Stove League
Title: 스토브리그 / Stove League
also known as: Hot Stove League
Genre: Sports
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2019-Dec-13 to 2020-Feb-14
Air time: Friday & Saturday 22:00 (2 episodes back-to-back)
Synopsis
The story of two managers whose goal is to move their baseball team from the bottom of the league to the top.
Baek Seung Soo (Nam Goong Min) is the newly hired general manager of a struggling minor league baseball team called Dreams, which ranks bottom of the league. Meanwhile, Lee Se Young (Park Eun Bin) is the loyal and dedicated operations manager of the team. Together, they must find a way to turnaround the team’s fortunes.
Cast
Main Cast
Nam Goong Min as Baek Seung Soo
Park Eun Bin as Lee Se Young
Oh Jung Se as Kwon Kyung Min
Jo Byung Kyu as Han Jae Hee
Dreams front office
Son Jong Hak as Ko Kang Sun (Dreams team president)
Lee Joon Hyuk as Ko Se Hyuk (Dreams director of scouting)
Yoon Byung Hee as Yang Won Sup (Dreams scout)
Kim Do Hyun as Yoo Kyung Taek (Dreams power analysis team leader)
Kim Soo Jin as Im Mi Sun (Dreams marketing team leader)
Park Ji Hoon as Byun Chi Hoon (Dreams PR team leader)
Kim Ki Moo as Jang Woo Suk (Dreams deputy manager of scouting)
Dreams players
Hong Ki Joon as Jang Jin Woo (Dreams veteran pitcher)
Chae Jong Hyup as Yoo Min Ho (Dreams pitching prospect)
Jo Han Sun as Im Dong Kyu (Dreams clean-up batter)
Cha Yup as Seo Young Joo (Dreams catcher)
Song Yul Gyu as Kwak Han Young (Dreams infielder)
Dreams coaching staff
Lee Ul (이얼) as Yoon Sung Bok (Dreams team director)
Son Kwang Up as Choi Yong Koo (Dreams pitching coach)
Kim Min Sang as Lee Chul Min (Dreams senior coach)
Seo Ho Chul as Min Tae Sung (Dreams batting coach)
Other baseball people
Lee Dae Yeon as Kim Jong Moo (general manager of Vikings)
Song Young Kyu as Oh Sa Hoon (general manager of Pelicans)
Park So Jin as Kim Young Chae (sports announcer)
Ha Do Kwon as Kang Do Ki (ace pitcher)
Others
Kim Jung Hwa as Yoo Jung In (Baek Seung Soo’s ex-wife)
Yoon Sun Woo as Baek Young Soo (Baek Seung Soo’s younger brother)
Yoon Bok In as Jung Mi Sook (Lee Se Young’s mother)
Jun Gook Hwan as Kwon Il Do (chairman of Jaesong Group)
Lee Kyu Ho as Chun Heung Man
Lee Yong Woo as Kil Chang Joo
Song Min Hyung as Seo Ki Woong
Kim Kang Min as Lee Chang Kwon
Jang Won Hyung as Lee Yong Jae
Production Credits
Production Company: Gill Pictures
Director: Jung Dong Yoon
Screenwriter: Lee Shin Hwa
Notes
Nam Goong Min and Park Eun Bin previously worked together as second leads in the historical drama Gu Am Heo Joon (MBC, 2013).
Awards
2020 (56th) BaekSang Arts Awards: Best Drama (Jung Dong Yoon)
Episode Ratings
| Date | Ep | TNmS | TNmS | AGB | AGB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 2019-12-13 | 1-1 | - | - | 3.3 | - |
| 2019-12-13 | 1-2 | 5.0 | - | 5.5 (16th) | 5.8 (13th) |
| 2019-12-14 | 2-1 | - | - | 5.5 | - |
| 2019-12-14 | 2-2 | 7.6 | - | 7.8 (11th) | 8.3 (7th) |
| 2019-12-20 | 3-1 | 7.1 | - | 7.3 (14th) | 8.3 (10th) |
| 2019-12-20 | 3-2 | 9.5 | - | 9.6 (6th) | 10.3 (4th) |
| 2019-12-21 | 4-1 | - | - | 8.2 (10th) | 8.5 (9th) |
| 2019-12-21 | 4-2 | 9.0 | - | 11.4 (3rd) | 11.9 (3rd) |
| 2019-12-27 | 5-1 | 8.5 | - | 9.6 (6th) | 10.1 (4th) |
| 2019-12-27 | 5-2 | 10.7 | - | 12.4 (2nd) | 12.9 (2nd) |
| 2020-01-03 | 6-1 | 9.5 | - | 11.6 (6th) | 13.1 (4th) |
