2004 Korea Baseball Organization

The 2004 Korea Baseball Organization was the 23rd KBO season. The Hyundai Unicorns won their fourth Korean Series in seven years, but it would be their last title. The Series had three ties, drawing much criticism from fans both in Korea and elsewhere for not adjusting the tie rules for the season's final event. The season was marred by scandal as over 50 players were found to have faked medical problems to exempt themselves from military service.

Standings

1. Hyundai Unicorns, 75-53-5
2. Samsung Lions, 73-52-8
3. Doosan Bears, 70-62-1
4. KIA Tigers, 67-61-5
5. SK Wyverns, 61-64-8
6. LG Twins, 59-70-4
7. Hanwha Eagles, 53-74-6
8. Lotte Giants, 50-72-11

Playoffs: Doosan def. KIA, 2 games to 0, Samsung def. Doosan, 3 games to 2.

2004 Korean Series: Hyundai def. Samsung, 4 games to 2 with three ties.

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Cliff Brumbaugh	Hyundai Unicorns	.343
Runs	Jong-beom Lee	KIA Tigers	100
Hits	Sung-heon Hong	Doosan Bears	165
Doubles	Bum-ho Lee	Hanwha Eagles	35
Triples	Jun-ho Jeon	Hyundai Unicorns	7
Home Runs	Kyung-wan Park	SK Wyverns	34
Runs Batted In	Ho-joon Lee	SK Wyverns	112
Stolen Bases	Jun-ho Jeon	Hyundai Unicorns	53
Walks	Cliff Brumbaugh	Hyundai Unicorns	114

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Myung-hwan Park	Doosan Bears	2.50
Wins	Yeong-su Bae Danny Rios Gary Rath	Samsung Lions KIA Tigers Doosan Bears	17
Losses	Dong-hwan Moon	Hanwha Eagles	15
Holds	Gyoung-wan Lim	Lotte Giants	22
Saves	Chang-yong Lim	Samsung Lions	34
Innings Pitched	Danny Rios	KIA Tigers	222 2/3
Appearances	Taek-hyun Ryu	LG Twins	85
Hits Allowed	Danny Rios	KIA Tigers	209
Home Runs Allowed	Mike Fyhrie	Hyundai Unicorns	24
Strikeouts	Myung-hwan Park	Doosan Bears	162
Base-on-Balls	Seung-ho Lee	LG Twins	87

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	Yeong-Su Bae	Samsung Lions	Pitcher	Did not bat									17 - 2	0	189.2	163	6	74	144	2.61
Rookie of the Year	Jae-young Oh	Hyundai Unicorns	Pitcher	Did not bat									10 - 9	0	149.0	135	16	53	113	3.99

Gold Glove

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2004.

Position	Player	Team
P	Yeong-su Bae	Samsung Lions
C	Seong-heun Hong	Doosan Bears
1B	Jun-hyeok Yang	Samsung Lions
2B	Jong-ho Pak	Samsung Lions
3B	Han-su Kim	Samsung Lions
SS	Jin-man Park	Hyundai Unicorns
OF	Cliff Brumbaugh	Hyundai Unicorns
OF	Byung-kyu Lee	LG Twins
OF	Jin-yeong Lee Han-lee Pak	SK Wyverns Samsung Lions
DH	Gi-tae Kim	SK Wyverns