2008 Korea Professional Baseball season

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

Samsung PAVV Pro Baseball 2008
LeagueKorea Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationMarch 29–October
Number of games126 per team
Number of teams8
Regular Season
Season championsSK Wyverns
  Runners-upDoosan Bears
Season MVPKim Kwang-hyun (SK)
League Postseason
Semiplayoff championsSamsung Lions
  Semiplayoff runners-upLotte Giants
Playoff championsDoosan Bears
  Playoff runners-upSamsung Lions
Korean Series
ChampionsSK Wyverns
  Runners-upDoosan Bears
Finals MVPChoi Jeong (SK)

Season structure

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

Sponsorship change

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]

Standings
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

Postseason

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
Main article: 2008 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

Foreign hitters
TeamPlayerPositionIn KBO sinceBatting AverageHome runsRBINotes
Doosan BearsNONEN/A
Hanwha EaglesDoug ClarkOF2008.2462279
Kia TigersWilson ValdezSS2008.281116
LG TwinsRoberto Petagine1B2008.347735Replaced starting pitcher Jamie Brown on the roster
Lotte GiantsKarim GarcíaOF2008.28330111Golden Glove Award
Samsung LionsJacob CruzOF2007.282221
SK WyvernsNONEN/ATeam had 3 foreign pitchers
Woori HeroesCliff BrumbaughOF2003.2931361

Statistics

Team statistics
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
Totals 4,522 4,522 646

References
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