KBO League
Current season, competition or edition: 2017 KBO League season
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| Sport | Baseball |
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| Founded | 1982 1981 (KBO founded) |
| Founder | Korea Baseball Organization |
| No. of teams | 10 |
| Country | South Korea |
| Venue(s) | 9 |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Doosan Bears (5th title) |
| Most titles | Kia Tigers (10 titles) |
| TV partner(s) | KBS, MBC, SBS, Sky Sports, SPOTV |
| Official website | koreabaseball.com |
The KBO League (Hangul: KBO 리그), originally called the Korea Baseball Championship (Hangul: 한국야구선수권대회; Romanization: Hanguk Yagu Seonsukkwon Daehoe) is the highest level league of baseball in South Korea. The KBO League was founded with six franchises in 1982, and has expanded to ten franchises. Nine of the ten franchises are named after the companies or business conglomerates which own them, while one sold their naming rights (Nexen Heroes).
The first game was played on March 27, 1982 between Samsung Lions and the MBC Chungyong (now the LG Twins) at Dongdaemun Baseball Stadium, Seoul. Then-president Chun Doo-hwan threw the first pitch.
The inaugural franchises were:
In 1985, the Sammi Superstars became known as the Cheongbo Pintos. The next year, 1986, saw some major changes, with the OB Bears moving from Daejeon to share the Seoul's Jamsil Baseball Stadium with MBC Chungyong in Seoul. A new franchise, the Binggrae Eagles, joined to replace vacancy of Daejeon by OB's moving and expanding the league to seven franchises. 1988 saw the Cheongbo Pintos change ownership again, becoming the Pacific Dolphins. In 1990, MBC Chungyong became the LG Twins and an eighth franchise was added, the Ssangbangwool Raiders who represented the Jeollabuk-do region.
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