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Korea Herald
26-07-2025
- Sport
- Korea Herald
KBO sets new single-season sellout record
The South Korean baseball league has set a single-season record for sellouts. With three of the five games held at full houses Friday night, the Korea Baseball Organization reached 224 sellouts for the season. The league had a then-record 221 sellouts in 720 games last year. That mark came down after just 470 games this season. The Hanwha Eagles are leading the way with 40 sellouts at their brand new stadium, Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon, 140 kilometers south of Seoul. Their latest sellout came Friday night, when they shut out the SSG Landers 4-0 before 17,000 fans. The KT Wiz beat the Samsung Lions 8-5 with 18,700 fans packing KT Wiz Park in Suwon, 30 kilometers south of Seoul. In the southeastern city of Busan, 22,669 fans watched as the home team Lotte Giants beat the Kia Tigers 7-4 at Sajik Baseball Stadium. The KBO surpassed 8 million fans in a record 465 games Thursday night and is closing in on the single-season record of 10.88 million set last year. (Yonhap)
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Korea Herald
19-03-2025
- Business
- Korea Herald
[Graphic News] Kim Kwang-hyun becomes KBO's highest-paid player
SSG Landers pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun has become the highest-paid player in Korean professional baseball, securing an annual salary of approximately 3 billion won ($2.06 million) for the 2025 season, according to a report from the Korea Baseball Organization. Kim's standout performance in the 2024 season, which included 13 wins, 3 losses and a 2.12 ERA, helped lead SSG to a Korean Series championship and earned him the top spot in the league's ERA rankings. Following Kim, Ryu Hyun-jin of the Hanwha Eagles, KT Wiz pitcher Ko Young-pyo and Samsung Lions outfielder Koo Ja-wook tied for second place, each with a salary of 2 billion won. This growing trend of multiyear contracts reflects teams' increasing efforts to retain key players and provide long-term financial stability. As a result, salaries in Korean professional baseball are rising, underscoring the league's increasing competitiveness and teams' financial commitment to securing top talent in pursuit of championship glory. don@
