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.

Awards

The KBO MVP was Seung-yeop Lee of Samsung, who led the league with 39 home runs and drew 96 walks. The KBO Rookie of the Year was another first baseman, Tae-kyun Kim of the Hanwha Eagles, who hit .335 with 20 home runs.

The following players won Gold Gloves, which in the KBO go to the best overall player at each position are not a defensive (only) award.

• P: Yoon-ho Shin, LG Twins
• C: Sung-heon Hong, Doosan Bears
• 1B: Seung-yeop Lee, Samsung Lions
• 2B: Kyung-hyun An, Doosan Bears
• SS: Jin-man Park, Hyundai Unicorns
• 3B: Han-soo Kim, Samsung Lions
• OF: Soo-keun Jung, Doosan Bears
• OF: Byung-kyu Lee, LG Twins
• OF: Jae-hak Shim, Doosan Bears
• DH: Joon-hyuk Yang, LG Twins

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

Offensive Leaders

• Average - Joon-hyuk Yang, LG .355
• Home Runs - Seung-yeop Lee, Samsung 39
• RBI - Tyrone Woods, Doosan 113
• Steals - Soo-keun Jung, Doosan 52

Pitching Leaders

• ERA - Seok-jin Park, Lotte 2.98
• Wins - Yoon-ho Shin, LG & Min-han Son, Lotte 15
• Saves - Pil-jung Jin, Doosan 23
• Strikeouts - Fernando Hernandez , SK 215