2024 KBO League season

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)
KBO League seasons
← 2023 2025 →

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]

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.

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]

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

These are the final preseason standings.

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

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.

These are the final 2024 KBO League regular season standings.

Note: Draw results are ignored by the league when calculating win percentage and games behind.

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.

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.

Manager: Youm Kyoung-youb (LG Twins)

Manager: Lee Kang-chul (KT Wiz)

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).

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.

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

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.

Quarterfinals – best of 5 series.

The Twins eliminated the Wiz in five games.

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.

Finals – best of 7 series.

The Tigers won the 2024 Korean Series in five games.

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

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

• KBO official website