2011 Korea Baseball Organization

The 2011 Korea Baseball Organization season began on April 2, 2011. Opening Day featured three shutouts among the four games (all sold out) - each one was started by an American, with Gary Glover of the SK Wyverns, Bryan Corey of the Lotte Giants and Dustin Nippert of the Doosan Bears all tossing gems, Corey and Nippert in their Korean debuts.

Hyun-jin Ryu became the quickest pitcher to 1,000 career strikeouts, getting there at age 24 and in 153 games. The Samsung Lions won the 2011 Korean Series for their fifth title. Seung-hwan Oh tied his own KBO and Asian records for saves in a season, with 47, then won Korean Series MVP honors. Oh then withdrew his name from consideration for the KBO MVP award, supporting teammate Hyung-woo Choi (the home run and RBI leader), but Oh still finished second in voting to Suk-min Yoon while Choi was third.

Standings

1. Samsung Lions, 79-50-4
2. Lotte Giants, 72-56-5
3. SK Wyverns, 71-59-3
4. KIA Tigers, 70-63
5. Doosan Bears, 61-70-2
6. LG Twins, 59-72-2
7. Hanwha Eagles, 59-72-2
8. Nexen Heroes, 51-80-2

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

2011 Korean Series: Samsung def. SK, 4 games to 1.

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Dae-ho Lee	Lotte Giants	.357
Runs	Jun-woo Jeon	Lotte Giants	97
Hits	Dae-ho Lee	Lotte Giants	176
Doubles	Jun-woo Jeon	Lotte Giants	38
Triples	Soo-bin Jung	Doosan Bears	8
Home Runs	Hyung-woo Choi	Samsung Lions	30
Runs Batted In	Hyung-woo Choi	Samsung Lions	118
Stolen Bases	Jae-won Oh	Doosan Bears	46
Walks	Sung-ho Jang	Hanwha Eagles	81

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Suk-min Yoon	KIA Tigers	2.45
Wins	Suk-min Yoon	KIA Tigers	17
Losses	Brandon Knight	Nexen Heroes	15
Holds	Woo-ram Jung	SK Wyverns	25
Saves	Seung-hwan Oh	Samsung Lions	47
Innings Pitched	Ben Jukich	LG Twins	187 2/3
Appearances	Sang-yul Lee	LG Twins	77
Hits Allowed	Won-jun Chang	Lotte Giants	195
Home Runs Allowed	Woo-chan Cha Seung-min An	Samsung Lions Hanwha Eagles	22
Strikeouts	Suk-min Yoon	KIA Tigers	178
Base-on-Balls	Brandon Knight	Nexen Heroes	98

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	Suk-min Yoon	KIA Tigers	Pitcher	Did not bat									17 - 5	1	172.1	137	10	44	178	2.45
Rookie of the Year	Young-seop Bae	Samsung Lions	Outfielder	340	51	100	2	24	33	.294	.363	.356	Did not pitch

Gold Glove

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2011.

Position	Player	Team
P	Suk-min Yoon	KIA Tigers
C	Min-ho Kang	Lotte Giants
1B	Dae-ho Lee	Lotte Giants
2B	Chi-hong An	KIA Tigers
3B	Jung Choi	SK Wyverns
SS	Dae-soo Lee	Hanwha Eagles
OF	Hyung-woo Choi	Samsung Lions
OF	Yong-kyu Lee	KIA Tigers
OF	Ah-seop Son	Lotte Giants
DH	Sung-heun Hong	Lotte Giants