List of KBO players to hit for the cycle

This article is about KBO League players who have hit for the cycle. For information on the accomplishment proper, see hitting for the cycle.

In baseball, completing the cycle is the accomplishment of hitting a single, a double, a triple, and a home run in the same game.^[1] Collecting the hits in that order is known as a "natural cycle", which has occurred two times in KBO League. The cycle itself is rare in KBO, occurring 31 times since Oh Dae-seok [ko]'s first cycle in 1982, the first season of KBO League. In terms of frequency within the KBO league, it is a record that is more frequent than no-hitter (19 times in KBO history). Of the 10 current KBO League teams, only the SSG Landers have never had at least one player hit for the cycle.

Yang Joon-hyuk was the first to hit multiple cycles.

The most cycles hit by a player in KBO League is two, accomplished by Yang Joon-hyuk and Eric Thames. Playing for the Samsung Lions, Yang hit his first cycle on August 23, 1996, and the next on April 15, 2003. And Thames became the first player in KBO League history to hit for the cycle two times in a season, by hitting for the cycle on April 9 and August 11 in the 2015 season.^[2] Oh Yoon-Suk [ko] is the only player to have hit a grand slam as the home run of the cycle.^[3]

The 2016 and 2017 seasons saw the most cycles hit in a single season—three times. The longest period of time between two players hitting for the cycle is one day shy of 1902 days. The drought has lasted from Oh Dae-seok [ko]'s cycle in 1982 until Lee Kang-Don [ko]'s in 1987.

Cycles by player

Key to symbols in player table

*	Denotes a natural cycle
§	Indicates that a hit required for the cycle was acquired during extra innings
(x)	Number of cycles recorded to that point (if the player recorded more than one)

KBO League players who have hit for the cycle, the date of its occurrence, team, league, and opponent

No.	Player	Date	Team	Opponent	Stadium	Ref
1	Oh Dae-seok [ko]	June 12, 1982	Samsung Lions	Sammi Superstars	Gudeok Baseball Stadium
2	Lee Kang-Don [ko]	August 27, 1987	Binggrae Eagles	OB Bears	Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium
3	Jung Koo-seon [ko]	August 31, 1987	Lotte Giants	Cheongbo Pintos	Incheon Sungui Baseball Stadium
4	Kang Seok-Chun [ko]	August 4, 1990	Binggrae Eagles	Pacific Dolphins	Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium
5	Lim Hyeong-seok [ko]	August 23, 1992	OB Bears	Lotte Giants	Jamsil Baseball Stadium
6	Seo Yong-Bin [ko]	April 16, 1994	LG Twins	Lotte Giants	Sajik Baseball Stadium
7	Kim Eung-Gook [ko]*	April 14, 1996	Lotte Giants	Hanhwa Eagles	Sajik Baseball Stadium
8	Yang Joon-hyuk (1)	August 23, 1996	Samsung Lions	Hyundai Unicorns	Daegu Baseball Stadium
9	Manny Martínez	May 26, 2001	Samsung Lions	Haitai Tigers	Daegu Baseball Stadium
10	Jeon Jun-ho	July 6, 2001	Hyundai Unicorns	Samsung Lions	Daegu Baseball Stadium
11	Yang Joon-hyuk (2)	April 15, 2003	Samsung Lions	Hyundai Unicorns	Suwon Baseball Stadium
12	Shin Jong-Gil [ko]	September 21, 2004	Hanhwa Eagles	Doosan Bears	Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium
13	Ahn Chi-Yongl [ko]	June 26, 2008	LG Twins	Samsung Lions	Daegu Baseball Stadium
14	Lee Jong-wook	April 11, 2009	Doosan Bears	LG Twins	Jamsil Baseball Stadium
15	Lee Byung-kyu	July 5, 2013	LG Twins	Nexen Heroes	Mokdong Baseball Stadium
16	Oh Jae-won	May 23, 2014	Doosan Bears	Hanhwa Eagles	Jamsil Baseball Stadium
17	Eric Thames (1)	April 9, 2015	NC Dinos	KIA Tigers	Gwangju-Kia Champions Field
18	Eric Thames (2)	August 11, 2015	NC Dinos	Nexen Heroes	Mokdong Baseball Stadium
19	Kim Joo-chan	April 15, 2016	KIA Tigers	Nexen Heroes	Gwangju-Kia Champions Field
20	Park Kun-woo	June 16, 2016	Doosan Bears	KIA Tigers	Gwangju-Kia Champions Field
21	Choi Hyoung-woo	August 18, 2016	Samsung Lions	kt wiz	Suwon Baseball Stadium
22	Seo Geon-chang	April 7, 2017	Nexen Heroes	Doosan Bears	Jamsil Baseball Stadium
23	Jung Jin-ho	June 7, 2017	Doosan Bears	Samsung Lions	Jamsil Baseball Stadium
24	Roger Bernadina	June 7, 2017	KIA Tigers	kt wiz	Gwangju-Kia Champions Field
25	Mel Rojas Jr.	May 29, 2018	kt wiz	Samsung Lions	Daegu Samsung Lions Park
26	Kim Hye-seong	May 30, 2020	Kiwoom Heroes	kt wiz	Gocheok Sky Dome
27	Oh Yun-Seok [ko]	October 4, 2020	Lotte Giants	Hanhwa Eagles	Sajik Baseball Stadium
28	Yang Eui-ji	April 29, 2021	NC Dinos	Samsung Lions	Daegu Samsung Lions Park
29	Jung-hoo Lee	October 25, 2021	Kiwoom Heroes	Samsung Lions	Daejeon Hanwha Life Eagles Park
30	Kang Seung-ho	September 15, 2023	Doosan Bears	KIA Tigers	Gwangju-Kia Champions Field
31	Kim Do-yeong*	July 23, 2024	KIA Tigers	NC Dinos	Gwangju-Kia Champions Field

Cycles by franchise

List of franchises, showing KBO League-active dates and numbers of cycles achieved and allowed

Franchise	Active dates	Cycles hit	Cycles allowed
OB Bears / Doosan Bears	1982–present	6	3
Samsung Lions	1982–present	5	5
Haitai Tigers / KIA Tigers	1982–present	3	4
MBC Chungyong / LG Twins	1982–present	3	1
Lotte Giants	1982–present	3	2
Binggrae Eagles / Hanhwa Eagles	1986–present	3	4
SK Wyverns / SSG Landers	2000–present	0	0
Woori Heroes / Heroes / Seoul Heroes / Nexen Heroes / Kiwoom Heroes	2008–present	3	3
NC Dinos	2013–present	3	1
kt wiz	2015–present	1	3
Sammi Superstars / Chungbo Pintos / Pacific Dolphins / Hyundai Unicorns	1982–2007	1	5
Ssangbangwool Raiders	1991–1999	0	0

See also

• Baseball portal

• List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle
• List of Nippon Professional Baseball players to hit for the cycle