2015 KBO League season

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2015 Tire Bank KBO League
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League KBO League
Sport Baseball
Duration28 March – 6 October
Number of games144 per team
Number of teams10
Regular Season
Season champions Samsung Lions
Season MVP Eric Thames (NC)
Postseason
Wild Card champions Nexen Heroes
  Wild Card runners-up SK Wyverns
Semi-playoffs champions Doosan Bears
  Semi-playoffs runners-up Nexen Heroes
Playoffs champions Doosan Bears
  Playoffs runners-up NC Dinos
Korean Series
Champions Doosan Bears
  Runners-up Samsung Lions
Finals MVP Jung Soo-bin (Doosan)
KBO seasons

The 2015 KBO League season was the 34th season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball league.

Contents

Season structure

Regular season

Due to the addition of the KT Wiz into the KBO, the 2015 KBO league schedule was increased to each team playing 144 games during the regular season (each team had played 128 games during the 2014 regular season), with each team playing each other 16 times. [1]

All-Star Game

In July, the best players participated in the 2015 KBO All-Star Game. The participating franchises were divided into two regions, the Dream All-Stars (Samsung Lions, Doosan Bears, Lotte Giants, SK Wyverns, KT Wiz) and Nanum All-Stars (Kia Tigers, Hanwha Eagles, LG Twins, Nexen Heroes, NC Dinos). The Korean All-Star Game did not determine home-field advantage in the Korean Series. The All-Star Game was played on 18 July 2015 at the Suwon Baseball Stadium and won by the Dream All-Stars 6–3.

Postseason

2015 KBO League season culminated in its championship series, known as the Korean Series. The Semi-Playoff format was tweaked. Previously, the top four teams after the end of the regular season qualified for the postseason, but in 2015, the top five teams qualified for the postseason. The team with the best record gained a direct entry into the Korean Series, while the other four teams competed for the remaining place in a step-ladder playoff system. Starting in 2015, the fourth-place and the fifth-place teams played in a "Wildcard" game. [2]

To determine the final standings

Standings

RankTeamGPWLDPct.KBO postseason
1 Samsung Lions 144885600.611KBO Korean Series
2 NC Dinos 144845730.596Playoff
3 Doosan Bears 144796500.549Semi-playoff
4 Nexen Heroes 144786510.545Wildcard 1
5 SK Wyverns 144697320.486Wildcard 2
6 Hanwha Eagles 144687600.472Did not qualify
7 Kia Tigers 144677700.465
8 Lotte Giants 144667710.462
9 LG Twins 144647820.451
10 KT Wiz 144529110.364

Source [3]

Foreign hitters

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

TeamPlayerPositionIn KBO sinceBatting AverageHome runsRBINotes
Doosan Bears Zach Lutz 3B2015.11113Released by the team
Deibinson Romero 3B2015.2531250Replaced Zach Lutz on the roster
Hanwha Eagles Nyjer Morgan OF2015.27305
Jake Fox C/OF2015.278725
Kia Tigers Brett Pill 1B2014.32522101
LG Twins Jack Hannahan 1B2015.327422Released by the team due to injury
Luis Jiménez 1B2015.3121146Signed to replace Jack Hannahan on the roster
Lotte Giants Jim Adduci 1B2014.31428106
NC Dinos Eric Thames 1B2014.38147140 KBO Most Valuable Player, KBO All-Star, KBO batting champion, KBO OBP leader, KBO SLG leader, KBO Runs leader, Golden Glove Award
Nexen Heroes Brad Snyder OF2015.2812671
Samsung Lions Yamaico Navarro 2B2014.28748137KBO All-Star, Golden Glove Award
SK Wyverns Andrew Brown OF2015.2612876

Postseason

Wild CardSemi-playoffPlayoff Korean Series
1 Samsung Lions 1
2 NC Dinos 23Doosan Bears4
3 Doosan Bears 33Doosan Bears3
4 Nexen Heroes 24Nexen Heroes1
5 SK Wyverns 0

Wild Card

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

Nexen won the series, 2–0.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
17 October SK Wyverns 4 – 5 Nexen Heroes Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul 18:307,469 [4]

Semi-playoff

Doosan won the series, 3–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
110 October Nexen Heroes 3 – 4 Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul 14:0020,833 [5]  
211 October Nexen Heroes 2 – 3 Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul 14:0022,765 [6]  
313 October Doosan Bears 2 – 5 Nexen Heroes Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul 18:309,900 [7]  
414 October Doosan Bears 11 – 9 Nexen Heroes Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul 18:308,227 [8]

Playoff

Doosan won the series, 3–2.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
118 October Doosan Bears 7 – 0 NC Dinos Masan Baseball Stadium, Changwon 14:0011,000 [9]  
219 October Doosan Bears 1 – 2 NC Dinos Masan Baseball Stadium, Changwon 18:3011,000 [10]  
321 October NC Dinos 16 – 2 Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul 18:3024,119 [11]  
422 October NC Dinos 0 – 7 Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul 18:3022,652 [12]  
524 October Doosan Bears 6 – 4 NC Dinos Masan Baseball Stadium, Changwon 14:0011,000 [13]

Korean Series

Doosan Bears won the series, 4–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
126 October Doosan Bears 8 – 9 Samsung Lions Daegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu 3:4610,000 [14]  
227 October Doosan Bears 6 – 1 Samsung Lions Daegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu 3:0610,000 [15]  
329 October Samsung Lions 1 – 5 Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul 3:2225,000 [16]  
430 October Samsung Lions 3 – 4 Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul 3:2125,000 [17]  
531 October Samsung Lions 2 – 13 Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul 3:3225,000 [18]
2015 Korean Series Champion

Doosan Bears
(Fourth title)

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