Professional baseball league, highest level of baseball in South Korea
KBO League
Current season, competition or edition: 2024 KBO League season
Sport
Baseball
Founded
1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Founder
KBO
No. of teams
10
Country
South Korea
Most recent champion(s)
LG Twins (3rd title) (2023)
Most titles
Kia Tigers (11 titles)
TV partner(s)
Korea KBS MBC SBS SPOTV Outside Korea TSN (Canada) ESPN Fox Sports (Asia-Pacific)
Official website
KoreaBaseball.com
The KBO League (Korean: KBO 리그), known as the Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level league of baseball in South Korea. The KBO League was founded with six franchises in 1982 and is the most popular sports league in South Korea.[1] The Kia Tigers are the most successful team, having won 11 of the 42 championships.
In comparison with American Major League Baseball, ESPN reports that the KBO level of play "appears to be somewhere between Double-A and Triple-A, on average, though the best players are more likely to be MLB-quality than your typical Double-A league."[2] Historically, the KBO is known for its vocal and exuberant fan base,[3][4] as well as the widespread practice of bat flips (ppa-dun (Korean: 빠던), a portmanteau of the "first syllables of the words for 'bat' and 'throw'")[5][6] by hitters after stroking what they think will be a home run.[5][6] In the KBO, the bat flipping tradition dates to the 1990s.[6]
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^Szymborski, Dan. "How good would Mike Trout be in the KBO? We have the numbers," ESPN (May 13, 2020).
^Kim Young-jin (3 July 2013). "The 'mercenaries'". The Korea Times. Seoul. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
^Roscher, Liz. "A KBO primer: Here's what you need to know to enjoy the return of baseball in South Korea," Yahoo! Sports (May 1, 2020).
^ abKeh, Andrew (September 2, 2015). "Bat flipping draws shrugs in South Korea but scorn in America". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 1, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
^ abcKimes, Mina (October 4, 2016). "The Art of Letting Go: The great Korean bat flip mystery". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
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