2024 KBO League season explained

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2024 KBO League Season
Association:KBO
League:KBO League
Sport:Baseball
Defending Champs:LG Twins
Prevseason Year:2023
Hosts:Shinhan Bank
Duration:Mar 23 – Sep 28
No Of Games:144 per team
No Of Teams:10
Attendance:5,901,265
Average Attendance:14,464
Tv:KBS, MBC, SBS & SPOTV
Streaming:TVING
Season:Regular season
Season Champs:-
First Record:
Second Name:Second place
Second Place:-
Second Record:
Third Place:-
Third Record:
Fourth Place:-
Fourth Record:
Fifth Place:-
Fifth Record:
Mvp Link:KBO League Most Valuable Player Award
Mvp:-
Season2:Preseason
Season Champ2 Name:First place
Season Champs2:Doosan Bears
Second Place2:LG Twins
Season3:All-Star Game
Season Champ3 Name:2024 KBO All-Stars
Season Champs3:Nanum All-Stars
Second Place3:Dream All-Stars
Mvp Link3:Most Valuable Player
Mvp3:Choi Hyoung-woo (Kia)
Playoffs:Postseason
Conf1 Link:Wild card (sports)
Conf1:Wild Card
Conf1 Champ:-
Conf1 Runner-Up:-
Conf2 Link:Quarterfinals
Conf2:Semi-playoff
Conf2 Champ:-
Conf2 Runner-Up:-
Conf3 Link:Semifinals
Conf3:Playoff
Conf3 Champ:-
Conf3 Runner-Up:-
Finals Link:Korean Series
Finals:Korean Series
Finals Date:-
Finals Venue:-
Finals Champ:-
Num Championships:0
Finals Runner-Up:-
Finals Mvp Link:Korean Series Most Valuable Player Award
Finals Mvp:-
Seasonslist:List of KBO League seasons
Seasonslistnames:KBO League
Prevseason Link:2023 KBO League season
Nextseason Link:2025 KBO League season
Nextseason Year:2025

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 updated their team logo and cap insignia before the 2024 season.[2]

The Twins entered the season as the defending champions from the 2023 season.[3]

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 September 28, with each team having played 144 games. Currently, the Tigers are leading the regular season; with a record of 68-46-2 and a win percentage of 0.596.

On July 6, the Nanum All-Stars won the 2024 KBO all-star game against the Dream All-Stars, 4-2. There was a break from July 7–8.

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 .

Sponsorship & Background

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 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:

SeasonSponsorLeague name
2018–2019Shinhan BankShinhan Bank MY CAR KBO League
2020–2023Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League
2024Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League

Events

Retirement

Choo Shin-soo #17, RF - SSG Landers

In December 2023, it was announced that the 2024 season would be Choo Shin-soo's final season in professional baseball. He will turn 42 on July 13, 2024.

Draft

The 2024 KBO draft took place at Westin Chosun Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul at 2 pm on February 14.

Preseason

1st place • Doosan Bears

These are the final 2024 KBO League preseason standings. The preseason began on March 9, and ended on March 19.[4]

Preseason standings[5] !Rank!Team!GP!W!L!D!PCT!GB!Home!Road
1Doosan Bears98011.000-4-0-04-0-1
2LG Twins86200.75022-0-04-2-0
3Hanwha Eagles105320.62533-3-22-0-0
4NC Dinos106400.6004-2-02-2-0
5KT Wiz94410.50043-2-01-2-1
6Kia Tigers104600.40052-2-02-4-0
Samsung Lions2-3-02-3-0
8Lotte Giants83500.37552-3-01-2-0
9SSG Landers103700.30062-4-01-3-0
10Kiwoom Heroes81700.12570-0-01-7-0
Statistics last updated on March 19, 2024.

Regular season

The regular season of the 2024 season began on March 23 and will end on September 10. 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. The regular season games from August 29 to September 10 have not been scheduled yet.

Attendance

Source:[6]

Statistics

Source:[7]

Offense

Best offensive team: Tigers • Batting average - 0.296

Worst offensive team: Lions • Batting average - 0.260

Defense

Best defensive team: Tigers • Earned run average - 4.40

Worst defensive team: Wiz (7th) • Earned run average - 5.56

Standings

These are the current 2024 KBO League regular season standings.

Current 1st-place team • Kia Tigers

Regular season standings!Rank!Team!!!!!!!!!!!!
1Kia Tigers83483320.593-21-17-127-16-1W30.2964.40—
2LG Twins86463820.5483.523-15-123-23-1W10.2814.48
3Doosan Bears87463920.541427-19-119-20-1W20.2814.51
4Samsung Lions85443920.530522-20-022-19-2L50.2604.49
5SSG Landers84414210.494819-21-122-21-0L20.2725.23
<-- Bar to distinguish top 5 teams -->
6NC Dinos83404120.494821-19-019-22-2W20.2684.59—
7KT Wiz85384520.4581119-20-119-25-1L10.2725.56
8Lotte Giants80354230.45523-16-212-26-1L20.2825.14
9Hanwha Eagles82364420.45011.520-22-216-22-0W10.2685.08
10Kiwoom Heroes81354600.4321320-25-015-21-0L10.2774.98
Standings are correct as of July 8, 2024.

