| 2015 Korean Series | ||||||||||
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 Tire Bank Korean Series 2015 | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 26–31 | |||||||||
| MVP | Jung Soo-bin | |||||||||
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The 2015 Korean Series was the championship series of the 2015 KBO League season. The Samsung Lions, four-time consecutive defending champions, played the winner of the playoff series, the Doosan Bears. [1] The Doosan Bears defeated the regular season champions, the Samsung Lions in five games to win their fourth Korean Series championship.
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Doosan Bears won the series, 4–1.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 26 | Doosan Bears 8 – 9 Samsung Lions | Daegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu | 3:46 | 10,000 [3] |
| 2 | October 27 | Doosan Bears 6 – 1 Samsung Lions | Daegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu | 3:06 | 10,000 [4] |
| 3 | October 29 | Samsung Lions 1 – 5 Doosan Bears | Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul | 3:22 | 25,000 [5] |
| 4 | October 30 | Samsung Lions 3 – 4 Doosan Bears | Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul | 3:21 | 25,000 [6] |
| 5 | October 31 | Samsung Lions 2 – 13 Doosan Bears | Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul | 3:32 | 25,000 [7] |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Doosan Bears | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Samsung Lions | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | X | 9 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Baek Jung-hyun (1–0) LP: Lee Hyun-seung (0–1) Sv: Cha Woo-chan (1) Home runs: DOO: Hur Kyoung-min (1) SAM: Park Seok-min (1), Yamaico Navarro (1) Attendance: 10,000 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Doosan Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Samsung Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Dustin Nippert (1–0) LP: Jang Won-sam (0–1) Attendance: 10,000 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Samsung Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Doosan Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Jang Won-jun (1–0) LP: Tyler Cloyd (0–1) Attendance: 25,000 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Samsung Lions | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Doosan Bears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Noh Kyung-eun (1–0) LP: Alfredo Fígaro (0–1) Sv: Lee Hyun-seung (1) Attendance: 25,000 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Samsung Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Doosan Bears | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 13 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Yoo Hee-kwan (1–0) LP: Jang Won-sam (0–2) Home runs: SAM: None DOO: Jung Soo-bin (1) Attendance: 25,000 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 Korean Series Champion |
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Doosan Bears (Fourth title) |
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