2009 Korea Professional Baseball season

CJ Magumagu Pro Baseball 2009
Logo of CJ Magu Magu 2009 Pro Baseball Season
League Korea Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Duration April 4, 2009 – October 24, 2009
Regular Season
Season champions Kia Tigers
Season MVP Kim Sang-Hyun (Kia)
League Postseason
Semiplayoff champions Doosan Bears
  Semiplayoff runners-up Lotte Giants
Playoff champions SK Wyverns
  Playoff runners-up Doosan Bears
Korean Series
Champions Kia Tigers
  Runners-up SK Wyverns
Finals MVP Na Ji-Wan (Kia)

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 2nd place vs. Semiplayoff winner - Best of 5
  • 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

Pre-Season

RankTeamWLDPct.GB
1Lotte Giants11100.917-
2LG Twins9300.7502.0
3Doosan Bears8400.6673.0
4Hanwha Eagles5700.4176.0
5Kia Tigers5800.3856.5
6SK Wyverns5900.3577.0
7Nexen Heroes4800.3337.0
8Samsung Lions31000.2318.5

Regular season

Rank[1]TeamGWDLPct.GB
1Kia Tigers133814480.609-
2SK Wyverns133806470.6021
3Doosan Bears133712600.53410
4Lotte Giants133660670.49615
5Samsung Lions133640690.48117
6Nexen Heroes133601720.45121
7LG Twins133544750.40627
8Hanwha Eagles133463840.34135
Pennant Race Winner

KIA Tigers

Post-Season

Semiplayoff

Doosan Bears win the series, 3-1

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Doosan Bears 2 - 7 Lotte GiantsSeptember 29Jamsil Baseball Stadium29,000 (Sellout)
2Doosan Bears 6 - 0 Lotte GiantsSeptember 30Jamsil Baseball Stadium29,000 (Sellout)
3Lotte Giants 3 - 12 Doosan BearsOctober 2Sajik Baseball Stadium28,500 (Sellout)
4Lotte Giants 5 - 9 Doosan BearsOctober 3Sajik Baseball Stadium28,500 (Sellout)

Playoff

SK Wyverns win the series, 3-2

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1SK Wyverns 2 - 3 Doosan BearsOctober 7Munhak Baseball Stadium21,078
2SK Wyverns 1 - 4 Doosan BearsOctober 8Munhak Baseball Stadium20,627
3Doosan Bears 1 - 3 SK WyvernsOctober 10Jamsil Baseball Stadium29,000 (Sellout)
4Doosan Bears 3 - 8 SK WyvernsOctober 11Jamsil Baseball Stadium29,000 (Sellout)
5SK Wyverns 14 - 3 Doosan Bears [2]October 14Munhak Baseball Stadium27,800 (Sellout)

Korean Series

Kia Tigers win the series, 4-3

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Kia Tigers 5 - 3 SK WyvernsOctober 16Moodeung Stadium13,400 (Sellout)
2Kia Tigers 2 - 1 SK WyvernsOctober 17Moodeung Stadium13,400 (Sellout)
3SK Wyverns 11 - 6 Kia TigersOctober 19Munhak Baseball Stadium27,800 (Sellout)
4SK Wyverns 4 - 3 Kia TigersOctober 20Munhak Baseball Stadium27,800 (Sellout)
5Kia Tigers 3 - 0 SK WyvernsOctober 22Jamsil Baseball Stadium29,000 (Sellout)
6SK Wyverns 3 - 2 Kia TigersOctober 23Jamsil Baseball Stadium29,000 (sellout)[3]
7Kia Tigers 6 - 5 SK Wyverns [4]October 24Jamsil Baseball Stadium29,000 (Sellout)
2009 Korean Series Winner

Kia Tigers
Tenth title

Final standings

Place 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.2673.92706581156
SK Wyverns.2853.67732550166
Doosan Bears.2804.60722662120
Lotte Giants.2774.75637669121
Samsung Lions.2754.98685700146
Nexen Heroes.2725.40683762153
LG Twins.2785.42670763129
Hanwha Eagles.2695.70657805164

Personal statistics

Hitters TOP
Category Player Record
AVGPark Yong-taik (LG Twins)0.372
HRKim Sang-Hyun (Kia Tigers)36
RBIKim Sang-Hyun (Kia Tigers)127
RJeong Keun-Woo (SK Wyverns)
Hee-seop Choi (Kia Tigers)
98
HKim Hyun-Soo (Doosan Bears)172
SBLee Dae-Hyung (LG Twins)64
Pitchers TOP
Category Player Record
WYoon Sung-Hwan (Samsung Lions)
Cho Jung-Hoon (Lotte Giants)
Aquilino López (Kia Tigers)
14
ERAKim Kwang-Hyun (SK Wyverns)2.80
SORyu Hyun-Jin (Hanwha Eagles)188
IPAquilino López (Kia Tigers)19013
SVJon Adkins (Lotte Giants)
Lee Yong-Chan (Doosan Bears)
26
HLDKwon Hyuk (Samsung Lions)21

References

  1. 1 2 (in Korean) 2009시즌 팀 순위. Accessed 2009-08-13. Archived 2009-08-15.
  2. (in Korean) SK 14-3 두산 격파… 한국시리즈 진출
  3. (in Korean) Highest post-season revenue intake for one game
  4. (in Korean) (KS Game 7) Na Ji-Wan 'goodbye home run'…KIA, realize tenth title great ambition
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