They have won the Korean Championship eight times, and also finished as runners-up on eleven occasions.

After the KBO League, the Samsung Lions won the Asian Series championship.

In 2012, one of the most notable players on the team, Lee Seung-yuop, returned to South Korea from Japan.

[5] The first number retired by the Samsung Lions organization was number 22, in honour of catcher and slugger Lee Man-soo, who played for the team from 1982 to 1997, and was later a coach with the Chicago White Sox of the MLB and the SK Wyverns.

[7] Lee also holds the KBO records for runs scored, RBIs, total bases, slugging percentage, and OPS.