1988 Korea Baseball Organization

The 1988 Korea Baseball Organization was the 7th KBO season. The Haitai Tigers won their 3rd straight title.

Standings

1. Haitai Tigers, 68-38-2
2. Binggrae Eagles, 62-45-1
3. Lotte Giants, 57-49-2
4. Samsung Lions, 56-50-2
5. OB Bears, 54-52-2
6. MBC Blue Dragons, 440-64-4
7. Taepyungyang Dolphins, 34-73-1

Playoffs: Binggrae def. Samsung, 3 games to 0.

1988 Korean Series: Haitai def. Binggrae, 4 games to 2

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Sang-hun Kim	MBC Blue Dragons	.354
Runs	Sun-cheol Lee	Haitai Tigers	81
Hits	Sung-han Kim	Haitai Tigers	131
Doubles	Sun-cheol Lee Kang-don Lee	Haitai Tigers Binggrae Eagles	26
Triples	Il-kwon Kim Deok-kyu Yun	Taepyungyang Dolphins MBC Blue Dragons	5
Home Runs	Sung-han Kim	Haitai Tigers	30
Runs Batted In	Sung-han Kim	Haitai Tigers	89
Stolen Bases	Sun-cheol Lee	Haitai Tigers	58
Walks	Seong-rae Kim	Samsung Lions	58

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Dong-Yeol Son	Haitai Tigers	1.21
Wins	Hak-kil Yoon	Lotte Giants	18
Losses	Sam-heum Jeong	MBC Blue Dragons	16
Saves	Sang-kun Lee	Binggrae Eagles	16
Innings Pitched	Hak-kil Yoon	Lotte Giants	234
Appearances	Seok-hwan Yoon	OB Bears	40
Hits Allowed	Hak-kil Yoon	Lotte Giants	241
Home Runs Allowed	Sam-heum Jeong	MBC Blue Dragons	20
Strikeouts	Dong-Yeol Son	Haitai Tigers	200
Base-on-Balls	Sang-yun Lee	Haitai Tigers	75

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	Seong-Han Kim	Haitai Tigers	Infielder	404	72	131	30	89	16	.324	.382	.577	Did not pitch
Rookie of the Year	Yong-cheol Lee	MBC Blue Dragons	Pitcher	Did not bat									7 - 11	0	144.1	138	5	55	46	2.81

Gold Glove

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 1988.

Position	Player	Team
P	Dong-Yeol Son	Haitai Tigers
C	Chae-geun Jang	Haitai Tigers
1B	Sung-han Kim	Haitai Tigers
2B	Seong-rae Kim	Samsung Lions
3B	Dae-hwa Han	Haitai Tigers
SS	Jong-hun Jang	Binggrae Eagles
OF	Jeong-hoon Lee	Binggrae Eagles
OF	Sun-cheol Lee	Haitai Tigers
OF	Kang-don Lee	Binggrae Eagles
DH	Yong-cheol Kim	Lotte Giants