2025 KBO League season

This article is about the upcoming KBO League season; for the last season, see 2024 KBO League season. For all of baseball, see 2025 in baseball.

2025 KBO League
Association	KBO
League	KBO League
Sport	Baseball
Defending champions	Kia Tigers (2024)
Hosts	Shinhan Bank
Duration	March 22 – August 3
Number of games	144 per team
Number of teams	10
Total attendance	-
Average attendance	-
TV partner(s)	KBS, MBC, SBS & SPOTV
Streaming partner(s)	TVING (South Korea) SOOP Live (International)
Regular Season
Preseason
First place	-
Runners-up	-
Postseason
Korean Series

The 2025 KBO League season, officially known as the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League (Korean: 2025 신한 SOL Bank KBO 리그) for sponsorship reasons, is an upcoming professional baseball season based in South Korea; the 44th in the history of the KBO League. The league's format and makeup will not change in the 2025 season from the previous season, with the same ten teams competing; the Kia Tigers, Doosan Bears, Lotte Giants, NC Dinos, LG Twins, Hanwha Eagles, KT Wiz, Samsung Lions, SSG Landers, and the Kiwoom Heroes. The Tigers will enter the season as the defending champions from the 2024 season.

The Eagles and Bears changed their branding and cap insignia prior to the season. The Eagles also moved to a new stadium, Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark.

The Tigers will enter the season as the defending champions from the 2024 season.

Events

MLB

On January 3, 2025, Hye-seong Kim of the Heroes signed a three-year, $12.5 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. The contract has an option for the 2028-29 season that could increase the amount to $22 million.

Preseason

The preseason will start on March 8 and end on March 18.

Preseason standings

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	D	PCT	GB	Home	Road
-	Doosan Bears	0	0	0	0	-	0	0-0-0	0-0-0
	LG Twins	0	0	0	0	-	0	0-0-0	0-0-0
	Hanwha Eagles	0	0	0	0	-	0	0-0-0	0-0-0
	NC Dinos	0	0	0	0	-	0	0-0-0	0-0-0
	KT Wiz	0	0	0	0	-	0	0-0-0	0-0-0
	Kia Tigers	0	0	0	0	-	0	0-0-0	0-0-0
	Samsung Lions	0	0	0	0	-	0	0-0-0	0-0-0
	Lotte Giants	0	0	0	0	-	0	0-0-0	0-0-0
	SSG Landers	0	0	0	0	-	0	0-0-0	0-0-0
	Kiwoom Heroes	0	0	0	0	-	0	0-0-0	0-0-0

Regular season

The 2025 regular season will start on March 22 and end on August 3. Each team will play 144 games, facing each other 16 times.

Note: Draw results are ignored by the league when calculating win percentage and games behind.

Standings

Regular season standings

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	D	PCT	GB	Home	Road	STRK	Postseason
-	Doosan Bears	0	0	0	0	0.000	0	0-0-0	0-0-0	-	N/A
	LG Twins	0	0	0	0	0.000	0	0-0-0	0-0-0	-
	Hanwha Eagles	0	0	0	0	0.000	0	0-0-0	0-0-0	-
	NC Dinos	0	0	0	0	0.000	0	0-0-0	0-0-0	-
	KT Wiz	0	0	0	0	0.000	0	0-0-0	0-0-0	-
-	Kia Tigers	0	0	0	0	0.000	0	0-0-0	0-0-0	-	N/A
	Samsung Lions	0	0	0	0	0.000	0	0-0-0	0-0-0	-
	Lotte Giants	0	0	0	0	0.000	0	0-0-0	0-0-0	-
	SSG Landers	0	0	0	0	0.000	0	0-0-0	0-0-0	-
	Kiwoom Heroes	0	0	0	0	0.000	0	0-0-0	0-0-0	-

Note: Draw results are ignored by the league when calculating win percentage and games behind.

All-Star Game

Like in previous all-star games, the ten KBO teams will be divided into two All-Star teams: the Nanum All-Stars (나눔) and the Dream All-Stars (드림). The game will be hosted at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark, the Eagles' new home stadium.

Postseason

The 2025 KBO postseason will start in the fall. The top five teams in the regular season standings qualify.

	Wild Card					Semi-playoff					Playoff					Korean Series
																1	1st place	-
											2	2nd place	-			PO	Playoff Winner	-
						3	3rd place	-			SPO	Semi-playoff Winner	-
	4	4th place	-			WC	Wild Card Winner	-
	5	5th place	-

Legend • WC: Wild Card winner • SPO: Semi-playoff winner • PO: Playoff winner----Note: All dates and times are in KST (Korean Standard Time). All statistics will be updated daily whenever possible.

External Links

KBO Official Website