The Doosan Bears () are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Seoul. Founded in 1982, they are a member of the KBO League. The Bears have won six Korean Series titles (1982, 1995, 2001, 2015, 2016, and 2019) and play their home games at Seoul's Jamsil Baseball Stadium.

History The club was founded in Daejeon in as the OB Bears, with the Oriental Brewery as their owners. OB Bears were the first team to be founded in the KBO League. The Doosan Group initially wanted a base in Seoul from 1982, as their company was founded in Seoul and had no connection to Chungcheong Province. But since there was no corporation that could establish a baseball team in Daejeon, Doosan agreed to play in Daejeon for three years before returning to Seoul.

In , the team moved to their current home in Seoul. The OB Bears were officially renamed the Doosan Bears in , after Oriental Brewery was sold to InBev and the Doosan Group assumed ownership.

The Bears won the inaugural Korean Series in 1982 by defeating the Samsung Lions to become the first KBO League champion. Between 2015 and 2021, the Bears appeared in seven consecutive Korean Series championships, winning three of the series in 2015, 2016 and 2019.

Team colors The main colors of the team are navy blue and white, with red as the secondary color. From 1999 to 2009, yellow was used instead as the secondary color, before the team returned in 2010 to the iconic dark blue and red combination of the original OB Bears.

Mascot The Doosan Bears mascot is a bear named Cheolwoong (철웅). Its biggest feature is that it embodies the bear, the symbolic animal of Doosan Bears, as a dynamic robot character. It emphasized strength and a future-oriented image.

