Nexen Heroes Baseball Club are a South Korean professional baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 team. They are a member of the Korean Baseball Organization

Korean Baseball Organization

Korea Professional Baseball is the highest level league of baseball in South Korea. The Korean romanization is Hanguk Peuro Yagu , a league title which mirrors Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. Korea Professional Baseball was originally founded with six teams in 1982 and currently has eight...

 and compete in the annual KBO Championship which culminates in the Korean Series

Korean Series

The Korean Series is the championship series of the Korea Baseball Organization. It has been held since the KBO's first season in and is the final series of in the post-season play-offs. From , the winner of the Korean Series goes on to play in the Asia Series....

. The Heroes mascot is Teokdori (Mr. Jaw).

History

The franchise was originally known as the Sammi Superstars and had subsequent incarnations as the Chongbo Pintos and Taepyoungyang Dolphins. The team was renamed the Hyundai Unicorns after being sold to Hyundai

Hyundai

Hyundai ) is a global conglomerate company, part of the Korean chaebol, that was founded in South Korea by one of the most famous businessmen in Korean history: Chung Ju-yung...

 in 1996, and was relocated from Incheon

Incheon

The Incheon Metropolitan City is located in northwestern South Korea. The city was home to just 4,700 people when Jemulpo port was built in 1883. Today 2.76 million people live in the city, making it Korea’s third most populous city after Seoul and Busan Metropolitan City...

 to Suwon

Suwon

Suwon is the provincial capital of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. A major city of over a million inhabitants, Suwon lies approximately south of Seoul. It is traditionally known as "The City of Filial Piety"....

. The Unicorns won the KBO championship four times (1998, 2000, 2003 and 2004), with only the Haitai Tigers (now Kia Tigers) having a better record of championship victories. But in 2008, the team was disbanded. After that, Centennial Investments founded a new team called Woori Heroes. On February 8, 2010, naming rights were sold to Nexen Tire

Nexen Tire

Nexen Tire is a tire manufacturer, headquartered in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, and Seoul, both in South Korea. Its major domestic competitors are Hankook Tire and Kumho Tires...

. The Heroes play their home games at the Mokdong Baseball Stadium

Mokdong Baseball Stadium

Mokdong Baseball Stadium is a stadium located in Seoul, South Korea. The stadium is home of the Nexen Heroes of the Korea Baseball Organization. The stadium has a capacity of around 18,000 people. This stadium is facility of Mokdong Sports Complex- See also :...

 in the Yangcheon-gu

Yangcheon-gu

Yangcheon-gu is a gu, or district, of Seoul, South Korea, located on the southwest side of the Han River. At the centre of this district is the Mok-dong area, which is home to numerous shopping outlets, bars and restaurants, an ice rink, and large residential buildings inhabited by mostly middle...

 of Seoul.

Like other baseball teams in Korea (and contrary to most professional teams in other sports around the world) the team is known primarily by the name of the sponsor, occasionally as their nickname, and never as the city in which they are based.

Season by Season Records

Year	Team	City	Rank	Game	W	L	D	Win%	BA
1982	Sammi Superstars	Incheon	6	80	15	65	0	.188
1983	Sammi Superstars	Incheon	3	100	52	47	1	.525
1984	Sammi Superstars	Incheon	6	100	38	59	3	.392
1985	Sammi Superstars Chongbo Pintos	Incheon	6	110	39	70	1	.358
1986	Chongbo Pintos	Incheon	6	108	32	74	2	.302
1987	Chongbo Pintos	Incheon	7	108	41	65	2	.319
1988	Taepyungyang Dolphins	Incheon	7	108	34	73	1	.318
1989	Taepyungyang Dolphins	Incheon	3	120	62	54	2	.533
1990	Taepyungyang Dolphins	Incheon	5	120	58	59	4	.496
1991	Taepyungyang Dolphins	Incheon	5	126	55	69	2	.444
1992	Taepyungyang Dolphins	Incheon	6	126	56	67	3	.456
1993	Taepyungyang Dolphins	Incheon	8	126	34	82	10	.310
1994	Taepyungyang Dolphins	Incheon	2	126	68	55	3	.552
1995	Taepyungyang Dolphins	Incheon	7	126	48	73	5	.401
1996	Hyundai Unicorns	Incheon	2	126	67	54	5	.552	.243
1997	Hyundai Unicorns	Incheon	6	126	51	71	4	.421	.247
1998	Hyundai Unicorns	Incheon	1	126	81	45	0	.643	.270
1999	Hyundai Unicorns	Incheon	5	132	68	59	5	.535	.272
2000	Hyundai Unicorns	Suwon	1	133	91	40	2	.695	.278
2001	Hyundai Unicorns	Suwon	3	133	72	57	4	.558	.268
2002	Hyundai Unicorns	Suwon	4	133	70	58	5	.547	.261
2003	Hyundai Unicorns	Suwon	1	133	80	51	2	.611	.286
2004	Hyundai Unicorns	Suwon	1	133	75	53	5	.586	.275
2005	Hyundai Unicorns	Suwon	7	126	53	70	3	.430	.256
2006	Hyundai Unicorns	Suwon	2	126	70	55	1	.560	.270
2007	Hyundai Unicorns	Suwon	6	126	55	68	1	.447	.271
2008	Heroes	Seoul	7	126	50	76	0	.397	.266
2009	Heroes	Seoul	6	133	60	72	1	.451	.272
2010 2010 Korea Professional Baseball season The Korea Professional Baseball season was the 29th season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball. The SK Wyverns won the regular season and Korean series.-Season Format:*Regular Season: 133 games for each team...	Nexen Heroes	Seoul	7	133	52	78	3	.391	.262
2011 2011 Korea Professional Baseball season The Korea Professional Baseball season was the 30th season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball. The Samsung Lions won the regular season and Korean series.-Season Format:*Regular Season: 133 games for each team...	Nexen Heroes	Seoul	8	133	51	80	2	.389	.245

External links

• Korea Baseball Organisation - Official Website
• Heroes - Official Website