Geelong-Korea Explained

League:Australian Baseball League
City:Geelong, Victoria
Ballpark:Geelong Baseball Park
Founded:2018
Folded:2023
Colours: Indigo
Black
Owner:ABL
General Manager:Chung-Sik Park
Manager:Byung-kyu Lee

The Geelong-Korea were a professional baseball team in the Australian Baseball League. One of two expansion teams added to the ABL for the 2018–19 season,[1] the team was based in the city of Geelong, Victoria and played its home games at Geelong Baseball Park. All professional members of the team were Korean.[2]

Geelong-Korea played in only three of their five seasons in the league, having sat out the 2020–21 and 2021–22 Australian Baseball League seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The team folded following the 2022–2023 season.[3]

Regular season record-by-year

SeasonFinishWinsLossesWin%GB
2018–2019[4] 4th (Southwest Division)73317.0
2019–2020[5] 4th (Southwest Division)122811.0
2020–2021Did not participate
2021–2022Did not participate
2022–2023[6] 4th (Southwest Division)132712.0
Totals3288

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Notes and References

  1. News: Geelong's pro baseball team ready for launch. Bay 93.9. 8 November 2018. 27 November 2018.
  2. Web site: Geelong to base Korean team. theabl.com.au. 14 June 2018. 25 July 2019.
  3. Web site: Geelong-Korea exits the Australian Baseball League ahead of 2023/24 season . ABL.com.au . 4 November 2023 . 14 August 2023.
  4. Web site: 2018-19 Geelong-Korea . Baseball Reference . 4 November 2023.
  5. Web site: 2019-20 Geelong-Korea . Baseball Reference . 4 November 2023.
  6. Web site: 2022-23 Geelong-Korea . Baseball Reference . 4 November 2023.