2024 KBO League season

This article is about the 2024 KBO League season only. For the previous season, see 2023 KBO League season. For information on all of baseball, see 2024 in baseball.

2024 KBO League Season
2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League
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	3,763,485
Average attendance	14,202
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)
All-Star Game
2024 KBO All-Stars	-
Runners-up	-
Season MVP	-
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. The Landers made a change in their team logo and updated their cap insignia before the 2024 season.

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 33-20-1 and a win percentage of 0.623.

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

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
2018-2019	Shinhan Bank	Shinhan Bank MY CAR KBO League
2020-2023		Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League
2024		Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League

Transactions

Retirement

Choo Shin-soo (추신수) #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.

Preseason standings

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	D	PCT	GB	Home	Road
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

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

• 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.
• May 25 (63 days after regular season began): Total attendance surpassed 3,500,000.

Statistics

Offense

Best offensive team: Tigers (1st) • Batting average - 0.291

Worst offensive team: Eagles (8th) • Batting average - 0.263

Defense

Best defensive team: Tigers (1st) • Earned run average - 3.96

Worst defensive team: Wiz (7th) • Earned run average - 5.70

Standings

These are the current 2024 KBO League regular season standings.

Current 1st-place team • Kia Tigers

Regular season standings

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	D	PCT	GB	Home	Road	STRK	BA	ERA	Postseason
1	Kia Tigers	54	33	20	1	0.623	-	15-10-1	18-10-0	W4	0.291	3.96	—
2	LG Twins	56	31	23	2	0.574	2.5	16-10-1	15-13-1	W6	0.283	4.53
3	Doosan Bears	57	31	24	2	0.564	3	18-10-1	13-14-1	W1	0.281	4.33
4	Samsung Lions	54	28	25	1	0.528	5	10-16-0	18-9-1	L4	0.268	4.83
5	NC Dinos	54	27	26	1	0.509	6	14-12-0	13-14-1	L6	0.273	4.25
6	SSG Landers	54	25	28	1	0.472	8	12-15-1	13-13-0	L8	0.265	5.60	—
7	KT Wiz	54	24	29	1	0.453	9	14-11-0	10-18-1	L1	0.281	5.70
8	Hanwha Eagles	53	23	29	1	0.442	9.5	13-14-1	10-15-0	W4	0.263	5.36
9	Kiwoom Heroes	52	22	30	0	0.423	10.5	11-16-0	11-14-0	W2	0.270	4.90
10	Lotte Giants	52	20	30	2	0.400	11.5	14-13-1	6-17-1	L2	0.271	4.93

Standings are correct as of May 29, 2024.

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

All-Star Game

On July 6, the KBO will be hosting an all-star game for the 2024 season (July 5 is the Futures League all-star game; with 2 teams named Bukbu and Nambu). Like previous all-star games, the 10 teams will be divided into two teams: the Dream All-Stars (드림) and the Nanum All-Stars (나눔). The game will be hosted at Incheon SSG Landers Field, the Landers' home stadium. This year, teams are located in the teams as follows:

2024 KBO All-Star Teams

Team	All-Star Team
Kia Tigers	Nanum All-Stars
Hanwha Eagles
LG Twins
NC Dinos
Kiwoom Heroes
Doosan Bears	Dream All-Stars
KT Wiz
Lotte Giants
Samsung Lions
SSG Landers

The best players (candidates) from each team are voted by fans, and the players with the most votes will be playing in the all-star game.

The most voted infielders and pitchers within their position group will play in the all-star game. The top 3 outfielders will play in the all-star game in available positions.

The 5 (pitchers & infielders) and 15 (outfielders) candidates and current vote count for this year are shown below. Ranks are provided for each position (by votes).

Nanum All-Star Candidates

PITCHERS
Rank	Name	Position	No.	Team
1	Yang Hyeon-jong	SP	54	Kia
2	Ryu Hyun-Jin		99	Hanwha
3	Choi Won-tae		20	LG
4
5
1		RP
2
3
4
5
1		CP
2
3
4
5
INFIELDERS
Rank	Name	Position	No.	Team
1		C
2
3
4
5
1		1B
2
3
4
5
1		2B
2
3
4
5
1		3B
2
3
4
5
1		SS	7
2			33
3			2
4			9
5			7
OUTFIELDERS
Rank	Name	Position	No.	Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
DESIGNATED HITTERS
1		DH
2
3
4
5

