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The Kia Tigers are a Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
n professional baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
 team founded in 1982. The Tigers are a member team of the Korean Baseball Organization
Korean Baseball Organization

The Korea Baseball Organization of South Korea is the country's professional baseball league. KBO was originally founded with six teams in 1982 and currently has eight teams....
 and the most successful team in Korean baseball having won the national championship, the Korean Series
Korean Series

The Korean Series is the championship series of the Korea Baseball Organization. It has been held since the KBO's first season in and is the final series of in the post-season play-offs....
, nine times, with a perfect 9-0 record in the series final. 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.






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The Kia Tigers are a Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
n professional baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
 team founded in 1982. The Tigers are a member team of the Korean Baseball Organization
Korean Baseball Organization

The Korea Baseball Organization of South Korea is the country's professional baseball league. KBO was originally founded with six teams in 1982 and currently has eight teams....
 and the most successful team in Korean baseball having won the national championship, the Korean Series
Korean Series

The Korean Series is the championship series of the Korea Baseball Organization. It has been held since the KBO's first season in and is the final series of in the post-season play-offs....
, nine times, with a perfect 9-0 record in the series final. 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 (?? ????). Their home stadium is Moodeung Stadium
Moodeung Stadium

Moodeung Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Gwangju, South Korea. It is currently used mostly for baseball games and is the home stadium of Kia Tigers, formerly the Haitai Tigers. The stadium is one of the oldest stadiums in Korea....
 in Gwangju
Gwangju

Gwangju Metropolitan City is the sixth largest city in South Korea. It is a designated Special cities of Korea under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister....
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Season by Season Records

Year Team Rank Games W L Win % BA ERA Korean Series
1982 Haitai 4 80 38 42 0.475  
1983 Haitai 1 100 55 44 0.556 Win
1984 Haitai 5 100 43 54 0.443  
1985 Haitai 3 110 57 52 0.523  
1986 Haitai 1 108 67 37 0.644 Win
1987 Haitai 1 108 55 48 0.532 Win
1988 Haitai 1 108 68 38 0.639 Win
1989 Haitai 1 120 65 51 0.558 Win
1990 Haitai 3 120 68 49 0.579  
1991 Haitai 1 126 79 42 0.647 Win
1992 Haitai 3 126 71 54 0.567  
1993 Haitai 1 126 81 42 0.655 Win
1994 Haitai 4 126 65 59 0.524  
1995 Haitai 4 126 64 58 0.524  
1996 Haitai 1 126 73 51 0.587 Win
1997 Haitai 1 126 75 50 0.599 Win
1998 Haitai 5 126 61 64 0.488  
1999 Haitai 7 132 60 69 0.465  
2000 Haitai 4 133 57 72 0.442  
2001 Kia 5 133 60 68 0.469 0.278 5.01  
2002 Kia 3 133 78 51 0.605 0.269 3.92  
2003 Kia 3 133 78 50 0.609 0.272 3.62  
2004 Kia 4 133 67 61 0.523 0.267 4.51  
2005 Kia 8 126 49 76 0.392 0.260 4.81  
2006 Kia 4 126 64 59 0.520 0.255 3.33  
2007 Kia 8 126 51 74 0.408 0.257 4.49  
2008 Kia 6 126 57 69 0.452 0.260 4.08  
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