2009 Korea Professional Baseball season

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.

CJ Magumagu Pro Baseball 2009
LeagueKorea Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 4, 2009 – October 24, 2009
Number of games133 per team
Number of teams8
Regular Season
Season championsKia Tigers
Season MVPKim Sang-Hyun (Kia)
League Postseason
Semiplayoff championsDoosan Bears
  Semiplayoff runners-upLotte Giants
Playoff championsSK Wyverns
  Playoff runners-upDoosan Bears
Korean Series
ChampionsKia Tigers
  Runners-upSK Wyverns
Finals MVPNa Ji-Wan (Kia)

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
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
Main article: 2009 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
Total 5,492 5,492 1,155

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)1901⁄3
SVJon Adkins (Lotte Giants)
Lee Yong-Chan (Doosan Bears)		26
HLDKwon Hyuk (Samsung Lions)21

Foreign hitters
TeamPlayerPositionIn KBO sinceBatting AverageHome runsRBINotes
Doosan BearsMatt WatsonOF2009.18426
Hanwha EaglesVíctor DíazOF2009.2661539
Kia TigersNONEN/A
LG TwinsRoberto Petagine1B2008.33226100
Lotte GiantsKarim GarcíaOF2008.2662984
Samsung LionsNONEN/A
Seoul HeroesCliff BrumbaughOF2003.2452786
Doug ClarkOF2008.2902490
SK WyvernsNONEN/ATeam had 3 pitchers

References
  1. (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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