'throw'")<sup id="cite_ref-keh_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-keh-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ESPN-LettingGo-Oct2016_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPN-LettingGo-Oct2016-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by hitters after striking what they think will be a home run.<sup id="cite_ref-keh_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-keh-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ESPN-LettingGo-Oct2016_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPN-LettingGo-Oct2016-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the KBO, the bat flipping tradition dates to the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-ESPN-LettingGo-Oct2016_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPN-LettingGo-Oct2016-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="League_structure">League structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: League structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the 2015 season, each team plays 144 games in the regular season, an increase from 128 games, along with the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/KT_Wiz" title="KT Wiz">KT Wiz</a> to the league. Each team plays every other team 16 times.<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-Reuter_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuter-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In general, Korean teams play six games a week, with every Monday off. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="KBO_All-Star_Game">KBO All-Star Game</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: KBO All-Star Game"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In mid-July of every season, the best players participate in the KBO All-Star Game. The franchises participating are divided into two sets of teams: "Dream All-Stars" (Doosan, KT, Lotte, Samsung, and SSG) and "Nanum All-Stars" (Kia, Hanwha, LG, NC and Kiwoom). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-season">Post-season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post-season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The KBO League's season culminates in its championship series, known as the <a href="/wiki/KBO_Korean_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="KBO Korean Series">KBO Korean Series</a>. Currently, the top five teams qualify for the post-season based on win–loss records. The lowest-qualifying teams face off in a step-ladder playoff system, where each winner then faces the next-highest team, culminating in the Korean Series against the top-ranked team.<sup id="cite_ref-Reuter_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuter-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i>KBO Wild Card Game</i>: fifth-place team vs. fourth-place team</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>Fourth-place team starts the series with a 1–0 lead and advances with one win or a tie, while the fifth-place team must win twice to advance.</i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><i>KBO Semi-playoffs</i>: KBO Wild Card Game winner vs. third-place team</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>Best of five series.</i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><i>KBO Playoffs</i>: KBO Semi-playoffs winner vs. second-place team</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>Best of five series.</i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><i>KBO Korean Series</i>: KBO Playoffs winner vs. first-place team</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>Best of seven series.</i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Any playoff games ending in an official tie are replayed, thereby raising the possibility of a close series containing more than the scheduled five or seven games. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rules">Rules</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Rules"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The KBO League rules are essentially those of the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB). The <a href="/wiki/Designated_hitter" title="Designated hitter">designated hitter</a> rule is universal in KBO.<sup id="cite_ref-Roscher_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roscher-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Traditionally, South Korean professional baseball games have a maximum number of extra innings before a game is declared an official tie. The KBO abolished this limit for the 2008 season, but it was reinstated in 2009, with a 12-inning limit imposed during the regular season,<sup id="cite_ref-Roscher_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roscher-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a 15-inning limit for playoff games.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_KBO_League_seasons" title="List of KBO League seasons">List of KBO League seasons</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/KBO_League" title="Special:EditPage/KBO League">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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Then-president <a href="/wiki/Chun_Doo-hwan" title="Chun Doo-hwan">Chun Doo-hwan</a> threw out the ceremonial first pitch.<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> </p><p>The 1982 charter teams of its first season were: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kia_Tigers" title="Kia Tigers">Haitai Tigers</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju">Gwangju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lotte_Giants" title="Lotte Giants">Lotte Giants</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Busan" title="Busan">Busan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LG_Twins" title="LG Twins">MBC Chungyong</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doosan_Bears" title="Doosan Bears">OB Bears</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Daejeon" title="Daejeon">Daejeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sammi_Superstars" class="mw-redirect" title="Sammi Superstars">Sammi Superstars</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Incheon" title="Incheon">Incheon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samsung_Lions" title="Samsung Lions">Samsung Lions</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Daegu" title="Daegu">Daegu</a></li></ul> <p>The first <a href="/wiki/Korean_Series" title="Korean Series">Korean Series</a> featured the Bears versus the Lions, with OB winning the championship 4-games-to-1, with a tie. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_1980s">The 1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: The 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Haitai_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Haitai Tigers">Haitai Tigers</a> dominated the 1980s, winning the Korean Series five times — in 1983, 1986, and 1987 through 1989. They were led by pitcher <a href="/wiki/Sun_Dong-yol" title="Sun Dong-yol">Sun Dong-yol</a> and infielders <a href="/wiki/Kim_Seong-han_(baseball)" title="Kim Seong-han (baseball)">Kim Seong-han</a> and <a href="/wiki/Han_Dae-hwa" title="Han Dae-hwa">Han Dae-hwa</a>. Other KBO stars whose careers took off in the 1980s were sluggers <a href="/wiki/Chang_Jong-hoon" title="Chang Jong-hoon">Chang Jong-hoon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lee_Man-soo" title="Lee Man-soo">Lee Man-soo</a>. </p><p>From 1982 to 1988, the regular season was divided into two (a spring season and a fall season), with a first-half pennant winner and a latter-half pennant winner. The two pennant winners then played each other for the <a href="/wiki/Korean_Series" title="Korean Series">Korean Series</a> championship.<sup id="cite_ref-Lee_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lee-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1982 campaign featured an 80-game (in total) season, which expanded to 100 games from 1983 to 1984. Rosters for each team were small (sometimes as few as 14 players), and many players in the league both pitched and batted. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bang_Soo-won&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bang Soo-won (page does not exist)">Bang Soo-won</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Haitai_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Haitai Tigers">Haitai Tigers</a> pitched the first no-hitter in Korean professional baseball history, in 1984 against the <a href="/wiki/Sammi_Superstars" class="mw-redirect" title="Sammi Superstars">Sammi Superstars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nohitters_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nohitters-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mid-season 1985, the Sammi Superstars were sold and became known as the <a href="/wiki/Chungbo_Pintos" class="mw-redirect" title="Chungbo Pintos">Chungbo Pintos</a>, and the full season expanded to 110 games. Because the Samsung Lions won both half-season pennants (with a still single-season record .706 winning percentage), the Lions won the title outright so no <a href="/wiki/Korean_Series" title="Korean Series">Korean Series</a> was played that year.<sup id="cite_ref-Lee_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lee-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because of the lack of a postseason in 1985, the next year saw some major changes, with the adoption of a playoff system, in which the top two teams from each half-season played for the right to get to the Korean Series.<sup id="cite_ref-Lee_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lee-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1986 also saw the OB Bears moving from Daejeon to share <a href="/wiki/Jamsil_Baseball_Stadium" title="Jamsil Baseball Stadium">Jamsil Baseball Stadium</a> with MBC Chungyong in Seoul. A new franchise, the <a href="/wiki/Hanwha_Eagles" title="Hanwha Eagles">Binggrae Eagles</a>, joined the league, replacing the vacancy in Daejeon made by OB's move, and expanding the league to seven teams. From 1986 to 1988, the regular season shrank to a total of 108 games. </p><p>1988 saw the Cheongbo Pintos change ownership again, becoming the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Dolphins" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Dolphins">Pacific Dolphins</a>. In 1989 the KBO eliminated the two half-season pennants, moving to a single season of 120 games.