Samsung Lions

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Samsung Lions
삼성 라이온즈
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LeagueKBO League (1982–present)
LocationDaegu, South Korea
BallparkDaegu Samsung Lions Park (2016–present)
Year established1982; 40 years ago (1982)
League championships1982,[a] 1984,[b] 1985,[c] 1986,[b] 1987,[c] 1999,[d] 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Korean Series championships1985, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Former ballparksDaegu Baseball Stadium (1982–2015)
ColorsBlue, white and grey
     
Retired numbers10, 22, 36
OwnershipCheil Worldwide
(Samsung's subsidiary)
ManagerHeo Sam-yeong
Websitewww.samsunglions.com
Uniforms
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The Samsung Lions (Korean: 삼성 라이온즈)[1] are a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982. They are based in the southeastern city of Daegu and are members of the KBO League. Their home stadium is Daegu Samsung Lions Park. They have won the Korean Series eight times (they have also finished runner-up ten times). The Samsung Lions is the first team to win four consecutive Korean Series titles (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014). The Samsung Lions are also the first Korean team ever to win a regular league title for five consecutive years (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015).

History[]

The Samsung Lions were founded in 1982 as one of the original six KBO League teams. They won their first championship in 1985, going 40-14-1 in the first half and 37-18 in the second half for a total of 77–32 for the best one-season winning percentage in KBO League history (a record that still stands). The 1985 team had two 25-game-winners on their staff, Kim Si-jin and Kim ll-young; as the Lions were winners of both half-season pennants that year, no Korean Series was held and the Lions were declared champions outright.[2]

The Lions would also win the championship in 2002, 2005 and 2006, having the best record in each one of those years. In 2010, Ryu Jung-il was hired as the new manager of the Samsung Lions. He led the team to the best record in the league and its fifth KBO title in 2011. After the KBO League, the Samsung Lions won the Asian Series championship. The Samsung Lions became the first team to win the pennant race, the Korean Series, and the Asian Series in the same year.

In 2012, one of the most notable players on the team, Lee Seung-yuop, returned to South Korea from Japan. With his help, the Samsung Lions won their sixth championship in the 2012 season. They won another two championships in 2013 and 2014, for a total of eight Korean Series championships.[3][4] In 2016, Samsung Lions moved to their new stadium, Daegu Samsung Lions Park.[5]

Season-by-season records[]

