1982 Korea Baseball Organization

The 1982 Korea Baseball Organization was the first KBO season. The OB Bears took home the first pennant. Two of the big stars were players with other pro experience: Chul-soon Park, a former Brewer farmhand, led in ERA and wins to take home the MVP, while former Pacific League batting champion Jinten Haku won the first batting title, topping .400.

Standings

1. OB Bears, 56-24
2. Samsung Lions, 54-26
3. MBC Blue Dragons, 46-34
4. Haitai Tigers, 38-42
5. Lotte Giants, 31-49
6. Sammi Superstars, 15-65

1982 Korean Series: OB def. Samsung, 4 games to 1, 1 tie

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	In-chun Baek	MBC Blue Dragons	.412
Runs	In-chun Baek Bong-yun Kim	MBC Blue Dragons Haitai Tigers	55
Hits	In-chun Baek	MBC Blue Dragons	103
Doubles	In-chun Baek	MBC Blue Dragons	23
Triples	Chun-suh Koo Dong-kyun Yun Kyeong-nam Kim	OB Bears OB Bears Sammi Superstars	5
Home Runs	Bong-yun Kim	Haitai Tigers	22
Runs Batted In	Sung-han Kim	Haitai Tigers	69
Stolen Bases	Il-kwon Kim	Haitai Tigers	53
Walks	Hak-su Jeong	Lotte Giants	53

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Chul-soon Park	OB Bears	1.84
Wins	Chul-soon Park	OB Bears	24
Losses	Sang-soo No Jae-hyun Kim	Lotte Giants Sammi Superstars	19
Saves	Gyu-bong Hwang	Samsung Lions	11
Innings Pitched	Sang-soo No	Lotte Giants	232 1/3
Appearances	Gyu-bong Hwang	Samsung Lions	48
Hits Allowed	Jae-hyun Kim	Sammi Superstars	268
Home Runs Allowed	Sa-yong Gam	Sammi Superstars	25
Strikeouts	Sang-soo No	Lotte Giants	141
Base-on-Balls	Ho-bong Yin	Sammi Superstars	96

Award Winners

Award	Player	Team	Position	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	W - L	SV	IP	HA	HRA	BB	SO	ERA
Most Valuable Player	Chul-Soon Pak	OB Bears	Pitcher	Did not bat									24 - 4	7	224.2	151	7	67	108	1.84

Gold Glove

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 1982.

Position	Player	Team
P	Tae-hwan Hwang	OB Bears
C	Yong-un Kim	MBC Blue Dragons
1B	Yong-dal Kim	MBC Blue Dragons
2B	Yeong-hwa Cha	Haitai Tigers
3B	Yong-hyi Kim	Lotte Giants
SS	Dae-seok Oh	Samsung Lions
OF	Jun-hwan Kim	Haitai Tigers
OF	Seong-gwan Kim	Lotte Giants
OF	Seung-gwan Yang	Sammi Superstars