<sup id="cite_ref-Lee_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lee-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_1990s">The 1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: The 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1990s the Tigers were again dominant, winning the championship four times in the decade — 1991, 1993, 1996, and 1997. The Tigers were led by hitting-machine <a href="/wiki/Lee_Jong-beom" title="Lee Jong-beom">Lee Jong-beom</a> and slugger <a href="/wiki/Lee_Ho-joon_(baseball)" title="Lee Ho-joon (baseball)">Lee Ho-joon</a>. Other KBO players who starred in the 1990s were Eagles' pitcher <a href="/wiki/Song_Jin-woo" class="mw-redirect" title="Song Jin-woo">Song Jin-woo</a>, who eventually became the all-time KBO leader in wins, strikeouts, and innings pitched; slugging catcher <a href="/wiki/Park_Kyung-oan" title="Park Kyung-oan">Park Kyung-oan</a>, the first catcher in KBO history to hit 300 home runs; and stolen base king <a href="/wiki/Jeon_Jun-ho" title="Jeon Jun-ho">Jeon Jun-ho</a>. But probably the most notable hitters to emerge from the 1990s were the Lions' <a href="/wiki/Lee_Seung-yuop" title="Lee Seung-yuop">Lee Seung-yuop</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yang_Joon-hyuk" title="Yang Joon-hyuk">Yang Joon-hyuk</a>, who between them now hold most of the KBO's career offensive records. </p><p>In 1990, MBC Chungyong became the <a href="/wiki/LG_Twins" title="LG Twins">LG Twins</a> and an eighth franchise was added, the <a href="/wiki/Ssangbangwool_Raiders" title="Ssangbangwool Raiders">Ssangbangwool Raiders</a>, who represented the <a href="/wiki/North_Jeolla_Province" title="North Jeolla Province">North Jeolla Province</a> region. </p><p>From 1991 to 1998, the season increased to 126 games. The Lotte Giants won the Korean Series championship in 1992; the team has not won it since. There was little other change during this period except for a few major sponsors: in 1993 the Binggrae Eagles became the <a href="/wiki/Hanwha_Eagles" title="Hanwha Eagles">Hanwha Eagles</a>, in 1996 the Pacific Dolphins became the <a href="/wiki/Hyundai_Unicorns" title="Hyundai Unicorns">Hyundai Unicorns</a>, and in 1999 the OB Bears became the <a href="/wiki/Doosan_Bears" title="Doosan Bears">Doosan Bears</a>. </p><p>The 1998 Korean Series was won by the Hyundai Unicorns for the franchise's first championship in 16 years of existence. (The team would go on to win the championship in 2000, 2003, and 2004.) </p><p>In 1999 the season was expanded to 132 games, and the KBO separated into two divisions — the Dream League and the Magic League.<sup id="cite_ref-Lee_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lee-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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><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> The 1999 Dream League consisted of the Doosan Bears, the Lotte Giants, the Haitai Tigers, and the Hyundai Unicorns; the 1999 Magic League consisted of the Hanwha Eagles, the LG Twins, the Samsung Lions, and the Ssangbangwool Raiders. That year the Eagles — in their 14th season — won their franchise's first (and only) Korean Series championship, after 14 years in the KBO. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_2000s">The 2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: The 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bigger changes were made in 2000 when the Hyundai Unicorns moved from <a href="/wiki/Incheon" title="Incheon">Incheon</a> to <a href="/wiki/Suwon" title="Suwon">Suwon</a>, and a new franchise, the <a href="/wiki/SK_Wyverns" class="mw-redirect" title="SK Wyverns">SK Wyverns</a>, took their place in Incheon. The <a href="/wiki/Ssangbangwool_Raiders" title="Ssangbangwool Raiders">Ssangbangwool Raiders</a> became defunct. The league's two-division structure slightly shifted as well, with SK taking Ssangbangwool's place in the Magic Division, and Lotte and Samsung switching divisions.<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> Thus, the 2000 Dream League was composed of Doosan, Haitai, Hyundai, and Samsung; while the 2000 Magic League was composed of Hanwha, LG, Lotte, and SK. </p><p>Parity ruled the 2000s, with the Unicorns and Lions each winning three titles, and the upstart Wyverns winning two. The hard-luck Doosan Bears appeared in the Korean Series five times in the decade but only won it once, in 2001. Stars who emerged in the 2000s include all-time KBO hit king <a href="/wiki/Park_Yong-taik" title="Park Yong-taik">Park Yong-taik</a>, the Giants' first-baseman <a href="/wiki/Dae-ho_Lee" title="Dae-ho Lee">Dae-ho Lee</a>, and the Eagles' first-baseman <a href="/wiki/Kim_Tae-kyun_(baseball,_born_1982)" title="Kim Tae-kyun (baseball, born 1982)">Kim Tae-kyun</a>. Other notable players from the era include slugging third-basemen <a href="/wiki/Lee_Bum-ho" title="Lee Bum-ho">Lee Bum-ho</a> and <a href="/wiki/Choi_Jeong" title="Choi Jeong">Choi Jeong</a>, the Bears' designated hitter <a href="/wiki/Hong_Sung-heon" title="Hong Sung-heon">Hong Sung-heon</a>, and the Twins' long-time outfielder <a href="/wiki/Lee_Byung-kyu" title="Lee Byung-kyu">Lee Byung-kyu</a>. </p><p>In 2001, the KBO returned to a single-division format.<sup id="cite_ref-Lee_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lee-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Haitai Tigers became the <a href="/wiki/Kia_Tigers" title="Kia Tigers">Kia Tigers</a>. From 2000 to 2012, the length of the regular season fluctuated between 126 and 133 games. </p><p>Despite its string of championships in the early 2000s, the Hyundai Unicorns franchise was disbanded in 2008. It was re-founded as the <a href="/wiki/Nexen_Heroes" class="mw-redirect" title="Nexen Heroes">Woori Heroes</a> and moved to <a href="/wiki/Mok-dong" title="Mok-dong">Mok-dong</a> in Seoul. In 2010, the team's naming rights were sold to <a href="/wiki/Nexen_Tire" title="Nexen Tire">Nexen Tire</a> and the team was renamed the <a href="/wiki/Nexen_Heroes" class="mw-redirect" title="Nexen Heroes">Nexen Heroes</a> until the end of the 2018 season, when its naming rights were sold to <a href="/wiki/Kiwoom_Securities" title="Kiwoom Securities">Kiwoom Securities</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_2010s">The 2010s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: The 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Samsung Lions were a powerful team in the 2010s, winning the championship four times during six straight appearances in the Korean Series (from 2010 to 2015). The Doosan Bears were also a powerhouse, appearing in the Korean Series six times in the decade (including five straight appearances from 2015 to 2019), winning it three times. </p><p>Expansion resumed in the 2010s, with the addition of the <a href="/wiki/NC_Dinos" title="NC Dinos">NC Dinos</a>, located in <a href="/wiki/Changwon" title="Changwon">Changwon</a>, which joined the league in 2013. It is the first team located in Changwon, the city having previously been the second home of the nearby Lotte Giants. The KBO played 128-game seasons in 2013–2014. </p><p>In 2015, the <a href="/wiki/KT_Wiz" title="KT Wiz">KT Wiz</a> became the league's tenth franchise. They play their home games in Suwon, which had not had a team since the Hyundai Unicorns' disbandment. Since 2015 the KBO has played a 144-game season each year, and has added a fifth team to the playoffs, with the introduction of the Wild Card game. In 2015 the league also increased the active roster size of each team, from 26 to 27 (of those, 25 may play in any one game).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a number of seasons of inflated offensive production, the KBO introduced a new "<a href="/wiki/Juiced_ball_theory" title="Juiced ball theory">dejuiced</a>" baseball before the 2019 season. The results showed in a significant decrease in runs per game and home runs per game.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reuter_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuter-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_2020s">The 2020s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: The 2020s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2020 season was delayed by the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, but finally started play in May 2020, with no fans in attendance.<sup id="cite_ref-Reuter_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuter-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to the <a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_sports" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports">lack of live sports programming</a> due to the pandemic, <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> and the KBO League entered into an agreement to broadcast six games weekly for the 2020 season. The Opening Day game between the NC Dinos and Samsung Lions was broadcast as the first game under the agreement that night. <a href="/wiki/Karl_Ravech" title="Karl Ravech">Karl Ravech</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Benetti" title="Jason Benetti">Jason Benetti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boog_Sciambi" class="mw-redirect" title="Boog Sciambi">Boog Sciambi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eduardo_Perez" class="mw-redirect" title="Eduardo Perez">Eduardo Perez</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Mendoza" title="Jessica Mendoza">Jessica Mendoza</a>, along with various guests, broadcast the game remotely via Internet from their homes.