1995 Korea Baseball Organization

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The 1995 Korea Baseball Organization was the 14th Korea Baseball Organization season. The OB Bears won their second KBO title, their first since the league's first season in 1982. OB had finished in 7th the prior year. It was the last season in the KBO for 8-time ERA leader Dong-yol Son, who would spend the rest of his playing career in Japan. Son went out in style with a 0.49 ERA, 49 H and 14 BB in 109 1/3 IP, 140 K and a league-best 33 saves.

Standings[edit]

  1. OB Bears, 74-47-5
  2. LG Twins, 74-48-4
  3. Lotte Giants, 68-53-5
  4. Haitai Tigers, 64-58-4
  5. Samsung Lions, 60-60-6
  6. Hanwha Eagles, 55-71
  7. Taepyungyang Dolphins, 48-73-5
  8. Ssangbangwool Raiders, 45-78-3

Playoffs: Lotte def. LG, 4 games to 2.

1995 Korean Series: OB def. Lotte, 4 games to 3.

Leaders[edit]

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting[edit]

Statistic Leader Team Number
Batting Average Kwang-rim Kim Ssangbangwool Raiders .337
Runs Jun-ho Jeon Lotte Giants 93
Hits Tae-won Choi Ssangbangwool Raiders 147
Doubles Joon-hyuk Yang
Gi-tae Kim
Samsung Lions
Ssangbangwool Raiders
34
Triples Jun-ho Jeon Lotte Giants 12
Home Runs Sang-ho Kim OB Bears 25
Runs Batted In Sang-ho Kim OB Bears 101
Stolen Bases Jun-ho Jeon Lotte Giants 69
Walks Joon-hyuk Yang Samsung Lions 77

Pitching[edit]

Statistic Leader Team Number
ERA Kye-hyeon Cho Haitai Tigers 1.71
Wins Sang-hoon Lee LG Twins 20
Losses Min-tae Chung
Dae-sung Koo
Young-jae Sung
Taepyungyang Dolphins
Hanwha Eagles
Ssangbangwool Raiders
14
Saves Dong-yol Son Haitai Tigers 33
Innings Pitched Sang-hoon Lee LG Twins 228 1/3
Appearances Myung-won Jeong Taepyungyang Dolphins 52
Hits Allowed Min-tae Chung Taepyungyang Dolphins 187
Home Runs Allowed Sung-ki Park Ssangbangwool Raiders 21
Strikeouts Dae-jin Lee Haitai Tigers 161
Base-on-Balls Jin-woo Song
Hyun-seung Ryu
Hanwha Eagles
Ssangbangwool Raiders
75

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 Sang-Ho Kim OB Bears Outfielder 504 79 137 25 101 10 .272 .335 .474 Did not pitch
Rookie of the Year Dong-su Lee Samsung Lions Infielder 420 70 121 22 81 2 .288 .368 .500 Did not pitch

Gold Glove[edit]

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 1995.

Position Player Team
P Sang-Hoon Lee LG Twins
C Dong-su Kim LG Twins
1B Jong-hun Jang Hanwha Eagles
2B Myeong-su Lee OB Bears
3B Hyun-woo Hong Haitai Tigers
SS Min-ho Kim OB Bears
OF Jun-ho Jeon Lotte Giants
OF Gwang-rim Kim Ssangbangwool Raiders
OF Sang-ho Kim OB Bears
DH Hyeong-seok Kim OB Bears
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