In baseball, completing the cycle is the accomplishment of hitting a single, a double, a triple, and a home run in the same game. 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 '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.

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. is the only player to have hit a grand slam as the home run of the cycle.

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 's cycle in 1982 until 's in 1987.

Cycles by player + Key to symbols in player tableDenotes a natural cycleIndicates that a hit required for the cycle was acquired during extra inningsNumber 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 Samsung Lions Sammi Superstars Gudeok Baseball Stadium 2 Binggrae Eagles OB Bears Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium 3 Lotte Giants Cheongbo Pintos Incheon Sungui Baseball Stadium 4 Binggrae Eagles Pacific Dolphins Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium 5 OB Bears Lotte Giants Jamsil Baseball Stadium 6 LG Twins Lotte Giants Sajik Baseball Stadium 7 * Lotte Giants Hanhwa Eagles Sajik Baseball Stadium 8 Yang Joon-hyuk Samsung Lions Hyundai Unicorns Daegu Baseball Stadium 9 Manny Martínez Samsung Lions Haitai Tigers Daegu Baseball Stadium 10 Jeon Jun-ho Hyundai Unicorns Samsung Lions Daegu Baseball Stadium 11 Yang Joon-hyuk Samsung Lions Hyundai Unicorns Suwon Baseball Stadium 12 Hanhwa Eagles Doosan Bears Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium 13 LG Twins Samsung Lions Daegu Baseball Stadium 14 Lee Jong-wook Doosan Bears LG Twins Jamsil Baseball Stadium 15 Lee Byung-kyu LG Twins Nexen Heroes Mokdong Baseball Stadium 16 Oh Jae-won Doosan Bears Hanhwa Eagles Jamsil Baseball Stadium 17 Eric Thames NC Dinos KIA Tigers Gwangju-Kia Champions Field 18 Eric Thames NC Dinos Nexen Heroes Mokdong Baseball Stadium 19 Kim Joo-chan KIA Tigers Nexen Heroes Gwangju-Kia Champions Field 20 Park Kun-woo Doosan Bears KIA Tigers Gwangju-Kia Champions Field 21 Choi Hyoung-woo Samsung Lions kt wiz Suwon Baseball Stadium 22 Seo Geon-chang Nexen Heroes Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium 23 Jung Jin-ho Doosan Bears Samsung Lions Jamsil Baseball Stadium 24 Roger Bernadina KIA Tigers kt wiz Gwangju-Kia Champions Field 25 Mel Rojas Jr. kt wiz Samsung Lions Daegu Samsung Lions Park 26 Kim Hye-seong Kiwoom Heroes kt wiz Gocheok Sky Dome 27 Lotte Giants Hanhwa Eagles Sajik Baseball Stadium 28 Yang Eui-ji NC Dinos Samsung Lions Daegu Samsung Lions Park 29 Jung-hoo Lee Kiwoom Heroes Hanhwa Eagles Daejeon Hanwha Life Eagles Park 30 Kang Seung-ho Doosan Bears KIA Tigers Gwangju-Kia Champions Field 31 Kim Do-yeong* 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 allowedFranchiseActive datesCycles hitCycles allowedOB Bears / Doosan Bears 1982–present 6 3Samsung Lions 1982–present 5 5Haitai Tigers / KIA Tigers 1982–present 3 4MBC Chungyong / LG Twins 1982–present 3 1Lotte Giants 1982–present 3 2Binggrae Eagles / Hanhwa Eagles 1986–present 3 4SK Wyverns / SSG Landers 2000–present 0 0Woori Heroes / Heroes / Seoul Heroes / Nexen Heroes / Kiwoom Heroes 2008–present 3 3NC Dinos 2013–present 3 1kt wiz 2015–present 1 3Sammi Superstars / Chungbo Pintos / Pacific Dolphins / Hyundai Unicorns 1982–2007 1 5Ssangbangwool Raiders 1991–1999 0 0

See also

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

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