2024 KBO League season

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 – Oct 1
Number of games	144 per team
Number of teams	10
Total attendance	10,731,646
Average attendance	15,115
TV partner(s)	KBS, MBC, SBS & SPOTV
Streaming partner(s)	TVING (Korea) SOOP Live (Rest of the World)
Regular season
Season champions	Kia Tigers | 87–55–2 (.613)
Second place	Samsung Lions | 78–64–2 (.549)
Third place	LG Twins | 76–66–2 (.535)
Fourth place	Doosan Bears | 74–68–2 (.521)
Fifth place	KT Wiz | 72–70–2 (.507)
Season MVP	Voting in progress
Preseason
First place	Doosan Bears
Runners-up	LG Twins
All-Star Game
2024 KBO All-Stars	Nanum All-Stars
Runners-up	Dream All-Stars
Season MVP	Choi Hyoung-woo (Kia)
Postseason
Wild Card champions	KT Wiz
Wild Card runners-up	Doosan Bears
Semi-playoff champions	LG Twins
Semi-playoff runners-up	KT Wiz
Playoff champions	Samsung Lions
Playoff runners-up	LG Twins
Korean Series
Date	October 21 – 28
Venue	Gwangju-Kia Champions Field & Daegu Samsung Lions Park
Champions	Kia Tigers (12th title)
Runners-up	Samsung Lions
Finals MVP	Kim Sun-bin (Kia)
KBO League seasons
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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 ended on October 1, with each team having played 144 games (KT and SSG played a tiebreaker game). The Tigers were the regular season champions; with a record of 87-55-2 and a win percentage of 0.613.

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.

KT and SSG finished the regular season with an identical record: 5th, 72-70-2 (.507), so they played a game against each other on October 1 to determine the final standings. KT won the tiebreaker game, 4-3, meaning the Wiz advanced to the playoffs and the Landers were eliminated.

A postseason is in progress, with the top 5 teams from the regular season playing against each other for a winning championship title in the Korean Series (한국시리즈).

KT (5) eliminated the Bears (4) in the Wild Card (2-1).

The Twins (3) eliminated KT (5) in the semi-playoff (3-2).

The Lions (2) eliminated the Twins (3) in the playoff (3-1).

The Tigers (1) won the 2024 Korean Series against the Lions (2) (4-1).

The KBO League is the highest level of baseball in South Korea. The Kia Tigers have been the most successful team; winning 12 of the 43 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:

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. Choo, who spent 15 years in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2020, played in Seattle, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Texas. He turned 42 on July 13. Sadly, due to a shoulder injury, he was limited to playing only 77 of the 144 games played.^[4]

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

These are the final preseason standings.

The preseason began on March 9, and ended on March 19, 2024.^[5]

Statistics last updated on March 19, 2024.

The regular season of the 2024 season began on March 23 and ended on October 1. Each team played 144 games, facing every other team 16 times. Regular season games were played every day except Mondays usually during the afternoon or evening.

These are the final 2024 KBO League regular season standings.

Regular season champions: Kia Tigers

Standings last updated on October 1, 2024.

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

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 (나눔) and the Dream All-Stars (드림). The game was hosted at Incheon SSG Landers Field, the Landers' home stadium. This year, teams were located in the teams as follows:

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)

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)

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 the 2024 KBO All-Star Game

All Time Record:

The 2024 KBO League postseason began on October 2. Kia, Samsung, LG, Doosan and KT were qualified for the playoffs.

The Tigers won the pennant race (1st place).

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 postseason status of each team.

These are the 2024 KBO League postseason scores. Statistics and scores will be updated daily.

This year, the KT Wiz and SSG Landers tied in standings, causing an extra tiebreaker game to be played.^[7]

The series started with a 1-0 advantage for the Bears. KT won the series 2-1. This is the first time in KBO history that a fifth-placed team advanced to the semi-playoffs.

Quarterfinals - Best of 5 series.

The Twins eliminated the Wiz in 5 games.

Semi-finals - Best of 5 series.

Game 2 was rained out, so the game was played on October 15, instead of the 14th.^{[8][unreliable source?]}

Game 4 was rained out, so the game was played on October 19, instead of the 18th.^{[9][unreliable source?]}

Samsung ultimately won the series 3-1.

Finals - Best of 7 series.

The Tigers won the Korean Series in 5 games. This is the first time in 37 years that they won a Korean Series at home.

Kia Tigers are the 2024 Korean Series champions.

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.

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