Korean Police Baseball Team ( ko, 경찰 야구단) was a South Korean amateur

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team that existed from 2005 to 2019, and competed in the

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from 2006 through 2019.Kim Hyo-Kyung
"Woop-woop! That’s the sound of da Police Team disbanding,"
''Korea JoongAng Daily'' (July 5, 2019). Their home stadium was Byeokje Baseball Stadium in

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. The team was controlled by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, which itself is a division of the National Police Agency. The Police were not affiliated with any single

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team, instead fielding a roster made of players from many of the KBO franchises. Over the Police team's history, however, it had a preponderance of players from the Doosan Bears franchise. Notable

players who at one time served on the Police team included Choi Hyoung-woo,

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Jung Soo-bin Jung Soo-bin (Hangul: 정수빈; born October 7, 1990) is a South Korean outfielder for the Doosan Bears of the KBO League. He bats and throws left-handed. Amateur career While attending Yu-shin High School in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, Jung was a hi ...

, Rhee Dae-eun, Son Seung-lak, and Won Jong-hyun.

Structure

Many professional players who were serving compulsory military service played for the Police team,KIM HYO-KYUNG, PARK SO-YOUNG
"Military service looms over KBO,"
''Korea JoongAng Daily'' (April 16, 2019). usually for a term of two seasons. Players were considered part of the auxiliary police, and completed their national duty as police officers after they finished recruit training.S. Korea baseball community denounces abrupt recruitment halt at police club,"
''The Korea Times'' (November 14, 2018). The

Korea Baseball Organization The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO; ko, 한국야구위원회) is the governing body for the professional leagues of baseball in South Korea. The KBO was founded in 1981 and has governed two leagues: the KBO League ( ko, KBO 리그) and KBO ...

provided the Police team about 1.5 billion won ($1.3 million) in operating expenses each year.

History

The Police team was the champion of the Northern League division of the Futures League in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018. In 2017 the South Korean government announced it was abolishing the auxiliary police by the year 2023; the National Police Agency immediately stopped recruiting athletes and promised to disband its sports teams (including the Police team) by the following year. The Police team was disbanded after the 2019 Futures League season; the team played its final game on July 10, 2019, against the

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Futures League team.Kim Hyo-kyung
"Kim Tae-gun prepares for return to the big leagues,"
''Korea JoongAng Daily'' (July 5, 2019). Altogether, more than 200 players fulfilled their military duties on the Police team during its existence.

Notable former players

References

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External links

Official Cafe
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Structure

History

Notable former players

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