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| Location | Incheon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ballpark | Munhak Baseball Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year Founded | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League championships | 1 (2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SK Wyverns (Hangul: 에스케이 와이번스) is a Korean professional baseball team founded in 2000. The Korea Baseball Organization ( KBO) of South Korea is the country's Professional baseball league Incheon is a metropolitan city and a major seaport on the west coast of South Korea, near Seoul. Munhak Baseball Stadium is a Baseball Stadium in Incheon, South Korea. Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: It is based in Incheon. Incheon is a metropolitan city and a major seaport on the west coast of South Korea, near Seoul. They play their home games at Munhak Baseball Stadium. Munhak Baseball Stadium is a Baseball Stadium in Incheon, South Korea.
Their current manager is Kim Seong-geun (김성근, 金星根). Their bench coach is former Triple Crown winner and home run champ Man Soo Lee (이만수). For other uses of this term see Triple crown In Baseball, the Triple Crown refers to A batter who (at season's end leads Man Soo Lee is the former Bullpen Catcher for the Chicago White Sox, and current bench coach of the SK Wyverns of the Korean Baseball
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History
The first team to represent Incheon was founded in the inaugural KBO season in 1982, and were known as the Sammi Superstars. The team was infamously unsuccessful, winning just 15 games out of 80 in their first season. They changed ownership in 1985 and were known as the Cheongbo Pintos. This new incarnation lasted only two seasons and became the Taepyeongyang Dolphins in 1988. In 1995, the powerful conglomerate, Hyundai, bought the outfit and re-named them the Hyundai Unicorns. Hyundai refers to a group of companies and related organizations founded by Chung Ju-yung in South Korea. With more potent financial backing, they finally brought the first Korean Series to Incheon in 1998. The Korean Series is the championship series of the Korea Baseball Organization.
In the 2000 season, the Ssangbangwool Raiders, a team that had previously represented the Jeollabuk-do region, was dissolved because of the bankruptcy of the Ssangbangwool Group, the teams owner, and its franchise was fortified by KBO. Jeollabuk-do (North Jeolla is a province in the southwest of South Korea. Then the KBO awarded a new franchise to the SK conglomerate. The name of the new franchise was determines to be the SK Wyverns. So officially the Raiders and the Wyverns has no historical links although the former Raiders players mostly consisted of the new team. Therefore, no historical records of the Raiders were succeeded to the Wyverns.
The Unicorns moved out of Incheon to go to Suwon, and the SK Wyverns filled the void left in Incheon. Suwon ( Suwon-si) is the provincial capital of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Their first Korean Series appearance came in 2003, where somewhat ironically, they were defeated by the Hyundai Unicorns in seven games.
In 2007, SK defeated the Doosan Bears in six games to win the 2007 Korean Series - the first time the franchise had won the Korean Series - after finishing the league in first place. Doosan Bears ( are a Korean professional Baseball team founded in. See also 2007 Korea Baseball Organization season The 2007 Korean Series began on Monday the 22nd of October at the Munhak Baseball Stadium in Incheon They became the first team in Korean Series history to win after losing the first two games. Designated Hitter Kim Jae-hyun was the series MVP.
SK went on to compete in the Konami Cup, a short competition between the champions of the Korean Baseball League, the Japanese Baseball League, the Taiwanese Baseball League, and the China All-Stars.
On November 8, 2007, SK Wyverns managed to defeat the Chunichi Dragons (6-3), giving them their first ever loss in Konami Cup history. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. On November 9, 2007, they soundly defeated the China All-Stars (13-0), causing the game to be called in the 7th inning, due to the 'Mercy Rule'. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. On November 10, 2007, they repeated their performance, defeating the Toongi Lions of Taiwan (13-1) in 7 innings. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
The final game, on November 11, 2007, was a rematch of the first game, between Chunichi Dragons and SK Wyverns. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. In an extremely close game, Chunichi managed to win the game, 6-5.
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SK Wyverns roster
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Season by season records
| Year | Rank | Games | W | L | Win % |
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| 2000 | 4 | 133 | 44 | 86 | 0. Chong Tae-Hyon (born November 10 1978) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Kim Kwang-Hyun ( Hangul: 김광현 Hanja: 金廣鉉 (born July 22, 1988 in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do) is a South Korean Darwin Harrikson Cubillán Salom (born November 15, 1972 in Bobures, Zulia State, Venezuela) better known as Darwin Cubillán 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Park Kyung-Wan (born July 11, 1972) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Kim Tae-Gyun may refer to several persons Kim Tae-gyun (director, a South Korean director born in 1960 Kim Tae-Gyun (baseball player Jeong Keun-Woo ( Hangul: 정근우 Hanja: 鄭根宇 (born October 2, 1982 in Seoul, South Korea) is a third baseman Lee Jin-Young ( Hangul: 이진영 Hanja: 李晋暎 (born June 15, 1980 in Gunsan, Jeollanam-do) is an right outfielder Park Jae-Hong (born September 7, 1973) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. 338 |
| 2001 | 7 | 133 | 60 | 71 | 0. 458 |
| 2002 | 6 | 133 | 61 | 69 | 0. 469 |
| 2003 | 2 | 133 | 66 | 64 | 0. 508 |
| 2004 | 5 | 133 | 61 | 64 | 0. 488 |
| 2005 | 3 | 126 | 70 | 50 | 0. 583 |
| 2006 | 6 | 126 | 60 | 65 | 0. 480 |
| 2007 | 1 | 126 | 73 | 48 | 0. 603 |
External links
- SK Wyverns (Korean)
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