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The deal was for the 2020 season only and was not renewed for 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Expatriate_baseball_players_in_the_KBO">Expatriate baseball players in the KBO</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Expatriate baseball players in the KBO"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As with <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a> (NPB), the KBO league places a cap on the number of foreign players allowed on club rosters. The foreign player limit is set at three (no more than two of them being pitchers),<sup id="cite_ref-Reuter_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuter-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Roscher_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roscher-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> increased from two players from 2014. Foreign players can only sign single-season contracts, and they are restricted by a salary cap.<sup id="cite_ref-Mercenaries_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mercenaries-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2019, the total compensation for a foreign player has been capped at $1 million.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The foreign hitters on each team are expected to provide power in the middle of the order, while the foreign pitchers are expected to anchor the starting rotation.<sup id="cite_ref-HardballTimes_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HardballTimes-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As with foreign players in the NPB, many of the most celebrated foreign players came to Korea after not finding success in the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major Leagues</a>. </p><p>The KBO first began allowing foreign players in 1998,<sup id="cite_ref-HardballTimes_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HardballTimes-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-YNA_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YNA-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when each team was allowed to sign up to two imports. Traditionally, teams chose one hitter and one pitcher, although there were exceptions. (In 2001 and 2002, KBO teams were allowed three foreign-born players, but only two of them could be on the field at the same time.)<sup id="cite_ref-YNA_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YNA-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2012, teams were using all their foreign-player allotments on pitchers, and there were no more foreign hitters in the KBO. After this happened again in 2013, the following season the KBO League raised the foreign-player limit to three for each team, but mandated that at least one foreign player had to be a hitter (again, with only two such players on the field at a time).<sup id="cite_ref-YNA_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YNA-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>American <a href="/wiki/Tyrone_Woods" title="Tyrone Woods">Tyrone Woods</a> was the first notable import. Debuting with the <a href="/wiki/Doosan_Bears" title="Doosan Bears">Doosan Bears</a> in 1998, Woods was the first foreign player to hit a home run (as well as the first to be ejected from a game by an umpire).<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. (July 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In his first year Woods set a then-KBO record with 42 homers and won the <a href="/wiki/KBO_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="KBO League Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a> award (becoming the first foreign player to win the award).<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. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In five years in Korea, Woods hit 174 homers, drove in 510 runs, and batted .294. (He later found additional success in <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a>.) Woods left Korea with the longest career of any foreign player in KBO history, a record later eclipsed by hitter <a href="/wiki/Jay_Davis" title="Jay Davis">Jay Davis</a> and pitcher <a href="/wiki/Dustin_Nippert" title="Dustin Nippert">Dustin Nippert</a>. Davis played seven seasons for <a href="/wiki/Hanwha_Eagles" title="Hanwha Eagles">Hanwha</a> (1999–2002, 2004–2006), compiling a .313 batting average, 167 home runs, and 591 RBI during that span.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Foreign pitchers with extended careers in the KBO include <a href="/wiki/Dustin_Nippert" title="Dustin Nippert">Dustin Nippert</a>, who compiled a win–loss record of 102–51 and 1,082 strikeouts in eight seasons (a foreign player record); and <a href="/wiki/Danny_Rios" title="Danny Rios">Danny Rios</a>, who in six seasons was 90–59 with 807 strikeouts and an ERA of 3.01, which is the lowest career ERA of any foreign pitcher in the KBO. <a href="/wiki/Josh_Lindblom" title="Josh Lindblom">Josh Lindblom</a> pitched in the KBO for five seasons, compiling a 63–34 record and 750 strikeouts. Rios was given the 2008 <a href="/wiki/KBO_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="KBO League Most Valuable Player Award">KBO League Most Valuable Player Award</a>, Nippert was KBO MVP in 2016, and Lindblom won the award in 2019. </p><p>American <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Royster" title="Jerry Royster">Jerry Royster</a> was the first-ever non-Korean to take the helm of one of South Korea's professional baseball clubs when he was signed as manager of the Lotte Giants in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Royster served as the Giants' manager through the 2010 season.) </p><p>Over the league's history, more than 200 Americans have played in the KBO; other countries which have produced many current and former KBO players include the <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a> (with more than 80 players), and <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a> (with more than 20 players). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="KBO_players_in_Japan_and_the_U.S.">KBO players in Japan and the U.S.</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: KBO players in Japan and the U.S."><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_from_South_Korea" title="List of Major League Baseball players from South Korea">List of Major League Baseball players from South Korea</a></div> <p>Several KBO players have had successful careers in Japan's <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a> (NPB). <a href="/wiki/Baek_In-chun" title="Baek In-chun">Baek In-chun</a> played professionally in Japan from 1963 to 1981, compiling 209 home runs, 776 RBI, and 1,831 hits in the NPB. (He returned to Korea for his final three seasons as a player.) <a href="/wiki/Lee_Seung-yuop" title="Lee Seung-yuop">Lee Seung-yuop</a>, who holds the KBO records for career home runs, runs scored, RBIs, total bases, slugging percentage and OPS, also played eight seasons in the NPB, accumulating an additional 159 home runs and 439 RBI. Other KBO hitters who had some success in the NPB include <a href="/wiki/Kim_Tae-kyun_(baseball,_born_1982)" title="Kim Tae-kyun (baseball, born 1982)">Kim Tae-kyun</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dae-ho_Lee" title="Dae-ho Lee">Dae-ho Lee</a>. Korean pitchers who have had an impact in the NPB include <a href="/wiki/Sun_Dong-yol" title="Sun Dong-yol">Sun Dong-yol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lim_Chang-yong" title="Lim Chang-yong">Lim Chang-yong</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Seung-hwan_Oh" title="Seung-hwan Oh">Seung-hwan Oh</a> (who led the NPB in saves in both 2014 and 2015). </p><p>Several Korean players have also successfully transitioned from the KBO to American <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>, starting in 1994 with pitcher <a href="/wiki/Chan_Ho_Park" title="Chan Ho Park">Chan Ho Park</a>. (Prior to Park, the South Korea-born Mexican pitcher <a href="/wiki/Ernesto_Carlos" title="Ernesto Carlos">Ernesto Carlos</a> [born as <a href="/wiki/Lee_Won-Kuk" class="mw-redirect" title="Lee Won-Kuk">Lee Won-Kuk</a>] was signed to an <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">American minor league</a> contract with the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a>' organization in 1968 after having found success in the NPB.<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. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Similarly, pitcher <a href="/wiki/Park_Chul-soon" title="Park Chul-soon">Park Chul-soon</a> signed a minor league deal with the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> organization in 1980.<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. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Neither Ernesto Carlos nor Park Chul-soon, however, made it to the Major Leagues.) Other Korean born players who have had lengthy MLB careers include outfielder <a href="/wiki/Shin-Soo_Choo" title="Shin-Soo Choo">Shin-Soo Choo</a> and pitcher <a href="/wiki/Byung-hyun_Kim" title="Byung-hyun Kim">Byung-hyun Kim</a>. In 2013, <a href="/wiki/Hanwha_Eagles" title="Hanwha Eagles">Hanwha Eagles</a> ace <a href="/wiki/Hyun-jin_Ryu" title="Hyun-jin Ryu">Hyun-jin Ryu</a> became the first player from the KBO to join an MLB team through the <a href="/wiki/Posting_system_(KBO)" title="Posting system (KBO)">posting system</a>. 