Dream All-Star Candidates

PITCHERS
Rank	Name	Position	No.	Team
1	Won Tae-in	SP	18	Samsung
2	Gwak Been		47	Doosan
3	Park Se-woong		21	Lotte
4	Kim Kwang-hyun		29	SSG
5	Wes Benjamin		43	KT
1	Kim Taek-yeon	RP	63	Doosan
2	Choi Jun-yong		18	Lotte
3	Choi Ha-neul		37	Samsung
4	Jo Byeong-hyeon		19	SSG
5	Kim Min-su		26	KT
1	Kim Won-jung	CP	34	Lotte
2	Oh Seung-hwan		21	Samsung
3	Hong Geon-hui		17	Doosan
4	Park Yeong-hyun		60	KT
5	Moon Seung-won		42	SSG
INFIELDERS
Rank	Name	Position	No.	Team
1	Yang Eui-ji	C	25	Doosan
2	Kang Min-ho		47	Samsung
3	Yoo Kang-nam		27	Lotte
4	Lee Ji-young		59	SSG
5	Jang Sung-woo		22	KT
1	David MacKinnon	1B	24	Samsung
2	Yang Suk-hwan		53	Doosan
3	Na Seung-yeup		51	Lotte
4	Moon Sang-chul		24	KT
5	Ko Myeong-jun		18	SSG
1	Ryu Ji-hyuk	2B	16	Samsung
2	Go Seung-min		65	Lotte
3	Kang Seung-ho		23	Doosan
4	Cheon Seong-ho		14	KT
5	Kim Sung-hyun		6	SSG
1	Kim Young-woong	3B	30	Samsung
2	Choi Jeong		14	SSG
3	Heo Kyoung-min		13	Doosan
4	Han Dong-hui		25	Lotte
5	Hwang Jae-gyun		10	KT
1	Lee Jae-hyeon	SS	7	Samsung
2	Son Ho-young		33	Lotte
3	Park Seong-han		2	SSG
4	Park Jun-young		9	Doosan
5	Kim Sang-su		7	KT
OUTFIELDERS
Rank	Name	Position	No.	Team
1	Yoon Dong-hee	CF	91	Lotte
2	Jung Soo-bin		31	Doosan
3	Hwang Seong-bin	LF	0	Lotte
4	Kim Ji-chan	CF	58	Samsung
5	Víctor Reyes	RF	29	Lotte
6	Guillermo Heredia	LF	27	SSG
7	Jo Soo-haeng		51	Doosan
8	Choi Ji-hoon	CF	54	SSG
9	Lee Sung-gyu	RF	13	Samsung
10	Kim Seong-yoon	CF	39
11	Han Yoo-seom	RF	35	SSG
12	Henry Ramos		4	Doosan
13	Mel Rojas Jr.	LF	3	KT
14	Bae Jeong-dae	CF	27
15	Kim Min-hyuck		53
DESIGNATED HITTERS
1	Koo Ja-wook	DH	5	Samsung
2	Kang Baek-ho		50	KT
3	Jeon Jun-woo		8	Lotte
4	Kim Jae-hwan		32	Doosan
5	Choo Shin-soo		17	SSG

Statistics updated on May 29, 2024.

Statistics will be updated weekly.

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

Rank	Team	PR	PS	Max / Min Rank	Status
1	Kia	87 (92)	83 (98)	1 / 10	Has not clinched
2	LG	92 (87)	84 (95)
3	Doosan	92 (86)	84 (94)
4	Samsung	95 (86)	88 (93)
5	NC	97 (84)	88 (93)
6	SSG	98 (83)	93 (88)
7	KT	99 (82)	93 (88)
8	Hanwha	101 (81)	95 (87)
9	Kiwoom	102 (81)	96 (87)
10	Lotte	103 (80)	97 (86)

Magic and tragic numbers are correct as of May 29, 2024.

Information

• 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

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
1	Kia Tigers	144	87	56	1	0.608	-	Korean Series
2	Doosan Bears	144	84	57	3	0.596	2	PS, PO
3	Lotte Giants	144	80	62	2	0.563	6.5	PS, SPO
4	NC Dinos	144	79	62	3	0.560	7	PS, WC
5	SSG Landers	144	75	68	1	0.524	12	PS, WC
6	LG Twins	144	69	72	3	0.489	17	Did not qualify
7	Kiwoom Heroes	144	69	73	2	0.486	17.5
8	Hanwha Eagles	144	61	81	2	0.430	25.5
9	Samsung Lions	144	55	84	5	0.396	30
10	KT Wiz	144	50	94	0	0.347	37.5

Legend • Korean Series: (1st place) Clinched 1st place as regular season champions, guaranteed spot in Korean Series • PS, PO: (2nd place) Clinched runner-up spot for the regular season, guaranteed spot in playoff • PS, SPO: (3rd place) Guaranteed spot in semi-playoff PS, WC or PS, WC: (4th & 5th 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.

Postseason Bracket

	Wild Card					Semi-playoff					Playoff					Korean Series
																1	1st place	-
											2	2nd place	-				Playoff winner	-
						3	3rd place	-				Semi-playoff winner	-
	4	4th place	1				Wild Card winner	-
	5	5th place	-

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 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 draw).

4th (1) vs 5th (-)

Wild Card game(s)

Game	Date	Score	Venue	Time	Duration	Attendance
1	TBD	4th – 0, 5th – 0	Home of 4th place	--:-- KST	0:00	0
2	If necessary	-		--:-- KST	0:00	0

Semi-playoff

Quarterfinals - Best of 5 series.

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

Semi-playoff

Game	Date	Score	Venue	Time	Duration	Attendance
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

Semi-finals - Best of 5 series.

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

Playoff

Game	Date	Score	Venue	Time	Duration	Attendance
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

Finals - Best of 7 series.

1st (-) vs Playoff winner (-)

Korean Series

Game	Date	Score	Venue	Time	Duration	Attendance
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.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Official website (in English)