The KBO League is the highest level league of baseball in South Korea, contested by ten teams. The KBO League was founded with six franchises in 1982 and is the most popular sports league in South Korea. The Kia Tigers are the most successful team, having won 12 of the 43 championships.
Lee Man-soo, also spelled as Man Soo Lee, is a former Korea Professional Baseball catcher and First baseman and manager. After a distinguished career as a professional player in South Korea from 1982 to 1997, Lee moved on to coaching in 1998, including positions on the coaching staff of the Chicago White Sox, and came back to South Korea in 2006 to serve as a bench coach for the SK Wyverns.
SSG Landers are a South Korean professional baseball team. The team was originally established as the SK Wyverns but was renamed as the SSG Landers in 2021 after Shinsegae acquired the team from SK Group. They are a member of the KBO League. Based in Incheon, they play their home games at Incheon SSG Landers Field.
The Samsung Lions are a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982. They are based in the southeastern city of Daegu and are members of the KBO League. Their home stadium is Daegu Samsung Lions Park. They have won the Korean Championship eight times, and also finished as runners-up on eleven occasions. The Samsung Lions are the first team to win four consecutive Korean Series titles (2011–2014), and are also the first team to win the regular season league title for five consecutive years (2011–2015).
The Kia Tigers are a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982 and based in the southwestern city of Gwangju. Until 2001, they were known as the Haitai Tigers. The Tigers are members of the KBO League and are the most successful team in Korean baseball, having won the Korean Series championship twelve times with a perfect 12–0 record. Their home stadium is Gwangju-Kia Champions Field in Gwangju.
The Korean Series is the final championship series of the KBO League. It has been held since the KBO League's first season in 1982 and is the final series of the post-season play-offs. From 2005 to 2013, the winner of the Korean Series went on to play in the Asia Series.
The 2008 Korea Professional Baseball season was the 27th season in the history of the KBO League. The season commenced on March 29.
Park Sok-min is a Korean former baseball player. He played for the Samsung Lions and the NC Dinos in the Korea Baseball Organization. He is nicknamed Beu-Kol-Dwae (브콜돼). He bats and throws right-handed.
The 2010 Korea Professional Baseball season was the 29th season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball. The SK Wyverns won the regular season and the Korean Series.
The 2010 Korean Series began on Friday, 15 October, at the Munhak Baseball Stadium in Incheon. It featured the SK Wyverns, who had claimed home ground advantage by finishing in first place at the end of the season, and the Samsung Lions, who had finished second and had defeated the Doosan Bears in a best-of-5 playoff series to advance to the next round. The SK Wyverns won the series in four games, sweeping the Samsung Lions to collect their third Korean Series championship in four seasons and their third overall.
The Best-of-7 2011 Korean Series began on Tuesday, October 25th, at the Daegu Baseball Stadium in Incheon. It featured the Samsung Lions, who had claimed homefield advantage by finishing in first place at the end of the regular season, and the SK Wyverns, who finished second during the regular season and defeated the Lotte Giants in a best-of-5 playoff series to advance to the Finals. The Samsung Lions won the series in five games to collect their fifth Korean Series championship.
The 2011 Korea Professional Baseball season was the 30th season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball. The Samsung Lions won the regular season and Korean Series.
The 2012 Korea Professional Baseball season was the 31st season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball. The Samsung Lions won the regular season and Korean series.
The 2013 Korea Professional Baseball season was the 32nd season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball. The Samsung Lions won the regular season and Korean series.
Park Hee-soo is a South Korean baseball coach who plays for the Samsung Lions in the Korea Baseball Organization. He bats right-handed and throws left-handed as relief pitcher.
The Best-of-7 2013 Korean Series began on Tuesday, October 24, at the Daegu Baseball Stadium in Daegu, South Korea. It featured the Samsung Lions, who had claimed homefield advantage by finishing in first place at the end of the regular season, and the Doosan Bears, who finished second during the regular season and defeated the LG Twins in a best-of-5 playoff series to advance to the Finals. The Samsung Lions won the series in seven games to collect their fifth Korean Series championship.
The 2014 Korea Professional Baseball season is 33rd season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball.
The 2014 Korean Series was the championship series of the 2014 Korea Professional Baseball season. The regular season champions, the Samsung Lions, defeated the Nexen Heroes in six games to win their fourth consecutive Korean Series championship.
The 2016 KBO League season was the 35th season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball League.
The 2021 KBO League season, also known by naming rights sponsorship as 2021 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League, was the 40th season in the history of the KBO League.
