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. The LG Twins entered the season as the defending champions from the previous season. The Landers updated their team logo and cap insignia before the 2024 season.
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.
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. +Preseason standingsRankTeamGPWLDPCTGBHomeRoad 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 standingsRankTeam 1Kia Tigers144875520.613 -42-30-145-25-1W2 Korean Series 2Samsung Lions144786420.549941-32-037-32-2L1 Playoff 3LG Twins144766620.5351139-33-137-33-1W2 Semi-Playoff 4Doosan Bears144746820.5211339-31-135-37-1W4 Wild Card Game5KT Wiz144727020.5071534-36-138-34-1W36SSG Landers144727020.5071535-35-137-35-1W4Did not qualify7Lotte Giants144667440.4712037-31-329-43-1W18Hanwha Eagles144667620.4652130-39-236-37-0L29NC Dinos144618120.4302634-39-027-42-210Kiwoom Heroes144588600.4033032-41-026-45-0L5 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 () and the Dream All-Stars (). 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 TeamsTeamAll-Star TeamKia TigersHanwha EaglesLG TwinsNC DinosKiwoom HeroesDoosan BearsKT WizLotte GiantsSamsung LionsSSG 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#NameNo.Pos.TeamVotesScore1 Kim Do-yeong5 3BKia0.200501000001,353,56216044.262 Kim Hye-seong3 2BKiwoom0.500311001001,286,12418945.50Song Sung-mun240.00010000100-3 Ronnie Dawson27 CF0.000200000101,012,6949630.91Hong Chang-ki51LG0.00020000000-4 Austin Dean23 1B0.500422120005 Na Sung-bum47 RFKia0.250401000101,133,87611435.216 Choi Hyoung-woo34 DH0.750413120101,167,4269834.457 Yonathan Perlaza30 LF Hanwha0.000200000101,276,71514240.92Kim Hyun-soo22LG0.00020000000-8 Park Dong-won27 C0.50020100000923,26413032.14Kim Hyung-jun25NC0.00010000010-Choi Jae-hoon13Hanwha0.000100000009 Park Chan-ho1 SSKia0.500402000001,130,55912436.07 +Nanum All-Stars PitchingNameNo.Pos.TeamVotesScore Ryu Hyun-jin99 SP Hanwha0.0011200100979,86715535.69 Jeon Sang-hyun51 RP Kia0.00115000001,254,52811137.55 Joo Hyun-sang66 CPHanwha0.00112001001,396,07714443.69
Dream All-Stars Lineup
Manager: Lee Kang-chul (KT Wiz) +Dream All-Stars Batting#NameNo.Pos.TeamVotesScore1 Koo Ja-wook5 DHSamsung0.000200000001,183,4827432.562 Jung Soo-bin31 CFDoosan0.000200000201,041,6288730.703 Yang Eui-ji25 C0.000100000001,362,77319547.724 Choi Jeong14 3BSSG0.50021100000963,31215935.715 David MacKinnon24 1BSamsung0.667312120001,167,2009534.176 Yoon Dong-hee91 RF0.000300000101,038,7356628.687 Ryu Ji-hyuk16 2B0.333301000001,303,3674932.838 Lee Jae-hyeon7 SSSamsung0.000300000001,178,1097132.179 Hwang Seong-bin0 LFLotte0.33330100000- +Dream All-Stars PitchingNameNo.Pos.TeamVotesScore Won Tae-in18 SPSamsung0.00121001101,282,67111138.16 Kim Taek-yeon63 RPDoosan9.00110101001,345,25721148.83 Oh Seung-hwan21 CPSamsung0.002/3600000846,62811228.80
Result
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
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.
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 CardGameDateScoreVenueTimeDurationAttendance1October 2, 2024KT Wiz – 4, Doosan Bears – 0Jamsil Baseball Stadium 18:30 KST3:1323,7502October 3, 2024KT Wiz – 1, Doosan Bears – 0 14:00 KST2:5523,750
Semi-playoff Quarterfinals – best of 5 series.
The Twins eliminated the Wiz in five games.
LG Twins vs KT Wiz +Semi-playoffGameDateScoreVenueTimeDurationAttendance1October 5, 2024KT Wiz – 3, LG Twins – 2Jamsil Baseball Stadium 14:00 KST2:3623,7502October 6, 2024KT Wiz – 2, LG Twins – 7 14:00 KST3:1723,7503October 8, 2024LG Twins – 6, KT Wiz – 5Suwon KT Wiz Park 18:30 KST3:0717,6004October 9, 2024LG Twins – 5, KT Wiz – 6 14:00 KST4:1017,6005October 11, 2024KT Wiz – 1, LG Twins – 4Jamsil Baseball Stadium 18:30 KST2:4223,750
Playoff Semi-finals – best of 5 series.
Game 2 was rained out, so the game was played on October 15, instead of the 14th.
Game 4 was rained out, so the game was played on October 19, instead of the 18th.
Samsung ultimately won the series 3–1.
Samsung Lions vs LG Twins +PlayoffGameDateScoreVenueTimeDurationAttendance1October 13, 2024LG Twins – 4, Samsung Lions – 10Daegu Samsung Lions Park 14:00 KST3:1523,5502October 15, 2024LG Twins – 5, Samsung Lions – 10 18:30 KST3:2023,5503October 17, 2024Samsung Lions – 0, LG Twins – 1Jamsil Baseball Stadium 18:30 KST2:4823,7504October 19, 2024Samsung Lions – 1, LG Twins – 014:00 KST2:5423,750
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 SeriesGameDateScoreVenueTimeDurationAttendance1October 21–23, 2024Samsung Lions – 1, Kia Tigers – 5Gwangju-Kia Champions Field18:30 KST, 16:00 KST3:16 (1:48, 1:28)19,3002October 23, 2024Samsung Lions – 3, Kia Tigers – 818:30 KST3:0819,3003October 25, 2024Kia Tigers – 2, Samsung Lions – 4Daegu Samsung Lions Park18:30 KST3:0923,5504October 26, 2024Kia Tigers – 9, Samsung Lions – 214:00 KST3:1723,5505October 28, 2024Samsung Lions – 5, Kia Tigers – 7Gwangju-Kia Champions Field18:30 KST3:5119,300
Legend • WC: Wild Card winner • SPO: Semi-playoff winner • PO: Playoff winner
Note: All dates and times are in KST (Korea Standard Time).
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