1987 Korea Baseball Organization

The 1987 Korea Baseball Organization was the 6th KBO season. The Haitai Tigers won their second straight title. Dong-yol Son set a new ERA record, which he would break in six years.

Standings

1. Samsung Lions, 64-44
2. Haitai Tigers, 55-48-5
3. Lotte Giants, 54-49-5
4. OB Bears, 51-54-1
5. MBC Blue Dragons, 50-51-7
6. Binggrae Eagles, 47-57-4
7. Chungbo Pintos, 41-65-2

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

1987 Korean Series: Haitai def. Samsung, 4 games to 0

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Hyo-jo Jang	Samsung Lions	.387
Runs	Kwang-eun Lee	MBC Blue Dragons	66
Hits	Jeong-hun Lee	Binggrae Eagles	124
Doubles	Yong-cheol Kim	Lotte Giants	32
Triples	Heung-sik Park	MBC Blue Dragons	9
Home Runs	Seong-rae Kim	Samsung Lions	22
Runs Batted In	Man-soo Lee	Samsung Lions	76
Stolen Bases	Hae-chang Lee	Chungbo Pintos	54
Walks	Kwang-soo Kim	OB Bears	54

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Dong-Yeol Son	Haitai Tigers	0.89
Wins	Si-jin Kim	Samsung Lions	23
Losses	Sam-heum Jeong Sang-moon Yang	MBC Blue Dragons Chungbo Pintos	13
Saves	Yong-soo Kim	MBC Blue Dragons	24
Innings Pitched	Sang-kun Lee	Binggrae Eagles	246 2/3
Appearances	Yong-soo Kim	MBC Blue Dragons	52
Hits Allowed	Sang-kun Lee	Binggrae Eagles	233
Home Runs Allowed	Sang-moon Yang	Chungbo Pintos	18
Strikeouts	Dong-won Choi	Lotte Giants	163
Base-on-Balls	Si-jin Kim	Samsung Lions	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	Hyo-Jo Jang	Samsung Lions	Outfielder	284	51	110	2	58	7	.387	.461	.493	Did not pitch
Rookie of the Year	Jeong-hoon Lee	Binggrae Eagles	Outfielder	370	56	124	4	34	20	.335	.405	.441	Did not pitch

Gold Glove

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 1987.

Position	Player	Team
P	Si-jin Kim	Samsung Lions
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	Jung-il Ryu	Samsung Lions
OF	Hyo-jo Jang	Samsung Lions
OF	Jong-mo Kim	Haitai Tigers
OF	Gwang-eun Lee	MBC Blue Dragons
DH	Seung-an Yu	Binggrae Eagles