KBO League

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2025 Melbourne Aces joins the league as a participating team.
May 15 2025 Strikeout statistics for KBO career strikeout leaders updated, providing a comprehensive ranking of players with 1,200 or more strikeouts in Korean professional baseball.
May 15 2025 Stolen bases statistics were updated, capturing the current records of top KBO career stolen bases leaders, with Jeon Jun-ho leading the list with 549 stolen bases.
May 15 2025 Career hits statistics for KBO players updated, capturing Son A-seop leading with 2,554 hits at age 43, and capturing comprehensive career hit achievements for top players like Park Yong-taik, Choi Hyung-woo, and Kim Hyun-soo.
May 15 2025 KBO career saves leaders statistics officially updated, capturing the latest records of top saves leaders in Korean professional baseball.
2025 Hyeseong Kim began playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers as an infielder
2024 League further expanded with new teams: Goyang Heroes, Independent All-Stars, Jiangsu Huge Horses, Cuba national baseball team, Team LMB, and Melbourne Aces.
2024 Jung-hoo Lee signed with the San Francisco Giants as an outfielder
2024 Samsung Lions and Kia Tigers both made it to the Korean Series championship.
2024 Data revealed a significant shift in audience demographics, with approximately 54% of ticket holders being females, predominantly in their 20s. A subsequent survey confirmed strong interest from women in their 30s, who showed more financial support for their favorite teams compared to male fans.
2024 TVING became the exclusive home of the KBO League, ending the league's free online broadcast era in South Korea.
2024 Stats for KBO career saves leaders updated at the end of the 2024 season, showing Oh Seung-hwan leading with 427 saves, followed by Son Seung-lak with 271 saves.
October 28 2024 Final game of the series with Kia Tigers winning 7-5 against Samsung Lions at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field
October 26 2024 Kia Tigers win a high-scoring game against Samsung Lions 9-2 at Daegu Samsung Lions Park
October 25 2024 Samsung Lions bounce back with a 4-2 victory over Kia Tigers at Daegu Samsung Lions Park
October 23 2024 Second game of the series, with Kia Tigers decisively defeating Samsung Lions 8-3 at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field
October 21 2024 First game of the KBO League series between Samsung Lions and Kia Tigers at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field, with Kia Tigers winning 5-1
October 19 2024 Fourth game of the series at Jamsil Baseball Stadium, with Samsung Lions winning a close 1-0 game against LG Twins
October 17 2024 Third game of the series at Jamsil Baseball Stadium, with LG Twins winning 1-0 against Samsung Lions
October 15 2024 Second game of the series between LG Twins and Samsung Lions at Daegu Samsung Lions Park, with Samsung Lions again winning decisively 10-5
October 13 2024 First game of the series between LG Twins and Samsung Lions at Daegu Samsung Lions Park, with Samsung Lions winning 10-4
October 11 2024 LG Twins wins Game 5 against KT Wiz 4-1 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium
October 9 2024 KT Wiz defeats LG Twins 6-5 in Game 4 at Suwon KT Wiz Park
October 8 2024 LG Twins wins Game 3 against KT Wiz 6-5 at Suwon KT Wiz Park
October 6 2024 LG Twins wins Game 2 against KT Wiz with a score of 7-2 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium
October 5 2024 KT Wiz defeats LG Twins 3-2 in Game 1 of the KBO League series at Jamsil Baseball Stadium
October 3 2024 KT Wiz wins again against Doosan Bears with a 1-0 victory in the second game at Jamsil Baseball Stadium, with a game time of 2 hours and 55 minutes in front of 23,750 spectators.
October 2 2024 KT Wiz defeats Doosan Bears 4-0 in the first game of the series at Jamsil Baseball Stadium, with a game time of 3 hours and 13 minutes in front of 23,750 spectators.
October 2 2024 The 2024 KBO League postseason officially began, with the Kia Tigers, Samsung Lions, LG Twins, Doosan Bears, and KT Wiz qualifying for the playoffs.
October 1 2024 Regular season concludes with Kia Tigers as champions, having a record of 87-55-2. KT Wiz wins a tiebreaker game against SSG Landers to advance to playoffs.
July 13 2024 Choo Shin-soo turns 42 years old during his final professional baseball season.
July 6 2024 The KBO hosted its annual All-Star Game at Incheon SSG Landers Field, with the Nanum All-Stars defeating the Dream All-Stars 4-2. Players were selected through fan voting, with the most voted infielders, pitchers, and top 3 outfielders participating in the game.
June 2024 Free streaming service SOOP acquired broadcasting rights for all KBO games outside of South Korea, valid through the 2026 season.
March 23 2024 The 2024 KBO League regular season officially began, with teams set to play 144 games throughout the season.
March 19 2024 KBO League preseason concludes, with the Doosan Bears emerging as the top team with a perfect 8-0-1 record.
March 9 2024 Preseason of the 2024 KBO League begins with Doosan Bears dominating the standings, finishing with an 8-0-1 record by March 19.
February 14 2024 The 2024 KBO draft is held at Westin Chosun Hotel in Jung District, Seoul at 2 pm.
2023 League expanded to include additional teams: Sangmu Phoenix and KIA Tigers.
2023 Ha-seong Kim won the National League Utility Player Award while playing for the San Diego Padres
2023 LG Twins won their third Korean Series championship.
December 2023 Choo Shin-soo announces his retirement from professional baseball, with the 2024 KBO League season being his final season.
September 30 2023 Hyun-jin Ryu plays his final game with the Toronto Blue Jays.
2022 Ha-seong Kim plays postseason with San Diego Padres
2022 Ji-man Choi plays postseason with Tampa Bay Rays
2022 Ji-hwan Bae made his Major League Baseball debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates and became an active player for the team
2022 Ahn Woo-jin records 224 strikeouts in the season.
2022 SSG Landers won their fifth Korean Series championship.
October 2022 First KBO Futures League competition takes place, competing solely in the month of October, with initial participating teams including KT Wiz, Hanwha Eagles, Samsung Lions, Lotte Giants, NC Dinos, LG Twins, and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.

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