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Revision as of 08:02, 19 January 2018
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| 롯데 자이언츠 | |||||
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| League | KBO League (1982–present) | ||||
| Location | Busan, South Korea | ||||
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| Established | 1975 | ||||
| Nickname(s) | Busan Seagulls | ||||
| Korean Series championships | (2) 1984, 1992 | ||||
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| Colors | Black and orange | ||||
| Retired numbers | 11[1] | ||||
| Ownership | Lotte | ||||
| Manager | Cho Won-woo | ||||
| Website | http://www.giantsclub.com | ||||
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The Lotte Giants (Template:Lang-ko) are a professional baseball team based in the southeastern city of Busan, South Korea, and one of the original franchises of the KBO League. The Lotte Giants are owned by the South Korean-Japanese Lotte conglomerate, which also owns the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball.
From 1982 through 1986, they played at Gudeok Baseball Stadium and since then have played at Sajik Baseball Stadium. They won the KBO Championship twice, in 1984 and 1992. The team drew about 1.38 million spectators during the 2009 season, a record which remains as the highest attendance[2] in a single season in any Korean sports league.
They are often called the Busan Seagulls (Template:Lang-ko) because the official bird of the city of Busan is the seagull, and their main fight song is Busan Seagulls. Coincidentally, a seagull also serves as the mascot for the Chiba Lotte Marines.
History
The Lotte Giants were founded as an amateur baseball team of the Korea Baseball Association in Seoul, South Korea, on May 6th, 1975, when there was no professional sports team in the country. On February 22nd, 1982, the Giants became professional and moved to Busan, the second largest city in South Korea after Seoul.
1982 season
The Lotte Giants made their KBO League debut against the Haitai Tigers at Gudeok Baseball Stadium on March 28th, 1982. They defeated the Tigers 14–2, but finished the year in fifth place out of six teams with a .388 winning percentage. Choi Dong-won, Yu Do-yeol, and Sim Jae-won of the Korea national baseball team postponed joining the Giants to play for the country in the 1982 Amateur World Series held in Seoul.
1984 season
In 1984, the Giants won their first Korean Series title in the third season after the KBO League was launched. They beat the Samsung Lions 4–3 in the Korean Series. They were led by Choi Dong-won, one of the most dominant pitchers in the Korea Professional Baseball league, who finished the 1984 season with 27 wins, 223 strikeouts, and a 2.40 ERA and won the regular season MVP Award.[3] In the 1984 Korean Series, he appeared in five out of seven games, had a 4–1 record (one shutout, three complete games, and one five-inning relief appearance), and pitched 40 innings in ten days.[3]
Popularity and attendance
The Giants are the most popular team in the Korea Baseball Organization league.[4] According to a Gallup Korea's survey conducted in 2011, the Giants were chosen as the most popular team three times in a row.[4] They attracted over 1 million fans to Sajik Baseball Stadium in 1991 for the first time in league history. In the 2009 season, they set the all-time record of home attendance of 1,380,018 fans.[2] In the 2011 season, they also led the league in the total home attendance with 1,358,322 fans at 67 home games.[5] The average attendance was 20,273 fans per game, meaning the stadium was 71 percent full on average per game.[5] From 2008 to 2011, they drew over 1 million fans four years consecutively, which was the first time in Korean professional baseball history.
