2024 KBO League season
2024 KBO League Season | |
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Association | KBO |
League | KBO League |
Sport | Baseball |
Defending champions | LG Twins (2023) |
Hosts | Shinhan Bank |
Duration | Mar 23 - Aug 29 |
Number of games | 144 per team |
Number of teams | 10 |
Total attendance | 3,239,843 |
Average attendance | 14,272 |
TV partner(s) | KBS, MBC, SBS & SPOTV |
Streaming partner(s) | TVING |
Regular season | |
Season champions | - | 0–0–0 (–) |
Second place | - | 0–0–0 (–) |
Third place | - | 0–0–0 (–) |
Fourth place | - | 0–0–0 (–) |
Fifth place | - | 0–0–0 (–) |
Season MVP | - |
Preseason | |
First place | Doosan Bears | 8–0–1 (1.000) |
Runners-up | LG Twins | 6–2–0 (.750) |
Postseason | |
Wild Card champions | - |
Wild Card runners-up | - |
Semi-playoff champions | - |
Semi-playoff runners-up | - |
Playoff champions | - |
Playoff runners-up | - |
Korean Series | |
Date | - |
Venue | - |
Champions | - (0th title) |
Runners-up | - |
Finals MVP | - |
The 2024 KBO League season, officially known as the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League season (Korean: 2024 신한 SOL 뱅크 KBO 리그) for sponsorship reasons, is an ongoing professional baseball season based in South Korea; the 43rd in the history of the KBO League. The league's format and makeup were not changed in the 2024 season from the previous season, with the same ten teams competing; the Kia Tigers, Doosan Bears, Lotte Giants, NC Dinos, LG Twins, Hanwha Eagles, KT Wiz, Samsung Lions, SSG Landers, and the Kiwoom Heroes.[1] The Landers made a change in their team logo and updated their cap insignia before the 2024 season.[2]
The Twins entered the season as the defending champions from the 2023 season.
The preseason started on March 9 and ended on March 19, with the Bears holding the top spot in the standings; finishing with a record of 8-0-1 (W-L-D) and a flawless win percentage of 1.000.
The regular season started on March 23 and will end on August 29, with each team having played 144 games. Currently, the Tigers are leading the regular season; with a record of 29-16-1 and a win percentage of 0.644.
A postseason will then proceed, with the top 5 teams from the regular season playing against each other for a winning championship title in the Korean Series (한국시리즈).
Sponsorship & Background[edit]
The KBO League is the highest level of baseball in South Korea. The Kia Tigers have been the most successful team; winning 11 of the 42 championships.
The league is known for the teams' massive fanbases, with upbeat walk-up and fight songs for each player.
The three most large team fanbases are referred to as 엘롯기 (el-LOT-ki); an acronym for LG, Lotte, and Kia using the first syllable of the team names.
The 2024 season's league sponsor continues to be Shinhan Bank, as it has been since 2018. League names have changed since the sponsorship as follows:
Season | Sponsor | League name |
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2018-2019 | Shinhan Bank | Shinhan Bank MY CAR KBO League |
2020-2023 | Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League | |
2024 | Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League |
Transactions[edit]
Retirement[edit]
Choo Shin-soo (추신수) #17, RF - SSG Landers
In December 2023, it was announced that the 2024 season would be Shin-Soo Choo's final season in professional baseball. He will turn 42 on July 13, 2024.
Draft[edit]
The 2024 KBO draft took place at Westin Chosun Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul at 2 pm on February 14.
Preseason[edit]
1st place • Doosan Bears
These are the final 2024 KBO League preseason standings. The preseason began on March 9, and ended on March 19.[3]
Rank | Team | GP | W | L | D | PCT | GB | Home | Road |
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1 | Doosan Bears | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | - | 4-0-0 | 4-0-1 |
2 | LG Twins | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.750 | 2 | 2-0-0 | 4-2-0 |
3 | Hanwha Eagles | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0.625 | 3 | 3-3-2 | 2-0-0 |
4 | NC Dinos | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 4-2-0 | 2-2-0 | |
5 | KT Wiz | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0.500 | 4 | 3-2-0 | 1-2-1 |
6 | Kia Tigers | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.400 | 5 | 2-2-0 | 2-4-0 |
Samsung Lions | 2-3-0 | 2-3-0 | |||||||
8 | Lotte Giants | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | 5 | 2-3-0 | 1-2-0 |
9 | SSG Landers | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.300 | 6 | 2-4-0 | 1-3-0 |
10 | Kiwoom Heroes | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.125 | 7 | 0-0-0 | 1-7-0 |
Statistics last updated on March 19, 2024.
Regular season[edit]
The regular season of the 2024 season began on March 23 and will end on August 29. Each team will play 144 games, facing every other team 16 times. Regular season games are played every day except Mondays usually during the afternoon or evening.
Attendance[5][edit]
- April 9 (17 days after regular season began): Total attendance surpassed 1,000,000.
- April 18 (26 days after regular season began): Total attendance surpassed 1,500,000.
- April 28 (36 days after regular season began): Total attendance surpassed 2,000,000.
