Lotte Giants

The Lotte Giants (Korean: 롯데 자이언츠) are a professional baseball team based in Busan, South Korea, and one of the original franchises of the Korea Baseball Organization league. The Lotte Giants are owned by the South Korean-Japanese Lotte conglomerate, which also owns the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball.

From 1982 through 1986, they played at Gudeok Baseball Stadium and since then have played at Sajik Baseball Stadium. They won the KBO Championship, the Korean Series, twice in 1984 and 1992. The team drew about 1.38 million spectators during the 2009 season, a record which remains as the most attendance in a single season in any Korean sports league. They are often called the Busan Seagulls (Korean: 부산 갈매기) because the official bird of the city of Busan is seagulls, and their main fight song is Busan Seagulls.

Read more about Lotte Giants:  History, Popularity and Attendance, Retired Number, Season By Season Records, Current Roster, Noted Former Players

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