2023 KBO League season

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2023 KBO League
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League KBO League
SportBaseball
Defending champions SSG Landers (2022)
DurationApril 1 – October 17
Number of games144 per team
Number of teams10
TV partner(s) KBS, MBC, SBS
Regular Season
Season champions LG Twins
Season MVP Erick Fedde (NC Dinos)
Postseason
Wild Card champions NC Dinos
  Wild Card runners-up Doosan Bears
Semi-playoffs champions NC Dinos
  Semi-playoffs runners-up SSG Landers
Playoffs champions KT Wiz
  Playoffs runners-up NC Dinos
Korean Series
Champions LG Twins
  Runners-up KT Wiz
Finals MVP Oh Ji-hwan
KBO League seasons

The 2023 KBO League season was the 42nd season in the history of the KBO League. The regular season began on April 1 and concluded on October 17. [1] A postseason followed, culminating with the Korean Series championship. SSG Landers entered the season as the defending champions.

Contents

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

The LG Twins won both the regular season and the Korean Series.

Transactions

Retirement

Draft

The 2023 Korea Baseball Organization draft took place on September 15, 2022, at Westin Josun Hotel, Jung-gu, Seoul. [6]

Preseason

The preseason began on March 13 and ended on March 28, 2023. [7]

Preseason standings [8]
RankTeam GP W L D PCT GB Home Road
1 Hanwha Eagles 139310.75005–1–34–0–0
2 Samsung Lions 1410400.71406–0–44–0–0
3 LG Twins 148600.57120–0–28–0–4
4 SSG Landers 135530.50030–0–05–3–5
4 KT Wiz 146620.50034–2–22–0–4
6 Kia Tigers 135620.4553.53–2–22–0–4
6 Doosan Bears 135620.4553.50–0–25–2–4
8 NC Dinos 134720.3644.53–1–51–1–2
9 Lotte Giants 134810.33353–1–61–0–2
10 Kiwoom Heroes 144910.3085.52–0–82–1–1

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on April 1, 2023. [9]

Regular season standings [8]
RankTeam GP W L D PCT GB HomeRoadPostseason
1 LG Twins 14486562.606—45–25–141–31–1 Korean Series
2 KT Wiz 14479623.5606½41–30–238–32–1Playoff
3 SSG Landers 14476653.5399½39–32–237–33–1Semi-playoff
4 NC Dinos 14475672.5281141–29–134–38–1Wildcard Game
5 Doosan Bears 14474682.5211237–35–137–33–1
6 Kia Tigers 14473692.5141338–31–235–38–0Did not qualify
7 Lotte Giants 14468760.4721938–35–030–41–0
8 Samsung Lions 14461821.42725½32–39–029–43–1
9 Hanwha Eagles 14458806.4202632–40–126–40–5
10 Kiwoom Heroes 14458833.41127½33–36–225–47–1

Note: Tie results are ignored by the league when computing winning percentage and games behind.

Postseason

Wild CardSemi-playoffPlayoff Korean Series
1 LG Twins 4
2 KT Wiz 32 KT Wiz 1
3 SSG Landers 04 NC Dinos 2
4 NC Dinos 24 NC Dinos 3
5 Doosan Bears 0

Wild Card

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

NC Dinos (2) vs. Doosan Bears (0)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 19NC Dinos − 14, Doosan Bears − 9 Changwon NC Park 4:0512,299

Semi-playoff

SSG Landers (0) vs. NC Dinos (3)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 22NC Dinos – 4, SSG Landers – 3 Incheon SSG Landers Field 2:4622,500 
2October 23NC Dinos – 7, SSG Landers – 3 Incheon SSG Landers Field 3:5519,777 
3October 25SSG Landers – 6, NC Dinos – 7 Changwon NC Park 4:0216,649

Playoff

KT Wiz (3) vs. NC Dinos (2)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 30NC Dinos – 9, KT Wiz – 5 Suwon Baseball Stadium 3:1516,241 
2October 31NC Dinos – 3, KT Wiz – 2 Suwon Baseball Stadium 2:4915,453 
3November 2KT Wiz – 3, NC Dinos – 0 Changwon NC Park 3:0717,400 
4November 3KT Wiz – 11, NC Dinos – 2 Changwon NC Park 3:1417,400 
5November 5NC Dinos – 2, KT Wiz – 3 Suwon Baseball Stadium 2:5117,329

Korean Series

LG Twins (4) vs. KT Wiz (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1November 7KT Wiz – 3, LG Twins – 2 Jamsil Baseball Stadium 3:1423,750 
2November 8KT Wiz – 4, LG Twins – 5 Jamsil Baseball Stadium 3:0723,750 
3November 10LG Twins – 8, KT Wiz – 7 Suwon Baseball Stadium 4:0617,600 
4November 11LG Twins – 15, KT Wiz – 4 Suwon Baseball Stadium 3:4617,600 
5November 13KT Wiz – 2, LG Twins – 6 Jamsil Baseball Stadium 2:5623,750

Attendances

#Baseball clubAverage attendance [10]
1 LG Twins 16,939
2 SSG Landers 14,633
3 Doosan Bears 13,282
4 Lotte Giants 12,216
5 Samsung Lions 11,912
6 KIA Tigers 10,099
7 KT Wiz 9,553
8 Kiwoom Heroes 8,220
9 NC Dinos 7,854
10 Hanhwa Eagles 7,764

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  2. ↑ "Team Information". koreabaseball.com. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  3. ↑ "KBO Procedures". koreabaseball.com. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
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  10. ↑ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1508632/south-korea-average-attendance-per-game-of-kbo/
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