2024 KBO League season

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, was the 43rd season 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 LG Twins entered the season as the defending champions from the previous season.^[2] The Landers updated their team logo and cap insignia before the 2024 season.^[3]

2024 KBO League
Association	KBO
League	KBO League
Sport	Baseball
Defending champions	LG Twins (2023)
Hosts	Shinhan Bank
Duration	March 23 – October 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 (South Korea) SOOP Live (international)
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	Kim Do-yeong (Kia)
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)

The preseason started on March 9 and ended on March 19, with the Doosan Bears holding the top spot in the standings, finishing with a record of 8–0–1. The regular season started on March 23 and ended on October 1, with each team having played 144 games. The Kia Tigers were the regular season champions with a record of 87–55–2.

KT Wiz and SSG Landers finished the regular season with an identical record in fifth place, so they played a game against each other on October 1 to determine the final standings. KT won the tiebreaker game and advanced to the playoffs, while the Landers were eliminated.

In the 2024 Korean Series, the Kia Tigers defeated Samsung Lions 4–1 and clinched their record-extending twelfth title.

Events

Retirements

Choo Shin-soo, 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. Due to a shoulder injury, he was limited to playing only 77 of the 144 games played.^[4]

Draft

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

Preseason

These are the final preseason standings.

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

Preseason standings^[6]

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	10	4	6	0	0.400		2-3-0	2–3–0
8	Lotte Giants	8	3	5	0	0.375		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	0–0–8	1–7–0

Regular season

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.

Standings

These are the final 2024 KBO League regular season standings.

Regular season standings^[6]

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	D	PCT	GB	Home	Road	STRK	Postseason
1	Kia Tigers	144	87	55	2	0.613	-	42-30-1	45-25-1	W2	Korean Series
2	Samsung Lions	144	78	64	2	0.549	9	41-32-0	37-32-2	L1	Playoff
3	LG Twins	144	76	66	2	0.535	11	39-33-1	37-33-1	W2	Semi-Playoff
4	Doosan Bears	144	74	68	2	0.521	13	39-31-1	35-37-1	W4	Wild Card Game
5	KT Wiz	144	72	70	2	0.507	15	34-36-1	38-34-1	W3
6	SSG Landers	144	72	70	2	0.507	15	35-35-1	37-35-1	W4	Did not qualify
7	Lotte Giants	144	66	74	4	0.471	20	37-31-3	29-43-1	W1
8	Hanwha Eagles	144	66	76	2	0.465	21	30-39-2	36-37-0	L2
9	NC Dinos	144	61	81	2	0.430	26	34-39-0	27-42-2
10	Kiwoom Heroes	144	58	86	0	0.403	30	32-41-0	26-45-0	L5

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. Like in previous all-star games, the ten KBO teams were divided into two All-Star teams: the Nanum All-Stars (나눔) and the Dream All-Stars (드림). The game was hosted at Incheon SSG Landers Field, the SSG Landers' home stadium. The Nanum All-Stars won the match 4–2.

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 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.

Nanum All-Stars Lineup

Manager: Youm Kyoung-youb (LG Twins)

Nanum All-Stars Batting

#	Name	No.	Pos.	Team		BA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	HBP		Votes	PV	Score
1	Kim Do-yeong	5	3B	Kia		0.200	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1,353,562	160	44.26
2	Kim Hye-seong	3	2B	Kiwoom		0.500	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		1,286,124	189	45.50
	Song Sung-mun	24				0.000	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		-
3	Ronnie Dawson	27	CF			0.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1,012,694	96	30.91
	Hong Chang-ki	51		LG		0.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		-
4	Austin Dean	23	1B			0.500	4	2	2	1	2	0	0	0
5	Na Sung-bum	47	RF	Kia		0.250	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1,133,876	114	35.21
6	Choi Hyoung-woo	34	DH			0.750	4	1	3	1	2	0	1	0		1,167,426	98	34.45
7	Yonathan Perlaza	30	LF	Hanwha		0.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1,276,715	142	40.92
	Kim Hyun-soo	22		LG		0.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		-
8	Park Dong-won	27	C			0.500	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		923,264	130	32.14
	Kim Hyung-jun	25		NC		0.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		-
	Choi Jae-hoon	13		Hanwha		0.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Park Chan-ho	1	SS	Kia		0.500	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1,130,559	124	36.07

