1982 Korean Series

The 1982 Korean Series was the first Korean Series. The OB Bears faced off with the Samsung Lions.

OB had finished first in the 1982 KBO at 56-24 under manager Yeong-duk Kim. They were led by KBO MVP Chul-soon Park (24-4, 1.84), the league leader in wins and ERA. The offense was solid as well with Woo-yol Kim (.310/.427/.533, 13 HR), Dong-kyun Yoon (.342/.428/.532), Kyung-sik Shin (.334/.379/.468) and Cheon-seo Koo (.308/.405/.421). The problem was the lack of a solid #2 pitcher after Park.

Samsung was 54-26 under skipper Young-mu Suh. Tae-soo Chang (.336/.454/.477, 34 SB) and Man-soo Lee (.289/.399/.500, 13 HR) were their offensive leaders. Yeong-ho Kwon (15-5, 2 Sv, 2.37), Kyu-bong Hwang (15-11, 11 Sv, 2.47), Nak-soo Song (8-3, 2 Sv, 2.81) and Sun-hee Lee (15-7, Sv, 2.91).

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	R	H	E
Samsung Lions	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
OB Bears	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12
Home Runs: SAM - Hak-soo Ham (1)

In game 1, October 5, the teams tied, 3-3, in 15 innings, an inauspicious start to the first Series. Hak-soo Ham hit the first homer in Series history, a two-run shot for Samsung in the 6th, one of only 3 Samsung hits, while OB had 15 hits. Kwon and Cheol-won Kang were the starting pitchers.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OB Bears	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Samsung Lions	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	X	9	9	0
WP: Sun-hee Lee (1-0); LP: Hyung-chul Kye (0-1)
Home Runs: None

A day later, Samsung won, 9-0, as Sun-hee Lee got the first Series win and Song the first save. Hyung-chul Kye took the first loss. OB would win the next four games, though. On the 8th, the Bears won, 5-3. Dae-yong Sunu took the win over Kwon while Park saved it. Hyun-bal Chang homered for the Lions.

On October 9, OB edged out Samsung, 7-6, thanks to homers by Won-yol Kim and Jong-hyun Jeong; Chang homered for the Lions. Tae-hwan Hwang got the win over Kyu-bong Hwang and Park got his second save. In game 5 on the 10th, OB won another one-run affair, 5-4. Tae-hwan Hwang got his second straight win, beating Sun-hee Lee. Won-yol Kim and Yoo-dong Kim homered for OB, Dae-seok Oh and Chan Park for Samsung. In game 6, October 12, the Bears took it by a 8-3 margin; Chul-soon Park won, Sun-hee Lee lost and Korean Series MVP Yoo-dong Kim hit a grand slam in the 9th.

Source: Korean Wikipedia