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**Doosan Bears**
	Doosan Bears
League	KBO
Location	Seoul
Ballpark	Jamsil Baseball Stadium
Year Founded	1982
League championships	1982, 1995, 2001
Former name(s)	OB Bears
Colors	Blue, Yellow, and White
	Uniforms
Home	Away

Jamsil Baseball Stadium, home field of Doosan Bears and LG Twins

The Doosan Bears (두산 베어스) are a professional baseball team based in Seoul, South Korea. The Bears are a member of the Korean Baseball Organization.

The club was founded in Daejeon, South Korea in 1982 as the OB Bears, and moved to Seoul, South Korea in 1985 before being officially renamed the "Doosan Bears" in 1999. The Doosan Bears (formerly the OB Bears) won the Korean Series in 1982, the inaugural KBO season. The Bears have won three Korea Series titles (1982, 1995, 2001). The Bears play their home games at Seoul's Jamsil Baseball Stadium.

The principal sponsor, Doosan, is primarily involved in construction and heavy industry, although like many Korean chaebol it has an extremely wide-ranging portfolio of interests. It claims to be Korea's oldest company. The previous sponsor, OB (Oriental Brewery) produces one of South Korea's top selling lager brands.

The Bears have retired numbers 21 and 54. The number 54 is in memory of a catcher Kim Young-Shin who died, and the number 21 is the legendary pitcher, Park Chul-Soon, whose nickname is "Phoenix." Park had made the greatest myth as an injured player in his period and won the Most Valuable Player award in the 1982 Korean Series. Next year he was injured but won the award. He continued to play when injured and had much success. He is still held in high esteem from not only most Bears fans but many Korean baseball fans.

Korean-American Pittsburgh Steeler Hines Ward threw out the first pitch at a Doosan Bears game on a visit to Korea in 2006.

[edit] Season by Season Records

Year	Rank	Games	W	L	Win%	BA	HR
1982	1	80	56	24	.700	.283	57
1983	5	100	44	55	.444	.259	50
1984	3	100	58	41	.586	.256	53
1985	4	110	51	57	.472	.260	67
1986	4	108	56	48	.538	.249	38
1987	4	108	55	52	.514	.261	30
1988	5	108	54	52	.509	.258	44
1989	5	120	54	63	.463	.247	42
1990	7	120	35	80	.313	.231	62
1991	8	126	51	73	.413	.250	59
1992	5	126	56	66	.460	.259	110
1993	3	126	66	55	.544	.258	59
1994	7	126	53	72	.425	.246	75
1995	1	126	74	47	.607	.266	106
1996	8	126	47	73	.397	.242	82
1997	5	126	57	64	.472	.254	84
1998	4	126	61	62	.496	.256	102
1999	3	132	76	51	.598	.284	141
2000	2	133	76	57	.571	.289	150
2001	1	133	65	63	.508	.276	130
2002	5	133	66	65	.504	.261	130
2003	7	133	57	74	.435	.276	90
2004	3	133	70	62	.530	.268	89
2005	2	126	72	51	.585	.270	63
2006	5	126	63	60	.512	.258	55
2007	2	126	70	54	.565	.263	78
2008	2	126	70	56	.555	.276	80
2009	3	133	71	60	.534	.280	120