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style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><small><a href="/wiki/NC_Dinos" title="NC Dinos">NC</a></small></div></div></div></div></div></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" width="800"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#FFFFFF;">Team </th> <th style="background:#FFFFFF;">City </th> <th style="background:#FFFFFF;">Stadium </th> <th style="background:#FFFFFF;">Capacity </th> <th style="background:#FFFFFF;">Founded </th> <th style="background:#FFFFFF;">Joined </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Doosan_Bears" title="Doosan Bears">Doosan Bears</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamsil_Baseball_Stadium" title="Jamsil Baseball Stadium">Jamsil Baseball Stadium</a> </td> <td align="center">25,000 </td> <td align="center" colspan="2">1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hanwha_Eagles" title="Hanwha Eagles">Hanwha Eagles</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daejeon" title="Daejeon">Daejeon</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Daejeon_Hanwha_Life_Ballpark&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark (page does not exist)">Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark</a> </td> <td align="center">20,000 </td> <td align="center">1985 </td> <td align="center">1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kia_Tigers" title="Kia Tigers">Kia Tigers</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju">Gwangju</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwangju-Kia_Champions_Field" title="Gwangju-Kia Champions Field">Gwangju-Kia Champions Field</a> </td> <td align="center">20,500 </td> <td align="center" colspan="2">1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kiwoom_Heroes" title="Kiwoom Heroes">Kiwoom Heroes</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gocheok_Sky_Dome" title="Gocheok Sky Dome">Gocheok Sky Dome</a> </td> <td align="center">16,744 </td> <td align="center" colspan="2">2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/KT_Wiz" title="KT Wiz">KT Wiz</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suwon" title="Suwon">Suwon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suwon_Baseball_Stadium" title="Suwon Baseball Stadium">Suwon kt wiz Park</a> </td> <td align="center">20,000 </td> <td align="center">2013 </td> <td align="center">2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/LG_Twins" title="LG Twins">LG Twins</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamsil_Baseball_Stadium" title="Jamsil Baseball Stadium">Jamsil Baseball Stadium</a> </td> <td align="center">25,000 </td> <td align="center" colspan="2">1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lotte_Giants" title="Lotte Giants">Lotte Giants</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Busan" title="Busan">Busan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sajik_Baseball_Stadium" title="Sajik Baseball Stadium">Sajik Baseball Stadium</a> </td> <td align="center">24,500 </td> <td align="center">1975 </td> <td align="center">1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/NC_Dinos" title="NC Dinos">NC Dinos</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Changwon" title="Changwon">Changwon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Changwon_NC_Park" title="Changwon NC Park">Changwon NC Park</a> </td> <td align="center">22,112 </td> <td align="center">2011 </td> <td align="center">2013 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Samsung_Lions" title="Samsung Lions">Samsung Lions</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daegu" title="Daegu">Daegu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daegu_Samsung_Lions_Park" title="Daegu Samsung Lions Park">Daegu Samsung Lions Park</a> </td> <td align="center">24,000 </td> <td align="center" colspan="2">1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/SSG_Landers" title="SSG Landers">SSG Landers</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Incheon" title="Incheon">Incheon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munhak_Baseball_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Munhak Baseball Stadium">Incheon SSG Landers Field</a> </td> <td align="center">23,000 </td> <td align="center" colspan="2">2000 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" width="800"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:gray" colspan="6"><span style="color:white;">Defunct clubs</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FFFFFF;">Team </th> <th style="background:#FFFFFF;">City </th> <th style="background:#FFFFFF;">Stadium </th> <th style="background:#FFFFFF;">Founded </th> <th style="background:#FFFFFF;">Joined </th> <th style="background:#FFFFFF;">Ceased </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hyundai_Unicorns" title="Hyundai Unicorns">Hyundai Unicorns</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suwon" title="Suwon">Suwon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suwon_Baseball_Stadium" title="Suwon Baseball Stadium">Suwon Baseball Stadium</a> </td> <td align="center" colspan="2">1982 </td> <td align="center">2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ssangbangwool_Raiders" title="Ssangbangwool Raiders">Ssangbangwool Raiders</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeonju" title="Jeonju">Jeonju</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeonju_Baseball_Stadium" title="Jeonju Baseball Stadium">Jeonju Baseball Stadium</a> </td> <td align="center">1990 </td> <td align="center">1991 </td> <td align="center">1999 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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Sports+</a>, <a href="/wiki/SBS_Sports" title="SBS Sports">SBS Sports</a> and <a href="/wiki/SPOTV" title="SPOTV">SPOTV1/2</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 2021 and 2023, SPOTV broadcast selected games in the <a href="/wiki/ASEAN" title="ASEAN">ASEAN</a> region.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2024, streaming platform <a href="/wiki/TVING" title="TVING">TVING</a> became the exclusive home of the KBO League, marking the end of the league's free online broadcast era in South Korea.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June that same year, free streaming service <a href="/wiki/AfreecaTV" class="mw-redirect" title="AfreecaTV">SOOP</a> acquired the rights to broadcast all KBO games outside of South Korea through the 2026 season.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ballparks">Ballparks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Ballparks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_baseball_stadiums_in_South_Korea" title="List of baseball stadiums in South Korea">List of baseball stadiums in South Korea</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin:1em auto"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Doosan_Bears" title="Doosan Bears">Doosan Bears</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/LG_Twins" title="LG Twins">LG Twins</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Hanwha_Eagles" title="Hanwha Eagles">Hanwha Eagles</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Kia_Tigers" title="Kia Tigers">Kia Tigers</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Kiwoom_Heroes" title="Kiwoom Heroes">Kiwoom Heroes</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jamsil_Baseball_Stadium" title="Jamsil Baseball Stadium">Jamsil Baseball Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Daejeon_Hanwha_Life_Ballpark&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark (page does not exist)">Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwangju-Kia_Champions_Field" title="Gwangju-Kia Champions Field">Gwangju-Kia Champions Field</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gocheok_Sky_Dome" title="Gocheok Sky Dome">Gocheok Sky Dome</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Capacity: <b>25,000</b> </td> <td>Capacity: <b>20,000</b> </td> <td>Capacity: <b>20,500</b> </td> <td>Capacity: <b>16,744</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jamsil_Baseball_Stadium_Seoul.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Jamsil_Baseball_Stadium_Seoul.jpg/200px-Jamsil_Baseball_Stadium_Seoul.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Jamsil_Baseball_Stadium_Seoul.jpg/300px-Jamsil_Baseball_Stadium_Seoul.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Jamsil_Baseball_Stadium_Seoul.jpg/400px-Jamsil_Baseball_Stadium_Seoul.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4736" data-file-height="2661" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gwangju_Kia_Champions_Field_View_04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Gwangju_Kia_Champions_Field_View_04.jpg/180px-Gwangju_Kia_Champions_Field_View_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Gwangju_Kia_Champions_Field_View_04.jpg/270px-Gwangju_Kia_Champions_Field_View_04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Gwangju_Kia_Champions_Field_View_04.jpg/360px-Gwangju_Kia_Champions_Field_View_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4128" data-file-height="2322" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gocheok_Sky_Dome_interior.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Gocheok_Sky_Dome_interior.jpg/250px-Gocheok_Sky_Dome_interior.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Gocheok_Sky_Dome_interior.jpg/330px-Gocheok_Sky_Dome_interior.jpg 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href="/wiki/Incheon_SSG_Landers_Field" title="Incheon SSG Landers Field">Incheon SSG Landers Field</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Capacity: <b>20,000</b> </td> <td>Capacity: <b>24,500</b> </td> <td>Capacity: <b>22,112</b> </td> <td>Capacity: <b>24,000</b> </td> <td>Capacity: <b>23,000</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20150531_KT_Wiz_vs_Doosan_Bears_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/20150531_KT_Wiz_vs_Doosan_Bears_%282%29.jpg/180px-20150531_KT_Wiz_vs_Doosan_Bears_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/20150531_KT_Wiz_vs_Doosan_Bears_%282%29.jpg/270px-20150531_KT_Wiz_vs_Doosan_Bears_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/20150531_KT_Wiz_vs_Doosan_Bears_%282%29.jpg/360px-20150531_KT_Wiz_vs_Doosan_Bears_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5312" data-file-height="2988" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Busan_Sajik_Stadium_20080706.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Busan_Sajik_Stadium_20080706.JPG/180px-Busan_Sajik_Stadium_20080706.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Busan_Sajik_Stadium_20080706.JPG/270px-Busan_Sajik_Stadium_20080706.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Busan_Sajik_Stadium_20080706.JPG/360px-Busan_Sajik_Stadium_20080706.