2022 KBO League season

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2022 KBO League
2022 KBO League season.png
League KBO League
Sport Baseball
DurationApril 2 – October 11
(regular season)
Number of games144 per team
Number of teams10
TV partner(s) KBS, MBC, SBS, SPOTV
Regular Season
Season champions SSG Landers
Season MVP Lee Jung-hoo (Kiwoom)
Postseason
Wild Card champions KT Wiz
  Wild Card runners-up Kia Tigers
Semi-playoffs champions Kiwoom Heroes
  Semi-playoffs runners-up KT Wiz
Playoffs champions Kiwoom Heroes
  Playoffs runners-up LG Twins
Korean Series
Champions SSG Landers
  Runners-up Kiwoom Heroes
Finals MVP Kim Kang-min
KBO League seasons

The 2022 KBO League season was the 41st season in the history of the KBO League. The regular season began on April 2 and ended on October 11. [1] A postseason then followed, culminating with the championship Korean Series. KT Wiz entered the season as defending champions.

Contents

Season format

No changes were made to the league's makeup from the prior season, with the same 10 teams competing. [2] Each team is scheduled to play 144 games, via facing every other team 16 times. [3]

The league announced some operational changes: [4]

Additionally, some temporary measures used during the prior season, such as not playing extra innings, were discontinued. [4]

Standings

Last updated October 12, 2022

Regular season standings [5]
RankTeamRecord GB Postseason
Won–Lost (Win %)Tied
1 SSG Landers 88–52 (.629)4–Korean Series
2 LG Twins 87–55 (.613)22Playoff
3 Kiwoom Heroes 80–62 (.563)29Semi-playoff
4 KT Wiz 80–62 (.563)29Wildcard Game
5 Kia Tigers 70–73 (.490)119½
6 NC Dinos 67–74 (.475)321½Did not qualify
7 Samsung Lions 66–76 (.465)223
8 Lotte Giants 64–76 (.457)424
9 Doosan Bears 60–82 (.423)229
10 Hanwha Eagles 46–96 (.324)243

Note: Regular-season games are limited to 12 innings; [6] tie results are ignored by the league when computing winning percentage and games behind.

Postseason

Wild CardSemi-playoffPlayoff Korean Series
1 SSG Landers 4
2 LG Twins 13 Kiwoom Heroes 2
3 Kiwoom Heroes 33 Kiwoom Heroes 3
4 KT Wiz 24 KT Wiz 2
5 Kia Tigers 0

Wild Card

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

KT Wiz (2) vs. Kia Tigers (0)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 13Kia Tigers − 2, KT Wiz − 6 Suwon Baseball Stadium 3:0217,600

Semi-playoff

Kiwoom Heroes (3) vs. KT Wiz (2)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 16KT Wiz – 4, Kiwoom Heroes – 8 Gocheok Sky Dome 3:1215,018 
2October 17KT Wiz – 2, Kiwoom Heroes – 0 Gocheok Sky Dome 2:399,282 
3October 19Kiwoom Heroes – 9, KT Wiz – 2 Suwon Baseball Stadium 3:169,791 
4October 20Kiwoom Heroes – 6, KT Wiz – 9 Suwon Baseball Stadium 3:358,464 
5October 22KT Wiz – 3, Kiwoom Heroes – 4 Gocheok Sky Dome 2:5813,028

Playoff

LG Twins (1) vs. Kiwoom Heroes (3)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 24Kiwoom Heroes – 3, LG Twins – 6 Jamsil Baseball Stadium 3:0323,750 
2October 25Kiwoom Heroes – 7, LG Twins – 6 Jamsil Baseball Stadium 4:1923,750 
3October 27LG Twins – 4, Kiwoom Heroes – 6 Gocheok Sky Dome 3:2116,300 
4October 28LG Twins – 1, Kiwoom Heroes – 4 Gocheok Sky Dome 3:1516,300

Korean Series

SSG Landers (4) vs. Kiwoom Heroes (2)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1November 1Kiwoom Heroes – 7, SSG Landers – 6 Incheon SSG Landers Field 4:1922,500 
2November 2Kiwoom Heroes – 1, SSG Landers – 6 Incheon SSG Landers Field 3:0922,500 
3November 4SSG Landers – 8, Kiwoom Heroes – 2 Gocheok Sky Dome 3:5016,300 
4November 5SSG Landers – 3, Kiwoom Heroes – 6 Gocheok Sky Dome 3:3916,300 
5November 7Kiwoom Heroes – 4, SSG Landers – 5 Incheon SSG Landers Field 3:1322,500 
6November 8Kiwoom Heroes – 3, SSG Landers – 4 Incheon SSG Landers Field 2:3722,500

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "Team Information". koreabaseball.com. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  3. ↑ "KBO Procedures". koreabaseball.com. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "KBO introduces wild card tiebreaker game". The Korea Times . March 31, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
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  6. ↑ Reuter, Joel (May 5, 2020). "KBO for Dummies: An MLB Fan's Guide to the Korean Baseball League". Bleacher Report . Retrieved June 12, 2022.
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