Note: Draw results are ignored by the league when calculating win percentage and games behind.

All-Star Game

On July 6, the KBO hosted an all-star game for the 2024 season (July 5 was the Minor League all-star game; with 2 teams named Bukbu and Nambu). After all-star weekend, a break was observed; from July 7–8. The game started at 6:00 PM KST. The Nanum All-Stars won 4-2. Like previous all-star games, the 10 teams was divided into two teams: the Nanum All-Stars and the Dream All-Stars . The game was hosted at Incheon SSG Landers Field, the Landers' home stadium. This year, teams were located in the teams as follows:

2024 KBO All-Star Teams!Team!All-Star Team
Kia Tigers
Hanwha Eagles
LG Twins
NC Dinos
Kiwoom Heroes
Doosan Bears
KT Wiz
Lotte Giants
Samsung Lions
SSG Landers
The best players (candidates) from each team were voted by fans, and the players with the most votes played in the all-star game.

The most voted infielders and pitchers within their position group played in the all-star game. The top 3 outfielders played in the all-star game in available positions, regardless if they are all on the same team.

Here is the program for the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO All-Star Game.

The 5 (pitchers & infielders) and 15 (outfielders) candidates are shown below. Ranks are provided for each position (by votes).Voting concluded on June 16, 2024.

Here is the final confirmed lineup and boxscore for the Nanum All-Stars. (Substitute batters not shown, not all relief pitchers shown)

Manager: Youm Kyoung-youb (Twins)

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VotesScore
1Kim Do-yeong53BKia0.200501000001,353,56216044.26
2Kim Hye-seong32BKiwoom0.500211001001,286,12418945.50
3Ronnie Dawson27CFKiwoom0.000200000101,012,6949630.91
4Austin Dean231BLG0.50042212000colspan="3" -
5Na Sung-bum47RFKia0.250401000101,133,87611435.21
6Choi Hyoung-woo34DHKia0.750413120101,167,4269834.45
7Yonathan Perlaza30LFHanwha0.000200000101,276,71514240.92
8Park Dong-won27CLG0.50020100000923,26413032.14
9Park Chan-ho1SSKia0.500402000001,130,55912436.07
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VotesScore
Ryu Hyun-jin99SPHanwha0.0011200100979,86715535.69
Jeon Sang-hyun51RPKia0.00115000001,254,52811137.55
Joo Hyun-sang66CPHanwha0.00112001001,396,07714443.69

Here is the final confirmed lineup and player statistics for the Dream All-Stars. (Substitute batters not shown, not all relief pitchers shown)

Manager: Lee Kang-chul (Wiz)

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VotesScore
1Koo Ja-wook5DHSamsung0.000200000001,183,4827432.56
2Jung Soo-bin31CFDoosan0.000200000201,041,6288730.70
3Yang Eui-ji25C0.000100000001,362,77319547.72
4Choi Jeong143BSSG0.50021100000963,31215935.71
5David MacKinnon241BSamsung0.667312120001,167,2009534.17
6Yoon Dong-hee91RF0.000300000101,038,7356628.68
7Ryu Ji-hyuk162B0.333301000001,303,3674932.83
8Lee Jae-hyeon7SSSamsung0.000300000001,178,1097132.17
9Hwang Seong-bin0LFLotte0.33330100000colspan="3" -
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VotesScore
Won Tae-in18SPSamsung0.00121001101,282,67111138.16
Kim Taek-yeon63RPDoosan9.00110101001,345,25721148.83
Oh Seung-hwan21CPSamsung0.002/3600000846,62811228.80

Results

Here are the results for the 2024 KBO All-Star Game between the Nanum All-Stars and the Dream All-Stars.Final: Nanum 4, Dream 2

Nanum All-Stars WIN 2024 KBO All-Star Game

All Time Record:

KBO All-Star all-time record!Year!All-Star Teams!Teams!Result
1982–1998Eastern All-StarsWestern All-StarsEast: Samsung, OB, Lotte, HyundaiWest: LG, Ssangbangwool, Haitai, Hanwha•
1999–2000Dream All-StarsMagic All-StarsDream: Lotte, Doosan, Hyundai, HaitaiMagic: Hanwha, Samsung, LG, SKDream wins 2–0–1
2001–2014Eastern All-StarsWestern All-StarsEast: Samsung, Doosan, Lotte, SKWest: LG, Nexen, NC, Kia, HanwhaEast wins 24-14(including 1982–1998)
2015–presentDream All-StarsNanum All-StarsDream: Samsung, Doosan, Lotte, SSG, KTNanum: LG, Kiwoom, NC, Kia, HanwhaTied 4-4

Postseason

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

2024 KBO Magic & (Tragic) Numbers[8] !Rank!Team!!!!Status
1Kia56 (64)53 (70)1 / 10Has not clinched
2LG64 (56)55 (65)
3Doosan64 (55)55 (64)
4Samsung66 (55)57 (63)
5SSG69 (53)61 (61)
6NC70 (53)61 (61)
7KT72 (49)63 (57)
8Lotte74 (52)66 (59)
9Hanwha74 (50)66 (58)
10Kiwoom75 (50)67 (57)
Magic and tragic numbers are correct as of July 8, 2024.

