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2009 Korea Professional Baseball season

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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)
KBO seasons

Format

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Season format

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Rank Team W L D Pct. GB
1 Lotte Giants 11 1 0 0.917 -
2 LG Twins 9 3 0 0.750 2.0
3 Doosan Bears 8 4 0 0.667 3.0
4 Hanwha Eagles 5 7 0 0.417 6.0
5 Kia Tigers 5 8 0 0.385 6.5
6 SK Wyverns 5 9 0 0.357 7.0
7 Nexen Heroes 4 8 0 0.333 7.0
8 Samsung Lions 3 10 0 0.231 8.5

Regular season

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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

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Semiplayoff

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Teams statistics

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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
Total 5,492 5,492 1,155

Personal statistics

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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-Hyung (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

Foreign hitters

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Team Player Position In KBO since Batting Average Home runs RBI Notes
Doosan Bears Matt Watson OF 2009 .184 2 6
Hanwha Eagles Víctor Díaz OF 2009 .266 15 39
Kia Tigers NONE N/A
LG Twins Roberto Petagine 1B 2008 .332 26 100
Lotte Giants Karim García OF 2008 .266 29 84
Samsung Lions NONE N/A
Seoul Heroes Cliff Brumbaugh OF 2003 .245 27 86
Doug Clark OF 2008 .290 24 90
SK Wyverns NONE N/A Team had 3 pitchers

References

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  1. ^ a b (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 [1]
  4. ^ (in Korean) (KS Game 7) Na Ji-Wan 'goodbye home run'…KIA, realize tenth title great ambition
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