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
Korean Series MVP	Na Ji-Wan (Kia)

The 2009 Korea Professional Baseball season is the 28th season in the history of the KBO. The Kia Tigers won the regular season and 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

Rank	Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
1	Lotte Giants	11	1	0.917	-
2	LG Twins	9	3	0.750	2.0
3	Doosan Bears	8	4	0.667	3.0
4	Hanwha Eagles	5	7	0.417	6.0
5	Kia Tigers	5	8	0.385	6.5
6	SK Wyverns	5	9	0.357	7.0
7	Nexen Heroes	4	8	0.333	7.0
8	Samsung Lions	3	10	0.231	8.5

Regular season

Rank^[1]	Team	G	W	D	L	Pct.	GB
1	Kia Tigers	133	81	4	48	0.609	-
2	SK Wyverns	133	80	6	47	0.602	1
3	Doosan Bears	133	71	2	60	0.534	10
4	Lotte Giants	133	66	0	67	0.496	15
5	Samsung Lions	133	64	0	69	0.481	17
6	Nexen Heroes	133	60	1	72	0.451	21
7	LG Twins	133	54	4	75	0.406	27
8	Hanwha Eagles	133	46	3	84	0.341	35

Pennant Race Winner
KIA Tigers

Post-Season

Semiplayoff

Doosan Bears win the series, 3-1

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Doosan Bears 2 - 7 Lotte Giants	September 29	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	29,000 (Sellout)
2	Doosan Bears 6 - 0 Lotte Giants	September 30	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	29,000 (Sellout)
3	Lotte Giants 3 - 12 Doosan Bears	October 2	Sajik Baseball Stadium	28,500 (Sellout)
4	Lotte Giants 5 - 9 Doosan Bears	October 3	Sajik Baseball Stadium	28,500 (Sellout)

Playoff

SK Wyverns win the series, 3-2

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	SK Wyverns 2 - 3 Doosan Bears	October 7	Munhak Baseball Stadium	21,078
2	SK Wyverns 1 - 4 Doosan Bears	October 8	Munhak Baseball Stadium	20,627
3	Doosan Bears 1 - 3 SK Wyverns	October 10	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	29,000 (Sellout)
4	Doosan Bears 3 - 8 SK Wyverns	October 11	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	29,000 (Sellout)
5	SK Wyverns 14 - 3 Doosan Bears ^[2]	October 14	Munhak Baseball Stadium	27,800 (Sellout)

Korean Series

Main article: 2009 Korean Series

Kia Tigers win the series, 4-3

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Kia Tigers 5 - 3 SK Wyverns	October 16	Moodeung Stadium	13,400 (Sellout)
2	Kia Tigers 2 - 1 SK Wyverns	October 17	Moodeung Stadium	13,400 (Sellout)
3	SK Wyverns 11 - 6 Kia Tigers	October 19	Munhak Baseball Stadium	27,800 (Sellout)
4	SK Wyverns 4 - 3 Kia Tigers	October 20	Munhak Baseball Stadium	27,800 (Sellout)
5	Kia Tigers 3 - 0 SK Wyverns	October 22	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	29,000 (Sellout)
6	SK Wyverns 3 - 2 Kia Tigers	October 23	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	29,000 (sellout)^[3]
7	Kia Tigers 6 - 5 SK Wyverns ^[4]	October 24	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	29,000 (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	.267	3.92	706	581	156
SK Wyverns	.285	3.67	732	550	166
Doosan Bears	.280	4.60	722	662	120
Lotte Giants	.277	4.75	637	669	121
Samsung Lions	.275	4.98	685	700	146
Nexen Heroes	.272	5.40	683	762	153
LG Twins	.278	5.42	670	763	129
Hanwha Eagles	.269	5.70	657	805	164

Personal statistics

Hitters TOP

Category	Player	Record
AVG	Park Yong-taik (LG Twins)	0.372
HR	Kim Sang-Hyun (Kia Tigers)	36
RBI	Kim Sang-Hyun (Kia Tigers)	127
R	Jeong Keun-Woo (SK Wyverns) Hee-seop Choi (Kia Tigers)	98
H	Kim Hyun-Soo (Doosan Bears)	172
SB	Lee Dae Hyeong (LG Twins)	64

Pitchers TOP

Category	Player	Record
W	Yoon Sung-Hwan (Samsung Lions) Cho Jung-Hoon (Lotte Giants) Aquilino López (Kia Tigers)	14
ERA	Kim Kwang-Hyun (SK Wyverns)	2.80
SO	Ryu Hyun-Jin (Hanwha Eagles)	188
IP	Aquilino López (Kia Tigers)	190¹⁄₃
SV	Jon Adkins (Lotte Giants) Lee Yong-Chan (Doosan Bears)	26
HLD	Kwon Hyuk (Samsung Lions)	21

References

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

External links

Official website (Korean)
Standings (Korean)

KBO League

Korea Baseball Organization

Teams	Doosan Bears Hanwha Eagles Kia Tigers KT Wiz LG Twins Lotte Giants NC Dinos Nexen Heroes^† Samsung Lions SK Wyverns KBO Futures League only Sangmu Police ISG Miracle^Ind. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks^‡3rd

Defunct Teams	Ssangbangwool Raiders Hyundai Unicorns Goyang Wonders^‡Ind.

Postseason	Korean Series Asia Series

Awards	KBO League Most Valuable Player Award

Seasons	1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

^† In KBO Futures League, as Hwaseong Heroes and Goyang Dions. ^‡ Non-regular team. ^Ind. Independent team. ^3rd The third level team of the baseball club.

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