2014 Korea Baseball Organization

The 2014 Korea Baseball Organization season was the 33rd for the KBO. The league saw a big offensive explosion, as team ERAs ranged from 4.29 to 6.35 and team averages from .279 to .301. A change in the balls used was assigned some of the blame. Geon-chang Seo became the first player in league annals to collect 200 hits in a year. Jung-ho Kang set a record for homers by a shortstop (40).

Standings

1. Samsung Lions, 78-47-3
2. Nexen Heroes, 78-48-2
3. NC Dinos, 70-57-1
4. LG Twins, 62-64-2
5. SK Wyverns, 61-65-2
6. Doosan Bears, 59-68-1
7. Lotte Giants, 58-69-1
8. KIA Tigers, 54-74
9. Hanwha Eagles, 49-77-2

Playoffs: LG def. NC, 3 games to 1; Nexen def. LG, 3 games to 1

2014 Korean Series: Samsung def. Nexen, 4 games to 2

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Keon-chang Seo	Nexen Heroes	.370
Runs	Eric Thames	NC Dinos	130
Hits	Keon-chang Seo	Nexen Heroes	201
Doubles	Keon-chang Seo	Nexen Heroes	41
Triples	Keon-chang Seo	Nexen Heroes	17
Home Runs	Byung-ho Park	Nexen Heroes	52
Runs Batted In	Byung-ho Park	Nexen Heroes	124
Stolen Bases	Sang-soo Kim	Samsung Lions	53
Walks	Byung-ho Park Yamaico Navarro	Nexen Heroes Samsung Lions	96

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Rick van den Hurk	Samsung Lions	3.18
Wins	Andy Van Hekken	Nexen Heroes	20
Losses	Kyung-eun Noh	Doosan Bears	15
Holds	Hyun-hee Han	Nexen Heroes	31
Saves	Seung-lak Son	Nexen Heroes	32
Innings Pitched	Andy Van Hekken	Nexen Heroes	187
Appearances	Hae-soo Jin	SK Wyverns	75
Hits Allowed	Hee-kwan Yoo	Doosan Bears	202
Home Runs Allowed	Byung-yong Chae Tae-yang Lee	SK Wyverns Hanwha Eagles	27
Strikeouts	Rick van den Hurk	Samsung Lions	180
Base-on-Balls	Kwang-Hyun Kim	SK Wyverns	81

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	Geon-chang Seo	Nexen Heroes	Infielder	543	135	201	7	67	48	.370	.438	.547	Did not pitch
Rookie of the Year	Min-woo Park	NC Dinos	Infielder	416	87	124	1	40	50	.298	.392	.399	Did not pitch

Gold Glove

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2014.

Position	Player	Team
P	Andy Van Hekken	Nexen Heroes
C	Eui-ji Yang	Doosan Bears
1B	Byung-ho Park	Nexen Heroes
2B	Geon-chang Seo	Nexen Heroes
3B	Seok-min Park	Samsung Lions
SS	Jung-ho Kang	Nexen Heroes
OF	Sung-bum Na	NC Dinos
OF	Hyung-woo Choi	Samsung Lions
OF	Ah-seop Son	Lotte Giants
DH	Seung-yeop Lee	Samsung Lions