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The Bears have retired numbers 21 and 54. The number 54 is in memory of the catcher [[Kim Young-Shin]] who died, and the number 21 is the legendary pitcher, [[Park Chul-Soon]], whose nickname is "Phoenix." Park won the [[Most Valuable Player]] award in the 1982 Korean Series. Next year he was injured but won the award again. He continued to play when injured throughout his career and had much success. He is still held in high esteem from not only most Bears fans but many Korean baseball fans.
The Bears have retired numbers 21 and 54. The number 54 is in memory of the catcher [[Kim Young-Shin]] who died, and the number 21 is the legendary pitcher, [[Park Chul-Soon]]<ref>RoyOswalt, <The sorrow of KIA's fan. The collection of all Rookie of the Year award and MVP in history>, MLBPARK, 2010-09-14 . This source is found in Korean website called MLBPARK. This site introduces all the Doosan Bear's champion's history. Also, the title of contents express sadness of KIA team. Furthermore, some people replied on the contents. They talk to about the history of Doosan Bear's champion awards.</ref>, whose nickname is "Phoenix." Park won the [[Most Valuable Player]] award in the 1982 Korean Series. Next year he was injured but won the award again. He continued to play when injured throughout his career and had much success. He is still held in high esteem from not only most Bears fans but many Korean baseball fans.


== External links ==
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Revision as of 14:46, 15 March 2013

Template:Infobox KBO team

File:OBBearsTeamLogo.jpg
OB Bears old Team Logos
File:DoosanBears.svg
Doosan Bears old Jersey Logo
Jamsil Baseball Stadium, home field of Doosan Bears and LG Twins

The Doosan Bears (두산 베어스) are a professional baseball team based in Seoul, South Korea. They are a member of the Korean Baseball Organization.

The club was founded in Daejeon, South Korea in 1982 as the "OB Bears", and moved to Seoul, South Korea in 1985 before being officially renamed the "Doosan Bears" in 1999. The Doosan Bears (formerly the OB Bears) won the Korean Series in 1982, the inaugural KBO season. They have won three Korea Series titles (1982, 1995, 2001) and play their home games at Seoul's Jamsil Baseball Stadium.

The team's principal sponsor, Doosan, is primarily involved in construction and heavy industry, although like many Korean chaebol it has an extremely wide-ranging portfolio of interests. It claims to be Korea's oldest company. The previous sponsor, OB (Oriental Brewery) produces one of South Korea's top selling lager brands.

Korean-American Pittsburgh Steeler Hines Ward threw out the first pitch at a Doosan Bears game on a visit to Korea in 2006.

Season by Season Records

Year Team Rank Games W L Win% BA HR
1982 OB Bears 1 80 56 24 .700 .283 57
1983 OB Bears 5 100 44 55 .444 .259 50
1984 OB Bears 3 100 58 41 .586 .256 53
1985 OB Bears 4 110 51 57 .472 .260 67
1986 OB Bears 4 108 56 48 .538 .249 38
1987 OB Bears 4 108 55 52 .514 .261 30
1988 OB Bears 5 108 54 52 .509 .258 44
1989 OB Bears 5 120 54 63 .463 .247 42
1990 OB Bears 7 120 35 80 .313 .231 62
1991 OB Bears 8 126 51 73 .413 .250 59
1992 OB Bears 5 126 56 66 .460 .259 110
1993 OB Bears 3 126 66 55 .544 .258 59
1994 OB Bears 7 126 53 72 .425 .246 75
1995 OB Bears 1 126 74 47 .607 .266 106
1996 OB Bears 8 126 47 73 .397 .242 82
1997 OB Bears 5 126 57 64 .472 .254 84
1998 OB Bears 4 126 61 62 .496 .256 102
1999 Doosan Bears 3 132 76 51 .598 .284 141
2000 Doosan Bears 2 133 76 57 .571 .289 150
2001 Doosan Bears 1 133 65 63 .508 .276 130
2002 Doosan Bears 5 133 66 65 .504 .261 130
2003 Doosan Bears 7 133 57 74 .435 .276 90
2004 Doosan Bears 3 133 70 62 .530 .268 89
2005 Doosan Bears 2 126 72 51 .585 .270 63
2006 Doosan Bears 5 126 63 60 .512 .258 55
2007 Doosan Bears 2 126 70 54 .565 .263 78
2008 Doosan Bears 2 126 70 56 .555 .276 80
2009 Doosan Bears 3 133 71 60 .534 .280 120
2010 Doosan Bears 3 133 73 57 .549 .281 149
2011 Doosan Bears 5 133 61 70 .466 .271 92
2012 Doosan Bears 3 133 68 62 .523 .260 59