Season Stadium League Finish Regular season Postseason Awards
Rank Games Wins Losses Draws Win% BA HR ERA
Daegu Baseball Stadium KBO 2/6 2/6 40 26 14 0 .650 .266 57 2.70 Lost Korean Series vs. OB Bears (1–1–4)
1/6 40 28 12 0 .700
KBO 4/6 5/6 50 21 26 3 .447 .263 90 3.42 Did not qualify Lee Man-soo (MVP)
2/6 50 25 24 1 .510
KBO 2/6 1/6 50 32 18 0 .640 .270 78 3.35 Lost Korean Series vs. Lotte Giants (3–4)  
5/6 50 23 27 0 .460
KBO 1/6 1/6 55 40 14 1 .741 .276 97 2.98 Not held[e]  
1/6 55 37 18 0 .673
KBO 2/7 1/7 54 39 15 0 .722 .276 74 2.95 Won Playoff vs. OB Bears (3–2)
Lost Korean Series vs. Haitai Tigers (1–4)		  
4/7 54 31 22 1 .585
KBO 2/7 1/7 54 33 21 0 .611 .300 105 3.58 Lost Korean Series vs. Haitai Tigers (0–4) Jang Hyo-jo (MVP)
1/7 54 31 23 0 .444
KBO 3/7 5/7 54 23 30 1 .435 .278 85 4.18 Lost Playoff vs. Binggrae Eagles (0–3)  
2/7 54 33 20 1 .620
KBO 4/7 4/7 120 57 58 5 .496 .272 96 4.42 Did not qualify  
KBO 2/7 2/7 120 66 52 2 .558 .263 131 4.13 Won Semi-playoff vs. Binggrae Eagles (2–0)
Won Playoff vs. Haitai Tigers (3–0)
Lost Korean Series vs. LG Twins (0–4)		  
KBO 3/8 3/8 126 70 55 1 .560 .272 108 4.23 Won Semi-playoff vs. Lotte Giants (2–1–1)
Lost Playoff vs. Binggrae Eagles (1–3)
KBO 4/8 4/8 126 67 57 2 .540 .265 124 4.55 Lost Semi-playoff vs. Lotte Giants (0–2)
KBO 2/8 2/8 126 73 48 5 .599 .268 133 2.95 Won Playoff vs. LG Twins (3–2)
Lost Korean Series vs. Haitai Tigers (2–1–4)		 (MVP)
Yang Joon-hyuk (ROTY)
KBO 5/8 5/8 126 60 64 2 .484 .260 106 3.47 Did not qualify  
KBO 5/8 5/8 126 60 60 6 .500 .250 94 3.90 Did not qualify (ROTY)
KBO 6/8 6/8 126 54 67 5 .448 .249 88 4.23 Did not qualify
KBO 3/8 4/8 126 66 53 7 .552 .277 165 4.23 Won Semi-playoff vs. Ssangbangwool Raiders (2–1)
Lost Playoff vs. LG Twins (2–3)		 Lee Seung-yuop (MVP)
KBO 3/8 2/8 126 66 58 2 .532 .268 143 4.32 Lost Playoff vs. LG Twins (1–3)  
Magic League 4/8 1/4 132 73 57 2 .562 .273 207 5.16 Lost Playoff vs. Lotte Giants (3–4) Lee Seung-yuop (MVP)
Dream League 3/8 3/4 133 69 59 5 .539 .269 177 4.64 Lost Playoff vs. Hyundai Unicorns (0–4)  
KBO 2/8 1/8 133 81 52 0 .609 .277 162 4.39 Lost Korean Series vs. Doosan Bears (2–4) Lee Seung-yuop (MVP)
KBO 1/8 1/8 133 82 47 4 .636 .284 191 3.92 Won Korean Series vs. LG Twins (4–2) Lee Seung-yuop (MVP)
KBO 4/8 3/8 133 76 53 4 .589 .284 213 4.37 Lost Semi-playoff vs. SK Wyverns (0–2) Lee Seung-yuop (MVP)
KBO 2/8 2/8 133 73 52 8 .584 .269 132 3.76 Won Playoff vs. Doosan Bears (3–1)
Lost Korean Series vs. Hyundai Unicorns (2–3–4)		 Bae Young-soo (MVP)
KBO 1/8 1/8 126 74 48 4 .607 .268 111 3.83 Won Korean Series vs. Doosan Bears (4–0) Oh Seung-hwan (ROTY)
KBO 1/8 1/8 126 73 50 3 .593 .255 73 3.33 Won Korean Series vs. Hanwha Eagles (4–1–1)
2007 KBO 4/8 4/8 126 62 60 4 .508 .254 86 3.71 Lost Semi-playoff vs. Hanwha Eagles (1–2)  
2008 KBO 4/8 4/8 126 65 61 0 .516 .258 92 4.42 Won Semi-playoff vs. Lotte Giants (3–0)
Lost Playoff vs. Doosan Bears (2–4)		 Choi Hyoung-woo (ROTY)
2009 KBO 5/8 5/8 133 64 69 0 .481 .275 146 4.98 Did not qualify  
2010 KBO 2/8 2/8 133 79 52 2 .594 .272 118 3.94 Won Playoff vs. Doosan Bears (3–2)
Lost Korean Series vs. SK Wyverns (0–4)		  
2011 KBO 1/8 1/8 133 79 50 4 .612 .259 95 3.35 Won Korean Series vs. SK Wyverns (4–1) (ROTY)
2012 KBO 1/8 1/8 133 80 51 2 .611 .272 89 3.44 Won Korean Series vs. SK Wyverns (4–2)  
2013 KBO 1/9 1/9 128 75 51 2 .595 .283 113 3.99 Won Korean Series vs. Doosan Bears (4–3)  
2014 KBO 1/9 1/9 128 78 47 3 .624 .301 161 4.52 Won Korean Series vs. Nexen Heroes (4–2)  
2015 KBO 2/10 1/10 144 88 56 0 .611 .302 176 4.70 Lost Korean Series vs. Doosan Bears (1–4) Koo Ja-wook (ROTY)
2016 Daegu Samsung Lions Park KBO 9/10 9/10 144 65 78 1 .455 .293 142 5.65 Did not qualify  
2017 KBO 9/10 9/10 144 55 84 5 .396 .280 145 5.90 Did not qualify  
2018 KBO 6/10 6/10 144 68 72 4 .486 .288 146 5.19 Did not qualify  
2019 KBO 8/10 8/10 144 60 83 1 .420 .256 122 4.64 Did not qualify  
2020 KBO 8/10 8/10 144 64 75 5 .460 .268 129 4.22 Did not qualify  
Overall record Games Wins Losses Draws Win% Samsung Lions.svg
Regular Season 4915 2644 2163 108 .549
Postseason 171 74 90 7 .453
Total 5086 2718 2253 115 .546
  1. ^ Latter half pennant winner.
  2. ^ a b First half pennant winner.
  3. ^ a b Both first and latter halves pennant winner.
  4. ^ Magic League winners.
  5. ^ The 1985 Korean Series was not played, as the Samsung Lions finished in the first place in both parts of the regular league season and thus were declared champions outright.

