2008 Korea Professional Baseball season

Samsung PAVV Pro Baseball 2008
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League Korea Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Regular Season
League Postseason
Korean Series

The 2008 Korea Professional Baseball season was the 27th season in the history of the KBO League. The season commenced on March 29

Format

Season Format

  • Regular Season: 126 games for each team
  • Semiplayoff: Regular Season 3rd place vs. Regular Season 4th place - Best of 5
  • Playoff: Regular Season 2nd place vs. Semiplayoff winner - Best of 7
  • Korean Series: Regular Season 1st 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

Off-season news

Unicorns became Heroes

Hyundai stopped their sponsorship after the 2007 season, and the Unicorns were renamed the Woori Heroes after Centennial Investments sold the naming rights to the Woori Tobacco Company. They also announced possible player salary reductions[1]

Results

Regular season

RankTeamWLPct.GB
1SK Wyverns8343.659–
2Doosan Bears7056.55613.0
3Lotte Giants6957.54814.0
4Samsung Lions6561.51618.0
5Hanwha Eagles6462.50819.0
6Kia Tigers5769.45226.0
7Heroes5076.39733.0
8LG Twins4680.36537.0

Semiplayoff

Samsung Lions win the series, 3–0

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Samsung Lions – 12, Lotte Giants - 3October 8Sajik Baseball Stadium30,000
2Samsung Lions – 4, Lotte Giants - 3October 9Sajik Baseball Stadium27,559
3Lotte Giants – 4, Samsung Lions - 6October 11Daegu Baseball Stadium12,000

Playoff

Doosan Bears win the series, 4–2

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Samsung Lions – 4, Doosan Bears – 8October 16Jamsil Baseball Stadium30,500
2Samsung Lions – 7, Doosan Bears – 4 (14 innings)October 17Jamsil Baseball Stadium30,500
3Doosan Bears – 2, Samsung Lions – 6October 19Daegu Baseball Stadium12,000
4Doosan Bears – 12, Samsung Lions – 6October 20Daegu Baseball Stadium12,000
5Doosan Bears – 6, Samsung Lions – 4October 21Daegu Baseball Stadium12,000
6Samsung Lions – 2, Doosan Bears – 5October 23Jamsil Baseball Stadium30,500

Korean Series

SK Wyverns win the series, 4–1

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Doosan Bears – 5, SK Wyverns – 2October 26Munhak Baseball Stadium30,400
2Doosan Bears – 2, SK Wyverns – 5October 27Munhak Baseball Stadium30,400
3SK Wyverns – 3, Doosan Bears – 2October 29Jamsil Baseball Stadium30,500
4SK Wyverns – 4, Doosan Bears – 1October 30Jamsil Baseball Stadium30,500
5SK Wyverns – 2, Doosan Bears – 0October 31Jamsil Baseball Stadium30,500

Final standings

Place Team
1 SK Wyverns
2 Doosan Bears
3 Lotte Giants
4 Samsung Lions
5 Hanhwa Eagles
6 Kia Tigers
7 Heroes
8 LG Twins

Statistics

Final

Team Team BA Team ERA Runs Scored Runs Allowed HR
SK Wyverns.2823.2263246189
Lotte Giants.2823.6462451893
Doosan Bears.2763.8964754268
Heroes.2664.4349960970
Kia Tigers.2604.0850355548
Samsung Lions.2584.4055759692
LG Twins.2564.8546864666
Hanwha Eagles.2544.43592595120

References

  1. ↑ Our Cigarette Heroes Unveil Crisp, Refreshing Logo and Uniform in Morning Ceremony--Resume Dirty Deeds by Afternoon
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