2015 KBO League season

The 2015 KBO League season was the 34th season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball league.

2015 Tire Bank KBO League
LeagueKBO League
SportBaseball
Duration28 March – 6 October
Number of games144 per team
Number of teams10
Regular Season
Season championsSamsung Lions
Season MVPEric Thames (NC)
Postseason
Wild Card championsNexen Heroes
  Wild Card runners-upSK Wyverns
Semi-playoffs championsDoosan Bears
  Semi-playoffs runners-upNexen Heroes
Playoffs championsDoosan Bears
  Playoffs runners-upNC Dinos
Korean Series
ChampionsDoosan Bears
  Runners-upSamsung Lions
Finals MVPJung Soo-bin (Doosan)

Season structure

Regular season

Due to the addition of the KT Wiz into the KBO, the 2015 KBO league schedule was increased to each team playing 144 games during the regular season (each team had played 128 games during the 2014 regular season), with each team playing each other 16 times.[1]

All-Star Game

In July, the best players participated in the 2015 KBO All-Star Game. The participating franchises were divided into two regions, the Dream All-Stars (Samsung Lions, Doosan Bears, Lotte Giants, SK Wyverns, KT Wiz) and Nanum All-Stars (Kia Tigers, Hanwha Eagles, LG Twins, Nexen Heroes, NC Dinos). The Korean All-Star Game did not determine home-field advantage in the Korean Series. The All-Star Game was played on 18 July 2015 at the Suwon Baseball Stadium and won by the Dream All-Stars 6–3.

Postseason

2015 KBO League season culminated in its championship series, known as the Korean Series. The Semi-Playoff format was tweaked. Previously, the top four teams after the end of the regular season qualified for the postseason, but in 2015, the top five teams qualified for the postseason. The team with the best record gained a direct entry into the Korean Series, while the other four teams competed for the remaining place in a step-ladder playoff system. Starting in 2015, the fourth-place and the fifth-place teams played in a "Wildcard" game.[2]

  • Wildcard (best-of-two)
    • Regular-season 4th place vs. regular-season 5th place
  • Semi-playoff (best-of-five, added from 3 games starting from 2008)
    • Regular-season 3rd place vs. Wild Card winner
  • Playoff (best-of-five, reduced from 7 games starting from 2009)
    • Regular-season 2nd place vs. semi-playoff winner
  • Korean Series (best-of-seven)
    • Regular-season 1st place vs. playoff winner

To determine the final standings
  • Champion (1st place): Korean Series winner
  • Runner-up (2nd place): Korean Series loser
  • 3rd–10th place: sort by regular-season record except teams playing in the Korean Series.

Standings
RankTeamGPWLDPct.KBO postseason
1Samsung Lions144885600.611KBO Korean Series
2NC Dinos144845730.596Playoff
3Doosan Bears144796500.549Semi-playoff
4Nexen Heroes144786510.545Wildcard 1
5SK Wyverns144697320.486Wildcard 2
6Hanwha Eagles144687600.472Did not qualify
7Kia Tigers144677700.465
8Lotte Giants144667710.462
9LG Twins144647820.451
10KT Wiz144529110.364

Source [3]

Foreign hitters

Each team could have signed up to three foreign players. Due to the high proportion of pitchers signed in previous years, beginning in 2014 the league mandated that at least one of the foreign players must be a position player.

TeamPlayerPositionIn KBO sinceBatting AverageHome runsRBINotes
Doosan BearsZach Lutz3B2015.11113Released by the team
Deibinson Romero3B2015.2531250Replaced Zach Lutz on the roster
Hanwha EaglesNyjer MorganOF2015.27305
Jake FoxC/OF2015.278725
Kia TigersBrett Pill1B2014.32522101
LG TwinsJack Hannahan1B2015.327422Released by the team due to injury
Luis Jiménez1B2015.3121146Signed to replace Jack Hannahan on the roster
Lotte GiantsJim Adduci1B2014.31428106
NC DinosEric Thames1B2014.38147140KBO Most Valuable Player, KBO All-Star, KBO batting champion, KBO OBP leader, KBO SLG leader, KBO Runs leader, Golden Glove Award
Nexen HeroesBrad SnyderOF2015.2812671
Samsung LionsYamaico Navarro2B2014.28748137KBO All-Star, Golden Glove Award
SK WyvernsAndrew BrownOF2015.2612876

Postseason
Wild CardSemi-playoffPlayoffKorean Series
1Samsung Lions1
2NC Dinos23Doosan Bears4
3Doosan Bears33Doosan Bears3
4Nexen Heroes24Nexen Heroes1
5SK Wyverns0

Wild Card

The series started with a 1–0 advantage for the fourth-placed team.

Nexen won the series, 2–0.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
17 OctoberSK Wyverns 4 – 5 Nexen HeroesMokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul18:307,469[4]

Semi-playoff

Doosan won the series, 3–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
110 OctoberNexen Heroes 3 – 4 Doosan BearsJamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul14:0020,833[5] 
211 OctoberNexen Heroes 2 – 3 Doosan BearsJamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul14:0022,765[6] 
313 OctoberDoosan Bears 2 – 5 Nexen HeroesMokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul18:309,900[7] 
414 OctoberDoosan Bears 11 – 9 Nexen HeroesMokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul18:308,227[8]

Playoff

Doosan won the series, 3–2.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
118 OctoberDoosan Bears 7 – 0 NC DinosMasan Baseball Stadium, Changwon14:0011,000[9] 
219 OctoberDoosan Bears 1 – 2 NC DinosMasan Baseball Stadium, Changwon18:3011,000[10] 
321 OctoberNC Dinos 16 – 2 Doosan BearsJamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul18:3024,119[11] 
422 OctoberNC Dinos 0 – 7 Doosan BearsJamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul18:3022,652[12] 
524 OctoberDoosan Bears 6 – 4 NC DinosMasan Baseball Stadium, Changwon14:0011,000[13]

Korean Series
Main article: 2015 Korean Series

Doosan Bears won the series, 4–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
126 OctoberDoosan Bears 8 – 9 Samsung LionsDaegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu3:4610,000[14] 
227 OctoberDoosan Bears 6 – 1 Samsung LionsDaegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu3:0610,000[15] 
329 OctoberSamsung Lions 1 – 5 Doosan BearsJamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul3:2225,000[16] 
430 OctoberSamsung Lions 3 – 4 Doosan BearsJamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul3:2125,000[17] 
531 OctoberSamsung Lions 2 – 13 Doosan BearsJamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul3:3225,000[18]
2015 Korean Series Champion

Doosan Bears
(Fourth title)

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