Kiwoom Heroes vs Kia Tigers — Korean KBO League

Stadium

Gocheok Sky Dome

Founded

2008

Country

South Korea

Colours

#570514

Location

Guro-gu, Seoul

The Kiwoom Heroes (Korean: 키움 히어로즈) are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Seoul. They are a member of the KBO League. The Heroes play their home games at Gocheok Sky Dome in Gocheok-dong, a neighborhood located in the southwestern part of Seoul. The Heroes mascot is Teokdori (턱돌이; Mr. Jaw). In 2014, the Futures League squad changed its name to Hwaseong Heroes (화성 히어로즈), differentiating from the first string. In 2019, Hwaseong Heroes renamed as Goyang Heroes (고양 히어로즈).

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Stadium

Gwangju-Kia Champions Field

Founded

1982

Country

South Korea

Colours

#ea0029

Location

Gwangju

Kia Tigers (Korean: KIA 타이거즈) is a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982 and based in the southwestern city of Gwangju. The Tigers are a members of the KBO League and are the most successful team in Korean baseball, having won the national Korean Series championship 11 times with a perfect 11–0 record. After the success of the 1980s and 1990s, the fortunes of the team began to turn, resulting in them finishing bottom of the league for the first time in 2005, and again in 2007. In 2009, however, Kia Tigers won the 2009 KBO season and 2009 Korean Series. They...

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