2012 Korean Series

The Best-of-7 2012 Korean Series began on Tuesday, October 24, at the Daegu Baseball Stadium in Daegu, South Korea. It featured the Samsung Lions, who had claimed homefield advantage by finishing in first place at the end of the regular season, and the SK Wyverns, who finished second during the regular season and defeated the Lotte Giants in a best-of-5 playoff series (3 games to 2) to advance to the Finals. The Samsung Lions won the series in six games to collect their fifth Korean Series championship.

Roster

Samsung Lions
2013 Samsung Lions
Roster
Pitchers
  • 35 Kim Hui-geol
Catchers
  • 37 Lee Jeong-sik

Infielders

  •  9 Kang Myung-goo

Outfielders

  • 59 Jung Hyung-sik
  • 65 Bae Young-seop
Manager

Coaches

SK Wyverns

Regular season

Rank Club Played Win Draw Lose Winning rate Games behind
 Final ranking
1 Samsung 133 80 2 51 .611 -
2 SK 133 71 3 59 .546 8.5
3 Doosan 133 68 3 62 .523 11.5
4 Lotte 133 65 6 62 .512 13
5 KIA 133 62 6 65 .488 16
6 Nexen 133 61 3 69 .469 18.5
7 LG 133 57 4 72 .442 22
8 Hanwha 133 53 3 77 .408 26.5

Summary

Samsung Lions won the series, 4–2.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
124 October 2012SK Wyverns 1-3 Samsung LionsDaegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu-- 
225 October 2012SK Wyverns 3-8 Samsung LionsDaegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu-- 
328 October 2012Samsung Lions 8–12 SK WyvernsMunhak Baseball Stadium, Incheon-- 
429 October 2012Samsung Lions 1-4 SK WyvernsMunhak Baseball Stadium, Incheon-- 
531 October 2012SK Wyverns 1-2 Samsung LionsJamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul-- 
61 November 2012Samsung Lions 7–0 SK WyvernsJamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul--

Matchups

2012 Korean Series Champion

Samsung Lions
(Sixth title)

References


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