Kia Tigers
League	KBO
Location	Gwangju
Ballpark	Moodeung Stadium
Year Founded	1982
League championships	9 (1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997)
Former name(s)	Haitai Tigers (해태 타이거즈)
Uniforms
Home	Away

Moodeung Stadium, home field of Kia Tigers and former Haitai Tigers

The Kia Tigers (Korean: 기아 타이거즈) are a Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982. Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language Romanization system in South Korea. McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language Romanization systems along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which The Korea Baseball Organization ( KBO) of South Korea is the country's Professional baseball league Gwangju Metropolitan City is the sixth largest city in South Korea. Moodeung Stadium is a multi-use Stadium in Gwangju, South Korea. Champions Major League Baseball World Series Champion St Louis Cardinals World Series MVP Darrell Moodeung Stadium is a multi-use Stadium in Gwangju, South Korea. This article is mainly about the spoken Korean language See Hangul for details on the native Korean writing system South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The Tigers are a member team of the Korean Baseball Organization and the most successful team in Korean baseball having won the national championship, the Korean Series, nine times, with a perfect 9-0 record in the series final. The Korea Baseball Organization ( KBO) of South Korea is the country's Professional baseball league The Korean Series is the championship series of the Korea Baseball Organization. After the success of the 1980's and 90's, the fortunes of the team began to turn, resulting in them finishing bottom of the league for the first time in 2005, and again in 2007. They were previously known as the Haitai Tigers (해태 타이거즈). Their home stadium is Moodeung Stadium in Gwangju. Moodeung Stadium is a multi-use Stadium in Gwangju, South Korea. Gwangju Metropolitan City is the sixth largest city in South Korea.

Active Roster (Current)

Battery Coach

•  70 Jo Bum Hyun (조범현)

Pitchers

•  40 Seo Jae-Weong (서재응)
•  27 José Lima (호세 리마)
•  20 Yoon Suk-Min (윤석민)
•  26 Lee Dae-jin (이대진)
•  61 Lee Beom-seok (이범석)
•  37 Yang Hyun-Jong (양현종)
•  39 Son Young-Min (손영민)
•  44 Moon Hyun-Jung (문현정)
•  35 Im Jun-Hyuk (임준혁)
•  39 Yoo Dong-Hoon (유동훈)
•  38 Park Jung-Kyu (박정규)
•  68 Kwak Jung-Chul (곽정철)
•  10 Han Ki-Joo (한기주)
•  64 Jung Min-tae (정민태)

Catchers

•  22 Kim Sang-Hoon (김상훈)
•  12 Cha Il-Mok (차일목)
•   Lee Sung-woo (이성우)

Infielders

•  16 Kim Jong-Kook (김종국)
•  3 Kim Sun-Bin (김선빈)
•  33 Kim Joo-Hyung (김주형)
•  31 Lee Hyun-Gon (이현곤)
•  23 Choi Hee-Seop (최희섭)
•  49 Wilson Valdéz (윌슨 발데즈)

Outfielders

•  1 Chang Sung-Ho (장성호)
•  51 Kim Won-Sup (김원섭)
•  7 Lee Jong-Beom (이종범)
•  28 Chae Jong-Beom (채종범)
•  15 Lee Yong-Gyu (이용규)
•  29 Na Ji-Wan (나지완)
•  2 Kang Dong-Woo (강동우)

Season by Season Records

External links

• Official site