# 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. 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 standings :
| 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 | 3 | 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 |
| 6 | Samsung Lions | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.400 | 5 | 2-3-0 | 2–3–0 |
| 8 | Lotte Giants | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | 5 | 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 :
| 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 | Wild Card Game |
| 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 | Did not qualify |
| 8 | Hanwha Eagles | 144 | 66 | 76 | 2 | 0.465 | 21 | 30-39-2 | 36-37-0 | L2 | Did not qualify |
| 9 | NC Dinos | 144 | 61 | 81 | 2 | 0.430 | 26 | 34-39-0 | 27-42-2 | L2 | Did not qualify |
| 10 | Kiwoom Heroes | 144 | 58 | 86 | 0 | 0.403 | 30 | 32-41-0 | 26-45-0 | L5 | Did not qualify |
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 | Nanum All-Stars |
| LG Twins | Nanum All-Stars |
| NC Dinos | Nanum All-Stars |
| Kiwoom Heroes | Nanum All-Stars |
| Doosan Bears | Dream All-Stars |
| KT Wiz | Dream All-Stars |
| Lotte Giants | Dream All-Stars |
| Samsung Lions | Dream All-Stars |
| SSG Landers | Dream All-Stars |
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 |
| 3 | Ronnie Dawson | 27 | CF | Kiwoom | 0.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1,012,694 | 96 | 30.91 |
| 4 | Austin Dean | 23 | 1B | LG | 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 | Kia | 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 |
| 8 | Park Dong-won | 27 | C | LG | 0.500 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 923,264 | 130 | 32.14 |
| 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 | Doosan | 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 | Samsung | 0.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1,038,735 | 66 | 28.68 |
| 7 | Ryu Ji-hyuk | 16 | 2B | Samsung | 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 | Wild Card | Wild Card | Semi-playoff | Semi-playoff | Semi-playoff | Playoff | Playoff | Playoff | Korean Series | Korean Series | 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.
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 | Jamsil Baseball Stadium | 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 | Jamsil Baseball Stadium | 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 | Suwon KT Wiz Park | 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.
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

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 | Daegu Samsung Lions Park | 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 | Jamsil Baseball Stadium | 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 | Gwangju-Kia Champions Field | 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 | Daegu Samsung Lions Park | 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
Note: All dates and times are in KST (Korea Standard Time).