2025 KBO League season

2025 KBO League
2025 신한 SOL Bank KBO 리그
AssociationKBO
LeagueKBO League
SportBaseball
Defending championsKia Tigers (2024)
HostsShinhan Bank
DurationMarch 22 – August 31
Number of games144 per team
Number of teams10
Total attendance6,223,452
Average attendance17,239
TV partner(s)KBS, MBC, SBS & SPOTV
Streaming partner(s)TVING (South Korea)
SOOP Live (International)
Regular Season
Preseason
First placeKT Wiz
  Runners-upHanwha Eagles
Postseason
Korean Series

The 2025 KBO League season, officially known as the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League (Korean: 2025 신한 SOL Bank KBO 리그)[1] for sponsorship reasons, is an ongoing professional baseball season based in South Korea; the 44th in the history of the KBO League. The league's format and makeup did not change in the 2025 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 Eagles and Bears changed their branding and cap insignia prior to the season. The Eagles also moved to a new stadium, Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark.

The Tigers entered the season as the defending champions from the 2024 season.

Rules

The Korea Baseball Organization announced rule changes for the 2025 season, including the pitch clock and the Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS). The KBO will implement the pitch clock starting in the regular season, with pitchers starting their delivery within 20 seconds with the bases empty and 25 seconds with runners on. The league will also have a 33-second limit between trips to the plate for batters, with only two timeouts per plate appearance. The KBO will not have a limit on the number of disengagements for pitchers, a departure from the MLB's two-pickoffs rule. The ABS was readjusted in 2025, with the top and bottom units lowered without changes to the size of the zone.[2]

Events

MLB

On January 3, 2025, Hye-seong Kim (2B) of the Heroes signed a three-year, $12.5 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. The contract has an option for the 2028-29 season that could increase the amount to $22 million.[3] He was optioned to the Dodgers' AAA affiliate, the Oklahoma City Comets, as he struggled in spring training. On May 3, Kim was called up to the MLB and made his debut as a pinch runner against the Braves.

Changwon NC Park incident

On March 30, a game between the Twins and the Dinos at Changwon NC Park was postponed due to a small collapse of the stadium's structure. A few fans lining up for the game were injured.[4] The next day, a young woman who was treated for a concussion died.[5] The KBO canceled all April 1 league games to mourn. They resumed four games on April 2, but several future games at NC Park were postponed further for stadium repair.[6]

On April 9, the NC Dinos announced a general meeting with the joint task force on the incident. Changwon City and Changwon Facilities Management Corporation were involved.

Preseason

These are the final preseason standings.

The preseason started on March 8 and ended on March 18.[7]

Preseason standings[8]
Rank Team GP W L D PCT GB WS Home Road
1 KT Wiz 7 6 1 0 .857 - W3 4–0–1 4–0–1
2 Hanwha Eagles 8 5 2 1 .714 1 W5 1–0–2 4–1–0
3 Kia Tigers 8 4 2 2 .667 1.5 W4 2–0–0 2–2–2
Kiwoom Heroes 10 6 3 1 1 W3 3–1–0 3–0–3
5 LG Twins 9 4 5 0 .444 3 W1 1–0–0 3–0–5
6 Doosan Bears 9 3 4 2 .429 L4 0–1–1 3–1–3
7 SSG Landers 8 3 5 0 .375 3.5 W1 2–0–4 1–0–1
8 Samsung Lions 8 3 6 0 .333 4 L4 3–0–3 0–0–3
Lotte Giants 8 2 4 2 3.5 L3 2–2–2 0–0–2
10 NC Dinos 8 2 6 0 .250 4.5 L5 2–0–5 0–0–1

Regular season

The 2025 regular season started on March 22 and will end on August 31. Each team will play 144 games, facing every other team 16 times. Regular season games are played every day except Mondays.

Standings

Regular season standings[9]
Rank Team GP W L D PCT GB STRK Home Road Postseason
1 Hanwha Eagles 81 46 33 2 .582 — L1 25–2–13 21–0–20 N/A
2 LG Twins 82 45 35 2 .563 1.5 L2 25–0–17 20–2–18
2 Lotte Giants 83 45 35 3 .563 1.5 W2 23–2–18 22–1–17
4 Kia Tigers 82 43 36 3 .544 3 W1 24–1–15 19–2–21
5 KT Wiz 83 42 38 3 .525 4.5 W2 24–1–21 18–2–17
6 SSG Landers 81 40 38 3 .513 5.5 L1 21–3–17 19–0–21 N/A
7 Samsung Lions 82 41 40 1 .506 6 W1 25–0–18 16–1–22
8 NC Dinos 79 36 38 5 .486 7.5 W1 11–0–14 25–5–24
9 Doosan Bears 82 32 47 3 .405 14 L1 16–3–23 16–0–24
10 Kiwoom Heroes 85 26 56 2 .317 21.5 L2 16–1–30 10–1–26

Up to date as of July 4. Standings will be updated regularly.

