2016 KBO League season
| 2016 Tire Bank KBO League | |
|---|---|
| League | KBO League |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | 1 April 2016[1] – October 2016 |
| Regular Season | |
| Postseason | |
| Korean Series | |
The 2016 KBO League season will be the 35th season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball league.
Season structure
Stadium changes
- The Nexen Heroes will play in a new stadium, leaving the 12,500-seat Mokdong Baseball Stadium to play in the newly built 18,000-seat Gocheok Sky Dome.[2]
- The Samsung Lions will play in a new stadium, leaving the 10,000-seat Daegu Baseball Stadium to play in the newly built 24,000-seat Daegu Samsung Lions Park.[3]
- Munhak Baseball Stadium, home of the SK Wyverns, will be fitted with a 12,257 square feet scoreboard before the start of the season[4]
Foreign players
Each team can sign up to three foreign players. Due to the high proportion of pitchers selected in previous years, the league has since 2014 mandated that at least one of the foreign players be a position play. The KT Wiz, being an expansion team, are allowed four foreign players instead of three.
| Team | Player | Position | In KBO since | Salary |
| Samsung Lions | Allen Webster | Pitcher | 2016 | $850,000 |
| Collin Balester | Pitcher | 2016 | $500,000 | |
| Aarom Baldiris | Infielder | 2016 | $950,000 | |
| NC Dinos | Zach Stewart | Pitcher | 2015 | $750,000 |
| Eric Hacker | Pitcher | 2014 | $900,000 | |
| Eric Thames | Infielder | 2013 | $1,500,000 | |
| Doosan Bears | Dustin Nippert | Pitcher | 2011 | $1,200,000 |
| Michael Bowden | Pitcher | 2016 | $650,000 | |
| Nick Evans | First Baseman / Outfielder | 2016 | $550,000 | |
| Nexen Heroes | Ryan Feierabend | Pitcher | 2015 | $580,000 |
| Robert Coello | Pitcher | 2016 | $550,000 | |
| Danny Dorn | First Baseman / Outfielder | 2016 | $750,000 | |
| SK Wyverns | Merrill Kelly | Pitcher | 2015 | $750,000 |
| Chris Seddon | Pitcher | 2013 | $500,000 | |
| Héctor Gómez | Infielder | 2016 | $650,000 | |
| Hanwha Eagles | Esmil Rogers | Pitcher | 2015 | $1,900,000 |
| Alex Maestri[5] | Pitcher | 2016 | ¥50,000,000 (about $440,000) | |
| Wilin Rosario | Catcher / Infielder | 2016 | $1,300,000 | |
| Kia Tigers | Héctor Noesí | Pitcher | 2016 | $1,700,000 |
| Zeke Spruill | Pitcher | 2016 | $700,000 | |
| Brett Pill | Infielder | 2014 | $900,000 | |
| Lotte Giants | Josh Lindblom | Pitcher | 2015 | $1,200,000 |
| Brooks Raley | Pitcher | 2015 | $680,000 | |
| Jim Adduci | Outfielder | 2015 | $780,000 | |
| LG Twins | Henry Sosa | Pitcher | 2012 | $900,000 |
| Luis Jimenez | Infielder | 2015 | $900,000 | |
| Scott Copeland | Pitcher | 2016 | $750,000[6] | |
| KT Wiz[7] | Yohan Pino | Pitcher | 2016 | $500,000 |
| Sugar Ray Marimón | Pitcher | 2016 | $600,000 | |
| Travis Banwart | Pitcher | 2014 | $600,000 | |
| Andy Marte | Infielder | 2015 | $850,000 | |
Regular season
Started in 2015, each team played each other 16 times. Each team played 144 games in the season, up from 128 in 2014, due to the addition of the KT Wiz in 2015.
All-Star Game
In July, the best players will participate in the 2016 KBO All-Star Game. The participating franchises will be 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 does not determine home-field advantage in the Korean Series.
Postseason
2016 KBO League season culminates in its championship series, known as the Korean Series. Before the 2015 season, 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.
- 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 to play in the Korean Series.
Standings
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | D | Pct. | KBO postseason |
| - | Samsung Lions | ||||||
| - | NC Dinos | ||||||
| - | Doosan Bears | ||||||
| - | Nexen Heroes | ||||||
| - | SK Wyverns | ||||||
| - | Hanwha Eagles | ||||||
| - | Kia Tigers | ||||||
| - | Lotte Giants | ||||||
| - | LG Twins | ||||||
| - | KT Wiz | ||||||
References
- ↑ http://www.moneyweek.co.kr/news/mwView.php?type=1&no=2015121109288057115&outlink=1
- ↑ http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2015/10/662_188065.html
- ↑ http://english.daegu.go.kr/cms/cms.asp?Menu=910&BoardId=15511&Page=1&Category=0&Current=0&Type=2&Action=view
- ↑ http://sports.news.naver.com/general/news/read.nhn?oid=477&aid=0000025698
- ↑ http://sports.news.naver.com/kbaseball/news/read.nhn?oid=109&aid=0003279227
- ↑ http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2016/04/09/0200000000AKR20160409031200007.HTML?input=1195m
- ↑ http://www.ktwiz.co.kr/sports/site/baseball/player/pitcher.do
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