2009 Korea Professional Baseball season explained

CJ Magumagu Pro Baseball 2009
League:	Korea Professional Baseball
Sport:	Baseball
Pixels:	200px
Duration:	April 4, 2009 – October 24, 2009
No Of Teams:	8
No Of Games:	133 per team
Season:	Regular Season
Season Champs:	Kia Tigers
Mvp:	Kim Sang-Hyun (Kia)
Mvp Link:	KBO League Most Valuable Player Award
Playoffs:	League Postseason
Conf1:	Semiplayoff
Conf1 Champ:	Doosan Bears
Conf1 Runner-Up:	Lotte Giants
Conf2:	Playoff
Conf2 Champ:	SK Wyverns
Conf2 Runner-Up:	Doosan Bears
Finals:	Korean Series
Finals Link:	2009 Korean Series
Finals Champ:	Kia Tigers
Finals Runner-Up:	SK Wyverns
Finals Mvp:	Na Ji-Wan (Kia)
Finals Mvp Link:	Korean Series Most Valuable Player Award
Seasonslist:	List of KBO League seasons
Seasonslistnames:	KBO
Prevseason Link:	2008 Korea Professional Baseball season
Prevseason Year:	2008
Nextseason Link:	2010 Korea Professional Baseball season
Nextseason Year:	2010

The 2009 Korea Professional Baseball season was the 28th season in the history of the KBO League. The Kia Tigers won the regular season and the Korean Series.

Format

Season format

• Regular season: 133 games for each team
• Semiplayoff: regular-season 3rd place vs. regular-season 4th place – best of 5
• Playoff: regular-season second place vs. semiplayoff winner – best of 5
• Korean Series: regular-season first place vs. playoff winner – best of 7

Final standings

• Champion (1st place): Korean Series winner
• Runner-up (2nd place): Korean Series loser
• 3rd–8th place: sort by regular-season record except teams to play in the Korean Series

Pre-season

Rank	Team	W	L	D	Pct.	GB
1	Lotte Giants	11	1	0	0.917	-
2	LG Twins	9	3	0	0.750	2.0
3	Doosan Bears	8	4	0	0.667	3.0
4	Hanwha Eagles	5	7	0	0.417	6.0
5	Kia Tigers	5	8	0	0.385	6.5
6	SK Wyverns	5	9	0	0.357	7.0
7	Nexen Heroes	4	8	0	0.333	7.0
8	Samsung Lions	3	10	0	0.231	8.5

Regular season

Rank^[1]	Team	G	W	D	L	Pct.	GB
1		133	81	4	48	0.609	-
2		133	80	6	47	0.602	1
3		133	71	2	60	0.534	10
4		133	66	0	67	0.496	15
5		133	64	0	69	0.481	17
6		133	60	1	72	0.451	21
7		133	54	4	75	0.406	27
8		133	46	3	84	0.341	35

Post-season

Semiplayoff

Doosan Bears win the series, 3-1

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Doosan Bears 2 - 7 Lotte Giants	September 29	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	29,000 (Sellout)
2	Doosan Bears 6 - 0 Lotte Giants	September 30	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	29,000 (Sellout)
3	Lotte Giants 3 - 12 Doosan Bears	October 2	Sajik Baseball Stadium	28,500 (Sellout)
4	Lotte Giants 5 - 9 Doosan Bears	October 3	Sajik Baseball Stadium	28,500 (Sellout)

Playoff

SK Wyverns win the series, 3-2

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	SK Wyverns 2 - 3 Doosan Bears	October 7	Munhak Baseball Stadium	21,078
2	SK Wyverns 1 - 4 Doosan Bears	October 8	Munhak Baseball Stadium	20,627
3	Doosan Bears 1 - 3 SK Wyverns	October 10	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	29,000 (Sellout)
4	Doosan Bears 3 - 8 SK Wyverns	October 11	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	29,000 (Sellout)
5	SK Wyverns 14 - 3 Doosan Bears ^[2]	October 14	Munhak Baseball Stadium	27,800 (Sellout)

Korean Series

See main article: 2009 Korean Series.

Kia Tigers win the series, 4-3

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Kia Tigers 5 - 3 SK Wyverns	October 16	Moodeung Stadium	13,400 (Sellout)
2	Kia Tigers 2 - 1 SK Wyverns	October 17	Moodeung Stadium	13,400 (Sellout)
3	SK Wyverns 11 - 6 Kia Tigers	October 19	Munhak Baseball Stadium	27,800 (Sellout)
4	SK Wyverns 4 - 3 Kia Tigers	October 20	Munhak Baseball Stadium	27,800 (Sellout)
5	Kia Tigers 3 - 0 SK Wyverns	October 22	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	29,000 (Sellout)
6	SK Wyverns 3 - 2 Kia Tigers	October 23	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	29,000 (sellout)^[3]
7	Kia Tigers 6 - 5 SK Wyverns ^[4]	October 24	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	29,000 (Sellout)

Final standings

width=35	Place	width=185	Team
1	Kia Tigers
2	SK Wyverns
3	Doosan Bears
4	Lotte Giants
5	Samsung Lions
6	Nexen Heroes
7	LG Twins
8	Hanwha Eagles

Statistics

Teams statistics

Final ^[1]

Team	Team BA	Team ERA	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed	HR
Kia Tigers	.267	3.92	706	581	156
SK Wyverns	.285	3.67	732	550	166
Doosan Bears	.280	4.60	722	662	120
Lotte Giants	.277	4.75	637	669	121
Samsung Lions	.275	4.98	685	700	146
Nexen Heroes	.272	5.40	683	762	153
LG Twins	.278	5.42	670	763	129
Hanwha Eagles	.269	5.70	657	805	164
Total			5,492	5,492	1,155

Personal statistics

Hitters TOP

Category	Player	Record
AVG	Park Yong-taik (LG Twins)	0.372
HR	Kim Sang-hyun (Kia Tigers)	36
RBI	Kim Sang-hyun (Kia Tigers)	127
R	Jeong Keun-Woo (SK Wyverns) Hee-seop Choi (Kia Tigers)	98
H	Kim Hyun-Soo (Doosan Bears)	172
SB	Lee Dae-Hyung (LG Twins)	64

Pitchers TOP

Category	Player	Record
W	Yoon Sung-Hwan (Samsung Lions) Cho Jung-Hoon (Lotte Giants) Aquilino López (Kia Tigers)	14
ERA	Kim Kwang-Hyun (SK Wyverns)	2.80
SO	Ryu Hyun-Jin (Hanwha Eagles)	188
IP	Aquilino López (Kia Tigers)	190
SV	Jon Adkins (Lotte Giants) Lee Yong-Chan (Doosan Bears)	26
HLD	Kwon Hyuk (Samsung Lions)	21

Foreign hitters

Team	Player	Position	In KBO since	Batting Average	Home runs	RBI	Notes
		OF	2009	.184	2	6
		OF	2009	.266	15	39
	NONE	N/A
		1B	2008	.332	26	100
		OF	2008	.266	29	84
	NONE	N/A
		OF	2003	.245	27	86
		OF	2008	.290	24	90
	NONE	N/A					Team had 3 pitchers

External links

• • Standings

Notes and References

1. 2009시즌 팀 순위. Accessed 2009-08-13. Archived 2009-08-15.
2. SK 14-3 두산 격파… 한국시리즈 진출
3. Highest post-season revenue intake for one game http://joynews.inews24.com/php/news_view.php?g_menu=702120&g_serial=452580
4. (KS Game 7) Na Ji-Wan 'goodbye home run'…KIA, realize tenth title great ambition