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chanwon_NC_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Chanwon_NC_Park.jpg/180px-Chanwon_NC_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Chanwon_NC_Park.jpg/270px-Chanwon_NC_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Chanwon_NC_Park.jpg/360px-Chanwon_NC_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%EC%82%BC%EC%84%B1%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EC%98%A8%EC%A6%88%ED%8C%8C%ED%81%AC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/%EC%82%BC%EC%84%B1%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EC%98%A8%EC%A6%88%ED%8C%8C%ED%81%AC.jpg/250px-%EC%82%BC%EC%84%B1%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EC%98%A8%EC%A6%88%ED%8C%8C%ED%81%AC.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/%EC%82%BC%EC%84%B1%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EC%98%A8%EC%A6%88%ED%8C%8C%ED%81%AC.jpg/330px-%EC%82%BC%EC%84%B1%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EC%98%A8%EC%A6%88%ED%8C%8C%ED%81%AC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/%EC%82%BC%EC%84%B1%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EC%98%A8%EC%A6%88%ED%8C%8C%ED%81%AC.jpg/500px-%EC%82%BC%EC%84%B1%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EC%98%A8%EC%A6%88%ED%8C%8C%ED%81%AC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1152" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Munhak_Baseball_Stadium_20150711_SK_vs_Kia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Munhak_Baseball_Stadium_20150711_SK_vs_Kia.jpg/180px-Munhak_Baseball_Stadium_20150711_SK_vs_Kia.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Munhak_Baseball_Stadium_20150711_SK_vs_Kia.jpg/270px-Munhak_Baseball_Stadium_20150711_SK_vs_Kia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Munhak_Baseball_Stadium_20150711_SK_vs_Kia.jpg/360px-Munhak_Baseball_Stadium_20150711_SK_vs_Kia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7026" data-file-height="3078" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In addition to these ballparks, the <a href="/wiki/Lotte_Giants" title="Lotte Giants">Lotte Giants</a> play some games at <a href="/wiki/Ulsan_Munsu_Baseball_Stadium" title="Ulsan Munsu Baseball Stadium">Ulsan Munsu Baseball Stadium</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Samsung_Lions" title="Samsung Lions">Samsung Lions</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pohang_Baseball_Stadium" title="Pohang Baseball Stadium">Pohang Baseball Stadium</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Hanwha_Eagles" title="Hanwha Eagles">Hanwha Eagles</a> at <a href="/wiki/Cheongju_Baseball_Stadium" title="Cheongju Baseball Stadium">Cheongju Baseball Stadium</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attendance_figures">Attendance figures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Attendance figures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2016_KBO_League_season" title="2016 KBO League season">2016 season</a>, a new national record was set with more than 8 million spectators. There was a big increase of 1 million compared to the previous season.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The record was broken again in the <a href="/wiki/2017_KBO_League_season" title="2017 KBO League season">2017 season</a> with over 8.4 million fans at the regular season games. The Bears, Twins, Giants and Tigers all attracted over 1 million fans, and the average game attendance was above 11,600 fans.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This increase in popularity has been accompanied by the building of larger and more modern ballparks to further enhance the fan experience and their expenditures during games, such as <a href="/wiki/Gwangju-Kia_Champions_Field" title="Gwangju-Kia Champions Field">Gwangju-Kia Champions Field</a> (2014), <a href="/wiki/Gocheok_Sky_Dome" title="Gocheok Sky Dome">Gocheok Sky Dome</a> (2016), <a href="/wiki/Daegu_Samsung_Lions_Park" title="Daegu Samsung Lions Park">Daegu Samsung Lions Park</a> (2016), and <a href="/wiki/Changwon_NC_Park" title="Changwon NC Park">Changwon NC Park</a> (2019). </p><p>The KBO League has shown significant growth among female audiences in recent years; data from the early <a href="/wiki/2024_KBO_League_season" title="2024 KBO League season">2024 season</a> showed that approximately 54% of ticket holders were female, with the majority being in their 20s.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Survey released after the 2024 season not only confirmed the early season data, but also showed that women in their 30s also had a strong interest in the league and were more interested in financially supporting their favorite teams than their male counterparts.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Associations">Associations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Associations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>KBO League players and coaches have formed a number of associations:<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Korea Professional Baseball Players Association (KPBPA)</li> <li>Korea Professional Baseball Alumni Association — retired players</li> <li>Ilgoo Club — former and active coaches and managers</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-season_2">Post-season</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Post-season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Korean_Series_champions">Korean Series champions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Korean Series champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Korean_Series" title="Korean Series">Korean Series</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Club</th> <th>Champions</th> <th>Runners-up</th> <th>Seasons won</th> <th>Seasons runners-up </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kia_Tigers" title="Kia Tigers">Kia Tigers</a> </td> <td align="center">12 </td> <td align="center">0 </td> <td>1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2009, 2017, 2024 </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Samsung_Lions" title="Samsung Lions">Samsung Lions</a> </td> <td align="center">8 </td> <td align="center">11 </td> <td>1985, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 </td> <td>1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1993, 2001, 2004, 2010, 2015, 2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Doosan_Bears" title="Doosan Bears">Doosan Bears</a> </td> <td align="center">6 </td> <td align="center">9 </td> <td>1982, 1995, 2001, 2015, 2016, 2019 </td> <td>2000, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/SSG_Landers" title="SSG Landers">SSG Landers</a> </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td>2007, 2008, 2010, 2018, 2022 </td> <td>2003, 2009, 2011, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hyundai_Unicorns" title="Hyundai Unicorns">Hyundai Unicorns</a></i> (defunct) </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td>1998, 2000, 2003, 2004 </td> <td>1994, 1996 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/LG_Twins" title="LG Twins">LG Twins</a> </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td>1990, 1994, 2023 </td> <td>1983, 1997, 1998, 2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lotte_Giants" title="Lotte Giants">Lotte Giants</a> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td>1984, 1992 </td> <td>1985, 1995, 1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hanwha_Eagles" title="Hanwha Eagles">Hanwha Eagles</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td>1999 </td> <td>1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NC_Dinos" title="NC Dinos">NC Dinos</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td>2020 </td> <td>2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/KT_Wiz" title="KT Wiz">KT Wiz</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td>2021 </td> <td>2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kiwoom_Heroes" title="Kiwoom Heroes">Kiwoom Heroes</a> </td> <td align="center">0 </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>2014, 2019, 2022 </td></tr></tbody></table> <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=KBO_League&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>See footnote</i> <i>and <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></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">KBO League Golden Glove Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choi_Dong-won_Award" title="Choi Dong-won Award">Choi Dong-won Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBO_Korean_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="KBO Korean Series">KBO League Korean Series</a> MVP Award</li> <li>KBO League All-Star Game MVP</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Records">Records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Batting">Batting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Batting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div><ul> <li style="display: inline-table;"> <table class="wikitable" style="clear: both;"> <caption>Single-season </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Player </th> <th> </th> <th>Year </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b>Batting average</b> <br />   </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Baek_In-chun" title="Baek In-chun">Baek In-chun</a> </td> <td>.412 </td> <td>1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Jong-beom" title="Lee Jong-beom">Lee Jong-beom</a> </td> <td>.393 </td> <td>1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jang_Hyo-jo" title="Jang Hyo-jo">Jang Hyo-jo</a> </td> <td>.387 </td> <td>1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b>Home Runs</b> <br />   </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Seung-yuop" title="Lee Seung-yuop">Lee Seung-yeop</a> </td> <td>56 </td> <td>2003 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Seung-yuop" title="Lee Seung-yuop">Lee Seung-yeop</a> </td> <td>54 </td> <td>1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Shim_Jeong-soo" title="Shim Jeong-soo">Shim Jeong-soo</a> </td> <td>53 </td> <td>2003 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Byung-ho_Park" title="Byung-ho Park">Byung-ho Park</a> </td> <td>53 </td> <td>2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b>Hits</b> <br />   </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Seo_Geon-chang" title="Seo Geon-chang">Seo Geon-chang</a> </td> <td>201 </td> <td>2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba"><img alt="Cuba" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/40px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/60px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Miguel_Fern%C3%A1ndez" title="José Miguel Fernández">José Miguel Fernández</a> </td> <td>199 </td> <td>2020 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba"><img alt="Cuba" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/40px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/60px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Miguel_Fern%C3%A1ndez" title="José Miguel Fernández">José Miguel Fernández</a> </td> <td>197 </td> <td>2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b>RBIs</b> <br />   </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Byung-ho_Park" title="Byung-ho Park">Byung-ho Park</a> </td> <td>146 </td> <td>2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Seung-yuop" title="Lee Seung-yuop">Lee Seung-yeop</a> </td> <td>144 </td> <td>2003 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Choi_Hyoung-woo" title="Choi Hyoung-woo">Choi Hyoung-woo</a> </td> <td>144 </td> <td>2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b>Stolen Bases</b> <br />   </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Jong-beom" title="Lee Jong-beom">Lee Jong-beom</a> </td> <td>84 </td> <td>1984 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jeon_Jun-ho" title="Jeon Jun-ho">Jeon Jun-ho</a> </td> <td>75 </td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Jong-beom" title="Lee Jong-beom">Lee Jong-beom</a> </td> <td>73 </td> <td>1983 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Jong-beom" title="Lee Jong-beom">Lee Jong-beom</a> </td> <td>73 </td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b><a href="/wiki/On-base_plus_slugging" title="On-base plus slugging">OPS</a></b> <br />   </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Eric_Thames" title="Eric Thames">Eric Thames</a> </td> <td>1.288 </td> <td>2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Baek_In-chun" title="Baek In-chun">Baek In-chun</a> </td> <td>1.237 </td> <td>1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jung-ho_Kang" title="Jung-ho Kang">Jung-ho Kang</a> </td> <td>1.198 </td> <td>2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b>Strikeouts</b> <br />   </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Byung-ho_Park" title="Byung-ho Park">Byung-ho Park</a> </td> <td>161 </td> <td>2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Choi_Hyoung-woo" title="Choi Hyoung-woo">Choi Hyoung-woo</a> </td> <td>146 </td> <td>2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Xavier_Scruggs" title="Xavier Scruggs">Xavier Scruggs</a> </td> <td>144 </td> <td>2018 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </li> <li style="display: inline-table;"> <table class="wikitable" style="clear: both;"> <caption>Career </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Player </th> <th> </th> <th>Years played </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b>Batting average</b><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">minimum 3,000 plate appearances</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jang_Hyo-jo" title="Jang Hyo-jo">Jang Hyo-jo</a> </td> <td>.331 </td> <td>1982–1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Park_Min-woo_(baseball)" title="Park Min-woo (baseball)">Park Min-woo</a></b> </td> <td>.328 </td> <td>2013–present </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Kim_Tae-kyun_(baseball,_born_1982)" title="Kim Tae-kyun (baseball, born 1982)">Kim Tae-kyun</a></b> </td> <td>.323 </td> <td>2001–present </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b>Home Runs</b><br /> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_KBO_career_home_run_leaders" title="List of KBO career home run leaders">KBO career home run leaders</a></div></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Seung-yuop" title="Lee Seung-yuop">Lee Seung-yeop</a> </td> <td>467 </td> <td>1995–2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yang_Joon-hyuk" title="Yang Joon-hyuk">Yang Joon-hyuk</a> </td> <td>351 </td> <td>1993–2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Choi_Jeong" title="Choi Jeong">Choi Jeong</a></b> </td> <td>342 </td> <td>2005–present </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chang_Jong-hoon" title="Chang Jong-hoon">Chang Jong-hoon</a> </td> <td>340 </td> <td>1986–2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b>Hits</b><br /> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_KBO_career_hits_leaders" title="List of KBO career hits leaders">KBO career hits leaders</a></div></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Park_Yong-taik" title="Park Yong-taik">Park Yong-taik</a></b> </td> <td>2,458 </td> <td>2002–2020 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yang_Joon-hyuk" title="Yang Joon-hyuk">Yang Joon-hyuk</a> </td> <td>2,318 </td> <td>1993–2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Park_Han-yi" title="Park Han-yi">Park Han-yi</a> </td> <td>2,174 </td> <td>2001–2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b>RBIs</b><br /> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_KBO_career_RBI_leaders" title="List of KBO career RBI leaders">KBO career RBI leaders</a></div></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Seung-yuop" title="Lee Seung-yuop">Lee Seung-yeop</a> </td> <td>1,498 </td> <td>1995–2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yang_Joon-hyuk" title="Yang Joon-hyuk">Yang Joon-hyuk</a> </td> <td>1,389 </td> <td>1993–2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Kim_Tae-kyun_(baseball,_born_1982)" title="Kim Tae-kyun (baseball, born 1982)">Kim Tae-kyun</a></b> </td> <td>1,329 </td> <td>2001–present </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b>Stolen Bases</b><br /> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_KBO_career_stolen_bases_leaders" title="List of KBO career stolen bases leaders">KBO career stolen bases leaders</a></div></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jeon_Jun-ho" title="Jeon Jun-ho">Jeon Jun-ho</a> </td> <td>550 </td> <td>1991–2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Jong-beom" title="Lee Jong-beom">Lee Jong-beom</a> </td> <td>510 </td> <td>1993–2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Dae-hyung" title="Lee Dae-hyung">Lee Dae-hyung</a> </td> <td>505 </td> <td>2003–2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">  </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b><a href="/wiki/On-base_plus_slugging" title="On-base plus slugging">OPS</a></b><br /> <span style="font-size: 85%;">minimum 3,000 plate appearances</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Seung-yuop" title="Lee Seung-yuop">Lee Seung-yeop</a> </td> <td>.960 </td> <td>1995–2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yang_Joon-hyuk" title="Yang Joon-hyuk">Yang Joon-hyuk</a> </td> <td>.950 </td> <td>1993–2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Kim_Tae-kyun_(baseball,_born_1982)" title="Kim Tae-kyun (baseball, born 1982)">Kim Tae-hyun</a></b> </td> <td>.944 </td> <td>2001–present </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b>Strikeouts</b> <br />   </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Park_Kyung-oan" title="Park Kyung-oan">Park Kyung-oan</a> </td> <td>1,605 </td> <td>1991–2013 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Song_Ji-man" title="Song Ji-man">Song Ji-man</a> </td> <td>1,451 </td> <td>1996–2013 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Park_Yong-taik" title="Park Yong-taik">Park Yong-taik</a></b> </td> <td>1,377 </td> <td>2002–2020 </td></tr></tbody></table> </li> </ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pitching">Pitching</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Pitching"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div><ul> <li style="display: inline-table;"> <table class="wikitable" style="clear: both;"> <caption>Single-season </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Player </th> <th> </th> <th>Year </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b>ERA</b><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">minimum 1 inning pitched per game played by team</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sun_Dong-yol" title="Sun Dong-yol">Sun Dong-yol</a> </td> <td>0.78 </td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sun_Dong-yol" title="Sun Dong-yol">Sun Dong-yol</a> </td> <td>0.89 </td> <td>1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sun_Dong-yol" title="Sun Dong-yol">Sun Dong-yol</a> </td> <td>0.99 </td> <td>1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b>Wins</b> <br />   </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jang_Myeong-bu" class="mw-redirect" title="Jang Myeong-bu">Jang Myeong-bu</a> </td> <td>30 </td> <td>1983 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Choi_Dong-won" title="Choi Dong-won">Choi Dong-won</a> </td> <td>27 </td> <td>1984 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kim_ll-young" class="mw-redirect" title="Kim ll-young">Kim ll-young</a> </td> <td>25 </td> <td>1985 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kim_Si-jin" title="Kim Si-jin">Kim Si-jin</a> </td> <td>25 </td> <td>1985 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b>Strikeouts</b> <br />   </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba"><img alt="Cuba" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/40px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/60px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ariel_Miranda" title="Ariel Miranda">Ariel Miranda</a> </td> <td>225 </td> <td>2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ahn_Woo-jin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ahn Woo-jin (page does not exist)">Ahn Woo-jin</a> </td> <td>224 </td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Choi_Dong-won" title="Choi Dong-won">Choi