The KBO League is the highest level league of baseball in South Korea. 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 11 of the 42 championships.
Bong Jung-keun is a South Korean former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball with the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds, and in the KBO League with the LG Twins. He batted and threw left-handed.
Lee Seung-yuop is a retired baseball player and the current manager of the Doosan Bears. He spent most of his career with the Samsung Lions of the KBO League. At the age of 26, he became the youngest professional baseball player in the world to hit 300 career home runs. He formerly held the Asian home run record of 56 homers in a season, established in 2003 while playing for Samsung in the KBO. Lee holds the KBO records for career runs scored, RBI, total bases, and slugging percentage. Combined, across the KBO and NPB, Lee has also recorded more hits than any other native-born South Korean player.
Timothy Allan Harikkala is a former professional baseball pitcher. He is an alumnus of Florida Atlantic University, where he played baseball for the Owls under head coach Kevin Cooney.
Kim Ki-tai is a former South Korean baseball player who played for the Ssangbangwool Raiders, Samsung Lions and SK Wyverns and is a former manager of Kia Tigers in the KBO League. He is generally considered as the KBO's best-ever designated hitter.
Lee Byung-kyu is a South Korean retired baseball player who played 17 seasons for the LG Twins of the KBO League, as well as three seasons with the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball. He also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. He played as an outfielder.
Park Jong-ho is a retired South Korean second baseman who played 17 seasons in the KBO League. He was a switch hitter, and threw right-handed. Park was the first switch hitter to win a batting title in KBO history.
Manuel Martínez DeJesús is a Dominican Minor League Baseball manager and former professional baseball outfielder. He played during three seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Montreal Expos. He also played three seasons in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) for the Samsung Lions and LG Twins. He is currently the manager of the DSL Mets1.
Cho In-sung is a retired South Korean catcher. He batted and threw right-handed.
Kim Tae-gun is a South Korean catcher for the Kia Tigers in the KBO League.
Yun Sung-hwan is a starting pitcher for the Samsung Lions of the KBO League. His nickname is Yun Taeja, for being the best pitcher that Sun Dong-yol has trained.
Shin Jung-rak is a South Korean relief pitcher for the Lotte Giants of the KBO League. He bats and throws right-handed. Shin has an unorthodox style of sidearm delivery with a low-to-mid-90s fastball and a hard slider with extreme downward movement.
Han Dae-hwa is a former South Korean third baseman and the former manager of the Hanwha Eagles in the Korea Baseball Organization. Han played 17 years in the KBO League, for the OB Bears, the Haitai Tigers, the LG Twins, and the Ssangbangwool Raiders. He was an eight-time KBO League Golden Glove Award-winner and a six-time Korean Series champion.
Oh Ji-hwan is a South Korean shortstop who plays for the LG Twins in the KBO League. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed.
Byung-ho Park is a South Korean professional baseball designated hitter and first baseman for the Samsung Lions of the KBO League. He previously played for the LG Twins, Kiwoom Heroes, and KT Wiz, and Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). In the KBO, Park had two consecutive seasons with 50 home runs (2014–2015) and was the home run title winner for four consecutive seasons (2012–2015). He holds the KBO record for runs batted in during a single season, with 146 RBI in 2015.
Choi Dong-won was a South Korean pitcher in the KBO League who played for the Lotte Giants and Samsung Lions. Choi batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Busan.
Park Hae-min is a South Korean center fielder for the LG Twins in the Korea Baseball Organization. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed.
Ryu Joong-il is a former South Korean baseball player who is currently a former manager of the LG Twins of the KBO League.
Baek In-chun is a retired Korean baseball player. Baek spent most of his career playing in Nippon Professional Baseball. He finished his career in Korea with the KBO League and then got into managing. Baek holds the KBO record for highest batting average in a season; as a manager he led the LG Twins to their first KBO championship.
Choi Hyoung-woo is a South Korean professional baseball outfielder who plays for the Kia Tigers of the KBO League.