Season-by-season records
| Season | Stadium | League | Finish | Regular season | Postseason | Awards | ||||||||
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| Rank | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win% | BA | HR | ERA | ||||||
| 1982 | Gudeok Baseball Stadium | KBO | 5/6 | 5/6 | 40 | 13 | 27 | 0 | .325 | .256 | 59 | 3.95 | Did not qualify | |
| 5/6 | 40 | 18 | 22 | 0 | .450 | |||||||||
| 1983 | KBO | 6/6 | 4/6 | 50 | 22 | 27 | 1 | .449 | .244 | 78 | 3.79 | Did not qualify | ||
| 6/6 | 50 | 21 | 29 | 0 | .420 | |||||||||
| 1984 | KBO | 1/6 | 4/6 | 50 | 21 | 28 | 1 | .429 | .257 | 71 | 3.31 | Won Korean Series vs. Samsung Lions 4–3 | Choi Dong-won (MVP) | |
| 1/6 | 50 | 29 | 20 | 1 | .592 | |||||||||
| 1985 | KBO | 2/6 | 4/6 | 55 | 27 | 28 | 0 | .491 | .256 | 77 | 3.05 | Did not qualify | ||
| 2/6 | 55 | 32 | 23 | 0 | .582 | |||||||||
| 1986 | Sajik Baseball Stadium | KBO | 4/7 | 3/7 | 54 | 30 | 20 | 4 | .600 | .248 | 37 | 2.74 | Did not qualify | |
| 5/7 | 54 | 20 | 32 | 2 | .385 | |||||||||
| 1987 | KBO | 3/7 | 4/7 | 54 | 27 | 25 | 2 | .519 | .268 | 40 | 3.36 | Did not qualify | ||
| 3/7 | 54 | 27 | 24 | 3 | .528 | |||||||||
| 1988 | KBO | 3/7 | 4/7 | 54 | 29 | 24 | 1 | .546 | .270 | 68 | 3.59 | Did not qualify | ||
| T-3/7 | 54 | 28 | 25 | 1 | .528 | |||||||||
| 1989 | KBO | 7/7 | 7/7 | 120 | 48 | 67 | 5 | .421 | .247 | 38 | 3.91 | Did not qualify | ||
| 1990 | KBO | 6/7 | 6/7 | 120 | 44 | 71 | 4 | .388 | .245 | 41 | 4.43 | Did not qualify | ||
| 1991 | KBO | 4/8 | 4/8 | 126 | 61 | 62 | 3 | .496 | .260 | 73 | 3.91 | Lost Semi-playoff vs. Samsung Lions 1–1–2 | ||
| 1992 | KBO | 1/8 | 3/8 | 126 | 71 | 55 | 1 | .563 | .288 | 68 | 4.28 | Won Semi-playoff vs. Samsung Lions 2–0 Won Playoff vs. Haitai Tigers 3–2 Won Korean Series vs. Binggrae Eagles 4–1 |
Yeom Jong-seok (ROTY) | |
| 1993 | KBO | 6/8 | 6/8 | 126 | 62 | 63 | 1 | .496 | .248 | 29 | 3.33 | Did not qualify | ||
| 1994 | KBO | 6/8 | 6/8 | 126 | 56 | 67 | 3 | .456 | .257 | 58 | 4.44 | Did not qualify | ||
| 1995 | KBO | 2/8 | 2/8 | 126 | 68 | 53 | 5 | .560 | .255 | 65 | 3.47 | Won Playoff vs. LG Twins 4–2 Lost Korean Series vs. OB Bears 3–4 |
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| 1996 | KBO | 5/8 | 5/8 | 126 | 57 | 63 | 6 | .476 | .274 | 72 | 4.16 | Did not qualify | ||
| 1997 | KBO | 8/8 | 8/8 | 126 | 48 | 77 | 1 | .385 | .237 | 75 | 4.58 | Did not qualify | ||
| 1998 | KBO | 8/8 | 8/8 | 126 | 50 | 72 | 4 | .410 | .255 | 86 | 4.61 | Did not qualify | ||
| 1999 | Dream League | 2/8 | 1/4 | 132 | 75 | 52 | 5 | .591 | .291 | 145 | 4.18 | Won Playoff vs. Samsung Lions 4–3 Lost Korean Series vs. Hanwha Eagles 1–4 |
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| 2000 | Magic League | 5/8 | 2/4 | 133 | 65 | 64 | 4 | .504 | .260 | 104 | 4.02 | Lost Semi-playoff vs. Samsung Lions 1–2 | ||
| 2001 | KBO | 8/8 | 8/8 | 133 | 59 | 70 | 4 | .457 | .280 | 121 | 4.68 | Did not qualify | ||
| 2002 | KBO | 8/8 | 8/8 | 133 | 35 | 97 | 1 | .265 | .245 | 85 | 4.74 | Did not qualify | ||
