KBO League
Professional baseball league
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| 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. |
| June 2024 | Free streaming service SOOP acquired broadcasting rights for all KBO games outside of South Korea, valid through the 2026 season. |
| 2023 | LG Twins won their third Korean Series championship. |
| 2022 | Ahn Woo-jin records 224 strikeouts in the season. |
| 2022 | SSG Landers won their fifth Korean Series championship. |
| 2021 | Cuban player Ariel Miranda leads the league with 225 strikeouts. |
| 2021 | KT Wiz won their first Korean Series championship. |
| 2021 | SPOTV began broadcasting selected KBO League games in the ASEAN region. |
| 2020 | José Miguel Fernández recorded 199 hits in a single season. |
| 2020 | NC Dinos won their first Korean Series championship. |
| May 2020 | KBO League season started with games played without fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ESPN began broadcasting six KBO League games weekly, with the opening game between NC Dinos and Samsung Lions commentated remotely by Karl Ravech, Jason Benetti, Boog Sciambi, Eduardo Perez, and Jessica Mendoza from their homes. |
| 2019 | José Miguel Fernández recorded 197 hits in a single season. |
| 2019 | Doosan Bears won their sixth Korean Series championship. |
| 2019 | Changwon NC Park was built, continuing the trend of modernizing baseball infrastructure. |
| 2019 | Total compensation for foreign players was capped at $1 million. Josh Lindblom won the KBO League MVP award. |
| 2019 | KBO introduces a new 'dejuiced' baseball, resulting in a significant decrease in runs and home runs per game. |
| April 21 2019 | Deck McGuire of Samsung Lions achieves a dominant no-hitter, winning 16-0 against Hanwha Eagles at Hanwha Life Insurance Eagles Park |
| 2018 | SSG Landers won their fourth Korean Series championship. |
| 2018 | The team's naming rights were sold to Kiwoom Securities, ending the Nexen Heroes era. |
| 2017 | Kia Tigers won their eleventh Korean Series championship. |
| 2017 | Attendance record was broken again with over 8.4 million fans at regular season games. Four teams (Bears, Twins, Giants, and Tigers) attracted over 1 million fans each, with an average game attendance above 11,600. |
| 2016 | Doosan Bears won their fifth Korean Series championship. |
| 2016 | KBO League set a new national attendance record with over 8 million spectators, marking a 1 million increase from the previous season. |
| 2016 | Two new modern ballparks were constructed: Gocheok Sky Dome and Daegu Samsung Lions Park to improve fan experience. |
| 2016 | Dustin Nippert won the KBO League MVP award. |
| June 30 2016 | Michael Bowden of Doosan Bears throws a no-hitter, defeating NC Dinos 4-0 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium |
| 2015 | Eric Thames set a single-season OPS record of 1.288. Byung-ho Park hit 53 home runs and recorded 146 RBIs and 161 strikeouts. |
| 2015 | Doosan Bears won their fourth Korean Series championship. |
| 2015 | KT Wiz becomes the league's tenth franchise, playing home games in Suwon. The league transitions to a 144-game season, increases active roster size from 26 to 27 players, and introduces a fifth playoff team with the Wild Card game. |
| April 9 2015 | Yunesky Maya of Doosan Bears pitches a no-hitter, winning 1-0 against Nexen Heroes at Jamsil Baseball Stadium |
| 2014 | Seo Geon-chang set a single-season hits record with 201 hits. Jung-ho Kang achieved an OPS of 1.198. |
| 2014 | Samsung Lions won their eighth Korean Series championship. |
| 2014 | Gwangju-Kia Champions Field was built to enhance fan experience and stadium infrastructure. |
| 2014 | KBO League increased the foreign player limit to three per team, mandating that at least one foreign player must be a hitter. |
| 2014 | KBO continues to play a 128-game season for the second consecutive year. |
| June 25 2014 | Charlie Shirek of NC Dinos throws the first no-hitter by a foreign player in KBO League history, defeating LG Twins 6-0 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium |
| 2013 | Son Seung-lak achieves 46 saves in the season. |
| 2013 | Samsung Lions won their seventh Korean Series championship. |
| 2013 | NC Dinos join the KBO League as an expansion team, located in Changwon. The league plays a 128-game season this year. |
| 2012 | Samsung Lions won their sixth Korean Series championship. |
| 2011 | Seung-hwan Oh again records 47 saves, matching his previous record. |
| 2011 | Samsung Lions won their fifth Korean Series championship. |
| 2010 | SSG Landers won their third Korean Series championship. |
| 2010 | Samsung Lions begin a dominant period, starting six consecutive Korean Series appearances. |
| 2010 | The Woori Heroes' naming rights were sold to Nexen Tire, and the team was renamed the Nexen Heroes. |
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