Roster

Template:The Doosan Bears roster

Individual awards[1]

Most Valuable Player

Rookie of the Year

Gold Glove Award

Korean Series Most Valuable Player

  • 1982 - Yoo-Dong Kim (OB Bears)
  • 1995 - Min-Ho Kim (OB Bears)
  • 2001 - Tyrone Woods

All-Star Game MVP (Mr. All-Star)

Notes

  • a Golden Glove Award in KBO tends to elect the best players of the year in their positions.[2]
  • b Sung-Heon Hong became a free agent and signed with Lotte Giants before the award. Official record of Golden Glove Award is with Lotte Giants, but Hong's season record was with Doosan Bears[3]

List of OB / Doosan Bears managers

File:JinWookKim.jpg
Jin-Wook Kim has managed the Bears since 2012 season.

Note: Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2012 Korea Professional Baseball season.

Name Term GM W D L Win% Achievements
1 Young-Duk Kim 1982-1983 180 100 1 79 .559 1982 Korean Series Champion
2 Sung-Keun Kim 1983-1988 524 274 10 250 .522
3 Kwang-Hwan Lee 1988-1990 166 69 4 93 .428 Fired as manager of Bears during the 1990 season
4 Jae-Woo Lee 1990-1991 153 45 5 103 .310 Fired as manager of Bears during the 1991 season
5 Dong-Kyun Yoon 1991-1994 419 198 11 210 .486 Fired as manager of Bears during the 1994 season
6 In-Sik Kim 1994-2003 1168 579 33 556 .510 1995 League and Korean Series Champion, 2001 Korean Series Champion
7 Kyung-Moon Kim 2004-2011 827 449 14 362 .552 Fired as manager of Bears during the 2011 season
- Kwang-Soo Kim 2011 76 38 0 38 .500 Acting manager after Kim Kyung-Moon was fired
8 Jin-Wook Kim 2012- 133 68 3 62 .523

Retired Numbers


Catcher: 1985-1986
Retired Since 1986
Pitcher: 1982-1996
Retired Since 2002

The Bears have retired numbers 21 and 54. The number 54 is in memory of the catcher Kim Young-Shin who died, and the number 21 is the legendary pitcher, Park Chul-Soon[4], whose nickname is "Phoenix." Park won the Most Valuable Player award in the 1982 Korean Series. Next year he was injured but won the award again. He continued to play when injured throughout his career and had much success. He is still held in high esteem from not only most Bears fans but many Korean baseball fans.

External links

[5]== References ==


[6]

  1. ^ http://www.doosanbears.com
  2. ^ http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?cid=3089&docId=65987&categoryId=3089&mobile
  3. ^ http://www.mydaily.co.kr/news/read.html?newsid=201211171520122225&ext=na
  4. ^ RoyOswalt, <The sorrow of KIA's fan. The collection of all Rookie of the Year award and MVP in history>, MLBPARK, 2010-09-14 . This source is found in Korean website called MLBPARK. This site introduces all the Doosan Bear's champion's history. Also, the title of contents express sadness of KIA team. Furthermore, some people replied on the contents. They talk to about the history of Doosan Bear's champion awards.
  5. ^ http://mlbpark.donga.com/bbs/view.php?bbs=mpark_bbs_kbo&idx=653491
  6. ^ RoyOswalt, <The sorrow of KIA's fan. The collection of all Rookie of the Year award and MVP in history>, MLBPARK, 2010-09-14 . This source is found in Korean website called MLBPARK. This site introduces all the Doosan Bear's champion's history. Also, the title of contents express sadness of KIA team. Furthermore, some people replied on the contents. They talk to about the history of Doosan Bear's champion awards.
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