2017 Korea Baseball Organization

The 2017 Korea Baseball Organization season was the 36th for the KBO.

Standings

1. KIA Tigers, 87-56-1 (Ki-tae Kim)
2. Doosan Bears, 84-57-3 (Tae-hyeong Kim)
3. Lotte Giants, 80-62-2 (Won-woo Cho)
4. NC Dinos, 79-62-3 (Kyung-moon Kim)
5. SK Wyverns, 75-68-1 (Trey Hillman)
6. LG Twins, 69-72-3 (Sang-moon Yang)
7. Nexen Heroes, 69-72-3 (Jung-seok Jang)
8. Hanwha Eagles, 61-81-2 (Sung-keun Kim)
9. Samsung Lions, 55-84-5 (Manager: Han-soo Kim)
10. kt Wiz, 50-94-2 (Bum-hyun Cho)

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

2017 Korean Series: KIA def. Doosan, 4 games to 1.

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Sun-bin Kim	KIA Tigers	.370
Runs	Roger Bernadina	KIA Tigers	118
Hits	Ah-seop Son	Lotte Giants	193
Doubles	Sung-bum Na	NC Dinos	42
Triples	Ja-wook Koo	Samsung Lions	10
Home Runs	Jeong Choi	SK Wyverns	46
Runs Batted In	Darin Ruf	Samsung Lions	124
Stolen Bases	Hae-min Park	Samsung Lions	40
Walks	Hyung-woo Choi	KIA Tigers	96

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Ryan Feierabend	KT Wiz	3.04
Wins	Hector Noesi Hyeon-jong Yang	KIA Tigers	20
Losses	Donn Roach	KT Wiz	15
Holds	Hae-soo Jin	LG Twins	24
Saves	Seung-lak Son	Lotte Giants	37
Innings Pitched	Hector Noesi	KIA Tigers	201 2/3
Appearances	Hae-soo Jin	LG Twins	75
Hits Allowed	Hee-kwan Yoo	Doosan Bears	228
Home Runs Allowed	Sung-won Moon	SK Wyverns	25
Strikeouts	Merrill Kelly	SK Wyverns	189
Base-on-Balls	Dustin Nippert	Doosan Bears	77

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	Hyeon-jong Yang	KIA Tigers	Pitcher	Did not bat									22 - 3	0	167.2	151	15	57	142	2.95
Rookie of the Year	Jeong-hoo Lee	Nexen Heroes	Outfielder	552	111	179	2	47	12	.324	.395	.417	Did not pitch

Gold Glove

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2017.

Position	Player	Team
P	Hyeon-jong Yang	KIA Tigers
C	Min-ho Kang	Samsung Lions
1B	Dae-ho Lee	Lotte Giants
2B	Chi-hong An	KIA Tigers
3B	Jung Choi	SK Wyverns
SS	Sun-bin Kim	KIA Tigers
OF	Hyung-woo Choi	KIA Tigers
OF	Roger Bernadina	KIA Tigers
OF	Sung-bum Na	Lotte Giants
DH	Yong-taek Park	Lotte Giants