Korean KBO League

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Poster

Established
1982 (43 years old)

First Recorded Event
2012-03-17

Current Season
2025

Sport
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Baseball

Location
South Korea

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - Naver TV [2021]

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Upcoming

10 Apr	Samsung Lion	3 - 2	SSG Landers	9:30am
10 Apr	Lotte Giants	8 - 3	Kia Tigers	9:30am
10 Apr	KT Wiz	-	NC Dinos	9:30am
10 Apr	Kiwoom Heroe	3 - 7	LG Twins	9:30am
10 Apr	Doosan Bears	2 - 7	Hanwha Eagle	9:30am
11 Apr	Hanwha Eagle	-	Kiwoom Heroe	9:30am
11 Apr	Kia Tigers	-	SSG Landers	9:30am
11 Apr	KT Wiz	-	Samsung Lion	9:30am
11 Apr	LG Twins	-	Doosan Bears	9:30am
11 Apr	NC Dinos	-	Lotte Giants	9:30am
Results
09 Apr	Samsung Lion	1 - 3	SSG Landers
09 Apr	Lotte Giants	1 - 3	Kia Tigers
09 Apr	KT Wiz	4 - 1	NC Dinos
09 Apr	Kiwoom Heroe	4 - 0	LG Twins
09 Apr	Doosan Bears	4 - 5	Hanwha Eagle
08 Apr	Doosan Bears	6 - 5	Hanwha Eagle
08 Apr	Kiwoom Heroe	1 - 13	LG Twins
08 Apr	KT Wiz	3 - 2	NC Dinos
08 Apr	Lotte Giants	4 - 5	Kia Tigers
08 Apr	Samsung Lion	7 - 3	SSG Landers

Description

The KBO League (Korean: KBO 리그), officially as Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League for sponsorship, is the highest level league of baseball in South Korea. The KBO League was founded with six franchises in 1982, and has expanded to ten franchises. The KBO League is the most popular sports league in South Korea. The Kia Tigers are the most successful team, having won 11 out of the 38 championships.

In comparison with American Major League Baseball, ESPN reports that the KBO level of play "appears to be somewhere between Double-A and Triple-A, on average, though the best players are more likely to be MLB-quality than your typical Double-A league." Historically, the KBO is known for its vocal and exuberant fan base, as well as the widespread practice of bat flips (ppa-dun (Korean: 빠던), a portmanteau of the "first syllables of the words for 'bat' and 'throw'") by hitters after stroking what they think will be a home run. In the KBO, the bat flipping tradition dates back to the 1990s.

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