Season-by-season records Season City Stadium League Finish Regular season Postseason Awards Rank Games Wins Losses Draws Win% BA HR ERAOB Bears1982 Daejeon Daejeon HanbatBaseball StadiumKBO 1 1/6 40 29 11 0 .725 .283 57 3.20 Won Korean Series vs. Samsung Lions (4–1–1) Park Chul-soon ()2/6 40 27 13 0 .6751983 KBO 5 6/6 50 22 28 0 .440 .259 50 3.54 Park Jong-hoon () 5/6 50 22 27 1 .4491984 KBO 3 2/6 50 30 20 0 .600 .256 53 2.53 Yun Seog-hwan (ROTY) 2/6 50 28 21 1 .5711985 Seoul DongdaemunBaseball StadiumKBO 4 2/6 55 29 25 1 .537 .260 67 3.16 5/6 55 22 32 1 .4091986 JamsilBaseball StadiumKBO 3 5/7 54 23 29 2 .442 .249 38 2.61 Lost playoff vs. Samsung Lions (2–3) 1/7 54 33 19 2 .6351987 KBO 3 2/7 54 30 22 2 .574 .261 30 3.26 Lost playoff vs. Haitai Tigers (2–3) 5/7 54 24 30 0 .4441988 KBO 5 3/7 54 31 23 0 .574 .258 44 3.73 5/7 54 23 29 2 .4441989 KBO 5 5/7 120 54 63 3 .463 .247 42 3.70 1990 KBO 7 7/7 120 35 80 5 .313 .231 62 4.72 1991 KBO 8 8/8 126 51 73 2 .413 .250 59 4.32 1992 KBO 5 5/8 126 56 66 4 .460 .259 110 4.22 1993 KBO 4 3/8 126 66 55 5 .544 .258 59 2.89 Lost semi-playoff vs. LG Twins (1–2) 1994 KBO 7 7/8 126 53 72 1 .425 .246 75 3.46 1995 KBO 1 1/8 126 74 47 5 .607 .266 106 3.42 Won Korean Series vs. Lotte Giants (4–3) Kim Sang-ho (MVP)1996 KBO 8 8/8 126 47 73 6 .397 .242 82 3.67 1997 KBO 5 5/8 126 57 64 5 .472 .254 84 3.84 1998 KBO 4 4/8 126 61 62 3 .496 .256 102 3.60 Lost semi-playoff vs. LG Twins (0–2) Tyrone Woods (MVP)Doosan Bears1999 Seoul JamsilBaseball Stadium Dream League 4 1/4 132 76 51 5 .598 .284 141 4.58 Lost playoff vs. Hanwha Eagles (0–4) Hong Sung-heon (ROTY)2000 Dream League 2 2/4 133 76 57 0 .571 .289 150 4.22 Won playoff vs. LG Twins (4–2) Lost Korean Series vs. Hyundai Unicorns (3–4) 2001 KBO 1 3/8 133 65 63 5 .508 .276 130 4.96 Won semi-playoff vs. Hanwha Eagles (2–0) Won playoff vs. Hyundai Unicorns (3–1) Won Korean Series vs. Samsung Lions (4–2) 2002 KBO 5 5/8 133 66 65 2 .504 .261 130 3.93 2003 KBO 7 7/8 133 57 74 2 .435 .276 90 4.25 2004 KBO 3 3/8 133 70 62 1 .530 .268 89 3.88 Won semi-playoff vs. Kia Tigers (2–0) Lost playoff vs. Samsung Lions (1–3) 2005 KBO 2 2/8 126 72 51 3 .585 .270 63 3.42 Won playoff vs. Hanwha Eagles (3–0) Lost Korean Series vs. Samsung Lions (0–4) 2006 KBO 5 5/8 126 63 60 3 .512 .258 55 3.36 2007 KBO 2 2/8 126 70 54 2 .565 .263 78 3.45 Won playoff vs. Hanwha Eagles (3–0) Lost Korean Series vs. SK Wyverns (2–4) Danny Rios (MVP) Im Tae-hoon (ROTY)2008 KBO 2 2/8 126 70 56 0 .556 .276 68 3.89 Won playoff vs. Samsung Lions (4–2) Lost Korean Series vs. SK Wyverns (1–4) 2009 KBO 3 3/8 133 71 60 2 .534 .280 120 4.60 Won semi-playoff vs. Lotte Giants (3–1) Lost playoff vs. SK Wyverns (2–3) Lee Yong-chan (ROTY)2010 KBO 3 3/8 133 73 57 3 .562 .281 149 4.62 Won semi-playoff vs. Lotte Giants (3–2) Lost playoff vs. Samsung Lions (2–3) Yang Eui-ji (ROTY)2011 KBO 5 5/8 133 61 70 2 .466 .271 92 4.26 2012 KBO 3 3/8 133 68 62 3 .523 .260 59 3.58 Lost semi-playoff vs. Lotte Giants (1–3) 2013 KBO 2 4/9 128 71 54 3 .568 .289 95 4.57 Won semi-playoff vs. Nexen Heroes (3–2) Won playoff vs. LG Twins (3–1) Lost Korean Series vs. Samsung Lions (3–4) 2014 KBO 6 6/9 128 59 68 1 .465 .293 108 5.43 2015 KBO 1 3/10 144 79 65 0 .549 .290 140 5.02 Won semi-playoff vs. Nexen Heroes (3–1) Won playoff vs. NC Dinos (3–2) Won Korean Series vs. Samsung Lions (4–1) 2016 KBO 1 1/10 144 93 50 1 .650 .298 183 4.45 Won Korean Series vs. NC Dinos (4–0) Dustin Nippert (MVP)2017 KBO 2 2/10 144 84 57 3 .596 .294 178 4.38 Won playoff vs. NC Dinos (3–1) Lost Korean Series vs. Kia Tigers (1–4) 2018 KBO 2 1/10 144 93 51 0 .646 .309 191 4.98 Lost Korean Series vs. SK Wyverns (2–4) Kim Jae-hwan (MVP)2019 KBO 1 1/10 144 88 55 1 .615 .278 84 3.51 Won Korean Series vs. Kiwoom Heroes (4–0) Josh Lindblom (MVP)2020 KBO 2 3/10 144 79 61 4 .564 .293 125 4.31 Won semi-playoff vs. LG Twins (2–0) Won playoff vs. KT Wiz (3–1) Lost Korean Series vs. NC Dinos (2–4) 2021 KBO 2 4/10 144 71 65 8 .522 .268 110 4.26 Won wild card vs. Kiwoom Heroes (1–1)Won semi-playoff vs. LG Twins (2–1) Won playoff vs. Samsung Lions (2–0) Lost Korean Series vs. KT Wiz (0–4) Ariel Miranda (MVP)2022 KBO 9 9/10 144 60 82 2 .423 .255 101 4.45 Jeong Cheol-won (ROTY)2023 KBO 5 5/10 144 74 68 2 .521 .255 100 3.92 Lost wild card vs. NC Dinos (0–1) 2024 KBO 4 4/10 144 74 68 2 .521 .276 150 4.82 Lost wild card vs. KT Wiz (0–2) Kim Taek-yeon (ROTY)2025 KBO 9 9/10 144 61 77 6 .442 .262 102 4.30 2026 KBO

Team Current roster

Retired numbers

The Bears have retired numbers 21 and 54. The number 21 is retired in honour of pitcher Park Chul-soon, who won the KBO League Most Valuable Player Award, the Pitching Triple Crown, and the Korean Series Most Valuable Player Award in 1982. The number 54 is in memory of catcher Kim Young-shin, who committed suicide while still a young player.

Managers

Number Name Tenure Honours1Kim Yeong-duk15 January 1982 – 8 August 19821982 Korean Series2Kim Sung-keun24 December 1983 – 8 September 19883Lee Kwang-hwan9 September 1988 – 19 June 19904Lee Jae-won19 June 1990 – 11 July 19915Yun Dong-kyun9 September 1991 – 19946Kim Yin-sik21 September 1994 – 20031995 Korean Series2001 Korean Series7Kim Kyung-moon10 October 2003 – 13 June 2011ActingKim Kwang-soo13 June 2011 – 9 October 20118Kim Jin-wook9 October 2011 – 27 November 20139Song Il-soo27 November 2013 – 21 October 201410Kim Tae-hyoung21 October 2014 – 11 October 20222015 Korean Series2016 Korean Series2019 Korean Series11Lee Seung-yuop14 October 2022 – 2 June 2025ActingCho Sung-hwan3 June 2025 – 19 October 202512Kim Won-hyong20 October 2025 – present

References General

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External links

Official website