The Korea Baseball Organization has had 16 regular-season no-hitters and one postseason no-no (Jeong Myeong-won of the Hyundai Unicorns in Game 4 of the 1994 Korean Series) since the league was founded in 1981.
The KBO has had two Opening Day no-hitters (Jang Ho-yeon of the OB Bears in 1988 and Wilmer Font (9 perfect innings) and Kim Taek-hyoung (1 no-hit inning) of the SSG Landers in 2022). There has never been a KBO perfect game, but Jeong Min-chul of the Hanwha Eagles came close. His 1997 no-hitter would have been a perfect game if a batter hadn’t reached first base on a dropped third strike.
Charles Shirek, a Minot, N.D. native, is the first American to throw a Korean no-hitter.
Here are the Korean Baseball Organization no-hitters:
| 1 | Bang Su-won |
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| Haitai Tigers | |
| Saturday, May 5, 1984 Haitai Tigers 5, Sammi Superstars 0 Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium (Gwangju) |
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| 2 | Kim Jeong-haeng |
| Lotte Giants | |
| Thursday, June 5, 1986 Lotte Giants 8, Binggrae Eagles 0 Sajik Baseball Stadium (Busan) |
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| 3 | Jang Ho-yeon |
| OB Bears | |
| Saturday, April 2, 1988 OB Bears 4, Lotte Giants 0 Sajik Baseball Stadium (Busan) Season opener |
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| 4 | Lee Dong-seok |
| Binggrae Eagles | |
| Sunday, April 17, 1988 Binggrae Eagles 1, Haitai Tigers 0 Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium (Gwangju) |
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| 5 | Sun Dong-yol |
| Haitai Tigers | |
| Thursday, July 6, 1989 Haitai Tigers 10, Samsung Lions 0 Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium (Gwangju) |
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| 6 | Lee Tae-il |
| Samsung Lions | |
| Wednesday, August 8, 1990 Samsung Lions 8, Lotte Giants 0 Sajik Baseball Stadium (Busan) |
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| 7 | Kim Won-hyung |
| Ssangbangwool Raiders | |
| Friday, April 30, 1993 Ssangbangwool Raiders 3, OB Bears 0 Jeonju Baseball Stadium (Jeonju) At age 20, Won-hyeong is youngest to throw Korean no-hitter |
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| 8 | Kim Tae-won |
| LG Twins | |
| Thursday, September 9, 1993 LG Twins 9, Ssangbangwool Raiders 0 Jamsil Baseball Stadium (Seoul) |
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| 9 | Jeong Myeong-won |
| Hyundai Unicorns | |
| Sunday, October 20, 1996 Hyundai Unicorns 4, Haitai Tigers 0 Sungui Stadium (Incheon) Game 4 of the Korean Series |
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| 10 | Jeong Min-chul |
| Hanwha Eagles | |
| Friday, May 23, 1997 Hanwha Eagles 8, OB Bears 0 Jeonju Baseball Stadium (Jeonju) This would have been a perfect game if a batter hadn’t reached first base on a dropped third strike |
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| 11 | Song Jin-woo |
| Hanwha Eagles | |
| Thursday, May 18, 2000 Hanwha Eagles 6, Haitai Tigers 0 Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium (Gwangju) |
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| 12 | Charlie Shirek |
| NC Dinos | |
| Tuesday, June 24, 2014 NC Dinos 6, LG Twins 0 Jamsil Baseball Stadium (Seoul) Shirek is first American to throw Korean no-hitter |
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| 13 | Yunesky Maya |
| Doosan Bears | |
| Thursday, April 9, 2015 Doosan Bears 1, Nexen Heroes 0 Jamsil Baseball Stadium (Seoul) |
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| 14 | Michael Bowden |
| Doosan Bears | |
| Thursday, June 30, 2016 Doosan Bears 4, NC Dinos 0 Jamsil Baseball Stadium (Seoul) |
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| 15 | DECK McGUIRE |
| Samsung Lions | |
| Sunday, April 21, 2019 Samsung Lions 16, Hanwha Eagles 0 Hanwha Life Eagles Park (Daejeon) |
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| 16 | Wilmer Font (9 inn.) Kim Taek-hyoung (1 inn.) |
| SSG Landers | |
| Saturday, April 2, 2022 SSG Landers 4, NC Dinos 0 (10 innings) Changwon NC Park (Changwon) Font threw 9 perfect innings on Opening Day. |
Title image: LG vs. SK, Korean baseball by Chelsea Marie Hicks under license CC BY-ND 2.0, cropped and shaded.