- May 8 (46 days after regular season began): Total attendance surpassed 2,500,000.
- May 17 (55 days after regular season began): Total attendance surpassed 3,000,000.
Statistics [6][edit]
Offense[edit]
Best offensive team: Tigers (1st) • Batting average - 0.293
Worst offensive team: Eagles (9th) • Batting average - 0.259
Defense[edit]
Best defensive team: Tigers (1st) • Earned run average - 3.79
Worst defensive team: Wiz (8th) • Earned run average - 5.95
Standings[edit]
These are the current 2024 KBO League regular season standings.
Current 1st-place team • Kia Tigers
Rank | Team | GP | W | L | D | PCT | GB | Home | Road | STRK | BA | ERA | Postseason |
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1 | Kia Tigers | 46 | 29 | 16 | 1 | 0.644 | - | 13-9-1 | 16-7-0 | W4 | 0.293 | 3.79 | — |
2 | Samsung Lions | 46 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 0.578 | 3 | 9-12-0 | 17-7-1 | L1 | 0.270 | 4.64 | — |
3 | NC Dinos | 46 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 0.556 | 4 | 14-10-0 | 11-10-1 | L3 | 0.274 | 3.80 | — |
4 | Doosan Bears | 49 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 0.553 | 14-9-1 | 12-12-1 | W1 | 0.282 | 4.22 | — | |
5 | LG Twins | 48 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 0.543 | 4.5 | 13-10-1 | 12-11-1 | L1 | 0.282 | 4.43 | — |
SSG Landers | 47 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 12-11-1 | 13-10-0 | L1 | 0.266 | 5.47 | — | |||
7 | Kiwoom Heroes | 45 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 0.422 | 10 | 10-14-0 | 9-12-0 | W1 | 0.267 | 5.09 | — |
8 | KT Wiz | 47 | 19 | 27 | 1 | 0.413 | 10.5 | 12-11-0 | 7-16-1 | W1 | 0.282 | 5.95 | — |
9 | Hanwha Eagles | 46 | 17 | 28 | 1 | 0.378 | 12 | 9-13-1 | 8-15-0 | W1 | 0.259 | 5.61 | — |
10 | Lotte Giants | 44 | 15 | 27 | 2 | 0.357 | 12.5 | 9-12-1 | 6-15-1 | L1 | 0.266 | 4.96 | — |
Statistics are correct as of May 20, 2024.
Note: Draw results are ignored by the league when calculating win percentage and games behind.
Postseason[edit]
The 2024 KBO League postseason will begin in the fall. The top 5 teams in the regular season league standings (above) will qualify for the postseason.
There is no guarantee that any of the teams will clinch a postseason spot (top 5) or win the pennant race (1st place) yet.
Magic & Tragic Numbers[edit]
Rank | Team | PR | PS | Status |
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1 | Tigers | 96 (101) | 93 (103) | Has not clinched |
2 | Lions | 101 (96) | 96 (99) | |
3 | Dinos | 103 (94) | 97 (99) | |
4 | Bears | 101 (93) | 95 (97) | |
5 | Twins | 102 (93) | 97 (97) | |
5 | Landers | 102 (94) | 97 (97) | |
7 | Heroes | 109 (89) | 103 (93) | |
8 | Wiz | 108 (88) | 103 (91) | |
9 | Eagles | 111 (86) | 105 (90) | |
10 | Giants | 112 (87) | 107 (91) |
Magic and tragic numbers are correct as of May 20, 2024.
- Magic and tragic numbers are provided both for the pennant race (1st place) and postseason (5th place).
- If a team's postseason magic number reaches 0, they are no longer in danger of being eliminated and are guaranteed a spot in the top 5. Conversely, if the team's postseason tragic number reaches 0, they have been decisively eliminated and no longer have any chance of playing in the postseason.
- A team's magic number decreases by one if the team wins, or if the next contending team loses. The next contending team is the team with the best chance of taking the 5th place spot. This is typically the 6th place team, but may not be, depending on how many draws and remaining games the other teams have.
- If two teams in contention finish the regular season with an identical W-L-D record, they will play a tiebreaker game with no inning limits on the following day to determine the final standings. The venue will be determined by the teams' performance against each other.
- PR = Pennant Race (1st place) • PS = Postseason (top 5)
- The numbers without parentheses are the magic numbers, whereas the team's tragic number is in parentheses.
Qualification[edit]
As the postseason approaches, a ‘Postseason’ column will be added; indicating the status of each team (following is a completely random example shown for demonstration purposes; content shown is entirely fictional):
Rank | Team | GP | W | L | D | PCT | Postseason |
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1 | Kia Tigers | 144 | 97 | 41 | 6 | 0.703 | Korean Series |
2 | NC Dinos | 144 | 89 | 51 | 4 | 0.636 | PS, PO |
3 | Samsung Lions | 144 | 82 | 55 | 7 | 0.599 | PS, SPO |
4 | LG Twins | 144 | 79 | 64 | 1 | 0.552 | PS, WC |
5 | SSG Landers | 144 | 75 | 67 | 2 | 0.528 | PS, WC |
6 | ••• | Did not qualify | |||||
7 | |||||||
8 | |||||||
9 | |||||||
10 | Lotte Giants | 144 | 59 | 85 | 0 | 0.410 |
Ranks 6-9 skipped; all are ranks that will not qualify for the postseason.