Current roster[]

Samsung Lions roster
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updated on 11 January 2018
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Korean Baseball League MVP[]

Player Records (batter)[]

Batting average[]

1983 Jang Hyo-jo AVG .369
1984 Lee Man-soo AVG .340
1985 Jang Hyo-jo AVG .373
1986 Jang Hyo-jo AVG .329
1987 Jang Hyo-jo AVG .387
1993 Yang Joon-hyuk AVG .341
1996 Yang Joon-hyuk AVG .346
1998 Yang Joon-hyuk AVG .342

Home runs[]

1983 Lee Man-soo 27 HR
1984 Lee Man-soo 23 HR
1985 Lee Man-soo 22 HR
1987 22 HR
1993 28 HR
1997 Lee Seung-yuop 32 HR
1999 Lee Seung-yuop 54 HR
2001 Lee Seung-yuop 39 HR
2002 Lee Seung-yuop 47 HR
2003 Lee Seung-yuop 56 HR
2007 Shim Jeong-soo 31 HR
2011 Choi Hyoung-woo 30 HR

Retired numbers[]

The first number retired by the Samsung Lions organization was number 22, in honor of catcher and slugger Lee Man-soo, who played for the team from 1982 to 1997, and was later a coach with the Chicago White Sox of the MLB and the SK Wyverns. Lee was a five-time KBO League Golden Glove Award-winner with the Lions, won the KBO League MVP in 1983,[6] and the hitting Triple Crown in 1984. The second number retired by the Samsung Lions organization was number 10, in honor of left-handed batter Yang Joon-hyuk, who played for the team from 1993 to 1998 and from 2002 to 2010.[6] Yang led the league in batting four times, and holds six career batting records (including at one time the home run record with 351, now surpassed by Lee Seung-yeop).[6] The third retired number, 36, was retired in honor of Lee Seung-yuop, who has spent 15 seasons with the club and is the all-time KBO League leader in home runs with 467.[7] Lee also holds the KBO records for runs scored, RBIs, total bases, slugging percentage, and OPS.

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Yang Joon-hyuk
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Lee Man-soo
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Lee Seung-yuop
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Managers[]

References[]

General
  • "Complete league history and statistics" (in Korean). Korean Baseball League. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
Specific
  1. ^ 삼성라이온즈 (in Korean). Samsung Lions official website. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  2. ^ Young Hoon Lee, Rodney Fort, editors. The Sports Business in The Pacific Rim: Economics and Policy (Springer, Oct 31, 2014) p. 178.
  3. ^ "Samsung wins 3rd straight title in Game 7". The Korea Observer. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  4. ^ Nam Hyun-woo (21 November 2014). "Lion King! Samsung wins 4th straight KBO title". The Korea Times. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  5. ^ Jung, Yunsik (22 March 2016). "삼성 라이온즈 파크' 개장…"국내 최고 시설" [Samsung Lions Park is opened] (in Korean). news.sbs.co.kr. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  6. ^ a b c 레전드 [History -> Legends] (in Korean). Samsung Lions official website. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Legendary slugger homers twice in final game". Yonhap News Agency. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.

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