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**Busan Lotte Giants**
	Busan Lotte Giants
League	KBO
Location	Busan
Ballpark	Sajik Baseball Stadium (Capacity 30000) and Masan Baseball Stadium (Capacity 21885)
Year Founded	1982
League championships	1984, 1992
Colors	Black, white, orange
Manager	Jerry Royster
	Uniforms
Home	Away

The Lotte Giants (Korean: 롯데 자이언츠) are a professional baseball team in Busan, Korea. They are one of the original franchises of the Korea Baseball Organization league. From 1982 through 1986 they played in Busan Gudeok Stadium, and since then, in Sajik Baseball Stadium and Masan Baseball Stadium. They are owned by Lotte and won the KBO Championship, Korea Series in 1984 and 1992. It is interesting to note that Lotte also owns the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

[edit] Season by Season Records

Year	Rank	Games	W	L	D	Win%
1982	5	80	31	49	0	.388
1983	6	100	42	56	1	.434
1984	1	100	50	48	2	.510
1985	2	110	59	51	0	.536
1986	5	108	50	52	6	.490
1987	3	108	54	49	5	.524
1988	3	108	57	49	2	.537
1989	7	120	48	67	5	.421
1990	6	120	44	71	5	.388
1991	4	126	61	62	3	.496
1992	1	126	71	55	0	.563
1993	6	126	62	63	1	.496
1994	6	126	56	67	3	.456
1995	2	126	68	53	5	.560
1996	5	126	57	63	6	.476
1997	8	126	48	77	1	.385
1998	8	126	50	72	4	.410
1999	2	132	75	52	5	.591
2000	5	133	65	64	4	.504
2001	8	133	59	70	4	.457
2002	8	133	35	97	1	.265
2003	8	133	39	91	3	.300
2004	8	133	50	72	11	.410
2005	5	126	58	67	1	.464
2006	7	126	50	73	3	.407
2007	7	126	55	68	3	.447
2008	3	126	69	57	0	.548
2009	4	133	66	67	0	.496

[edit] Current roster

Lotte Giants roster

Active roster

Inactive roster

Coaches/Other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

21 Song Seung-Jun
22 Lee Yong-Hoon
28 Jang Won-Jun
37 Cho Jung-Hoon
55 Kim Il-Yeop
61 Son Min-Han
- Ryan Sadowski

Bullpen

19 Lim Kyung-Wan
34 Kim Sa-Yool
40 Oh Byung-Il
41 Lee Jung-Hoon
51 Na Seung-Hyun
91 Bae Jang-Ho

Closer

Catchers

27 Choi Ki-Moon
47 Kang Min-Ho

Infielders

0 Jung Bo-Myung
2 Cho Sung-Hwan
6 Kim Min-Sung
10 Lee Dae-Ho
12 Kim Joo-Chan
16 Park Ki-Hyuk

Outfielders

1 Lee Seung-Hwa
9 Lee In-Koo
17 Park Jung-Joon
95 Karim Garcia

Designated hitters

49 Hong Sung-Heon

Pitchers

11 Lee Jung-Min
14 Kang Young-Sik
29 Ha Joon-Ho
31 Yang Sung-Jae
35 Kim Dae-Woo
53 Lee Sang-Hwa †
59 Choi Dae-Sung †
64 Kim Yi-Seul

Catchers

31 Lee Seung-Jae #

Infielders

5 Park Hyun-Seung
7 Park Nam-Seop
13 Jeon Jun-Woo
15 Choo Kyeong-Sik
46 Moon Kyu-Hyun

Outfielders

25 Choi Man-Ho
32 Seo Jeong-Ho
68 Son Ah-Seop

Manager

3 Jerry Royster

Coaches

60 Fernando Arroyo

† Disabled list
* Suspended list
# Military list
Roster updated 2009-06-14
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[edit] Noted Former Players

Choi Dong-Won (최동원 - 1983~1988)
Kim Yong-Hee (김용희 - 1982~1989)
Kim Yong-Cheol (김용철 - 1982~1989)
Yoon Hak-Gil (윤학길 - 1986~2000)
Kim Min-Ho (김민호 - 1984~1996)
Park Jeong-Tae (박정태 - 1991~2004)
Felix Jose (펠릭스 호세 - 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007)
Jose Cabrera (카브레라 - 2006)
Mario Encarnacion (마리오 이시온 - 2003)
Roberto Giron (로베르토 기론 - 1999)
Brian Myrow (브라이언 마이로우 - 2006)
John Gall (존 갈 - 2006)
David Cortes (데이비드 코르테스 - 2008)
Roberto Perez (로베르토 페레즈 - 2004)