2018 KBO League season

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2018 KBO League
2018 KBO League season.png
League KBO League
Sport Baseball
DurationMarch 24 – October 14
Number of games144 per team
Number of teams10
Total attendance8,073,742
Regular Season
Season champions Doosan Bears
Season MVP Kim Jae-hwan (Doosan)
Postseason
Wild Card champions Nexen Heroes
  Wild Card runners-up KIA Tigers
Semi-playoffs champions Nexen Heroes
  Semi-playoffs runners-up Hanwha Eagles
Playoffs champions SK Wyverns
  Playoffs runners-up Nexen Heroes
Korean Series
Champions SK Wyverns
  Runners-up Doosan Bears
Finals MVP Han Dong-min (SK)
KBO League seasons

The 2018 KBO League season was the 37th season in the history of the KBO League.

Contents

Standings

RankTeam W L D Pct. GB Postseason
1 Doosan Bears 93510.646–Korean Series
2 SK Wyverns 78651.54514.5Playoff
3 Hanwha Eagles 77670.53516.0Semi-playoff
4 Nexen Heroes 75690.52118.0Wild Card
5 KIA Tigers 70740.48623.0
6 Samsung Lions 68724.48623.0Did not qualify
7 Lotte Giants 68742.47924.0
8 LG Twins 67751.47224.5
9 KT Wiz 59823.42032.5
10 NC Dinos 58851.40634.5

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 Tim Adleman Pitcher2018$1,050,000
Lisalverto Bonilla Pitcher2018$700,000
Darin Ruf Infielder2017$1,500,000
NC Dinos Logan Verrett Pitcher2018$800,000
Wei-Chung Wang Pitcher2018$900,000
Xavier Scruggs Infielder2017$1,300,000
Doosan Bears Seth Frankoff Pitcher2018$850,000
Josh Lindblom Pitcher2015$1,450,000
Jimmy Paredes Infielder2018$800,000Released
Scott Van Slyke Outfielder2018$320,000Mid-season signing
Nexen Heroes Esmil Rogers Pitcher2015$1,500,000Released
Jake Brigham Pitcher2017$650,000
Michael Choice Outfielder2017$600,000Released
Eric Hacker Pitcher2013$300,000Mid-season signing
Jerry Sands Outfielder2018$100,000Mid-season signing
SK Wyverns Merrill Kelly Pitcher2015$1,750,000
Ángel Sánchez Pitcher2018$1,100,000
Jamie Romak Infielder2017$850,000
Hanwha Eagles Keyvius Sampson Pitcher2018$700,000
Jason Wheeler Pitcher2018$575,000Released
Jared Hoying Outfielder2018$700,000
David Hale Pitcher2018$500,000Mid-season signing
Kia Tigers Héctor Noesí Pitcher2016$2,000,000
Pat Dean Pitcher2017$925,000
Roger Bernadina Outfielder2017$1,100,000
Lotte Giants Brooks Raley Pitcher2015$1,170,000
Félix Doubront Pitcher2018$1,000,000
Andy Burns Infielder2017$730,000
LG Twins Henry Sosa Pitcher2012$1,200,000
Tyler Wilson Pitcher2018$800,000
Adonis García Infielder2018$800,000
KT Wiz Ryan Feierabend Pitcher2015$1,050,000
Dustin Nippert Pitcher2011$1,000,000
Mel Rojas Jr. Outfielder2017$1,000,000

Foreign hitters

TeamPlayerBatting
Average		Home RunsRBINotes
Doosan Bears Jimmy Paredes .13814Released by the team
Scott Van Slyke .12814Signed to replace Jimmy Paredes
Hanwha Eagles Jared Hoying .30630110
Kia Tigers Roger Bernadina .3152070
KT Wiz Mel Rojas Jr. .30543114
LG Twins Adonis Garcia .339834
Lotte Giants Andy Burns .3031557
NC Dinos Xavier Scruggs .2572697
Nexen Heroes Michael Choice .2581761Released by the team
Jerry Sands .3141237Signed to replace Michael Choice
Samsung Lions Darin Ruf .33033125
SK Wyverns Jamie Romak .31643107

Postseason

Wild CardSemi-playoffPlayoff Korean Series
1 Doosan Bears 2
2 SK Wyverns 32SK Wyverns4
3 Hanwha Eagles 14Nexen Heroes2
4 Nexen Heroes 24Nexen Heroes3
5 KIA Tigers 0

Wild Card

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

Nexen Heroes (2) vs. KIA Tigers (0)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 16KIA Tigers – 6, Nexen Heroes – 10 Gocheok Sky Dome 3:4215,915

Semi-Playoff

Hanwha Eagles (1) vs. Nexen Heroes (3)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 19Nexen Heroes – 3, Hanwha Eagles – 2 Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium 4:1512,400 
2October 20Nexen Heroes – 7, Hanwha Eagles – 5Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium4:2812,400 
3October 22Hanwha Eagles – 4, Nexen Heroes – 3Gocheok Sky Dome3:4616,300 
4October 23Hanwha Eagles – 2, Nexen Heroes – 5Gocheok Sky Dome3:4116,300

Playoff

SK Wyverns (3) vs. Nexen Heroes (2)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 27Nexen Heroes – 8, SK Wyverns – 10 Munhak Baseball Stadium 3:5424,219 
2October 28Nexen Heroes – 1, SK Wyverns – 5Munhak Baseball Stadium3:2223,642 
3October 30SK Wyverns – 2, Nexen Heroes – 3Gocheok Sky Dome3:0413,839 
4October 31SK Wyverns – 2, Nexen Heroes – 4Gocheok Sky Dome3:1911,683 
5November 2Nexen Heroes – 10, SK Wyverns – 11(10)Munhak Baseball Stadium4:5418,562

Korean Series

Doosan Bears (2) vs. SK Wyverns (4)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1November 4SK Wyverns – 7, Doosan Bears – 3 Jamsil Baseball Stadium 3:5825,000 
2November 5SK Wyverns – 3, Doosan Bears – 7Jamsil Baseball Stadium3:1425,000 
3November 7Doosan Bears – 2, SK Wyverns – 7Munhak Baseball Stadium3:2225,000 
4November 9Doosan Bears – 2, SK Wyverns – 1Munhak Baseball Stadium3:0725,000 
5November 10Doosan Bears – 1, SK Wyverns – 4Munhak Baseball Stadium3:0825,000 
6November 12SK Wyverns – 5, Doosan Bears – 4 (13)Jamsil Baseball Stadium5:0725,000

Attendances

TeamTotal attendanceHome averageChange vs. 2017
Doosan Bears1,112,06615,4452 %
LG Twins1,108,67715,398−2 %
SK Wyverns1,037,21114,40616 %
Lotte Giants901,63412,523−13 %
KIA Tigers861,72911,968−16 %
Samsung Lions752,31010,4497 %
Hanwha Eagles734,11010,19624 %
KT Wiz668,5599,286−3 %
Nexen Heroes454,5746,314−35 %
NC Dinos442,8726,151−17 %
Total8,073,74211,214-4 %

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References

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