LG Twins

The LG Twins (Korean: LG 트윈스) are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Seoul, South Korea. They are a member of the KBO League. The Twins play their home games at Jamsil Baseball Stadium, which they share with their rivals, the Doosan Bears.^[1]

LG Twins
LG 트윈스
Team logo Cap insignia
Information
League	KBO League (1982–present)
Location	Seoul
Ballpark	Jamsil Baseball Stadium (1982–present)
Established	1982; 42 years ago (1982)
League championships	1990, 1994, 2023
Korean Series championships	1990, 1994, 2023
Former name(s)	MBC Chungryong (1982–1989)
Colors	Black, maroon and grey
Retired numbers	9, 33, 41
Ownership	LG Corporation
Manager	Youm Kyoung-youb
General Manager	Cha Myung-suk
Website	www.lgtwins.com
Uniforms

History

Jamsil Baseball Stadium, home of the LG Twins

The club was established in 1982 as MBC Chungyong, owned by the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. In the first part of the 1982 season, the team played at Dongdaemun Baseball Stadium; in the second part of the season, they moved to their current home, Jamsil Baseball Stadium.

The Chungyong were initially led by player-manager Baek In-chun, who had spent 19 seasons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. Aged 38, Baek led the league in hitting in 1982, with a record-setting .412 batting average.^[2] As manager, Baek brought the Japanese "small ball" technique to his team, focusing on sacrifice bunts, stolen bases, and sacrifice flies.^[2] Although the team finished above .500 in 1982, Baek was dismissed by the team after the season.

In 1989, the franchise was acquired by the LG Corporation, which renamed the team the LG Twins. The following year, the Twins won their first Korean Series title with Baek In-chun as their manager. In 1994, they won their second championship. The Korean Series MVP was Kim Yong-soo in both Series, and his jersey number 41 was later retired. However, after their Korean Series appearance in 2002, the team went through the dark ages, not making the postseason for eleven years until 2013, when they earned the second seed in the regular season and qualified for the playoff series, where they were eliminated by the Doosan Bears. Between 2014 and 2022, the Twins made six postseason appearances, but failed to return to the Korean Series. In 2023, they reached their first Korean Series since 2002 by virtue of winning the regular season title.^[3] In the finals, the Twins, led by captain and Korean Series MVP Oh Ji-hwan, defeated the KT Wiz 4–1 in five games, ending the club's 29-year championship drought.^[4]

