The Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) of South Korea is the country's professional baseball league and was founded with six teams in 1982 and currently has eight. The teams are named after the companies or conglomerates which they belong to, but are sometimes called by their respective home cities. A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The first game was played on March 27, 1982 between Samsung Lions and MBC Blue Dragons (LG Twins) in Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul. Then-President Chun Doo-hwan threw the first pitch . Samsung Group is one of the largest South Korean business groupings. ... MBC (Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation) is one of three major national South Korean television and radio networks. ... Categories: Corporation stubs | South Korea | Chaebols | Conglomerate ... Dongdaemun Stadium, in Seoul, South Korea, comprises a soccer field, a baseball park, and other sports facilities. ... Seoul (Sŏul|서울) ) is the capital and largest city of South Korea (Republic of Korea). ... Chun Doo-hwan (Korean hangul: 전두환; hanja: 全斗煥; revised: Jeon Duhwan; McCune-Reischauer: Chŏn Tuhwan; born 18 January 1931) was a Korean military officer and the President of South Korea from 1980 to 1988. ...

To date, founder members the Kia Tigers (formerly, Haitai Tigers) have won 9 of the 22 national championships. The Kia Tigers (Korean: 기아 타이거즈 or Ki-ah Ta-ee-geo-jeu) are a Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982. ... The Kia Tigers (Korean: 기아 타이거즈 or Ki-ah Ta-ee-geo-jeu) are a Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982. ...

Most team players are Korean, but each team has some foreigners, including Americans, Dominicans and Cubans.

Current teams

• Doosan Bears - Seoul
• Hanhwa Eagles - Daejeon
• Hyundai Unicorns - Suwon
• Kia Tigers - Gwangju
• Lotte Giants - Busan
• LG Twins - Seoul
• Samsung Lions - Daegu
• SK Wyverns - Inchon

Doosan Bears(두산 베어스)is the Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982. ... Seoul (Sŏul|서울) ) is the capital and largest city of South Korea (Republic of Korea). ... The Hanhwa Eagles (한화 이글스) are a professional baseball team based in Daejeon City, South Korea. ... Daejeon Metropolitan City is a metropolitan city in the centre of South Korea, and the capital of South Chungcheong Province. ... The Hyundai Unicorns (Korean: 현대 유니콘스 or Hyun-dae Yu-ni-kon-seu) are a professional baseball team based in Suwon, South Korea. ... Suwon (Suwon-si) is the largest city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. ... The Kia Tigers (Korean: 기아 타이거즈 or Ki-ah Ta-ee-geo-jeu) are a Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982. ... This article is about Gwangju Metropolitan City in South Korea. ... The Lotte Giants (Korean: 롯데 자이언츠) are a professional baseball team in Busan, Korea. ... Busan tower by night Haeundae beach at dawn, February 2005 Busan Metropolitan City, also commonly referred to as Pusan, is the largest harbor city in Korea. ... LG Twins is a South Korean baseball team based in Seoul and owned by the Lucky Goldstar (LG) Group. ... Seoul (Sŏul|서울) ) is the capital and largest city of South Korea (Republic of Korea). ... Samsung Lions(삼성 라이온즈)is the Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982. ... Taegu now known as Daegu is the 4th largest city in South Korea (after Seoul, Busan and Incheon). ... SK Wyverns (에스케이 와이번스) is the Korean professional baseball team founded in 2000. ... Incheon Metropolitan City is a metropolitan city and major seaport on the west coast of South Korea, near Seoul. ...

National team

South Korea also participated in the inaugural 2006 World Baseball Classic. The Korea national baseball team had a record of 6-1, but did not advance to the finals. They lost in the semifinals to the future champions, the Japan national baseball team. First baseman Seung-Yeop Lee led the tournament with 5 home runs and 10 runs batted in. The 2006 World Baseball Classic was the inaugural tournament between national baseball teams that included players from Major League Baseball. ... The Korea national baseball team is the national team of South Korea. ... The Japan national baseball team is the national team of Japan. ... Seung Yeop Lee (born August 8, 1976 in Daegu, Korea) is a baseball player, currently playing for the Yomiuri Giants in the Japans Central League. ...

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• Sports in South Korea
• List of players from South Korea in Major League Baseball

This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ... Sports in South Korea generally do not differ from those played in the West. ... This is an alphabetical list of eleven baseball players from South Korea who have played in Major League Baseball between 1994 and 2005. ...

External links

• KBO history page
• BaseballGuru.com