Hanwha Eagles

Hanwha Eagles
Hanwha Eagles
Established	1985
Based in Daejeon since 1985
; Team logo	; Cap Insignia
League affiliations
Korea Professional Baseball (1986–present);
Current uniform
Home	Away
Retired Numbers	21 • 23 • 35
Colors
	Orange, Black, White ;
Name
	Hanwha Eagles (1994–present);
	Binggrae Eagles (1986-1993);
Other nicknames
	Dynamite Bats, Chickens (Chicks);
Mascot
	Wini the Eagle;
Ballpark
	Daejeon Baseball Stadium (1986–present); Cheongju Baseball Stadium (1986–present);
League titles
Korean Series titles (1)	1999
League Pennants (2)	1989 • 1992
Owner(s): Hanwha Group
Manager: Han Dae-Hwa
General Manager: Kim Kwan-Soo

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The Hanwha Eagles (한화 이글스), incorporated as the Hanwha Eagles Professional Baseball Club (한화 이글스 프로 야구단), are a South Korean professional baseball club based in Daejeon. As a member club of Korean Baseball Organization, the Eagles compete in the Korea Professional Baseball League. The Eagles' home ballpark is Daejeon Baseball Stadium. Founded in 1985 as the "Binggrae Eagles" (Binggrae was the then-trademark of Hanwha's confectionary branch.), they debuted in 1986 as the seventh franchise of the league. The club changed their name into the "Hanwha Eagles" after Binggrae's separation from Hanwha conglomerate in 1993. Hanwha, the owner of the club is one of the largest business conglomerate, or chaebol, in South Korea.

Although the Eagles are not the dominant club in the league, winning only once in the Korean Series in 1999 and twice the league pennants; they proved themselves as worthy competitors. As of 2011, they played in the postseason for 11 times, being the runner-up for five times. The club was renowned for their slugger bats from late 1990s to early 2000s, nicknamed as the Dynamite Bats after one of Hanwha's main business fields, explosives production. The team slugger percentage topped 0.484 in 1999, the highest team SLG in the Korean Professional Baseball League history. The severe slump in the 2009 and 2010 seasons made the club to gain a pejorative nickname of Hanwha Chickens (or Chicks), but recent recovery attempts and team-rebuilding under the new manager, Han Dae-hwa, is slowly showing its progress.

The Eagles have three retired numbers in the roster, more than any other team in the league. Those are for the slugger Jang Jong-hoon (35), the pitchers Jung Min-cheul (23) and Song Jin-woo (21). The Eagles are famous for their respect for franchise stars and veteran players.

[edit] Season by Season Records

Year	Team	Rank	Games	W	L	D	Win%	BA
1986	Binggrae Eagles	7	108	31	76	1	.290	.236
1987	Binggrae Eagles	6	108	47	57	4	.454	.274
1988	Binggrae Eagles	2	108	62	45	1	.579	.266
1989	Binggrae Eagles	2	120	71	46	3	.604	.276
1990	Binggrae Eagles	4	120	68	50	2	.575	.270
1991	Binggrae Eagles	2	126	72	49	5	.591	.274
1992	Binggrae Eagles	2	126	81	43	2	.651	.267
1993	Binggrae Eagles	5	126	61	61	4	.500	.238
1994	Hanhwa Eagles	3	126	65	59	2	.524	.247
1995	Hanhwa Eagles	6	126	55	71	0	.437	.249
1996	Hanhwa Eagles	4	126	70	55	1	.560	.245
1997	Hanhwa Eagles	6	126	51	73	2	.413	.253
1998	Hanhwa Eagles	7	126	55	66	5	.455	.250
1999	Hanhwa Eagles	1	132	72	58	2	.554	.283
2000	Hanhwa Eagles	7	133	50	78	5	.391	.276
2001	Hanhwa Eagles	4	133	61	68	4	.473	.275
2002	Hanhwa Eagles	7	133	59	69	5	.461	.256
2003	Hanhwa Eagles	5	133	63	65	5	.492	.254
2004	Hanhwa Eagles	7	133	53	74	6	.417	.268
2005	Hanhwa Eagles	4	126	64	61	1	.512	.270
2006	Hanhwa Eagles	2	126	67	57	2	.540	.253
2007	Hanhwa Eagles	3	126	67	57	2	.540	.254
2008	Hanhwa Eagles	5	126	64	62	0	.508	.254
2009	Hanwha Eagles	8	133	46	84	3	.346	.269
2010	Hanwha Eagles	8	133	49	82	2	.368	.242