KT Wiz ( ko, KT 위즈) are a South Korean professional baseball team based in

Suwon Suwon (, ) is the capital and largest city of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea's most populous province which surrounds Seoul, the national capital. Suwon lies about south of Seoul. It is traditionally known as "The City of Filial Piety". With a populati ...

. They are a member of the

KBO League The KBO League (), officially the Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League, is the highest level league of baseball in South Korea. The KBO League was founded with six franchises in 1982 and is the most popular sports league in South Korea. The Kia Tigers ar ...

. Their home stadium is Suwon Baseball Stadium in

History

On 11 January 2013, 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 ...

officially approved KT Baseball Club's admission to

, beginning with the 2015 season. The Suwon KT Wiz played the 2013 season as part of the

KBO Futures League KBO Futures League () or Korea Baseball Futures League is South Korea's second level of baseball, below the KBO League. It serves as a farm league with the purpose to develop professional players on-demand to play in the KBO League. The league ...

's Freedom Division,Fast, Alex
"So You Want To Get Into The KBO: The Pitcher List staff brings you the definitive guide to the KBO,"
''Pitcher List'' (May 2020). and the 2014 season as part of the Futures League's Blue League division. In 2015, the team was elevated to the KBO League. As a new KBO League team in 2015, the Wiz were allowed four foreign players on their roster each season (as opposed to the usual three)."KBO clubs snatch up new foreign players following rule change,"
Yonhap News Agency (16 December 2013). Foreign players signed by the Wiz for the 2015 season were pitchers Phil Irwin,

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and

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, and hitter

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(Sisco and Irwin were both released mid-season and replaced by

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and

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, respectively). Beginning in the 2017 season, the Wiz's allowed allotment of foreign players reverted to three to match the rest of the league. After five straight seasons without a playoff appearance, Wiz finally broke through in 2020, finishing second with a 81–62–1 record. They were eliminated by the

Doosan Bears The Doosan Bears ( ko, 두산 베어스) are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Seoul. Founded in 1982, they are a member of the KBO League. The Bears have won six Korean Series titles (1982, 1995, 2001, 2015, 2016, and 2019) and ...

in the semifinals after four games. The following year, for the first time in franchise history, KT Wiz became regular season champions after defeating the

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in an additional tiebreaker and advanced directly to the

Korean Series The Korean Series is the final championship series of the KBO League. It has been held since the KBO League's first season in and is the final series of the post-season play-offs. From to 2013, the winner of the Korean Series went on to play in ...

. In the final, they won their first Korean Series title, sweeping the Doosan Bears in four games.

Season-by-season records

Current squad

Managers

Cho Bum-hyun Cho Bum-hyun (born October 1, 1960) is the former manager of the KT Wiz, and a former catcher Catcher is a position in baseball and softball. When a batter takes their turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of t ...

(2013–2016) * Kim Jin-wook (2017–2018) *

Lee Kang-chul Lee Kang-chul (Hangul: 이강철; born May 24, 1966, in Gwangju, South Korea) is a South Korean former professional baseball pitcher and current manager of the KT Wiz. A submarine-style pitcher, KBO League teams Sport in Suwon Baseball teams established in 2013

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2013 establishments in South Korea