2013 Korea Professional Baseball season

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League Korea Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationMarch 2013 – November 2013
Number of games128 per team
Number of teams9
Regular Season
Season champions Samsung Lions
Season MVP Park Byung-ho (Nexen)
Postseason
Semi-Playoff champions Doosan Bears
  Semi-Playoff runners-up Nexen Heroes
Playoff champions Doosan Bears
  Playoff runners-up LG Twins
Korean Series
Champions Samsung Lions
  Runners-up Doosan Bears
Finals MVP Park Han-yi (Samsung)
KBO seasons

The 2013 Korea Professional Baseball season was the 32nd season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball. The Samsung Lions won the regular season and Korean series.

Contents

Season structure

Regular season

For the 2013 season, due to the admission of the NC Dinos as the KBO's ninth team, each team's schedule was reduced from 133 games to 128 games during the regular season with the new schedule arranging for each team to play every other team 16 times. [2]

All-Star Game

On 19 July, the best players in the KBO participated in the Korean All-Star game at Pohang Baseball Stadium. The franchises participating were divided into two regions: Eastern League (Samsung Lions, Doosan Bears, Lotte Giants, SK Wyverns) and Western League (Kia Tigers, Hanwha Eagles, LG Twins, Nexen Heroes, NC Dinos). The titles 'Eastern' and 'Western' do not directly correspond to the geographical regions of the franchises involved, as both SK and Doosan, being from Incheon and Seoul respectively, are based in the Western region of Korea, despite representing the Eastern League. Unlike in Major League Baseball, the Korean All-Star Game does not determine home-field advantage in the Korean Series. The 2013 Korean All-Star Game was won by the Eastern League, 4–2.

Postseason

The 2013 Korea Professional Baseball season culminated in its championship series, known as the Korean Series. The top four teams qualified for the postseason based on their records. The team with the best record gained a direct berth into the Korean Series, while the other three teams competed for the remaining spot in the Korea Series in a step-ladder playoff system:

Unlike the regular season, no playoff game can result in a draw so each series can be completed as it was intended to be, whether it be a best-of-five-game or best-of-seven-games series.

To determine the final standings

Standings

RankTeamGPWDLPct.Postseason
1 Samsung Lions 128752510.5952013 Korean Series Champion
2 LG Twins 128740540.578Playoff Loser
3 Nexen Heroes 128722540.571Semi-Playoff Loser
4 Doosan Bears 128713510.568Semi-Playoff & Playoff Winner, 2013 Korean Series Runner-up
5 Lotte Giants 128664580.532Did not qualify
6 SK Wyverns 128623630.496
7 NC Dinos 128524720.419
8 Kia Tigers 128513740.408
9 Hanwha Eagles 128421850.331
Regular Season Champion

Samsung Lions

Postseason

Semi-playoff

Doosan Bears won the series, 3–2.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
18 October 2013Doosan Bears 3–4 Nexen Heroes Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul -- 
29 October 2013Doosan Bears 2–3 Nexen Heroes (10th inning) Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul -- 
311 October 2013Nexen Heroes 3–4 Doosan Bears (14th inning) Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul -- 
412 October 2013Nexen Heroes 1–2 Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul -- 
514 October 2013Doosan Bears 8–5 Nexen Heroes (13th inning) Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul --

Playoff

Doosan Bears won the series, 3–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
116 October 2013Doosan Bears 4–2 LG Twins Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul -- 
217 October 2013Doosan Bears 0–2 LG Twins Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul -- 
319 October 2013LG Twins 4–5 Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul -- 
420 October 2013LG Twins 1–5 Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul --

Korean Series

Samsung Lions won the series, 4–3.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
124 October 2013Doosan Bears 7–2 Samsung Lions Daegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu -- 
225 October 2013Doosan Bears 5–1 Samsung Lions (13th inning) Daegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu -- 
327 October 2013Samsung Lions 3–2 Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul -- 
428 October 2013Samsung Lions 1–2 Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul -- 
529 October 2013Samsung Lions 7–5 Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul -- 
631 October 2013Doosan Bears 2–6 Samsung Lions Daegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu -- 
71 November 2013Doosan Bears 3–7 Samsung Lions Daegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu --
2013 Korean Series Champion

Samsung Lions
(Seventh title)

Foreign players

For the second straight year, there are no foreign hitters in the KBO, as all nine teams use their foreign player allotments on pitchers.

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References

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  2. ↑ Korea Baseball Organization (2013). 2013 달라지는점 Archived 22 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine (Korean). Retrieved 18 March 2013.
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