| 2003 | KBO | 8/8 | 8/8 | 133 | 39 | 91 | 3 | .300 | .256 | 73 | 5.01 | Did not qualify | ||
| 2004 | KBO | 8/8 | 8/8 | 133 | 50 | 72 | 11 | .410 | .252 | 88 | 4.22 | Did not qualify | ||
| 2005 | KBO | 5/8 | 5/8 | 126 | 58 | 67 | 1 | .464 | .253 | 83 | 4.31 | Did not qualify | Son Min-han (MVP) | |
| 2006 | KBO | 7/8 | 7/8 | 126 | 50 | 73 | 3 | .407 | .250 | 88 | 3.88 | Did not qualify | ||
| 2007 | KBO | 7/8 | 7/8 | 126 | 55 | 68 | 3 | .447 | .270 | 76 | 4.14 | Did not qualify | ||
| 2008 | KBO | 4/8 | 3/8 | 126 | 69 | 57 | 0 | .548 | .282 | 93 | 3.68 | Lost Semi-playoff vs. Samsung Lions 0–3 | ||
| 2009 | KBO | 4/8 | 4/8 | 133 | 66 | 67 | 0 | .496 | .277 | 121 | 4.75 | Lost Semi-playoff vs. Doosan Bears 1–3 | ||
| 2010 | KBO | 4/8 | 4/8 | 133 | 69 | 61 | 3 | .531 | .288 | 185 | 4.82 | Lost Semi-playoff vs. Doosan Bears 2–3 | Lee Dae-ho (MVP) | |
| 2011 | KBO | 3/8 | 2/8 | 133 | 72 | 56 | 5 | .563 | .288 | 111 | 4.20 | Lost Playoff vs. SK Wyverns 2–3 | ||
| 2012 | KBO | 3/8 | 4/8 | 133 | 65 | 62 | 6 | .512 | .263 | 73 | 3.48 | Won Semi-playoff vs. Doosan Bears 3–1 Lost Playoff vs. SK Wyverns 2–3 |
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| 2013 | KBO | 5/9 | 5/9 | 128 | 66 | 58 | 4 | .532 | .261 | 61 | 3.93 | Did not qualify | ||
| 2014 | KBO | 7/9 | 7/9 | 128 | 59 | 68 | 1 | .457 | .287 | 121 | 5.19 | Did not qualify | ||
| 2015 | KBO | 8/10 | 8/10 | 144 | 66 | 77 | 1 | .462 | .280 | 177 | 5.07 | Did not qualify | ||
| 2016 | KBO | 8/10 | 8/10 | 144 | 66 | 78 | 0 | .458 | .288 | 127 | 5.63 | Did not qualify | ||
| 2017 | KBO | 4/10 | 3/10 | 144 | 80 | 62 | 2 | .563 | .286 | 151 | 4.57 | Lost Semi-playoff vs. NC Dinos 2–3 | ||
| Overall record | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win% | ||||||||||
| 2073 | 2304 | 106 | .474 | |||||||||||
| 39 | 42 | 1 | .481 | |||||||||||
| 2112 | 2346 | 107 | .474 | |||||||||||
Current roster
Retired numbers
 Choi Dong-won P |
- Number 11
- The club's first retired number is Choi Dong-won's squad number 11. He was one of the top pitchers in the Korea Professional Baseball league and died of cancer in 2011.[1] He played for the team from 1983-1988 and won the KBO MVP in 1984.
References
- General
- "Complete league history and statistics" (in Korean). Korean Baseball League. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
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- Specific
- ^ a b Yoon, Hyun (2011-09-30). "Iron arm Choi Dong-Won becomes Busans everlasting number 11" (in Korean). Ohmynews.com. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ^ a b KBO 역대관중현황 Archived December 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Template:Ko icon 한국시리즈 '나홀로 4승' 불꽃투, 우승 이끌다 Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Seoul. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ a b 프로야구 롯데, 3회 연속 최고 인기구단 (in Korean). Article.joinsmsn.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b 홈관중몰이 1위 롯데 (in Korean). News.sportsseoul.com. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
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