Doosan Bears


The Doosan Bears are a professional baseball team of the KBO League and are based in Seoul, South Korea. They have won six Korean Series titles and play their home games at Seoul's Jamsil Baseball Stadium; sharing the stadium with their rivals, the LG Twins.

History

The club was founded in Daejeon in as the OB Bears, with the Oriental Brewery as their owners. OB Bears was the first team to be founded in Korean professional baseball league. In, the team moved to its current home base in Seoul. The OB Bears were officially renamed the Doosan Bears in, after Oriental Brewery was sold to InBev and the Doosan Group assumed ownership.
The Bears won the inaugural Korean Series in 1982 by defeating the Samsung Lions to become the first champion of Korean professional baseball league. Since 2015, the Bears have appeared in five consecutive Korean Series championships, winning three of the series in 2015, 2016 and 2019.

Fan events

Bear's Day is a promotion which was introduced on July 24, 2007 and has continued ever since. It is held on the last Sunday of every month although it was held on Saturdays between 2004 and 2007.
Queen's Day is an event that started in the 2009 season which was specifically created to show the team's appreciation for their female fans and at the same time to encourage them to participate more when rooting for the team.
Player's Day is an event that started in the 2007 season, where for every Sunday home game, the players wear the franchise's original OB Bears uniforms. This event is intended to help the fans reminiscence about that period of the team's history. "Player's Day" also aims to bring together the fans and the team through a festive event, and is coordinated in various ways every season.
Mr. Doo Day is an event that started in the 2016 season which was specifically created to show the team's appreciation for their male fans and at the same time to encourage them to participate more when rooting for the team. "Mr. Doo Day" has discounted admission tickets and run a special fan service for male fans.
Workers' Day is an event that started in the 2010 season and is a special event for workers who account for nearly half of Doosan Bears fans. "Workers' Day" which is held on a particular Friday of every month, is a customized event for salaried workers. On Friday evening, when doing frequently company get-together, it was planned to create a healthy company get-together culture through various baseball park events.

Season-by-season records

Team

Current roster

Retired numbers

The Bears have retired numbers 21 and 54. Number 21 is in honour of pitcher Park Chul-soon, who won the KBO League Most Valuable Player Award, the Pitching Triple Crown, and the Korean Series Most Valuable Player Award in 1982. The number 54 is in memory of catcher Kim Young-shin, who died in a car accident while still a young player.

Managers

NumberNameTenureWinLossDrawPct.
1Kim Yeong-duk15 January 1982 – 8 August 1982100791.559
2Kim Sung-keun24 December 1983 – 8 September 198827425010.523
3Lee Kwang-hwan9 September 1988 – 19 June 199069934.426
4Lee Jae-won19 June 1990 – 11 July 1991451035.304
5Yun Dong-kyun9 September 1991 – 199419821011.485
6Kim Yin-sik21 September 1994 – 200357955633.510
7Kim Kyung-moon10 October 2003 – 13 June 201151243216.542
8Kim Kwang-soo13 June 2011 – 9 October 201138380.500
9Kim Jin-wook9 October 2011 – 27 November 20131391166.544
10Song Il-soo27 November 2013 – 21 October 201459681.465
11Kim Tae-hyoung21 October 2014 – present3492234.609

Note: Postseason statistics are not included, only results after the regular season.