Dong-won</a> </td> <td>223 </td> <td>1984 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b>Saves</b> <br />   </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Seung-hwan_Oh" title="Seung-hwan Oh">Seung-hwan Oh</a> </td> <td>47 </td> <td>2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Seung-hwan_Oh" title="Seung-hwan Oh">Seung-hwan Oh</a> </td> <td>47 </td> <td>2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Son_Seung-lak" title="Son Seung-lak">Son Seung-lak</a> </td> <td>46 </td> <td>2013 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </li> <li style="display: inline-table;"> <table class="wikitable" style="clear: both;"> <caption>Career </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Player </th> <th> </th> <th>Years played </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b>ERA</b><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">minimum 1,000 innings pitched</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sun_Dong-yol" title="Sun Dong-yol">Sun Dong-yol</a> </td> <td>1.20 </td> <td>1985–1995 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Choi_Dong-won" title="Choi Dong-won">Choi Dong-won</a> </td> <td>2.46 </td> <td>1983–1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hyun-jin_Ryu" title="Hyun-jin Ryu">Hyun-jin Ryu</a> </td> <td>2.80 </td> <td>2006–2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b>Wins</b><br /> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_KBO_career_win_leaders" title="List of KBO career win leaders">List of KBO career win leaders</a></div></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Song_Jin-woo" class="mw-redirect" title="Song Jin-woo">Song Jin-woo</a> </td> <td>210 </td> <td>1989–2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jung_Min-cheul" title="Jung Min-cheul">Jung Min-cheul</a> </td> <td>161 </td> <td>1992–2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Kang-chul" title="Lee Kang-chul">Lee Kang-chul</a> </td> <td>152 </td> <td>1989–2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">  </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b>Strikeouts</b><br /> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_KBO_career_strikeout_leaders" title="List of KBO career strikeout leaders">List of KBO career strikeout leaders</a></div></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Song_Jin-woo" class="mw-redirect" title="Song Jin-woo">Song Jin-woo</a> </td> <td>2,048 </td> <td>1989-2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Kang-chul" title="Lee Kang-chul">Lee Kang-chul</a> </td> <td>1,749 </td> <td>1989–2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sun_Dong-yol" title="Sun Dong-yol">Sun Dong-yol</a> </td> <td>1,698 </td> <td>1985–1995 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; height:50px;"><b>Saves</b><br /> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_KBO_career_saves_leaders" title="List of KBO career saves leaders">List of KBO career saves leaders</a></div></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Seung-hwan_Oh" title="Seung-hwan Oh">Seung-hwan Oh</a></b> </td> <td>277 </td> <td>2005–present </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Son_Seung-lak" title="Son Seung-lak">Son Seung-lak</a> </td> <td>271 </td> <td>2005–2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lim_Chang-yong" title="Lim Chang-yong">Lim Chang-yong</a> </td> <td>258 </td> <td>1995–2018 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </li> </ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="No-hitters">No-hitters</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: No-hitters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">No-hitter</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date</th> <th>Pitcher</th> <th>Club</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Ballpark</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>May 5, 1984</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bang_Soo-won&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bang Soo-won (page does not exist)">Bang Soo-won</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haitai_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Haitai Tigers">Haitai Tigers</a></td> <td>5–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sammi_Superstars" class="mw-redirect" title="Sammi Superstars">Sammi Superstars</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwangju_Mudeung_Baseball_Stadium" title="Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium">Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 5, 1986</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_Jeong-haeng&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim Jeong-haeng (page does not exist)">Kim Jeong-haeng</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lotte_Giants" title="Lotte Giants">Lotte Giants</a></td> <td>8–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Binggrae_Eagles" class="mw-redirect" title="Binggrae Eagles">Binggrae Eagles</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sajik_Baseball_Stadium" title="Sajik Baseball Stadium">Sajik Baseball Stadium</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>April 2, 1988</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jang_Ho-yeon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jang Ho-yeon (page does not exist)">Jang Ho-yeon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/OB_Bears" class="mw-redirect" title="OB Bears">OB Bears</a></td> <td>4–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lotte_Giants" title="Lotte Giants">Lotte Giants</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sajik_Baseball_Stadium" title="Sajik Baseball Stadium">Sajik Baseball Stadium</a></td> <td>Opening day of the season </td></tr> <tr> <td>April 17, 1988</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_Dong-seok&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lee Dong-seok (page does not exist)">Lee Dong-seok</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Binggrae_Eagles" class="mw-redirect" title="Binggrae Eagles">Binggrae Eagles</a></td> <td>1–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haitai_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Haitai Tigers">Haitai Tigers</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwangju_Mudeung_Baseball_Stadium" title="Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium">Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>July 6, 1989</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Dong-yol" title="Sun Dong-yol">Sun Dong-yol</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haitai_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Haitai Tigers">Haitai Tigers</a></td> <td>10–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samsung_Lions" title="Samsung Lions">Samsung Lions</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwangju_Mudeung_Baseball_Stadium" title="Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium">Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>August 8, 1990</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_Tae-il_(baseball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lee Tae-il (baseball) (page does not exist)">Lee Tae-il</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samsung_Lions" title="Samsung Lions">Samsung Lions</a></td> <td>8–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lotte_Giants" title="Lotte Giants">Lotte Giants</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sajik_Baseball_Stadium" title="Sajik Baseball Stadium">Sajik Baseball Stadium</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>April 30, 1993</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kim_Won-hyeong" class="mw-redirect" title="Kim Won-hyeong">Kim Won-hyeong</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ssangbangwool_Raiders" title="Ssangbangwool Raiders">Ssangbangwool Raiders</a></td> <td>3–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/OB_Bears" class="mw-redirect" title="OB Bears">OB Bears</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeonju_Baseball_Stadium" title="Jeonju Baseball Stadium">Jeonju Baseball Stadium</a></td> <td>At age 20, Kim was the youngest KBO pitcher to ever throw a no-hitter </td></tr> <tr> <td>September 9, 1993</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_Tae-won_(baseball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim Tae-won (baseball) (page does not exist)">Kim Tae-won</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/LG_Twins" title="LG Twins">LG Twins</a></td> <td>9–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ssangbangwool_Raiders" title="Ssangbangwool Raiders">Ssangbangwool Raiders</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamsil_Baseball_Stadium" title="Jamsil Baseball Stadium">Jamsil Baseball Stadium</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>October 20, 1996</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeong_Myeong-won&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeong Myeong-won (page does not exist)">Jeong Myeong-won</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hyundai_Unicorns" title="Hyundai Unicorns">Hyundai Unicorns</a></td> <td>4–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haitai_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Haitai Tigers">Haitai Tigers</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sungui_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Sungui Stadium">Sungui Stadium</a></td> <td>Game 4 of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_Series" title="Korean Series">Korean Series</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 23, 1997<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jung_Min-cheul" title="Jung Min-cheul">Jung Min-cheul</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hanwha_Eagles" title="Hanwha Eagles">Hanwha Eagles</a></td> <td>8–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/OB_Bears" class="mw-redirect" title="OB Bears">OB Bears</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeonju_Baseball_Stadium" title="Jeonju Baseball Stadium">Jeonju Baseball Stadium</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 