Heroes (Korean Baseball Team)

Infobox baseball team
Name = Woori Heroes Baseball Club

division = subst:Hangul = 우리 히어로즈
serieschamps = subst:Revised Romanization = Uri Hieorojeu
League = KBO
Location = Seoul, South Korea
Stadium = Mokdong Baseball Stadium
Founded = 2008
Nickname = "Heroes"
LeagueChamps = 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004 (all as Hyundai Unicorns)
FormerNames = Sammi Superstars, Chongbo Pintos, Taepyoungyang Dolphins, Hyundai Unicorns
FormerBallparks = Suwon Stadium
Colors = Burgundy, Grey, White, Yellow trim
BackColor = #800000
TextColor = black
Ownership = Lee Changsuk
Manager = Park Rojun

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Woori Heroes is a South Korean professional baseball team. They are a member of the Korean Baseball Organization and compete in the annual KBO Championship which culminates in the Korean Series.The franchise was originally known as the Sammi Superstars and had subsequent incarnations as the Chongbo Pintos and Taepyoungyang Dolphins. The team was renamed the Hyundai Unicorns after being sold to Hyundai in 1996, and was relocated from Incheon to Suwon. The Unicorns won the KBO championship four times (1998, 2000, 2003 and 2004), with only the Haitai Tigers (now Kia Tigers) having a better record of championship victories. In 2008, the team was sold to Centennial Investment and were renamed the Woori Heroes, after the naming rights were sold to Woori Tobacco. The Heroes play their home games at the Mokdong Baseball Stadium in the Yangcheon-Gu of Seoul.

Like other baseball teams in Korea (and contrary to most professional teams in other sports around the world) the team is known primarily by the name of the sponsor, occasionally as as their nickname, and never as the city they come from.

The Heroes mascot is Teokdori (턱돌이).

Active Roster (Current)

Pitchers
*player| 13|KOR|Jang Won-Sam (장원삼)
*player| 41|KOR|Hwang Doo Sung (황두성)
*player| 48|KOR|Lee Hyun Seung (이현승)
*player| 28|KOR|Shin Chul In (신철인)
*player| 43|KOR|Roh Hwan Soo (노환수)
*player| 57|KOR|Cho Yong Hoon (조용훈)
*player| 60|KOR|Cho Soon Gwon (조순권)
*player| 53|KOR|Kim Sung Hyun (김성현)
*player| 19|KOR|Song Shin Young (송신영)
*player| 33|JPN|Shingo Takatsu

Catchers
*player| 02|KOR|Kim Dong-Soo (김동수)
*player| 12|KOR|Kang Gwee Tae (강귀태)

Infielders
*player| 16|KOR|Jung Sung Hoon (정성훈)
*player| 10|KOR|Lee Soong Yong (이숭용)
*player| 31|KOR|Jun Geun Pyo (전근표)
*player| 05|KOR|Kim Il Gyung (김일경)
*player| 03|KOR|Hwang Jae Gyoon (황재균)
*player| 68|KOR|Yoo Jae Shin (유재신)
*player| 36|KOR|Kang Byung Shik (강병식)
*player| 17|KOR|Kang Jung Ho (강정호)

Outfielders
*player| 29|KOR|Lee Taek-Keun (이택근)
*player| 37|KOR|Cho Jae Ho (조재호)
*player| 25|KOR|Song Ji-Man (송지만)
*player| 24|USA|Cliff Brumbaugh

External links

* [http://www.koreabaseball.com Korea Baseball Organisation Official Site]
* [http://www.woori-heroes.co.kr Woori Heroes Official Site]