Baseball Teams, Professional

Professional teams compete from April through October after about a month of exhibition games. Day and night games are played at Jamsil Stadium which is located next to the giant Olympic Stadium.  

Korea4Expats posts monthly game schedules in our Sports/Fitness Section of What's Going On.
See Baseball in Korea  for a description of the game in Korea.

TEAMS
The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) of South Korea is the country's professional baseball league. KBO was originally founded with six teams in 1982 and currently has ten teams. The teams are generally named after the companies or business conglomerates that own them.

Cities:
Seoul: LG Twins, Doosan Bears, Kiwoon Heroes
Incheon: SK Wyverns
Gwangju: Kia Tigers
Daejeon: Hanwha Eagles
Daegu: Samsung Lions
Busan: Lotte Giants
Masan: NC Dinos
Suwon: KT wiz

Team Descriptions:

LG TWINS
Established: 1990(Original team: MBC in 1982)
Home base: Seoul
Home stadium: Jamsil Baseball Stadium
Homepage

DOOSAN BEARS
Established: 1999 (Original team: OB Bears in 1982)
Home base: Seoul
Home stadium: Jamsil Baseball Stadium
Homepage

KIWOOM HEROES
Established: 2008
Home base: Seoul
Homeground: Mokdong Baseball Stadium
Homepage

SK WYVERNS
Established: 2000
Home base: Incheon
Home stadium: Moonhak Baseball Stadium
Homepage

HANWHA EAGLES
Established: 1994(Original team: Binggrae in 1986)
Home base: Daejeon
Home stadium: Hanbat Baseball Stadium
Secondary stadium: Cheongju Baseball Stadium
Homepage

SAMSUNG LIONS
Established: 1982
Home base: Daegu
Home stadium: Daegu Civil Stadium
Homepage

KIA  TIGERS
Established: 2001 (Original team: Haitai in 1982)
Home base: Gwangju
Home stadium: Gwangju Champions Field
Homepage

KT WIZ
Established 2013
Home Base: Suwon
Home stadium: Suwon Baseball Stadium
Homepage

LOTTE GIANTS
Established: 1982
Home base: Busan
Home stadium: Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium
Secondary stadium: Ulsan Baseball Stadium
Homepage

NC DINOS
Established: 2011
Home base: Changwon
Home stadium: Changwon NC Park (as of March 2019)
Homepage

Munhak Baseball Stadium, Incheon (Home of SK Wyverns)

Civil Baseball Stadium, Daegu  (Home of Samsung Lions)

Gwangju Champions Field, Gwangju (Home of KIA Tigers)

Hanbat Baseball Stadium, Daejeon (Home of Hanwha Eagles) - some info in English

Sajik Baseball Stadium, Busan (Home of Lotte Giants)

Changon NC Park , Masan (Home of DC Dinos)

Suwon Baseball Stadium, Suwon (Home of KT WIZ) aka Suwon KT Wiz Park

Gocheok Sky Dome, Guro (Home of Kiwoom Heroes)

Cheongju Baseball Stadium, Cheongju (2nd Home of Hanwha Eagles)

Wallmyeong Baseball Stadium, Gunsan (2nd Home of KIA Tigers)

*at the time of posting, most of the stadium websites were in Korean only,

TICKET COST:
Adults: W7,000 to W60,000 depending on seat section / weekend games cost a little more
Children: W1,500 - W3,000 (children's price applies to bleachers only)

BASEBALL INFO WEBSITES:
http://www.koreabaseball.co.kr (Korean only)
http://www.koreabaseball.com (Korean and English)
http://www.baseballguru.com/andrewwong/koreanbaseballprimer.html (English-general info)
 

K4E Editor: We are working on making the information on this site as complete and accurate as possible, so if you notice any errors or omissions, please let us know at info@korea4expats.com

 

Last Updated on 2021-02-08