| 2020-01-03 | 6-2 | 12.2 | - | 14.1 (2nd) | 15.4 (2nd) |
| 2020-01-04 | 7-1 | 9.7 | - | 11.3 (4th) | 12.5 (4th) |
| 2020-01-04 | 7-2 | 12.2 | - | 13.8 (3rd) | 15.1 (3rd) |
| 2020-01-10 | 8-1 | 10.7 | - | 12.2 (6th) | 13.7 (4th) |
| 2020-01-10 | 8-2 | 13.2 | - | 14.9 (2nd) | 16.3 (2nd) |
| 2020-01-11 | 9-1 | 10.1 | - | 11.8 (4th) | 13.2 (4th) |
| 2020-01-11 | 9-2 | 14.1 | - | 15.5 (3rd) | 17.0 (3rd) |
| 2020-01-17 | 10-1 | 11.1 | - | 12.9 (5th) | 14.1 (4th) |
| 2020-01-17 | 10-2 | 13.2 | - | 15.5 (3rd) | 16.6 (2nd) |
| 2020-01-17 | 10-3 | 14.6 | - | 17.0 (2nd) | 18.4 (1st) |
| 2020-01-18 | 11-1 | 9.2 | - | 10.7 (6th) | 11.6 (5th) |
| 2020-01-18 | 11-2 | 11.1 | - | 13.5 (4th) | 14.5 (4th) |
| 2020-01-18 | 11-3 | 14.0 | - | 16.5 (3rd) | 18.1 (3rd) |
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| 2020-01-25 | x | Korea | Lunar | New | Year |
| 2020-01-25 | x | Korea | Lunar | New | Year |
| 2020-01-31 | 12-1 | 11.3 | - | 12.0 (6th) | 13.0 (4th) |
| 2020-01-31 | 12-2 | 13.2 | - | 14.4 (3rd) | 15.2 (3rd) |
| 2020-01-31 | 12-3 | 14.2 | - | 15.3 (2nd) | 15.5 (2nd) |
| 2020-02-01 | 13-1 | 9.0 | - | 10.1 (6th) | 11.2 (5th) |
| 2020-02-01 | 13-2 | 10.8 | - | 11.9 (4th) | 12.9 (4th) |
| 2020-02-01 | 13-3 | 14.7 | - | 16.0 (3rd) | 17.4 (3rd) |
| 2020-02-07 | 14-1 | 12.4 | - | 13.2 (6th) | 14.4 (4th) |
| 2020-02-07 | 14-2 | 13.6 | - | 15.1 (3rd) | 15.8 (3rd) |
| 2020-02-07 | 14-3 | 14.5 | - | 16.6 (2nd) | 17.2 (2nd) |
| 2020-02-08 | 15-1 | 9.6 | - | 10.6 (6th) | 11.6 (5th) |
| 2020-02-08 | 15-2 | 11.7 | - | 13.6 (4th) | 14.6 (4th) |
| 2020-02-08 | 15-3 | 14.8 | - | 16.8 (3rd) | 18.2 (3rd) |
| 2020-02-14 | 16-1 | 13.0 | - | 14.8 (5th) | 15.8 (4th) |
| 2020-02-14 | 16-2 | 14.7 | - | 17.2 (3rd) | 18.3 (3rd) |
| 2020-02-14 | 16-3 | 16.0 | - | 19.1 (2nd) | 20.8 (1st) |
Sources: TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielsen Korea
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Trailer:-
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– Trailer I
– Trailer II
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November 25th, 2019 at 4:43 pm
Love it!! Nam Goong Min
December 29th, 2019 at 1:48 pm
Very interesting genre
Nam Goong min always make a good work
January 6th, 2020 at 5:59 pm
Must Watch. I enjoyed it very much. How smart lead actor choose good player and sack those who are creating problems in this baseball team.
January 15th, 2020 at 11:14 pm
I watched the first 18 episodes and they were pretty good. It was even better than Doctor Prisoner with lot’s of baseball politics.
9/10
January 23rd, 2020 at 1:51 pm
Recommended! U gais should watch this..to the prison playbook fan this is like dream comes true !!
February 21st, 2020 at 1:08 pm
nice!
April 10th, 2020 at 2:57 am
This drama had Eng-Subtitles and I enjoyed it very much!!! But the following drama was in Korean no Eng-Subtitles. Why the change?
Gal from Redlands, CA
May 14th, 2020 at 4:59 pm
I enjoyed watching the Drama.
Saranghae Oppa Nam Goong Min
November 28th, 2020 at 8:44 pm
I’m not a fan of sports drama. But surprisingly I liked this one. Nam Goong Min is a really good actor.
March 26th, 2021 at 12:44 pm
The first episode is not very interesting but it get very interesting after that. Really enjoy this drama because Nam Gong Min is so cool and the rest of his staff. Great drama to watch.
Thank you so much.