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

All-Star Game

Like in previous all-star games, the ten KBO teams are divided into two All-Star teams: the Nanum All-Stars (나눔) and the Dream All-Stars (드림). The game will be hosted at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark, the Eagles' new home stadium. The all-star game will be on July 12, and the Futures All-Star Game will be on the 11th.

2025 KBO All-Star Teams
Team All-Star Team
Samsung Lions Dream All-Stars
Doosan Bears
KT Wiz
SSG Landers
Lotte Giants
Kia Tigers Nanum All-Stars
LG Twins
Hanwha Eagles
NC Dinos
Kiwoom Heroes

The starting players (candidates) from each team are voted by fans and KBO players, which leads to a score. The players with the highest score are selected.

The most voted infielders and pitchers within their position group play in the game. The top 3 outfielders play in available positions, regardless if they are all on the same team.

The teams who appeared in the previous year's Korean Series provide their manager respectively for their all-star team.

Other players in the all-star vote may also appear later in the all-star game.

Projected Dream All-Stars Lineup

Manager: Park Jin-man (Samsung Lions)

Dream All-Stars Batting
# Player No. Pos. Team BA AB R H HR RBI BB SO HBP Votes PV Score
- Kang Min-ho 47 C Samsung .276 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,591,268 139 43.41
- Lewin Díaz 0 1B Samsung .300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,485,508 241 50.00
- Go Seung-min 2 2B Lotte .287 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,153,002 169 37.27
- Choi Jeong 14 3B SSG .187 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,301,246 162 39.62
- Jeon Min-jae 13 SS Lotte .325 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,579,413 178 46.50
- Koo Ja-wook 5 OF Samsung .280 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,546,925 160 44.32
- Víctor Reyes 29 OF Lotte .343 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,273,504 180 40.60
- Yoon Dong-hee 91 OF Lotte .299 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,717,766 90 41.74
- Jeon Jun-woo 8 DH Lotte .291 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,482,247 71 35.45
Dream All-Stars Batting - Injury
Player No. Pos. Team BA AB R H HR RBI BB SO HBP Votes PV Score
Go Seung-min 2 2B Lotte .287 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,153,002 169 37.27
Yoon Dong-hee 91 OF Lotte .299 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,717,766 90 41.74
Dream All-Stars Pitching
Player No. Pos. Team ERA IP NP R HR SO BB HB Votes PV Score
Won Tae-in 18 SP Samsung 2.59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,435,798 153 41.52
Bae Chan-seung 55 RP 4.45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,102,268 129 32.86
Kim Won-jung 34 CP Lotte 1.56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,514,509 63 35.41
Dream All-Stars Pitching - Injury
Player No. Pos. Team ERA IP NP R HR SO BB HB Votes PV Score
Won Tae-in 18 SP Samsung 2.59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,435,798 153 41.52

Projected Nanum All-Stars Lineup

Manager: Lee Bum-ho (Kia Tigers)

Nanum All-Stars Batting
# Player No. Pos. Team BA AB R H HR RBI BB SO HBP Votes PV Score
- Park Dong-won 27 C LG .280 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,314,038 206 43.62
- Austin Dean 23 1B LG .278 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,211,222 202 41.24
- Park Min-woo 2 2B NC .326 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,215,838 171 38.69
- Kim Do-yeong 5 3B Kia .330 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,099,680 70 27.78
- Park Chan-ho 1 SS Kia .283 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 937,896 141 30.62
- Park Hae-min 17 OF LG .257 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,123,682 164 36.26
- Estevan Florial 34 OF Hanwha .271 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,561,003 113 40.59
- Park Kun-woo 37 OF NC .289 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,408,171 165 41.99
- Choi Hyoung-woo 34 DH Kia .324 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 949,610 166 32.98
Nanum All-Stars Pitching
Player No. Pos. Team ERA IP NP R HR SO BB HB Votes PV Score
Cody Ponce 30 SP Hanwha 2.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,625,259 234 52.18
Park Sang-won 58 RP 2.68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,340,968 74 32.90
Kim Seo-hyeon 44 CP 1.51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,786,837 220 54.19

Statistics last updated on June 25, 2025.

Result

July 12, 2025 | 18:00 KST at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark, Daejeon, South Korea
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Dream All-Stars - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nanum All-Stars - - - - - - - - - - - -
Starting pitchers:
Dream: Won Tae-in (Samsung)
Nanum: Cody Ponce (Hanwha)

Postseason

The 2025 KBO postseason will start in the fall. The top five teams in the regular season standings qualify.

Wild CardSemi-playoffPlayoffKorean Series
11st place—
22nd place—POPlayoff Winner—
33rd place—SPOSemi-playoff Winner—
44th place—WCWild Card Winner—
55th place—

Legend • WC: Wild Card winner • SPO: Semi-playoff winner • PO: Playoff winner----Note: All dates and times are in KST (Korean Standard Time). All statistics will be updated daily whenever possible.

See also

References

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  3. ^ "Korean standout Hyeseong Kim signs 3-year deal with Dodgers". MLB.com. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
  4. ^ "LG cancels match against NC Dinos on March 30 due to safety concerns". biz.chosun.com. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
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