Nanum All-Stars Pitching

Name	No.	Pos.	Team		ERA	IP	NP	R	HR	SO	BB	HB		Votes	PV	Score
Ryu Hyun-jin	99	SP	Hanwha		0.00	1	12	0	0	1	0	0		979,867	155	35.69
Jeon Sang-hyun	51	RP	Kia		0.00	1	15	0	0	0	0	0		1,254,528	111	37.55
Joo Hyun-sang	66	CP	Hanwha		0.00	1	12	0	0	1	0	0		1,396,077	144	43.69

Dream All-Stars Lineup

Manager: Lee Kang-chul (KT Wiz)

Dream All-Stars Batting

#	Name	No.	Pos.	Team		BA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	HBP		Votes	PV	Score
1	Koo Ja-wook	5	DH	Samsung		0.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1,183,482	74	32.56
2	Jung Soo-bin	31	CF	Doosan		0.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		1,041,628	87	30.70
3	Yang Eui-ji	25	C			0.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1,362,773	195	47.72
4	Choi Jeong	14	3B	SSG		0.500	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		963,312	159	35.71
5	David MacKinnon	24	1B	Samsung		0.667	3	1	2	1	2	0	0	0		1,167,200	95	34.17
6	Yoon Dong-hee	91	RF			0.000	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1,038,735	66	28.68
7	Ryu Ji-hyuk	16	2B			0.333	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1,303,367	49	32.83
8	Lee Jae-hyeon	7	SS	Samsung		0.000	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1,178,109	71	32.17
9	Hwang Seong-bin	0	LF	Lotte		0.333	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		-

Dream All-Stars Pitching

Name	No.	Pos.	Team		ERA	IP	NP	R	HR	SO	BB	HB		Votes	PV	Score
Won Tae-in	18	SP	Samsung		0.00	1	21	0	0	1	1	0		1,282,671	111	38.16
Kim Taek-yeon	63	RP	Doosan		9.00	1	10	1	0	1	0	0		1,345,257	211	48.83
Oh Seung-hwan	21	CP	Samsung		0.00	2/3	6	0	0	0	0	0		846,628	112	28.80

Result

July 6, 2024 6:04 – 8:52 PM KST at Incheon SSG Landers Field

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nanum All-Stars	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	11	1
Dream All-Stars	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0
Starting pitchers: Nanum: Ryu Hyun-jin Dream: Won Tae-in WP: Ryu Hyun-jin   LP: Kim Min   Sv: Joo Hyun-sang Home runs: Nanum: Choi Hyoung-woo (Top 2nd, solo off Kim Min) & Austin Dean (Top 3rd, 2 run off William Cuevas) Dream: David MacKinnon (Bottom 4th, 2 run off Kim Jae-yeol) Attendance: 22,500 Umpires: Lee Ki-joong, Moon Dong-gyoon, Kim Jun-hui, Lee Yong-hyuck, Jung Jong-soo, Jung Jun-yung

Postseason

The 2024 KBO League postseason began on October 2. The Kia Tigers, Samsung Lions, LG Twins, Doosan Bears and KT Wiz qualified for the playoffs. The Tigers won the pennant race (first place).

Qualification

In order for a team to qualify for the postseason, they must rank fifth or higher in the regular season. Fifth and fourth place are guaranteed to play in the Wild Card, third in the semi-playoff, second in the playoff, and first in the Korean Series.

