1989 Korea Baseball Organization

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The 1989 Korea Baseball Organization was the 8th KBO season. The Haitai Tigers won their 4th straight title, while Haitai ace Dong-yol Son took his 2nd MVP and third pitching Triple Crown.

Standings[edit]

  1. Binggrae Eagles, 71-46-3
  2. Haitai Tigers, 65-51-4
  3. Taepyungyang Dolphins, 62-54-4
  4. Samsung Lions, 57-58-5
  5. OB Bears, 54-63-3
  6. MBC Blue Dragons, 49-67-4
  7. Lotte Giants, 48-67-5

Playoffs: Taepyungyang def. Samsung, 2 games to 1. Haitai def. Taepyungyang, 3 games to 0.

1989 Korean Series: Haitai def. Binggrae, 4 games to 1

Leaders[edit]

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting[edit]

Statistic Leader Team Number
Batting Average Won-bu Go Binggrae Eagles .327
Runs Sung-han Kim Haitai Tigers 93
Hits Kang-don Lee Binggrae Eagles 137
Doubles Kyeong-sik Shin OB Bears 25
Triples Kyeong-sik Shin
Jung-hwa Lee
Chan-yup Roh
OB Bears
Binggrae Eagles
MBC Blue Dragons
6
Home Runs Sung-han Kim Haitai Tigers 26
Runs Batted In Seung-an Yoo Binggrae Eagles 85
Stolen Bases Il-kwon Kim Taepyungyang Dolphins 62
Walks Sung-han Kim Haitai Tigers 84

Pitching[edit]

Statistic Leader Team Number
ERA Dong-Yeol Son Haitai Tigers 1.17
Wins Dong-Yeol Son Haitai Tigers 21
Losses Cheong-soo Kim Lotte Giants 15
Saves Yong-soo Kim MBC Blue Dragons 22
Innings Pitched Hak-kil Yoon Lotte Giants 250
Appearances Yong-soo Kim MBC Blue Dragons 47
Hits Allowed Hak-kil Yoon Lotte Giants 221
Home Runs Allowed Dong-soo Shin Haitai Tigers 17
Strikeouts Dong-Yeol Son Haitai Tigers 198
Base-on-Balls Chang-ho Choi Taepyungyang Dolphins 114

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 Dong-Yeol Son Haitai Tigers Pitcher Did not bat 21 - 3 8 169.0 82 2 48 198 1.17
Rookie of the Year Jung-hyun Park Taepyungyang Dolphins Pitcher Did not bat 19 - 10 2 242.2 183 5 86 116 2.15

Gold Glove[edit]

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 1989.

Position Player Team
P Dong-Yeol Son Haitai Tigers
C Seung-an Yu Binggrae Eagles
1B Sung-han Kim Haitai Tigers
2B Ki-woong Kang Samsung Lions
3B Dae-hwa Han Haitai Tigers
SS Jae-pak Kim MBC Blue Dragons
OF Won-bu Go Binggrae Eagles
OF Il-gwon Kim Taepyungyang Dolphins
OF Kang-don Lee Binggrae Eagles
DH Cheol-u Park Haitai Tigers
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