2015 Korea Baseball Organization

The 2015 Korea Baseball Organization season was the 34th for the KBO. The league maintained its high offense pace of a year prior, while adding a 10th team, the kt Wiz, to give the league its largest number of teams to this point. League offensive levels remained high. Eric Thames broke 33-year-old marks for slugging and OPS in a season and became the league's first 40-40 player, while Byung-ho Park broke the RBI record.

Standings

1. Samsung Lions, 88-56 (Manager: Jung-il Ryu)
2. NC Dinos, 84-57-3 (Kyung-moon Kim)
3. Doosan Bears, 79-65 (Tae-hyeong Kim)
4. Nexen Heroes, 78-65-1 (Kyung-yeop Yeom)
5. SK Wyverns, 69-73-2 (Yong-hee Kim)
6. Hanwha Eagles, 68-76 (Sung-keun Kim)
7. KIA Tigers, 67-77 (Ki-tae Kim)
8. Lotte Giants, 66-77-1 (Jong-woon Lee)
9. LG Twins, 64-78-2 (Sang-moon Yang)
10. kt Wiz, 52-91-4 (Bum-hyun Cho)

Playoffs: Nexen def. SK, 1 game to 0. Doosan def. Nexen, 3 games to 1. Doosan def. NC, 3 games to 2.

2015 Korean Series: Doosan def. Samsung, 4 games to 1

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Eric Thames	NC Dinos	.381
Runs	Eric Thames	NC Dinos	130
Hits	Han-joon Yoo	Nexen Heroes	195
Doubles	Eric Thames Han-joon Yoo	NC Dinos Nexen Heroes	42
Triples	Hae-min Park Jong-ho Kim Soo-bin Jung Yong-kyu Lee	Samsung Lions NC Dinos Doosan Bears Hanwha Eagles	7
Home Runs	Byung-ho Park	Nexen Heroes	52
Runs Batted In	Byung-ho Park	Nexen Heroes	146
Stolen Bases	Hae-min Park	Samsung Lions	60
Walks	Jun-suk Choi	Lotte Giants	108

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Hyeon-jong Yang	KIA Tigers	2.44
Wins	Eric Hacker	NC Dinos	19
Losses	Hyuk Kwon	Hanwha Eagles	13
Holds	Ji-man An	Samsung Lions	37
Saves	Chang-yong Lim	Samsung Lions	33
Innings Pitched	Josh Lindblom	Lotte Giants	210
Appearances	Jung-ho Lim	NC Dinos	80
Hits Allowed	Ryan Feierabend	Nexen Heroes	202
Home Runs Allowed	Won-sam Jang Chang-sik Song	Samsung Lions Hanwha Eagles	29
Strikeouts	Woo-chan Cha	Samsung Lions	194
Base-on-Balls	Lucas Harrell	LG Twins	108

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	Eric Thames	NC Dinos	Outfielder	472	130	180	47	140	40	.381	.497	.790	Did not pitch
Rookie of the Year	Ja-wook Koo	Samsung Lions	Infielder	410	97	143	11	57	17	.349	.417	.534	Did not pitch

Gold Glove

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2015.

Position	Player	Team
P	Eric Hacker	NC Dinos
C	Eui-ji Yang	Doosan Bears
1B	Eric Thames	NC Dinos
2B	Yamaico Navarro	Samsung Lions
3B	Seok-min Park	Samsung Lions
SS	Jae-ho Kim	Doosan Bears
OF	Sung-bum Na	NC Dinos
OF	Hyun-soo Kim	Doosan Bears
OF	Han-joon Yoo	Nexen Heroes
DH	Seung-yeop Lee	Samsung Lions