In the regular season standings, there is a Postseason column; indicating the postseason status of each team.

Postseason bracket

	Wild Card					Semi-playoff					Playoff					Korean Series
																1	Kia Tigers	4
											2	Samsung Lions	3			2	Samsung Lions	1
						3	LG Twins	3			3	LG Twins	1
	4	Doosan Bears	1			5	KT Wiz	2
	5	KT Wiz	2

Statistics and scores

Fifth place tiebreaker game

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

October 1, 2024 17:00 KST at Suwon KT Wiz Park

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SSG Landers	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	5	0
KT Wiz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	—	4	5	0
Home runs: SSG: Choi Jeong (#1, 8th inning off Ko Young-pyo, 1 run) KT: Rojas (#1, 1st inning off Elías, 1 run; #2, 8th inning off Kim Kwang-hyun, 3 run) Umpires: Park Joong-chul, Kim Jung-guk, Kim Ik-su, Ham Ji-woong Boxscore

Wild Card

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

Doosan Bears vs KT Wiz

Wild Card

Game	Date	Score	Venue	Time	Duration	Attendance
1	October 2, 2024	KT Wiz – 4, Doosan Bears – 0	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	18:30 KST	3:13	23,750
2	October 3, 2024	KT Wiz – 1, Doosan Bears – 0		14:00 KST	2:55	23,750

Semi-playoff

Quarterfinals – best of 5 series.

The Twins eliminated the Wiz in five games.

LG Twins vs KT Wiz

Semi-playoff

Game	Date	Score	Venue	Time	Duration	Attendance
1	October 5, 2024	KT Wiz – 3, LG Twins – 2	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	14:00 KST	2:36	23,750
2	October 6, 2024	KT Wiz – 2, LG Twins – 7		14:00 KST	3:17	23,750
3	October 8, 2024	LG Twins – 6, KT Wiz – 5	Suwon KT Wiz Park	18:30 KST	3:07	17,600
4	October 9, 2024	LG Twins – 5, KT Wiz – 6		14:00 KST	4:10	17,600
5	October 11, 2024	KT Wiz – 1, LG Twins – 4	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	18:30 KST	2:42	23,750

Playoff

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.

Samsung Lions vs LG Twins

Playoff

Game	Date	Score	Venue	Time	Duration	Attendance
1	October 13, 2024	LG Twins – 4, Samsung Lions – 10	Daegu Samsung Lions Park	14:00 KST	3:15	23,550
2	October 15, 2024	LG Twins – 5, Samsung Lions – 10		18:30 KST	3:20	23,550
3	October 17, 2024	Samsung Lions – 0, LG Twins – 1	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	18:30 KST	2:48	23,750
4	October 19, 2024	Samsung Lions – 1, LG Twins – 0		14:00 KST	2:54	23,750

2024 Korean Series

Finals – best of 7 series.

The Tigers won the 2024 Korean Series in five games.

Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions

2024 Korean Series

Game	Date	Score	Venue	Time	Duration	Attendance
1	October 21–23, 2024	Samsung Lions – 1, Kia Tigers – 5	Gwangju-Kia Champions Field	18:30 KST, 16:00 KST	3:16 (1:48, 1:28)	19,300
2	October 23, 2024	Samsung Lions – 3, Kia Tigers – 8		18:30 KST	3:08	19,300
3	October 25, 2024	Kia Tigers – 2, Samsung Lions – 4	Daegu Samsung Lions Park	18:30 KST	3:09	23,550
4	October 26, 2024	Kia Tigers – 9, Samsung Lions – 2		14:00 KST	3:17	23,550
5	October 28, 2024	Samsung Lions – 5, Kia Tigers – 7	Gwangju-Kia Champions Field	18:30 KST	3:51	19,300

Legend • WC: Wild Card winner • SPO: Semi-playoff winner • PO: Playoff winner

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Note: All dates and times are in KST (Korea Standard Time).