2017 KBO League season

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2017 KBO League
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League KBO League
Sport Baseball
DurationMarch 31 – October 3
Number of games144 per team
Number of teams10
Total attendance8,400,688
Regular Season
Season champions Kia Tigers
Season MVP Yang Hyeon-jong (Kia)
Postseason
Wild Card champions NC Dinos
  Wild Card runners-up SK Wyverns
Semi-playoffs champions NC Dinos
  Semi-playoffs runners-up Lotte Giants
Playoffs champions Doosan Bears
  Playoffs runners-up NC Dinos
Korean Series
Champions Kia Tigers
  Runners-up Doosan Bears
Finals MVP Yang Hyeon-jong (Kia)
KBO League seasons

The 2017 KBO League season was the 36th season in the history of the KBO League.

Contents

Standings

RankTeam W L D Pct. GB Postseason
1 KIA Tigers 87561.608--Korean Series
2 Doosan Bears 84573.5962.0Playoff
3 Lotte Giants 80622.5636.5Semi-playoff
4 NC Dinos 79623.5607.0Wild Card
5 SK Wyverns 75681.52412.0
6 LG Twins 69723.48917.0Did not qualify
7 Nexen Heroes 69732.48617.5
8 Hanwha Eagles 61812.43025.5
9 Samsung Lions 55845.39630.0
10 KT Wiz 50940.34737.5

Source [1]

League Leaders

Foreign players

Each team can sign up to three foreign players. Due to the high proportion of pitchers signed in previous years, beginning in 2014 the league has mandated that at least one of the foreign players must be a position player.

TeamPlayerPositionIn KBO sinceSalaryNotes
Samsung Lions Anthony Ranaudo Pitcher2017$1,050,000
Zach Petrick Pitcher2017$450,000
Darin Ruf Infielder2017$1,100,000
NC Dinos Jeff Manship Pitcher2017$1,600,000
Eric Hacker Pitcher2014$600,000
Xavier Scruggs Infielder2017$700,000
Doosan Bears Dustin Nippert Pitcher2011$2,100,000KBO All-Star
Michael Bowden Pitcher2016$1,100,000
Nick Evans Infielder2016$680,000KBO All-Star
Nexen Heroes Sean O'Sullivan Pitcher2017$1,100,000Released
Andy Van Hekken Pitcher2016$900,000
Danny Dorn Outfielder2016$650,000Released
Jake Brigham Pitcher2017$500,000Signed to replace Sean O'Sullivan
Michael Choice Outfielder2017$200,000Signed to replace Danny Dorn
SK Wyverns Merrill Kelly Pitcher2015$850,000KBO All-Star
Scott Diamond Pitcher2017$600,000
Danny Worth Infielder2017$700,000Released
Jamie Romak Infielder2017$500,000Signed to replace Danny Worth
Hanwha Eagles Alexi Ogando Pitcher2017$1,300,000
Carlos Villanueva Pitcher2017$1,000,000
Wilin Rosario Infielder2016$1,500,000KBO All-Star
Kia Tigers Héctor Noesí Pitcher2016$1,700,000
Pat Dean Pitcher2017$700,000
Roger Bernadina Outfielder2017$750,000KBO All-Star
Lotte Giants Nick Additon Pitcher2017$350,000
Brooks Raley Pitcher2015$850,000KBO All-Star
Parker Markel Pitcher2017$500,000
Andy Burns Infielder2017$600,000
LG Twins Henry Sosa Pitcher2012$500,000
Luis Jimenez Infielder2015$700,000Released
David Huff Pitcher2016$1,000,000
James Loney Infielder2016$250,000signed to replace Luis Jimenez
KT Wiz Ryan Feierabend Pitcher2015$350,000KBO All-Star
Donn Roach Pitcher2017$650,000
Johnny Monell Infielder2017$450,000Released

Foreign hitters

TeamPlayerBatting
average		Home runsRBINotes
Doosan Bears Nick Evans .2972690KBO All-Star
Hanwha Eagles Wilin Rosario .33937111KBO All-Star
Kia Tigers Roger Bernadina .3202711132 stolen bases; KBO All-Star, KBO runs scored leader, Golden Glove Award
KT Wiz Mel Rojas Jr. .3011856
LG Twins Luis Jiménez .276730
Lotte Giants Andy Burns .3031557
NC Dinos Xavier Scruggs .30035111
Nexen Heroes Danny Dorn .14012Released by the team
Michael Choice .3071742Signed to replace Danny Dorn
Samsung Lions Darin Ruf .31531124KBO RBI leader
SK Wyverns Danny Worth .11100Released by the team
Jamie Romak .2423164Signed to replace Danny Worth

Postseason

Wild CardSemi-playoffPlayoff Korean Series
1 KIA Tigers 4
2 Doosan Bears 32 Doosan Bears 1
3 Lotte Giants 24 NC Dinos 1
4 NC Dinos 24 NC Dinos 3
5 SK Wyverns 0

Wild Card

The series started with a 1–0 advantage for the fourth-placed team.

NC Dinos won the series, 2–0.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 5SK Wyverns 5 – NC Dinos 10 Masan Baseball Stadium 3:449,926 [4]

Semi-playoff

NC Dinos won the series, 3–2.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 8NC Dinos 9 – Lotte Giants 2 (11) Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium 4:4526,000 [5]  
2October 9NC Dinos 0 – Lotte Giants 1Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium3:1725,169 [6]  
3October 11Lotte Giants 6 – NC Dinos 13Masan Baseball Stadium4:0411,000 [7]  
4October 13Lotte Giants 7 – NC Dinos 1Masan Baseball Stadium2:4711,000 [8]  
5October 15NC Dinos 9 – Lotte Giants 0Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium3:5925,938 [9]

Playoff

Doosan Bears won the series, 3–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 17NC Dinos 13 – Doosan Bears 5 Jamsil Baseball Stadium 3:5624,354 [10]  
2October 18NC Dinos 7 - Doosan Bears 17Jamsil Baseball Stadium4:0223,037 [11]  
3October 20Doosan Bears 14 – NC Dinos 3Masan Baseball Stadium3:5511,000 [12]  
4October 21Doosan Bears 14 – NC Dinos 5Masan Baseball Stadium3:5311,000 [13]

Korean Series

Kia Tigers won the series, 4–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 25Doosan Bears 5 – Kia Tigers 3 Gwangju-Kia Champions Field 3:3519,600 [14]  
2October 26Doosan Bears 0 – Kia Tigers 1Gwangju-Kia Champions Field3:1619,600 [15]  
3October 28Kia Tigers 6 – Doosan Bears 3Jamsil Baseball Stadium3:1625,000 [16]  
4October 29Kia Tigers 5 – Doosan Bears 1Jamsil Baseball Stadium3:3325,000 [17]  
5October 30KIA Tigers 7 – Doosan Bears 6Jamsil Baseball Stadium4:0925,000 [18]

Attendances

TeamTotal attendanceHome averageChange vs. 2016
Doosan Bears1,094,82915,206–6 %
LG Twins1,134,83615,762–2 %
SK Wyverns892,54112,396+3.2%
Lotte Giants1,038,49214,424+21.8%
Samsung Lions704,8579,790–17.2 %
Nexen Heroes699,3809,714–10.6 %
KIA Tigers1,024,83014,234+32.5%
KT Wiz686,5419,535+0.6%
Hanwha Eagles593,2518,240–10.2 %
NC Dinos531,1217,377–3.3 %
Total8,400,68811,668+0.7 %

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