1999 Korea Baseball Organization

The 1999 Korea Baseball Organization was the 18th year for the KBO. The Hanwha Eagles won its only Korean Series (through 2011), despite finishing 4th in the 8-team circuit in the regular season. With a horrendous 28-97 season by the Ssangbangwool Raiders (their last year in the league), only one other team finished under 60-69. The big story of the year was Samsung Lions leader Seung-yeop Lee. Lee set KBO records for home runs (54, 12 more than Tyrone Woods had hit a year earlier and one shy of the Asian record held by Sadaharu Oh), RBI (123, 4 more than Jong-hun Jang's 1992 total) and walks (112).

Standings

1. Doosan Bears, 76-51
2. Lotte Giants, 75-52
3. Samsung Lions, 73-57
4. Hanwha Eagles, 72-58
5. Hyundai Unicorns, 68-59
6. LG Twins, 61-70
7. Haitai Tigers, 60-69
8. Ssangbangwool Raiders, 28-97

Playoffs: Hanwha def. Doosan, 4 games to 0; Samsung def. Lotte, 4 games to 3

1999 Korean Series: Hanwha def. Lotte, 4 games to 1

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Hae-young Ma	Lotte Giants	.372
Runs	Seung-yeop Lee	Samsung Lions	128
Hits	Byung-kyu Lee	LG Twins	192
Doubles	Byung-kyu Lee	LG Twins	43
Triples	Ji-man Song	Hanwha Eagles	11
Home Runs	Seung-yeop Lee	Samsung Lions	54
Runs Batted In	Seung-yeop Lee	Samsung Lions	123
Stolen Bases	Soo-keun Jung	Doosan Bears	57
Walks	Seung-yeop Lee	Samsung Lions	112

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Chang-yong Lim	Samsung Lions	2.14
Wins	Min-tae Chung	Hyundai Unicorns	20
Losses	Young-jae Sung	Ssangbangwool Raiders	16
Saves	Chang-yong Lim	Samsung Lions	38
Innings Pitched	Min-tae Chung	Hyundai Unicorns	230 2/3
Appearances	Myong-ju Cha	Doosan Bears	83
Hits Allowed	Min-tae Chung	Hyundai Unicorns	208
Home Runs Allowed	Hyeon-hee Kwak	Haitai Tigers	31
Strikeouts	Soo-kyung Kim	Hyundai Unicorns	184
Base-on-Balls	Soo-kyung Kim	Hyundai Unicorns	109

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	486	128	157	54	123	10	.323	.458	.733	Did not pitch
Rookie of the Year	Seong-heun Hong	Doosan Bears	Catcher	353	47	91	16	63	3	.258	.304	.439	Did not pitch

Gold Glove

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 1999.

Position	Player	Team
P	Min-tae Chung	Hyundai Unicorns
C	Dong-su Kim	Samsung Lions
1B	Seung-yeop Lee	Samsung Lions
2B	Jeong-tae Pak	Lotte Giants
3B	Han-su Kim	Samsung Lions
SS	Ji-hyeon Yu	LG Twins
OF	Su-geun Jeong	Doosan Bears
OF	Byung-kyu Lee	LG Twins
OF	Felix Jose	Lotte Giants
DH	Dan Rohrmeier	Hanwha Eagles

Sources include 2000 Baseball Almanac