The 2019 KBO League season was the 38th season in the history of the KBO League. The regular season began on March 23 and ended on October 1.[1] The All-Star break was extended from four days to seven.[2]
2019 KBO League | |
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League | KBO League |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | March 23 – October 1 |
Number of games | 144 per team |
Number of teams | 10 |
Total attendance | 7,286,008 |
Regular Season | |
Season champions | Doosan Bears |
Season MVP | Josh Lindblom (Doosan) |
Postseason | |
Wild Card champions | LG Twins |
Wild Card runners-up | NC Dinos |
Semi-playoffs champions | Kiwoom Heroes |
Semi-playoffs runners-up | LG Twins |
Playoffs champions | Kiwoom Heroes |
Playoffs runners-up | SK Wyverns |
Korean Series | |
Champions | Doosan Bears |
Runners-up | Kiwoom Heroes |
Finals MVP | Oh Jae-il (Doosan) |
Standings
editRank | Team | P | W | L | D | Pct. | GB | Postseason |
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1 | Doosan Bears | 144 | 88 | 55 | 1 | .615 | – | Korean Series |
2 | SK Wyverns | 144 | 88 | 55 | 1 | .615 | 0.0 | Playoff |
3 | Kiwoom Heroes | 144 | 86 | 57 | 1 | .601 | 2.0 | Semi-playoff |
4 | LG Twins | 144 | 79 | 64 | 1 | .552 | 9.0 | Wild Card |
5 | NC Dinos | 144 | 73 | 69 | 2 | .514 | 14.5 | |
6 | kt Wiz | 144 | 71 | 71 | 2 | .500 | 16.5 | Did not qualify |
7 | KIA Tigers | 144 | 62 | 80 | 2 | .437 | 25.5 | |
8 | Samsung Lions | 144 | 60 | 83 | 1 | .420 | 28.0 | |
9 | Hanwha Eagles | 144 | 58 | 86 | 0 | .403 | 30.5 | |
10 | Lotte Giants | 144 | 48 | 93 | 3 | .340 | 39.0 |
Doosan Bears ranked ahead of SK Wyverns due to winning their head-to-head season series 9-7.[3]
League Leaders
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Foreign players
editEach team could sign up to three foreign players, one of whom must be a hitter. In 2019, the KBO League capped salaries for new foreign players at US$1 million.[6]
Foreign hitters
editTeam | Player | Batting Average |
Home Runs | RBI | Notes |
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Doosan Bears | José Miguel Fernández | .344 | 15 | 88 | KBO hits leader; Golden Glove Award |
Hanwha Eagles | Jared Hoying | .284 | 18 | 73 | |
Kia Tigers | Jeremy Hazelbaker | .146 | 2 | 5 | Released by the team |
Preston Tucker | .311 | 9 | 50 | Signed to replace Jeremy Hazelbaker | |
KT Wiz | Mel Rojas Jr. | .322 | 24 | 104 | Golden Glove Award |
LG Twins | Tommy Joseph | .274 | 9 | 36 | |
Lotte Giants | Carlos Asuaje | .252 | 2 | 21 | Released by the team |
Jacob Wilson | .251 | 9 | 37 | Signed to replace Carlos Asuaje | |
NC Dinos | Christian Bethancourt | .246 | 8 | 29 | Released by the team |
Jake Smolinski | .229 | 9 | 42 | Signed to replace Christian Bethancourt | |
Nexen Heroes | Jerry Sands | .305 | 28 | 113 | KBO RBI leader; Golden Glove Award |
Samsung Lions | Darin Ruf | .291 | 22 | 101 | |
SK Wyverns | Jamie Romak | .276 | 29 | 95 |
Postseason
editWild Card | Semi-playoff | Playoff | Korean Series | |||||||||||||||
1 | Doosan Bears | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | SK Wyverns | 0 | 3 | Kiwoom Heroes | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | Kiwoom Heroes | 3 | 3 | Kiwoom Heroes | 3 | |||||||||||||
4 | LG Twins | 2 | 4 | LG Twins | 1 | |||||||||||||
5 | NC Dinos | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Wild Card
editThe series started with a 1–0 advantage for the fourth-placed team.
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 3 | NC Dinos – 1, LG Twins – 3 | Jamsil Baseball Stadium | 3:00 | 23,757 |
Semi-playoff
editKiwoom Heroes (3) vs. LG Twins (1)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 6 | LG Twins – 0, Kiwoom Heroes – 1 | Gocheok Sky Dome | 2:49 | 16,300 |
2 | October 7 | LG Twins – 4, Kiwoom Heroes – 5 (10 inn.) | Gocheok Sky Dome | - | 14,589 |
3 | October 9 | Kiwoom Heroes – 2, LG Twins – 4 | Jamsil Baseball Stadium | - | 25,000 |
4 | October 10 | Kiwoom Heroes – 10, LG Twins – 5 | Jamsil Baseball Stadium | - | 21,600 |
Playoff
editSK Wyverns (0) vs. Kiwoom Heroes (3)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 14 | Kiwoom Heroes – 3, SK Wyverns – 0 (11 inn.) | Munhak Baseball Stadium | - | 19,356 |
2 | October 15 | Kiwoom Heroes – 8, SK Wyverns – 7 | Munhak Baseball Stadium | - | 17,546 |
3 | October 17 | SK Wyverns – 1, Kiwoom Heroes – 10 | Gocheok Sky Dome | - | 14,051 |
Korean Series
editDoosan Bears (4) vs. Kiwoom Heroes (0)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 22 | Kiwoom Heroes – 6, Doosan Bears – 7 | Jamsil Baseball Stadium | - | 25,000 |
2 | October 23 | Kiwoom Heroes – 5, Doosan Bears – 6 | Jamsil Baseball Stadium | - | 25,000 |
3 | October 25 | Doosan Bears – 5, Kiwoom Heroes – 0 | Gocheok Sky Dome | - | 16,300 |
4 | October 26 | Doosan Bears – 11, Kiwoom Heroes – 9 | Gocheok Sky Dome | - | - |
Attendances
editTeam | Total attendance | Home average | Change vs. 2018 |
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LG Twins | 1,000,400 | 13,894 | -10% |
Doosan Bears | 983,474 | 13,659 | -12% |
SK Wyverns | 982,962 | 13,652 | -5% |
NC Dinos | 710,274 | 9,865 | +60% |
KIA Tigers | 692,163 | 9,613 | -20% |
Samsung Lions | 691,681 | 9,607 | -8% |
Lotte Giants | 679,208 | 9,33 | -25% |
Hanwha Eagles | 555,225 | 7,711 | -24% |
KT Wiz | 536,735 | 7,455 | -20% |
Kiwoom Heroes | 453,886 | 6,304 | -0% |
Total | 7,286,008 | 10,119 | -10% |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "2019 KBO season opener on March 23 will be earliest ever-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily". Korea JoongAng Daily. 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
- ^ 유, 지호 (2018-05-16). "Baseball league extends midseason break for 2019". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
- ^ "KBO". KBO.
- ^ "Batting Leaders". KBO.
- ^ "Pitching Leaders". KBO.
- ^ "KBO's final foreign player signed-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily". Korea JoongAng Daily. 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2019-02-16.