2009 Korea Professional Baseball season

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League Korea Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationApril 4, 2009 – October 24, 2009
Number of games133 per team
Number of teams8
Regular Season
Season champions Kia Tigers
Season MVP Kim Sang-Hyun (Kia)
League Postseason
Semiplayoff champions Doosan Bears
  Semiplayoff runners-up Lotte Giants
Playoff champions SK Wyverns
  Playoff runners-up Doosan Bears
Korean Series
Champions Kia Tigers
  Runners-up SK Wyverns
Finals MVP Na Ji-Wan (Kia)
KBO seasons

The 2009 Korea Professional Baseball season was the 28th season in the history of the KBO League. The Kia Tigers won the regular season and the Korean Series.

Contents

Format

Season format

Final standings

Pre-season

RankTeamWLDPct.GB
1 Lotte Giants 11100.917-
2 LG Twins 9300.7502.0
3 Doosan Bears 8400.6673.0
4 Hanwha Eagles 5700.4176.0
5 Kia Tigers 5800.3856.5
6 SK Wyverns 5900.3577.0
7 Nexen Heroes 4800.3337.0
8 Samsung Lions 31000.2318.5

Regular season

Rank [1] TeamGWDLPct.GB
1 Kia Tigers 133814480.609-
2 SK Wyverns 133806470.6021
3 Doosan Bears 133712600.53410
4 Lotte Giants 133660670.49615
5 Samsung Lions 133640690.48117
6 Nexen Heroes 133601720.45121
7 LG Twins 133544750.40627
8 Hanwha Eagles 133463840.34135
Pennant Race Winner

KIA Tigers

Post-season

Semiplayoff

Doosan Bears win the series, 3-1

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Doosan Bears 2 - 7 Lotte GiantsSeptember 29 Jamsil Baseball Stadium 29,000 (Sellout)
2Doosan Bears 6 - 0 Lotte GiantsSeptember 30 Jamsil Baseball Stadium 29,000 (Sellout)
3Lotte Giants 3 - 12 Doosan BearsOctober 2 Sajik Baseball Stadium 28,500 (Sellout)
4Lotte Giants 5 - 9 Doosan BearsOctober 3 Sajik Baseball Stadium 28,500 (Sellout)

Playoff

SK Wyverns win the series, 3-2

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1SK Wyverns 2 - 3 Doosan BearsOctober 7 Munhak Baseball Stadium 21,078
2SK Wyverns 1 - 4 Doosan BearsOctober 8 Munhak Baseball Stadium 20,627
3Doosan Bears 1 - 3 SK WyvernsOctober 10 Jamsil Baseball Stadium 29,000 (Sellout)
4Doosan Bears 3 - 8 SK WyvernsOctober 11 Jamsil Baseball Stadium 29,000 (Sellout)
5SK Wyverns 14 - 3 Doosan Bears [2] October 14 Munhak Baseball Stadium 27,800 (Sellout)

Korean Series

Kia Tigers win the series, 4-3

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Kia Tigers 5 - 3 SK WyvernsOctober 16 Moodeung Stadium 13,400 (Sellout)
2Kia Tigers 2 - 1 SK WyvernsOctober 17 Moodeung Stadium 13,400 (Sellout)
3SK Wyverns 11 - 6 Kia TigersOctober 19 Munhak Baseball Stadium 27,800 (Sellout)
4SK Wyverns 4 - 3 Kia TigersOctober 20 Munhak Baseball Stadium 27,800 (Sellout)
5Kia Tigers 3 - 0 SK WyvernsOctober 22 Jamsil Baseball Stadium 29,000 (Sellout)
6SK Wyverns 3 - 2 Kia TigersOctober 23 Jamsil Baseball Stadium 29,000 (sellout) [3]
7Kia Tigers 6 - 5 SK Wyverns [4] October 24 Jamsil Baseball Stadium 29,000 (Sellout)
2009 Korean Series Winner

Kia Tigers
Tenth title

Final standings

PlaceTeam
1 Kia Tigers
2 SK Wyverns
3 Doosan Bears
4 Lotte Giants
5 Samsung Lions
6 Nexen Heroes
7 LG Twins
8 Hanwha Eagles

Statistics

Teams statistics

Final [1]

TeamTeam BATeam ERARuns ScoredRuns AllowedHR
Kia Tigers.2673.92706581156
SK Wyverns.2853.67732550166
Doosan Bears.2804.60722662120
Lotte Giants.2774.75637669121
Samsung Lions.2754.98685700146
Nexen Heroes.2725.40683762153
LG Twins.2785.42670763129
Hanwha Eagles.2695.70657805164
Total5,4925,4921,155

Personal statistics

Hitters TOP
CategoryPlayerRecord
AVG Park Yong-taik (LG Twins)0.372
HR Kim Sang-hyun (Kia Tigers)36
RBI Kim Sang-hyun (Kia Tigers)127
R Jeong Keun-Woo (SK Wyverns)
Hee-seop Choi (Kia Tigers)
98
H Hyun-soo Kim (Doosan Bears)172
SB Lee Dae-Hyung (LG Twins)64
Pitchers TOP
CategoryPlayerRecord
W Yoon Sung-Hwan (Samsung Lions)
Cho Jung-Hoon (Lotte Giants)
Aquilino López (Kia Tigers)
14
ERA Kim Kwang-Hyun (SK Wyverns)2.80
SO Ryu Hyun-Jin (Hanwha Eagles)188
IP Aquilino López (Kia Tigers)19013
SV Jon Adkins (Lotte Giants)
Lee Yong-Chan (Doosan Bears)
26
HLD Kwon Hyuk (Samsung Lions)21

Foreign hitters

TeamPlayerPositionIn KBO sinceBatting AverageHome runsRBINotes
Doosan Bears Matt Watson OF2009.18426
Hanwha Eagles Víctor Díaz OF2009.2661539
Kia Tigers NONEN/A
LG Twins Roberto Petagine 1B2008.33226100
Lotte Giants Karim García OF2008.2662984
Samsung Lions NONEN/A
Seoul Heroes Cliff Brumbaugh OF2003.2452786
Doug Clark OF2008.2902490
SK Wyverns NONEN/ATeam had 3 pitchers

References

  1. 1 2 (in Korean) 2009시즌 팀 순위. Accessed 2009-08-13. Archived 2009-08-15.
  2. (in Korean) SK 14-3 두산 격파… 한국시리즈 진출
  3. (in Korean) Highest post-season revenue intake for one game
  4. (in Korean) (KS Game 7) Na Ji-Wan 'goodbye home run'…KIA, realize tenth title great ambition