1986 Korea Baseball Organization

The 1986 Korea Baseball Organization was the 5th KBO season. The Haitai Tigers won their second title, the first of four in a row. Haitai ace Dong-yol Son won the first of fifth pitching Triple Crowns and three MVPs. The league expanded to an unusual 7-team format, with the addition of the Binggrae Eagles, a format it would keep for five years.

Standings

1. Samsung Lions, 70-37-1
2. Haitai Tigers, 67-37-4
3. MBC Blue Dragons, 59-41
4. OB Bears, 56-48-4
5. Lotte Giants, 50-52-6
6. Chungbo Pintos, 32-74-2
7. Binggrae Eagles, 31-76-1

Playoffs: Samsung def. OB, 3 games to 2.

1986 Korean Series: Haitai def. Samsung, 4 games to 1

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Hyo-jo Jang	Samsung Lions	.329
Runs	Jae-bak Kim	MBC Blue Dragons	67
Hits	Kwang-eun Lee	MBC Blue Dragons	124
Doubles	Yong-cheol Kim	Lotte Giants	26
Triples	Sang-hun Kim	MBC Blue Dragons	8
Home Runs	Bong-yun Kim	Haitai Tigers	21
Runs Batted In	Bong-yun Kim	Haitai Tigers	37
Stolen Bases	Jeong-hwan Seo	Haitai Tigers	43
Walks	Hyo-jo Jang	Samsung Lions	59

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Dong-Yeol Son	Haitai Tigers	0.99
Wins	Dong-Yeol Son	Haitai Tigers	24
Losses	Hiroaki Fukushi	Binggrae Eagles	18
Saves	Yong-soo Kim	MBC Blue Dragons	26
Innings Pitched	Dong-won Choi	Lotte Giants	267
Appearances	Yong-soo Kim	MBC Blue Dragons	60
Hits Allowed	Sin-bu Kim	Chungbo Pintos	220
Home Runs Allowed	Hee-min Han	Binggrae Eagles	18
Strikeouts	Dong-Yeol Son	Haitai Tigers	204
Base-on-Balls	Si-jin Kim	Samsung Lions	110

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	Dong-Yeol Son	Haitai Tigers	Pitcher	Did not bat									24 - 6	6	262.2	153	2	52	214	0.99
Rookie of the Year	Geon-u Kim	MBC Blue Dragons	Pitcher	Did not bat									18 - 6	0	229.1	170	6	62	102	1.81

Gold Glove

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 1986.

Position	Player	Team
P	Dong-Yeol Son	Haitai Tigers
C	Man-su Lee	Samsung Lions
1B	Sung-han Kim	Haitai Tigers
2B	Seong-rae Kim	Samsung Lions
3B	Dae-hwa Han	Haitai Tigers
SS	Jae-pak Kim	MBC Blue Dragons
OF	Hyo-jo Jang	Samsung Lions
OF	Jong-mo Kim	Haitai Tigers
OF	Gwang-eun Lee	MBC Blue Dragons
DH	Bong-yeon Kim	Haitai Tigers