Season-by-season records

Season	Stadium	League	Finish	Regular season									Postseason	Awards
				Rank	Games	Wins	Losses	Draws	Win%	BA	HR	ERA
MBC Chungyong
1982	Dongdaemun Baseball Stadium	KBO	3/6	3/6	40	22	18	0	.550	.282	65	3.51	Did not qualify
	Jamsil Baseball Stadium			3/6	40	24	16	0	.600
1983		KBO	2/6	3/6	50	25	24	1	.510	.256	45	2.72	Lost Korean Series vs. Haitai Tigers (0–1–4)
				1/6	50	30	19	1	.612
1984		KBO	4/6	3/6	50	27	22	1	.551	.253	47	3.19	Did not qualify
				3/6	50	24	26	0	.480
1985		KBO	5/6	5/6	55	24	31	0	.436	.246	37	3.24	Did not qualify
				6/6	55	20	34	1	.370
1986		KBO	3/7	4/7	54	28	22	4	.560	.265	37	2.78	Did not qualify	Kim Keon-woo (ROTY)
				3/7	54	31	19	4	.620
1987		KBO	5/7	5/7	54	24	27	3	.472	.258	36	3.36	Did not qualify
				4/7	54	26	24	4	.519
1988		KBO	6/7	7/7	54	17	35	2	.333	.260	42	3.95	Did not qualify	Lee Yong-chul (ROTY)
				6/7	54	23	29	2	.444
1989		KBO	6/7	6/7	120	49	67	4	.425	.252	42	4.28	Did not qualify
LG Twins
1990	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	KBO	1/7	1/7	120	71	49	0	.592	.271	61	3.38	Won Korean Series vs. Samsung Lions (4–0)	Kim Dong-soo (ROTY)
1991		KBO	6/8	6/8	126	53	72	1	.425	.244	53	4.38	Did not qualify
1992		KBO	7/8	7/8	126	53	70	3	.433	.257	108	4.29	Did not qualify
1993		KBO	4/8	4/8	126	66	57	3	.536	.256	74	3.07	Won semi-playoff vs. OB Bears (2–1) Lost playoff vs. Samsung Lions (2–3)
1994		KBO	1/8	1/8	126	81	45	0	.643	.282	88	3.14	Won Korean Series vs. Pacific Dolphins (4–0)	Yu Ji-hyeon (ROTY)
1995		KBO	3/8	2/8	126	74	48	4	.603	.257	79	3.21	Lost playoff vs. Lotte Giants (2–4)
1996		KBO	7/8	7/8	126	50	71	5	.417	.246	98	4.11	Did not qualify
1997		KBO	2/8	2/8	126	73	51	2	.587	.267	83	3.78	Won playoff vs. Samsung Lions (3–2) Lost Korean Series vs. Haitai Tigers (1–4)	Lee Byung-kyu (ROTY)
1998		KBO	2/8	3/8	126	63	62	1	.504	.267	100	4.18	Won semi-playoff vs. OB Bears (2–0) Won playoff vs. Samsung Lions (3–1) Lost Korean Series vs. Hyundai Unicorns (2–4)
1999		Magic League	3/8	3/4	132	61	70	1	.466	.281	145	5.49	Did not qualify
2000		Magic League	4/8	1/4	133	67	63	3	.515	.273	122	4.45	Lost playoff vs. Doosan Bears (2–4)
2001		KBO	6/8	6/8	133	58	67	8	.464	.276	85	5.13	Did not qualify
2002		KBO	2/8	4/8	133	66	61	6	.520	.261	100	3.94	Won semi-playoff vs. Hyundai Unicorns (2–0) Won playoff vs. Kia Tigers (3–2) Lost Korean Series vs. Samsung Lions (2–4)
2003		KBO	6/8	6/8	133	60	71	2	.458	.249	106	4.01	Did not qualify
2004		KBO	6/8	6/8	133	59	70	4	.457	.259	102	4.38	Did not qualify
2005		KBO	6/8	6/8	126	54	71	1	.432	.260	105	4.90	Did not qualify
2006		KBO	8/8	8/8	126	47	75	4	.385	.246	81	4.22	Did not qualify
2007		KBO	5/8	5/8	126	58	62	6	.483	.268	78	4.34	Did not qualify
2008		KBO	8/8	8/8	126	46	80	0	.365	.256	66	4.88	Did not qualify
2009		KBO	7/8	7/8	133	54	75	4	.406	.278	129	5.42	Did not qualify
2010		KBO	6/8	6/8	133	57	71	5	.445	.276	121	5.23	Did not qualify
2011		KBO	6/8	6/8	133	59	72	2	.450	.266	94	4.15	Did not qualify
2012		KBO	7/8	7/8	133	57	72	4	.442	.261	59	4.02	Did not qualify
2013		KBO	3/9	2/9	128	74	54	0	.578	.282	59	3.72	Lost playoff vs. Doosan Bears (1–3)
2014		KBO	4/9	4/9	128	62	64	2	.492	.279	90	4.58	Won semi-playoff vs. NC Dinos (3–1) Lost playoff vs. Nexen Heroes (1–3)
2015		KBO	9/10	9/10	144	64	78	2	.451	.271	114	4.62	Did not qualify
2016		KBO	4/10	4/10	144	71	71	2	.500	.290	118	5.10	Won wild card vs. Kia Tigers (1–1)* Won semi-playoff vs. Nexen Heroes (3–1) Lost playoff vs. NC Dinos (1–3)
2017		KBO	6/10	6/10	144	69	72	3	.489	.281	110	4.32	Did not qualify
2018		KBO	8/10	8/10	144	68	75	1	.476	.293	148	5.29	Did not qualify
2019		KBO	4/10	4/10	144	79	64	1	.552	.267	94	3.86	Won wild card vs. NC Dinos (1–0) Lost semi-playoff vs. Kiwoom Heroes (1–3)
2020		KBO	4/10	4/10	144	79	61	4	.564	.277	149	4.37	Won wild card vs. Kiwoom Heroes (1–0) Lost semi-playoff vs. Doosan Bears (0–2)
2021		KBO	4/10	3/10	144	72	58	14	.554	.250	110	3.57	Lost semi-playoff vs. Doosan Bears (1–2)
2022		KBO	3/10	2/10	144	87	55	2	.613	.269	118	3.33	Lost playoff vs. Kiwoom Heroes (1–3)
2023		KBO	1/10	1/10	144	86	56	2	.606	.279	93	3.67	Won Korean Series vs. KT Wiz (4–1)
2024		KBO		3/10	144	76	66	2	.535	.283	115	4.63	Won semi-playoff vs. KT Wiz (3–2)