Legend - Korean Series: (1st place) Clinched 1st place as regular season champions, guaranteed spot in Korean Series • PS, WC or PS, WC: (4th & 5th place) Guaranteed spot in Wild Card game(s) • PS, SPO: (3rd place) Guaranteed spot in semi-playoff • PS, PO: (2nd place) Clinched runner-up spot for the regular season, guaranteed spot in playoff • Did not qualify: (Bottom 5) Did not qualify for the postseason; decisively eliminated from the playoffs • —: No data.
Postseason Bracket[edit]
Wild Card | Semi-playoff | Playoff | Korean Series | |||||||||||||||
1 | 1st place | - | ||||||||||||||||
2 | 2nd place | - | TBD | Playoff winner | - | |||||||||||||
3 | 3rd place | - | TBD | Semi-playoff winner | - | |||||||||||||
4 | 4th place | 1 | TBD | Wild Card winner | - | |||||||||||||
5 | 5th place | - | ||||||||||||||||
Statistics and scores will be updated when the postseason begins.
Statistics & Scores[edit]
Wild Card[edit]
Play-in game - The series will start with a 1-0 advantage for the fourth-placed team. The fifth place team needs to win 2 times to proceed to the next round, whereas the 4th place team can advance with just 1 win (or even a tie).
4th (1) vs 5th (-)
Game | Date | Score | Venue | Time | Duration | Attendance |
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1 | TBD | 4th – 0, 5th – 0 | Home of 4th place | --:-- KST | 0:00 | 0 |
2 | If necessary | - | --:-- KST | 0:00 | 0 |
Semi-playoff[edit]
Quarterfinals - Best of 5 series.
3rd (-) vs Wild Card winner (-)
Game | Date | Score | Venue | Time | Duration | Attendance |
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1 | TBD | WC – 0, 3rd – 0 | Home of 3rd place | --:-- KST | 0:00 | 0 |
2 | TBD | WC – 0, 3rd – 0 | --:-- KST | 0:00 | 0 | |
3 | TBD | 3rd – 0, WC – 0 | Home of Wild Card winner | --:-- KST | 0:00 | 0 |
4 | If necessary | - | --:-- KST | 0:00 | 0 | |
5 | If necessary | - | Home of 3rd place | --:-- KST | 0:00 | 0 |
Playoff[edit]
Semi-finals - Best of 5 series.
2nd (-) vs Semi-playoff winner (-)
Game | Date | Score | Venue | Time | Duration | Attendance |
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1 | TBD | SPO – 0, 2nd – 0 | Home of 2nd place | --:-- KST | 0:00 | 0 |
2 | TBD | SPO – 0, 2nd – 0 | --:-- KST | 0:00 | 0 | |
3 | TBD | 2nd – 0, SPO – 0 | Home of semi-playoff winner | --:-- KST | 0:00 | 0 |
4 | TBD | 2nd – 0, SPO – 0 | --:-- KST | 0:00 | 0 | |
5 | TBD | SPO – 0, 2nd – 0 | Home of 2nd place | --:-- KST | 0:00 | 0 |
2024 Korean Series[edit]
Finals - Best of 7 series.
1st (-) vs Playoff winner (-)
Game | Date | Score | Venue | Time | Duration | Attendance |
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1 | TBD | PO – 0, 1st – 0 | Home of 1st place | --:-- KST | 0:00 | 0 |
2 | TBD | PO – 0, 1st – 0 | --:-- KST | 0:00 | 0 | |
3 | TBD | 1st – 0, PO – 0 | Home of playoff winner | --:-- KST | 0:00 | 0 |
4 | TBD | 1st – 0, PO – 0 | --:-- KST | 0:00 | 0 | |
5 | TBD | PO – 0, 1st – 0 | Home of 1st place | --:-- KST | 0:00 | 0 |
6 | If necessary | - | --:-- KST | 0:00 | 0 | |
7 | If necessary | - | --:-- KST | 0:00 | 0 |
Winner is the champion of the 2024 Korean Series.
Legend • WC: Wild Card winner • SPO: Semi-playoff winner • PO: Playoff winner
Note: All dates and times are in KST (Korean Standard Time). All statistics will be updated daily whenever possible.
References[edit]
- ^ "KBO". eng.koreabaseball.com. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ^ "New look Landers". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. January 15, 2024. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ^ "New KBO season to open March 23, doubleheaders in play from beginning". koreatimes. October 29, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "KBO". eng.koreabaseball.com. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ^ "MyKBOStats Statistics". MyKBOStats.
- ^ "KBO". eng.koreabaseball.com. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
- ^ "KBO". eng.koreabaseball.com. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ^ "MyKBOStats Magic (Tragic) Numbers". MyKBOStats.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Korean)
- Official website (in English)