2016 Korea Baseball Organization

The 2016 Korea Baseball Organization season was the 35th for the KBO.

Standings

1. Doosan Bears, 93-50-1 (Tae-hyeong Kim)
2. NC Dinos, 83-58-3 (Kyung-moon Kim)
3. Nexen Heroes, 77-66-1 (Kyung-yeop Yeom)
4. LG Twins,71-71-2 (Sang-moon Yang)
5. KIA Tigers, 70-73-1 (Ki-tae Kim)
6. SK Wyverns, 69-75 (Yong-hee Kim)
7. Hanwha Eagles, 66-75-3 (Sung-keun Kim)
8. Lotte Giants, 66-78 (Jong-won Lee)
9. Samsung Lions, 65-78-1 (Manager: Jung-il Ryu)
10. kt Wiz, 53-89-2 (Bum-hyun Cho)

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

2016 Korean Series: Doosan def. NC, 4 games to 0

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Hyung-woo Choi	Samsung Lions	.376
Runs	Keun-woo Jeong	Hanwha Eagles	121
Hits	Hyung-woo Choi	Samsung Lions	195
Doubles	Hyung-woo Choi	Samsung Lions	46
Triples	Ja-wook Koo	Samsung Lions	13
Home Runs	Jeong Choi Eric Thames	SK Wyverns NC Dinos	40
Runs Batted In	Darin Ruf	Samsung Lions	124
Stolen Bases	Hae-min Park	Samsung Lions	52
Walks	Tae-kyun Kim	Hanwha Eagles	108

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Dustin Nippert	Doosan Bears	2.95
Wins	Dustin Nippert	Doosan Bears	22
Losses	Zeke Spruill Josh Lindblom Travis Banwart Ryan Feierabend Jong-hoon Park	KIA Tigers Lotte Giants KT Wiz KT Wiz SK Wyverns	13
Holds	Bo-geun Lee	Nexen Heroes	25
Saves	Se-hyeon Kim	Nexen Heroes	36
Innings Pitched	Hector Noesi	KIA Tigers	206 2/3
Appearances	Jung-jin Park	Hanwha Eagles	77
Hits Allowed	Henry Sosa	LG Twins	258
Home Runs Allowed	Josh Lindblom	Lotte Giants	28
Strikeouts	Michael Bowden	Doosan Bears	160
Base-on-Balls	Jong-hoon Park	SK Wyverns	91

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	Dustin Nippert	Doosan Bears	Pitcher	Did not bat									20 - 6	0	193.1	209	17	45	158	3.44
Rookie of the Year	Jae-young Shin	Nexen Heroes	Pitcher	Did not bat									15 - 7	0	168.2	192	19	21	99	3.90

Gold Glove

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2016.

Position	Player	Team
P	Dustin Nippert	Doosan Bears
C	Eui-ji Yang	Doosan Bears
1B	Eric Thames	NC Dinos
2B	Geon-chang Seo	Nexen Heroes
3B	Jung Choi	SK Wyverns
SS	Jae-ho Kim	Doosan Bears
OF	Hyung-woo Choi	Samsung Lions
OF	Joo-chan Kim	KIA Tigers
OF	Jae-hwan Kim	Doosan Bears
DH	Tae-kyun Kim	Hanwha Eagles