Team

Current lineup

LG Twins roster view talk edit
Players						Coaches/Other
Pitchers Starting rotation 1 Im Chan-kyu 3 Casey Kelly 26 Lee Min-ho 34 Dietrich Enns 47 Kim Yoon-sik 50 Lee Ji-gang 53 Choi Won-tae 55 Lee Sang-yeong 59 Kang Hyo-jong Bullpen 11 Ham Deok-ju 13 Choi Dong-hwan 18 Jeong Woo-yeoung 31 Lee Jung-yong 34 Kim Dae-hyun 37 Lee Woo-chan 39 Park Myung-keun 42 Kim Jin-sung 61 Baek Seung-hyun Closer 54 Yu Yeong-chan		Catchers 27 Park Dong-won 30 Heo Do-hwan 55 Kim Beomseok Infielders 2 Moon Bo-kyung 4 Shin Min-jae 5 Kim Joo-sung 6 Koo Bon-hyeok 10 Oh Ji-hwan 23 Austin Dean		Outfielders 8 Moon Seong-joo 17 Park Hae-min 22 Kim Hyun-soo 51 Hong Chang-ki 62 Choi Seung-min		Manager 85 Youm Kyoung-youb Coaches 81 Kim Jeong-jun (head coach) 97 Mo Chang-Min (hitting) 84 Park Yong-geun (third base) 71 Kim Kyeong-tae (pitching) 99 Kim Kwang-sam (pitching) 80 Park Kyung-oan (battery) 88 Kim Yong-yil (training) 68 Choi Seung-jun (assistant hitting) 70 Lee Ho-joon(QC) Futures League 72 Seo Yong-bin (manager) 74 Kyeong Heon-ho(pitching) 82 Jang Kwang-ho (battery) 86 Sin Kyeong-sik (batting) 87 Yang Yeong-dong (base running) 89 Park Seok-jin (reserve pitching) Rookie League 90 Choi Dong-soo(hitting) updated on 16 December 2023 → All KBO League rosters

Managers

• Baek In-chun (1982)
• Kim Dong-yeop (1983)
• Eo Woo-hong (1984–1985)
• Kim Dong-yeob (1986–1987)
• Yu Baek-man (1988)
• Bae Seong-seo (1989)
• Baek In-chun (1989–1991)
• Lee Kwang-hwan (1992–1994)
• Cheon Bo-seong (1995–1999)
• Lee Gwang-eun (2000–2001)
• Kim Sung-keun (2002)
• Lee Kwang-hwan (2003)
• Lee Sun-cheol (2004–2006)
• Kim Jae-bak (2007–2009)
• Park Jong-hun [ko] (2010–2011)
• Kim Ki-tae (2012–2014)
• Yang Sang-moon (2014–2017)
• Ryu Joong-il (2018–2020)
• Ryu Ji-hyun (2021–2022)
• Youm Kyoung-youb (2022–present)^[5]

In popular culture

The team featured prominently in the tvN drama Reply 1994, where the team's 1994 head coach is a main character. In the drama, the team is referenced under a different name, "Seoul Twins" (Korean: 서울 쌍둥이), due to trademark issues with the LG Corporation.^{[citation needed]}

In 2023, TVING released the original documentary Our Game: LG Twins, directed by Lee Hyun-hee, covering behind-the-scenes stories inside and outside the stadium. It received praise for its unique documentary and became the best original documentary in TVING's history in terms of paid subscriptions.^[6]

References

General

• "Complete league history and statistics" (in Korean). Korean Baseball League. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

Specific

1. "LG Twins unable to get over Doosan Bears hump in KBO". Yonhap News Agency. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
2. Hyun-kyung, Kang. "Baseball: Korean baseball shifting to Major League style," The Korea Times (9 March 2017).
3. "LG Twins overcome KT Wiz in five, win their first Korean Series in 29 years". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
4. Jee-ho, Yoo (13 November 2023). "(LEAD) LG Twins capture 1st Korean Series title in 29 years". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
5. "LG Twins hire new manager Youm Kyoung-youb". Yonhap News Agency. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
6. Kim, Chae-yeon (4 April 2023). "야구팬 다 모였다".. '아워게임' 티빙 오리지널 다큐멘터리 유료가입기여자수 역대 1위 ["All baseball fans gathered".. 'Our Game' TVing Original Documentary No. 1 in the number of paid subscription contributors]. OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved 16 April 2023 – via Naver.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)