1985 Korea Baseball Organization
(Redirected from 1985 KBO)
The 1985 Korea Baseball Organization was the 4th KBO season. The Samsung Lions won their first title.
Standings[edit]
- Samsung Lions, 77-32-1
- Lotte Giants, 59-51
- Haitai Tigers, 57-52-1
- OB Bears, 51-57-2
- MBC Blue Dragons, 44-65-1
- Chungbo Pintos, 39-70-1
For the only time (through 2024), no postseason was held, Samsung being declared champions with no Korean Series played
Leaders[edit]
Italics indicate all-time record
Batting[edit]
Statistic | Leader | Team | Number |
---|---|---|---|
Batting Average | Hyo-jo Jang | Samsung Lions | .373 |
Runs | Soon-chul Lee | Haitai Tigers | 67 |
Hits | Sung-han Kim | Haitai Tigers | 133 |
Doubles | Sung-han Kim | Haitai Tigers | 29 |
Triples | Kyu-ok Heo | Samsung Lions | 7 |
Home Runs | Man-soo Lee Sung-han Kim |
Samsung Lions Haitai Tigers |
22 |
Runs Batted In | Man-soo Lee | Samsung Lions | 87 |
Stolen Bases | Jae-bak Kim | MBC Blue Dragons | 50 |
Walks | Koo-seon Jeong | Chungbo Pintos | 69 |
Pitching[edit]
Statistic | Leader | Team | Number |
---|---|---|---|
ERA | Dong-Yeol Son | Haitai Tigers | 1.70 |
Wins | Si-jin Kim Hisao Niura |
Samsung Lions | 25 |
Losses | Hiroaki Fukushi | Chungbo Pintos | 25 |
Saves | Young-ho Kwon | Samsung Lions | 26 |
Innings Pitched | Si-jin Kim | Samsung Lions | 269 2/3 |
Appearances | Young-ho Kwon | Samsung Lions | 54 |
Hits Allowed | Hiroaki Fukushi | Chungbo Pintos | 303 |
Home Runs Allowed | Hiroaki Fukushi Man-sik Kang |
Chungbo Pintos Haitai Tigers |
22 |
Strikeouts | Si-jin Kim | Samsung Lions | 201 |
Base-on-Balls | Si-jin Kim | Samsung Lions | 121 |
Award Winners[edit]
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 | Seong-Han Kim | Haitai Tigers | Infielder | 400 | 66 | 133 | 22 | 75 | 8 | .333 | .395 | .575 | Did not pitch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rookie of the Year | Sun-cheol Lee | Haitai Tigers | Infielder | 369 | 67 | 112 | 12 | 50 | 31 | .304 | .365 | .477 | Did not pitch |
Gold Glove[edit]
The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 1985.
Position | Player | Team | |
---|---|---|---|
P | Si-jin Kim | Samsung Lions | |
C | Man-su Lee | Samsung Lions | |
1B | Sung-han Kim | Haitai Tigers | |
2B | Gu-seon Jeong | Chungbo Pintos | |
3B | Sun-cheol Lee | Haitai Tigers | |
SS | Jae-pak Kim | MBC Blue Dragons | |
OF | Hyo-jo Jang | Samsung Lions | |
OF | Jong-hun Pak | OB Bears | |
OF | Gwang-eun Lee | MBC Blue Dragons | |
DH | Yong-hyi Kim | Lotte Giants |
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