NC Dinos

NC Dinos (Korean: 엔씨 다이노스) are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Changwon. They have competed in KBO League since 2013. Their home stadium is Changwon NC Park since 2019. NC Dinos are owned by a video game developer NCSoft Corporation, and named after that company.

NC Dinos
NC 다이노스
Team logo Cap insignia
Information
LeagueKBO League (2013–present)
LocationChangwon, South Korea
BallparkChangwon NC Park (2019–present)
Year established2011 (2011)
Former ballparksMasan Baseball Stadium (2012–2018)
ColorsBlue and gold
         
OwnershipNCSoft
ManagerLee Dong-wook
Websitewww.ncdinos.com
Uniforms

History

On July 1, 2010, three cities, which were Changwon, Masan and Jinhae, were integrated into one city, Changwon. As a result of the integration, Changwon became the 11th largest city in South Korea. Afterward, Changwon drove forward the project, which attracted a baseball team in the city. On December 22, 2010, video game company NCSOFT submitted a plan that it wanted to found a baseball team that would be later admitted to the KBO as a member franchise. Changwon hereby became the first city having a baseball team among all the non-metropolitan cities in South Korea.

In the 2012 season, NC Dinos competed in the unaffiliated Freedom Division of the Korea Baseball Futures League. On May 8, 2012, the Korea Baseball Organization officially approved NC Dinos' admission to the KBO League to start off the 2013 season.

On April 11, 2013, the NC Dinos won their first game in the club's history against the LG Twins.[1]

Season-by-season records
Year Stadium Rank Regular Season Postseason Awards
Standings Games Wins Losses Draws Win% BA HR ERA
2013Masan
Baseball Stadium		7/97/912852724.419.244863.96Did not qualifyLee Jae-hak (ROTY)
20144/93/912870571.551.2821434.29Lost Semi-playoff vs. LG Twins (1–3)Park Min-woo (ROTY)
20153/102/1014484573.596.2891614.26Lost Playoff vs. Doosan Bears (2–3)Eric Thames (MVP)
20162/102/1014483583.589.2911694.48Won Playoff vs. LG Twins (3–1)
Lost Korean Series vs. Doosan Bears (0–4)
20174/104/1014479623.560.2931494.71Won Wild Card vs. SK Wyverns (1–0)
Won Semi-playoff vs. Lotte Giants (3–2)
Lost Playoff vs. Doosan Bears (1–3)
201810/1010/1014458851.406.2611435.48Did not qualify
2019Changwon
NC Park		5/105/1014473702.511.2781284.02Lost Wild Card vs. LG Twins (0-1)
Overall recordGamesWinsLossesDrawsWin%
Regular Season97549946115.519
Postseason2811170.414
Total100351047815.516

Roster
NC Dinos roster
Players Coaches/Other
Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Closer

 Catchers
  • 25 Yang Eui-Ji
  • 42 Kim Tae-Gun

Infielders

 Outfielders
 Manager

Coaches

  • 83 Kang In-kwon (bench coach)
  • 74 Han Kyu-sik (defense)
  • 93 Lee Jong-wook (first base)
  • 77 Yong Deuk-han (battery)
  • 81 Son Min-han (pitching)
  • 98 Kim Soo-kung (pitching)
  • 27 Lee Ho-joon (hitting)
  • 88 Chae Jong-bum (striking aid)
  • 75 Jin Jong-gil (third base)


updated on 5 June 2018
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Managers
  • Kim Kyong-moon (2012–2018)
  • You Young-jun (2018) (caretaker)
  • Lee Dong-wook (2019–present)

Notable Alumni

Mascot

The NC Dinos have two mascots. Seri is a green Brontosaurus that wears a necklace and has affectionately been nicknamed "swole daddy" by SB Nation.[2] The Dino's other mascot, Dandi, is a blue Tyrannosaurus.[3]

References
General
  • "Complete league history and statistics" (in Korean). Korean Baseball League. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
Specific
  1. "7전8기… NC 감격의 창단 첫승". Hankook i .com. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  2. Dator, James (2020-05-11). "I accidentally re-named the NC Dinos mascot 'Swole Daddy'". SBNation.com. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  3. "All other mascots just got served by this incredible KBO dancing dinosaur". MLB.com. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
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