18, 2000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Song_Jin-woo" class="mw-redirect" title="Song Jin-woo">Song Jin-woo</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hanwha_Eagles" title="Hanwha Eagles">Hanwha Eagles</a></td> <td>6–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haitai_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Haitai Tigers">Haitai Tigers</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwangju_Mudeung_Baseball_Stadium" title="Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium">Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium</a></td> <td>At age 34, Song was the oldest KBO pitcher to throw a no-hitter </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 25, <a href="/wiki/2014_KBO_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 KBO League season">2014</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Shirek" title="Charlie Shirek">Charlie Shirek</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NC_Dinos" title="NC Dinos">NC Dinos</a></td> <td>6–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/LG_Twins" title="LG Twins">LG Twins</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamsil_Baseball_Stadium" title="Jamsil Baseball Stadium">Jamsil Baseball Stadium</a></td> <td>First foreign player to throw a KBO League no-hitter </td></tr> <tr> <td>April 9, <a href="/wiki/2015_KBO_League_season" title="2015 KBO League season">2015</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yunesky_Maya" title="Yunesky Maya">Yunesky Maya</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doosan_Bears" title="Doosan Bears">Doosan Bears</a></td> <td>1–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nexen_Heroes" class="mw-redirect" title="Nexen Heroes">Nexen Heroes</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamsil_Baseball_Stadium" title="Jamsil Baseball Stadium">Jamsil Baseball Stadium</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 30, <a href="/wiki/2016_KBO_League_season" title="2016 KBO League season">2016</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bowden_(baseball)" title="Michael Bowden (baseball)">Michael Bowden</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doosan_Bears" title="Doosan Bears">Doosan Bears</a></td> <td>4–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NC_Dinos" title="NC Dinos">NC Dinos</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamsil_Baseball_Stadium" title="Jamsil Baseball Stadium">Jamsil Baseball Stadium</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>April 21, <a href="/wiki/2019_KBO_League_season" title="2019 KBO League season">2019</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deck_McGuire" title="Deck McGuire">Deck McGuire</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samsung_Lions" title="Samsung Lions">Samsung Lions</a></td> <td>16–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hanwha_Eagles" title="Hanwha Eagles">Hanwha Eagles</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hanwha_Life_Insurance_Eagles_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanwha Life Insurance Eagles Park">Hanwha Life Insurance Eagles Park</a></td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Sources:<sup id="cite_ref-nohitters_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nohitters-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KBO_League&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_in_South_Korea" title="Baseball in South Korea">Baseball in South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korea_Baseball_Organization" title="Korea Baseball Organization">Korea Baseball Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBO_Futures_League" title="KBO Futures League">KBO Futures League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_KBO_League_team_rosters" title="List of current KBO League team rosters">List of current KBO League team rosters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_KBO_League_players" title="List of foreign KBO League players">List of foreign KBO League players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_KBO_League_seasons" title="List of KBO League seasons">List of KBO League seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posting_system_(KBO)" title="Posting system (KBO)">Posting system (KBO)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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season (page does not exist)">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_Korea_Professional_Baseball_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988 Korea Professional Baseball season (page does not exist)">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989_Korea_Professional_Baseball_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1989 Korea Professional Baseball season (page does not exist)">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_Korea_Professional_Baseball_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1990 Korea Professional Baseball season (page does not exist)">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_Korea_Professional_Baseball_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 Korea Professional Baseball season (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1992_Korea_Professional_Baseball_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1992 Korea Professional Baseball season (page does not exist)">1992</a></li> 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<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" 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gudeok_Baseball_Stadium" title="Gudeok Baseball Stadium">Busan-Gudeok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masan_Baseball_Stadium" title="Masan Baseball Stadium">Changwon-Masan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daegu_Baseball_Stadium" title="Daegu Baseball Stadium">Daegu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanwha_Life_Eagles_Park" title="Hanwha Life Eagles Park">Daejeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwangju_Mudeung_Baseball_Stadium" title="Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium">Gwangju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dongdaemun_Baseball_Stadium" title="Dongdaemun Baseball Stadium">Seoul-Dongdaemun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incheon_Sungui_Baseball_Stadium" title="Incheon Sungui Baseball Stadium">Incheon-Sungui</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</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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href="/wiki/South_Atlantic_League" title="South Atlantic League">South Atlantic League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Single-A" title="Single-A">Single-A</a></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/California_League" title="California League">California League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolina_League" title="Carolina League">Carolina League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_State_League" title="Florida State League">Florida State League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball#Rookie" title="Minor League Baseball">Rookie</a></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 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href="/wiki/American_Association_of_Professional_Baseball" title="American Association of Professional Baseball">American Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_League_of_Professional_Baseball" title="Atlantic League of Professional Baseball">Atlantic League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontier_League" title="Frontier League">Frontier League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_League_(baseball)" title="Pioneer League (baseball)">Pioneer League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_Draft_League" title="MLB Draft League">MLB Draft League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Non-partnered leagues</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/Cuban_National_Series" title="Cuban National Series">Cuban National Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao_National_Championship_AA_League" title="Curaçao National Championship AA League">Curaçao AA League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_Professional_Baseball_League" title="Empire Professional Baseball League">Empire League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_League" title="Mexican League">Mexican League</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liga_Norte_de_M%C3%A9xico" title="Liga Norte de México">Liga Norte de México</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pecos_League" title="Pecos League">Pecos League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Shore_Professional_Baseball_League" title="United Shore Professional Baseball League">United Shore League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_Major_League" title="Venezuelan Major League">Venezuelan Major League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Pro_Baseball_League" title="Women's Pro Baseball League">Women's Pro Baseball League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em"><a href="/wiki/Winter_league_baseball" title="Winter league baseball">Off-season</a></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">MLB-affiliated</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/Arizona_Fall_League" title="Arizona Fall League">Arizona Fall League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Professional_Baseball_League" title="Dominican Professional Baseball League">Dominican Professional Baseball League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Pacific_League" title="Mexican Pacific League">Mexican Pacific League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liga_de_B%C3%A9isbol_Profesional_Roberto_Clemente" title="Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente">Puerto Rico Baseball League</a></li> <li><a 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navbox-list navbox-odd" 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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