2001 Korea Baseball Organization

The 2001 Korea Baseball Organization was the 20th Korea Baseball Organization season. The Doosan Bears won their first title, despite barely being over .500 in the regular season; they were 9-3 in the postseason to compensate. Seung-yeop Lee won his third MVP award, tying Dong-yeol Son for the most. The Korea Professional Baseball Players Association mounted a campaign to reduce the foreign player limit from three per team to two - when they moved to halt action before the postseason, the league agreed to such a change effective in 2003.

Standings

1. Samsung Lions, 81-52
2. Hyundai Unicorns, 72-57-2
3. Doosan Bears, 65-63-5
4. Hanwha Eagles, 61-68-4
5. KIA Tigers, 60-68-5
6. LG Twins, 58-67-8
7. SK Wyverns, 60-71-2
8. Lotte Giants, 59-70-4

Playoffs: Doosan def. Hanwha, 2 games to 0; Doosan def. Hyundai, 3 games to 1

2001 Korean Series: Doosan def. Samsung, 4 games to 2

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Joon-hyuk Yang	LG Twins	.355
Runs	Byung-kyu Lee	LG Twins	107
Hits	Byung-kyu Lee	LG Twins	167
Doubles	Kyung-hwan Cho	Lotte Giants	33
Triples	Soo-keun Jung	Doosan Bears	9
Home Runs	Seung-yeop Lee	Samsung Lions	39
Runs Batted In	Tyrone Woods	Doosan Bears	113
Stolen Bases	Soo-keun Jung	Doosan Bears	52
Walks	Félix José	Lotte Giants	127

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Seok-jin Park	Lotte Giants	2.98
Wins	Yoon-ho Shin Min-han Son	LG Twins Lotte Giants	15
Losses	Seung-ho Lee	SK Wyverns	14
Holds	Myong-ju Cha	Doosan Bears	18
Saves	Pil-jung Jin	Doosan Bears	23
Innings Pitched	Fernando Hernandez	SK Wyverns	233 2/3
Appearances	Myong-ju Cha	Doosan Bears	84
Hits Allowed	Sun-dong Im	Hyundai Unicorns	201
Home Runs Allowed	Seung-ho Lee	SK Wyverns	27
Strikeouts	Fernando Hernandez	SK Wyverns	215
Base-on-Balls	Fernando Hernandez	SK Wyverns	134

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	463	101	128	39	95	4	.276	.412	.605	Did not pitch
Rookie of the Year	Tae-gyun Kim	Hanwha Eagles	Infielder	245	51	82	20	54	2	.335	.436	.649	Did not pitch

Gold Glove

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2001.

Position	Player	Team
P	Yun-ho Sin	LG Twins
C	Seong-heun Hong	Doosan Bears
1B	Seung-yeop Lee	Samsung Lions
2B	Gyeong-hyeon An	Doosan Bears
3B	Han-su Kim	Samsung Lions
SS	Jin-man Park	Hyundai Unicorns
OF	Su-geun Jeong	Doosan Bears
OF	Byung-kyu Lee	LG Twins
OF	Jae-hak Sim	Doosan Bears
DH	Jun-hyeok Yang	LG Twins