Doosan Bears
두산 베어스
Team logo Cap insignia
Information
LeagueKBO League (1982–present)
LocationSeoul
BallparkJamsil Baseball Stadium (1986–present)
Established1982; 42 years ago (1982)
League championships1995, 2016, 2018, 2019
Korean Series championships1982, 1995, 2001, 2015, 2016, 2019
Former name(s)OB Bears (1982–1998)
Former ballparks
ColorsNavy blue, red and white
     
Retired numbers21, 54
OwnershipDoosan
ManagerLee Seung-yuop
Websitewww.doosanbears.com

The Doosan Bears (Korean: 두산 베어스) are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Seoul. Founded in 1982, they are a member of the KBO League. The Bears have won six Korean Series titles (1982, 1995, 2001, 2015, 2016, and 2019) and play their home games at Seoul's Jamsil Baseball Stadium.[1]

History

The club was founded in Daejeon in 1982 as the OB Bears,[2] with the Oriental Brewery as their owners. OB Bears were the first team to be founded in the KBO League. In 1985, the team moved to their current home in Seoul.[2] The OB Bears were officially renamed the Doosan Bears in 1999, after Oriental Brewery was sold to InBev and the Doosan Group assumed ownership.[3]

The Bears won the inaugural Korean Series in 1982 by defeating the Samsung Lions to become the first KBO League champion.[4] Between 2015 and 2021, the Bears appeared in seven consecutive Korean Series championships, winning three of the series in 2015, 2016 and 2019.[5]

Team colours

The main colours of the team are navy and white, with red as the secondary colour. From 1999 to 2009, yellow was used instead as the secondary colour, before the team returned in 2010 to the iconic dark navy and red combination of the original OB Bears.[6]

Mascot

The Doosan Bears mascot is a bear named Cheol Woong (철웅).[7]

