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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29 Mar	Lotte Giants	3 - 1	KT Wiz	8:00am
29 Mar	NC Dinos	4 - 14	LG Twins	8:00am
29 Mar	Kiwoom Heroe	3 - 1	SSG Landers	5:00am
29 Mar	Hanwha Eagle	5 - 4	Kia Tigers	5:00am
29 Mar	Doosan Bears	2 - 10	Samsung Lion	8:00am
30 Mar	Doosan Bears	-	Samsung Lion	5:00am
30 Mar	Hanwha Eagle	-	Kia Tigers	5:00am
30 Mar	Kiwoom Heroe	-	SSG Landers	5:00am
30 Mar	Lotte Giants	-	KT Wiz	5:00am
30 Mar	NC Dinos	-	LG Twins	5:00am
Results
28 Mar	NC Dinos	4 - 8	LG Twins
28 Mar	Lotte Giants	0 - 2	KT Wiz
28 Mar	Kiwoom Heroe	9 - 3	SSG Landers
28 Mar	Hanwha Eagle	7 - 2	Kia Tigers
28 Mar	Doosan Bears	2 - 0	Samsung Lion
27 Mar	Kia Tigers	3 - 5	Kiwoom Heroe
27 Mar	LG Twins	2 - 1	Hanwha Eagle
27 Mar	KT Wiz	4 - 3	Doosan Bears
27 Mar	SSG Landers	5 - 2	Lotte Giants
27 Mar	Samsung Lion	5 - 11	NC Dinos

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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