Information

Qualification

In order for a team to qualify for the postseason, they must rank 5th or higher in the regular season. 5th and 4th place are guaranteed to play in the Wild Card, 3rd in the semi-playoff, 2nd in the playoff, and 1st in the Korean Series.

In the regular season standings, there is a Postseason column; indicating the status of each team (following are the 2017 KBO League regular season standings; only for demonstration purposes):

2017 regular season standings (example)!Rank!Team!GP!W!L!D!PCT!GB!Postseason
1Kia Tigers144875610.608-
2Doosan Bears144845730.5962
3Lotte Giants144806220.5636.5
4NC Dinos144796230.5607
5144756810.52412
<-- Bar to distinguish top 5 teams -->
6LG Twins144697230.48917Did not qualify
7144697320.48617.5
8Hanwha Eagles144618120.43025.5
9Samsung Lions144558450.39630
10KT Wiz144509400.34737.5
Legend • : (1st place) Clinched 1st place as regular season champions, guaranteed spot in Korean Series: (2nd place) Clinched runner-up spot for the regular season, guaranteed spot in playoff • : (3rd place) Guaranteed spot in semi-playoff or : (& place) Guaranteed spot in Wild Card game(s)Did not qualify: (Bottom 5) Did not qualify for the postseason; decisively eliminated from the playoffs —: Not enough data.

Statistics & Scores

These are the 2024 KBO League postseason statistics. Statistics and scores will be updated daily from when the playoffs begin.

Wild Card

Play-in game - The series will start with a 1–0 advantage for the fourth-placed team. The 5th 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 draw).

4th (1) vs 5th (-)

Wild Card game(s)!Game!Date!Score!Venue!Time!Duration!Attendance
1TBD4th – 0, 5th – 0Home of 4th place--:-- KST0:000
2If necessary---:-- KST0:000

Semi-playoff

Quarterfinals - Best of 5 series.

3rd (-) vs Wild Card winner (-)

Semi-playoff!Game!Date!Score!Venue!Time!Duration!Attendance
1TBDWC – 0, 3rd – 0Home of 3rd place--:-- KST0:000
2TBDWC – 0, 3rd – 0--:-- KST0:000
3TBD3rd – 0, WC – 0Home of Wild Card winner--:-- KST0:000
4If necessary---:-- KST0:000
5If necessary-Home of 3rd place--:-- KST0:000

Playoff

Semi-finals - Best of 5 series.

2nd (-) vs Semi-playoff winner (-)

Playoff!Game!Date!Score!Venue!Time!Duration!Attendance
1TBDSPO – 0, 2nd – 0Home of 2nd place--:-- KST0:000
2TBDSPO – 0, 2nd – 0--:-- KST0:000
3TBD2nd – 0, SPO – 0Home of semi-playoff winner--:-- KST0:000
4TBD2nd – 0, SPO – 0--:-- KST0:000
5TBDSPO – 0, 2nd – 0Home of 2nd place--:-- KST0:000

Finals - Best of 7 series.

1st (-) vs Playoff winner (-)

Korean Series!Game!Date!Score!Venue!Time!Duration!Attendance
1TBDPO – 0, 1st – 0Home of 1st place--:-- KST0:000
2TBDPO – 0, 1st – 0--:-- KST0:000
3TBD1st – 0, PO – 0Home of playoff winner--:-- KST0:000
4TBD1st – 0, PO – 0--:-- KST0:000
5TBDPO – 0, 1st – 0Home of 1st place--:-- KST0:000
6If necessary---:-- KST0:000
7If necessary---:-- KST0:000
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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: KBO . 2024-04-15 . eng.koreabaseball.com.
  2. Web site: 2024-01-15 . New look Landers . 2024-04-15 . . en.
  3. Web site: LG Twins Ends 29-Year Long Wait With Historic Win . 2024-05-22 . LG Global . en-GB.
  4. Web site: 2023-10-29 . New KBO season to open March 23, doubleheaders in play from beginning . 2024-03-10 . . en.
  5. Web site: KBO . 2024-03-21 . eng.koreabaseball.com.
  6. Web site: MyKBOStats Statistics . MyKBOStats.
  7. Web site: KBO . 2024-05-12 . eng.koreabaseball.com.
  8. Web site: MyKBOStats Magic (Tragic) Numbers . MyKBOStats.

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