2009 Korea Baseball Organization

The 2009 Korea Baseball Organization was the 28th KBO season. Taking the title were the KIA Tigers, who had the best regular-season record before winning the 2009 Korean Series. Their top performers were MVP Sang-hyeon Kim and Hee-seop Choi, their corner infielders, each of whom topped 30 homers. Aquilino Lopez was named the league's top pitcher after tying for the lead in wins and finishing among the leaders in ERA and strikeouts.

Standings

1. KIA Tigers, 81-48-4
2. SK Wyverns, 80-47-6
3. Doosan Bears, 71-60-2
4. Lotte Giants, 66-67
5. Samsung Lions, 64-69
6. Seoul Heroes, 60-72-1
7. LG Twins, 54-75-4
8. Hanwha Eagles, 46-84-3

Playoffs: Doosan def. Lotte, 3 games to 1. SK def. Doosan, 3 games to 2.

2009 Korean Series: KIA def. SK, 4 games to 3.

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Yong-taik Park	LG Twins	.372
Runs	Keun-woo Jeong	SK Wyverns	98
Hits	Hyun-soo Kim	Doosan Bears	172
Doubles	Sung-heon Hong Jung-ho Kang	Lotte Giants Seoul Heroes	33
Triples	Won-seop Kim	KIA Tigers	9
Home Runs	Sang-hyeon Kim	KIA Tigers	36
Runs Batted In	Sang-hyeon Kim	KIA Tigers	127
Stolen Bases	Dae-hyung Lee	LG Twins	64
Walks	Roberto Petagine	LG Twins	97

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Kwang-hyun Kim	SK Wyverns	2.80
Wins	Jeong-hoon Cho Seung-hwan Yoon Aquilino Lopez	Lotte Giants Samsung Lions KIA Tigers	14
Losses	Hyeuk-min Kim	Hanwha Eagles	14
Holds	Hyuk Kwon	Samsung Lions	21
Saves	Yong-chan Lee Jon Adkins	Doosan Bears Samsung Lions	26
Innings Pitched	Aquilino Lopez	KIA Tigers	190 1/3
Appearances	Taek-hyun Ryu	LG Twins	73
Hits Allowed	Aquilino López	KIA Tigers	200
Home Runs Allowed	Young-myung An	Hanwha Eagles	34
Strikeouts	Hyun-jin Ryu	Hanwha Eagles	188
Base-on-Balls	Francisco Cruceta	Samsung Lions	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	Sang-hyeon Kim	KIA Tigers	Infielder	448	77	141	36	127	7	.315	.379	.632	Did not pitch
Rookie of the Year	Yong-chan Lee	Doosan Bears	Pitcher	Did not bat									0 - 2	26	40.2	33	4	19	34	4.20

Gold Glove

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2009.

Position	Player	Team
P	Aquilino Lopez	KIA Tigers
C	Sang-hoon Kim	KIA Tigers
1B	Hee-seop Choi	KIA Tigers
2B	Keun-woo Jeong	SK Wyverns
3B	Sang-hyeon Kim	KIA Tigers
SS	Si-hyun Son	Doosan Bears
OF	Hyun-soo Kim	Doosan Bears
OF	Yong-taik Park	LG Twins
OF	Taek-keun Lee	Seoul Heroes
DH	Sung-heun Hong	Lotte Giants