1997 Korea Baseball Organization

The 1997 Korea Baseball Organization was the 16th Korea Baseball Organization season. It was the last season that did not include foreign players with no Korean descent. The Haitai Tigers ended their dominant run with 9 titles in 15 years; it would be 12 years until the Tigers won their next championship.

Standings

1. Haitai Tigers, 75-50-1
2. LG Twins, 73-51-2
3. Ssangbangwool Raiders, 71-53-2
4. Samsung Lions, 66-53-7
5. OB Bears, 57-64-5
6. Hyundai Unicorns, 51-71-4
7. Hanwha Eagles, 51-73-2
8. Lotte Giants, 48-77-1

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

1997 Korean Series: Haitai def. LG, 4 games to 1

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Ki-tae Kim	Ssangbangwool Raiders	.344
Runs	Jong-beom Lee	Haitai Tigers	112
Hits	Seung-yeop Lee	Samsung Lions	170
Doubles	Seung-yeop Lee Dong-joo Shin	Samsung Lions	37
Triples	Won-woo Cho	Ssangbangwool Raiders	9
Home Runs	Seung-yeop Lee	Samsung Lions	32
Runs Batted In	Seung-yeop Lee	Samsung Lions	114
Stolen Bases	Jong-beom Lee	Haitai Tigers	64
Walks	Joon-hyuk Yang	Samsung Lions	103

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Hyun-wook Kim	Ssangbangwool Raiders	1.88
Wins	Hyun-wook Kim	Ssangbangwool Raiders	20
Losses	Min-tae Chung Hyung-kwang Joo	Hyundai Unicorns Lotte Giants	13
Saves	Sang-hoon Lee	LG Twins	37
Innings Pitched	Min-tae Chung	Hyundai Unicorns	219
Appearances	Hyun-wook Kim	Ssangbangwool Raiders	70
Hits Allowed	Min-tae Chung	Hyundai Unicorns	189
Home Runs Allowed	Hyung-kwang Joo	Lotte Giants	25
Strikeouts	Min-chul Chung	Hanwha Eagles	160
Base-on-Balls	Jang-jin No	Hanwha Eagles	89

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	Seung-Yeop Lee	Samsung Lions	Infielder	517	96	170	32	114	5	.329	.391	.598	Did not pitch
Rookie of the Year	Byung-kyu Lee	LG Twins	Outfielder	495	82	151	7	69	23	.305	.368	.442	Did not pitch

Gold Glove

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 1997.

Position	Player	Team
P	Dae-jin Lee	Haitai Tigers
C	Dong-su Kim	LG Twins
1B	Seung-yeop Lee	Samsung Lions
2B	Tae-won Choe	Ssangbangwool Raiders
3B	Hyeon-u Hong	Haitai Tigers
SS	Jong-beom Lee	Haitai Tigers
OF	Byung-kyu Lee	LG Twins
OF	Jun-hyeok Yang	Samsung Lions
OF	Jae-hong Pak	Hyundai Unicorns
DH	Jae-young Park	Haitai Tigers