Season-by-season records

Season City Stadium League Finish Regular season Postseason Awards
Rank Games Wins Losses Draws Win% BA HR ERA
OB Bears
1982 Daejeon Daejeon Hanbat
Baseball Stadium		 KBO 1 1/6 40 29 11 0 .725 .283 57 3.20 Won Korean Series vs. Samsung Lions (4–1–1) Park Chul-soon (MVP)
2/6 40 27 13 0 .675
1983 KBO 5 6/6 50 22 28 0 .440 .259 50 3.54 Did not qualify Park Jong-hoon (ROTY)
5/6 50 22 27 1 .449
1984 KBO 3 2/6 50 30 20 0 .600 .256 53 2.53 Did not qualify Yun Seog-hwan (ROTY)
2/6 50 28 21 1 .571
1985 Seoul Dongdaemun
Baseball Stadium		 KBO 4 2/6 55 29 25 1 .537 .260 67 3.16 Did not qualify
5/6 55 22 32 1 .409
1986 Jamsil
Baseball Stadium		 KBO 3 5/7 54 23 29 2 .442 .249 38 2.61 Lost playoff vs. Samsung Lions (2–3)
1/7 54 33 19 2 .635
1987 KBO 3 2/7 54 30 22 2 .574 .261 30 3.26 Lost playoff vs. Haitai Tigers (2–3)
5/7 54 24 30 0 .444
1988 KBO 5 3/7 54 31 23 0 .574 .258 44 3.73 Did not qualify
5/7 54 23 29 2 .444
1989 KBO 5 5/7 120 54 63 3 .463 .247 42 3.70 Did not qualify
1990 KBO 7 7/7 120 35 80 5 .313 .231 62 4.72 Did not qualify
1991 KBO 8 8/8 126 51 73 2 .413 .250 59 4.32 Did not qualify
1992 KBO 5 5/8 126 56 66 4 .460 .259 110 4.22 Did not qualify
1993 KBO 4 3/8 126 66 55 5 .544 .258 59 2.89 Lost semi-playoff vs. LG Twins (1–2)
1994 KBO 7 7/8 126 53 72 1 .425 .246 75 3.46 Did not qualify
1995 KBO 1 1/8 126 74 47 5 .607 .266 106 3.42 Won Korean Series vs. Lotte Giants (4–3) Kim Sang-ho (MVP)
1996 KBO 8 8/8 126 47 73 6 .397 .242 82 3.67 Did not qualify
1997 KBO 5 5/8 126 57 64 5 .472 .254 84 3.84 Did not qualify
1998 KBO 4 4/8 126 61 62 3 .496 .256 102 3.60 Lost semi-playoff vs. LG Twins (0–2) Tyrone Woods (MVP)
Doosan Bears
1999 Seoul Jamsil
Baseball Stadium		 Dream League 4 1/4 132 76 51 5 .598 .284 141 4.58 Lost playoff vs. Hanwha Eagles (0–4) Hong Sung-heon (ROTY)
2000 Dream League 2 2/4 133 76 57 0 .571 .289 150 4.22 Won playoff vs. LG Twins (4–2)
Lost Korean Series vs. Hyundai Unicorns (3–4)
2001 KBO 1 3/8 133 65 63 5 .508 .276 130 4.96 Won semi-playoff vs. Hanwha Eagles (2–0)
Won playoff vs. Hyundai Unicorns (3–1)
Won Korean Series vs. Samsung Lions (4–2)
2002 KBO 5 5/8 133 66 65 2 .504 .261 130 3.93 Did not qualify
2003 KBO 7 7/8 133 57 74 2 .435 .276 90 4.25 Did not qualify
2004 KBO 3 3/8 133 70 62 1 .530 .268 89 3.88 Won semi-playoff vs. Kia Tigers (2–0)
Lost playoff vs. Samsung Lions (1–3)
2005 KBO 2 2/8 126 72 51 3 .585 .270 63 3.42 Won playoff vs. Hanwha Eagles (3–0)
Lost Korean Series vs. Samsung Lions (0–4)
2006 KBO 5 5/8 126 63 60 3 .512 .258 55 3.36 Did not qualify
2007 KBO 2 2/8 126 70 54 2 .565 .263 78 3.45 Won playoff vs. Hanwha Eagles (3–0)
Lost Korean Series vs. SK Wyverns (2–4)		 Danny Rios (MVP)
Im Tae-hoon (ROTY)
2008 KBO 2 2/8 126 70 56 0 .556 .276 68 3.89 Won playoff vs. Samsung Lions (4–2)
Lost Korean Series vs. SK Wyverns (1–4)
2009 KBO 3 3/8 133 71 60 2 .534 .280 120 4.60 Won semi-playoff vs. Lotte Giants (3–1)
Lost playoff vs. SK Wyverns (2–3)		 Lee Yong-chan (ROTY)
2010 KBO 3 3/8 133 73 57 3 .562 .281 149 4.62 Won semi-playoff vs. Lotte Giants (3–2)
Lost playoff vs. Samsung Lions (2–3)		 Yang Eui-ji (ROTY)
2011 KBO 5 5/8 133 61 70 2 .466 .271 92 4.26 Did not qualify
2012 KBO 3 3/8 133 68 62 3 .523 .260 59 3.58 Lost semi-playoff vs. Lotte Giants (1–3)
2013 KBO 2 4/9 128 71 54 3 .568 .289 95 4.57 Won semi-playoff vs. Nexen Heroes (3–2)
Won playoff vs. LG Twins (3–1)
Lost Korean Series vs. Samsung Lions (3–4)
2014 KBO 6 6/9 128 59 68 1 .465 .293 108 5.43 Did not qualify
2015 KBO 1 3/10 144 79 65 0 .549 .290 140 5.02 Won semi-playoff vs. Nexen Heroes (3–1)
Won playoff vs. NC Dinos (3–2)
Won Korean Series vs. Samsung Lions (4–1)
2016 KBO 1 1/10 144 93 50 1 .650 .298 183 4.45 Won Korean Series vs. NC Dinos (4–0) Dustin Nippert (MVP)
2017 KBO 2 2/10 144 84 57 3 .596 .294 178 4.38 Won playoff vs. NC Dinos (3–1)
Lost Korean Series vs. Kia Tigers (1–4)
2018 KBO 2 1/10 144 93 51 0 .646 .309 191 4.98 Lost Korean Series vs. SK Wyverns (2–4) Kim Jae-hwan (MVP)
2019 KBO 1 1/10 144 88 55 1 .615 .278 84 3.51 Won Korean Series vs. Kiwoom Heroes (4–0) Josh Lindblom (MVP)
2020 KBO 2 3/10 144 79 61 4 .564 .293 125 4.31 Won semi-playoff vs. LG Twins (2–0)
Won playoff vs. KT Wiz (3–1)
Lost Korean Series vs. NC Dinos (2–4)
2021 KBO 2 4/10 144 71 65 8 .522 .268 110 4.26 Won wild card vs. Kiwoom Heroes (1–1)
Won semi-playoff vs. LG Twins (2–1)
Won playoff vs. Samsung Lions (2–0)
Lost Korean Series vs. KT Wiz (0–4)		 Ariel Miranda (MVP)
2022 KBO 9 9/10 144 60 82 2 .423 .255 101 4.45 Did not qualify
2023 KBO 5 5/10 144 74 68 2 .521 .255 100 3.92 Lost wild card vs. NC Dinos (0–1)

