The Hanwha Eagles misplaced their last residence sport on the oldest stadium within the South Korean skilled baseball league Sunday.
The Eagles fell to the NC Dinos 7-2 at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, some 140 kilometers south of Seoul, to complete off their 2024 Korea Baseball Group (KBO) season at 66-76-2 (wins-losses-ties).
Opened in 1964, the stadium had been the oldest ballpark within the KBO and in addition the smallest within the league with a capability of 12,000. The KBO had its first season in 1982, and the Eagles joined the league in 1986. They’ve performed all of their 2,213 regular-season video games on the Daejeon stadium, recording 1,067 wins, 1,105 losses and 41 ties.
The Eagles will transfer into the model new, 20,000-seat Daejeon Baseball Dream Park in 2025.
The Eagles missed the postseason for the sixth consecutive yr in 2024, regardless of making a push and giving their famously loyal fan base hope.
The Eagles set a single-season sellout document with 47 this yr, simply surpassing the earlier mark of 36 set by the Samsung Lions in 1995.
With their one last sellout in Sunday’s finale, the Eagles completed the season with a franchise document 804,204 followers at residence.
Additionally on Sunday, veteran pitcher Jung Wooram appeared within the last sport of his 20-year profession.
The 39-year-old left-hander started his KBO profession in 2004 with the SK Wyverns (at the moment SSG Landers) and joined the Eagles in free company in 2016.
Jung had been serving as player-coach within the minors this season and had not pitched in any respect within the KBO till his one last, largely ceremonial, look firstly of Sunday’s sport. It was Jung’s first profession begin.
After giving up a leadoff single to Choi Jeong-won, Jung was lifted for Jaime Barria, who would have been the starter for this sport.
Jung holds the document for many appearances in KBO historical past with 1,005. No different pitcher has surpassed the 1,000 mark.
