NC Dinos


NC Dinos are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Changwon. They have competed in KBO League since 2013. Their home stadium is Changwon NC Park since 2019. NC Dinos are owned by a video game developer NCSoft Corporation, and named after that company.

History

On July 1, 2010, three cities, which were Changwon, Masan and Jinhae, were integrated into one city, Changwon. As a result of the integration, Changwon became the 11th largest city in South Korea. Afterward, Changwon drove forward the project, which attracted a baseball team in the city. On December 22, 2010, video game company NCSOFT submitted a plan that it wanted to found a baseball team that would be later admitted to the KBO as a member franchise. Changwon hereby became the first city having a baseball team among all the non-metropolitan cities in South Korea.
In the 2012 season, NC Dinos competed in the unaffiliated Freedom Division of the Korea Baseball Futures League. On May 8, 2012, the Korea Baseball Organization officially approved NC Dinos' admission to the KBO League to start off the 2013 season.
On April 11, 2013, the NC Dinos won their first game in the club's history against the LG Twins.
As a new team in 2013, the Dinos were allowed three foreign players on their roster. In 2014, that limit was raised to four. The 2014 Dinos signed pitchers Charlie Shirek, Eric Hacker, Thad Weber, and outfielder Eric Thames.

Season-by-season records

Roster

Managers

The NC Dinos have two mascots. Seri is a green Brontosaurus that wears a necklace and has affectionately been nicknamed "swole daddy" by SB Nation. The Dino's other mascot, Dandi, is a blue Tyrannosaurus.