| Nexen Heroes |
| Established |
2008 |
| Based in Seoul since 2008 |
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- Nexen Heroes (2010–present)
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- Seoul Heroes (2009)
- Heroes (2008-2009)
- Woori Heroes (2008)
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| Owner(s): Nexen Tire |
| Manager: Kim Si-Jin |
| General Manager: Lee Jang-Seok |
Nexen Heroes Baseball Club (Hangul: 넥센 히어로즈 야구단) are a South Korean professional baseball team. They are a member of the Korean Baseball Organization and compete in the annual KBO Championship which culminates in the Korean Series. The Heroes mascot is Teokdori (Mr. Jaw).
[edit] History
The franchise was originally known as the Sammi Superstars and had subsequent incarnations as the Chongbo Pintos and Taepyoungyang Dolphins. The team was renamed the Hyundai Unicorns after being sold to Hyundai in 1996, and was relocated from Incheon to Suwon. The Unicorns won the KBO championship four times (1998, 2000, 2003 and 2004), with only the Haitai Tigers (now Kia Tigers) having a better record of championship victories. But in 2008, the team was disbanded. After that, Centennial Investments founded a new team called Woori Heroes. On February 8, 2010, naming rights were sold to Nexen Tire. The Heroes play their home games at the Mokdong Baseball Stadium in the Yangcheon-gu of Seoul.
Like other baseball teams in Korea (and contrary to most professional teams in other sports around the world) the team is known primarily by the name of the sponsor, occasionally as their nickname, and never as the city in which they are based.
[edit] Season by Season Records
| Year |
Team |
City |
Rank |
Game |
W |
L |
D |
Win% |
BA |
| 2008 |
Woori Heroes
Heroes |
Seoul |
7 |
126 |
50 |
76 |
0 |
.397 |
.266 |
| 2009 |
Heroes
Seoul Heroes |
Seoul |
6 |
133 |
60 |
72 |
1 |
.451 |
.272 |
| 2010 |
Nexen Heroes |
Seoul |
7 |
133 |
52 |
78 |
3 |
.391 |
.262 |
| 2011 |
Nexen Heroes |
Seoul |
8 |
133 |
51 |
80 |
2 |
.389 |
.245 |
[edit] Current Lineup
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Coaches
† Disabled list
* Suspended list
# Military list
Roster updated 2011-11-01
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[edit] External links
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Nexen Heroes
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Formerly the Woori Heroes, Heroes and Seoul Heroes • Founded in 2008 • Based in Seoul |
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| The Franchise |
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