Team

Current roster

Retired numbers

The Bears have retired numbers 21 and 54. The number 21 is retired in honour of pitcher Park Chul-soon,[1] 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 committed suicide while still a young player.[8]

Managers

Jamsil Baseball Stadium, home field of the Doosan Bears and the LG Twins
Number Name Tenure Top achievement
1 Kim Yeong-duk 15 January 1982 – 8 August 1982 1982 Korean Series winner
2 Kim Sung-keun 24 December 1983 – 8 September 1988
3 Lee Kwang-hwan 9 September 1988 – 19 June 1990
4 Lee Jae-won 19 June 1990 – 11 July 1991
5 Yun Dong-kyun 9 September 1991 – 1994
6 Kim Yin-sik 21 September 1994 – 2003 1995 Korean Series winner
2001 Korean Series winner
7 Kim Kyung-moon 10 October 2003 – 13 June 2011 2005 Korean Series runner-up
2007 Korean Series runner-up
2008 Korean Series runner-up
8 Kim Kwang-soo 13 June 2011 – 9 October 2011
9 Kim Jin-wook 9 October 2011 – 27 November 2013 2013 Korean Series runner-up
10 Song Il-soo 27 November 2013 – 21 October 2014
11 Kim Tae-hyoung[9] 21 October 2014 – 11 October 2022 2015 Korean Series winner
2016 Korean Series winner
2019 Korean Series winner
12 Lee Seung-yuop[10] 14 October 2022 – present

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ a b "Sports in Korea Korean Pro Baseball". english.visitkorea.or.kr. 4 March 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b "S. Korea's first baseball dome opens, tenant still needed". Yonhap News Agency. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Inside the KBO: From Superstars to Wiz in 39 years". Korea JoongAng Daily. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Samsung, Doosan eyeing history in Korean Series". The Korea Herald. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  5. ^ "'Miracle Doosan' reach record seventh straight Korean Series". Korea JoongAng Daily. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  6. ^ "BI – 두산베어스". doosanbears.com (in Korean). Doosan Bears. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  7. ^ "[이석우의 스포츠 톡톡]두산 마스코트 철웅이의 외로운 응원". khan.co.kr (in Korean). 14 July 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Retired number". The Dong-a Ilbo. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Doosan Bears part ways with manager Kim Tae-hyoung". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  10. ^ "KBO's all-time home run king Lee Seung-yuop named Doosan Bears manager". The Korea Herald. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.

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