1985 Korea Baseball Organization

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The 1985 Korea Baseball Organization was the 4th KBO season. The Samsung Lions won their first title.

Standings[edit]

  1. Samsung Lions, 77-32-1
  2. Lotte Giants, 59-51
  3. Haitai Tigers, 57-52-1
  4. OB Bears, 51-57-2
  5. MBC Blue Dragons, 44-65-1
  6. 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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