1993 Korea Baseball Organization

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The 1993 Korea Baseball Organization was the 12th KBO season. The Haitai Tigers continued their dominance, winning their 7th Korean Series, with star hurler Dong-yeol Sun turning in a miniscule 0.78 ERA, saving 31 games and winning 10.. The MVP was Samsung Lions first baseman Seong-rae Kim, who led the league in homers (28) and RBI (91). Bursting onto the scene as Rookie of the Year was Joon-hyuk Yang, also with Samsung - he won the batting title (.341), led in slugging (.598) and led in OBP (.436). By the time his career ended in 2010, he held most of the KBO's career offensive records.

Standings[edit]

  1. Haitai Tigers, 81-42-3
  2. Samsung Lions, 73-48-5
  3. OB Bears, 66-55-5
  4. LG Twins, 66-57-3
  5. Binggrae Eagles, 61-61-4
  6. Lotte Giants, 62-63-1
  7. Ssangbangwool Raiders, 43-78-5
  8. Taepyungyang Dolphins, 34-82-10

Playoffs: LG def. OB, 2 games to 1. Samsung def. LG, 3 games to 2.

1993 Korean Series: Haitai def. Samsung, 4 games to 3.

Leaders[edit]

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting[edit]

Statistic Leader Team Number
Batting Average Joon-hyuk Yang Samsung Lions .341
Runs Jong-beom Lee Haitai Tigers 85
Hits Hyeong-seok Kim OB Bears 147
Doubles Jun-tae Park LG Twins 29
Triples Chan-yup Roh
Myung-soo Lee
LG Twins
OB Bears
6
Home Runs Seong-rae Kim Samsung Lions 28
Runs Batted In Seong-rae Kim Samsung Lions 91
Stolen Bases Jun-ho Jeon Haitai Tigers 75
Walks Gi-tae Kim Ssangbangwool Raiders 73

Pitching[edit]

Statistic Leader Team Number
ERA Dong-Yeol Son Haitai Tigers 0.78
Wins Kye-hyeon Cho Haitai Tigers 17
Losses Young-jae Sung Ssangbangwool Raiders 13
Saves Dong-Yeol Son Haitai Tigers 31
Innings Pitched Hak-kil Yoon Lotte Giants 203
Appearances Yong-soo Kim LG Twins 50
Hits Allowed Hak-kil Yoon Lotte Giants 212
Home Runs Allowed Han-lim Choi Ssangbangwool Raiders 16
Strikeouts Sang-yeop Kim Samsung Lions 170
Base-on-Balls Sung-ki Park Ssangbangwool Raiders 84

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-Rae Kim Samsung Lions Infielder 436 64 131 28 91 2 .300 .395 .544 Did not pitch
Rookie of the Year Jun-hyeok Yang Samsung Lions Outfielder 381 82 130 23 90 4 .341 .436 .598 Did not pitch

Gold Glove[edit]

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 1993.

Position Player Team
P Dong-Yeol Son Haitai Tigers
C Dong-su Kim LG Twins
1B Seong-rae Kim Samsung Lions
2B Gi-ung Gang Samsung Lions
3B Dae-hwa Han LG Twins
SS Jong-beom Lee Haitai Tigers
OF Gwang-rim Kim Ssangbangwool Raiders
OF Jun-ho Jeon Lotte Giants
OF Sun-cheol Lee Haitai Tigers
DH Gi-tae Kim Ssangbangwool Raiders
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