2018 Korea Baseball Organization

The 2018 Korea Baseball Organization season was the 37th for the KBO.

Standings

(Manager in parantheses)

1. Doosan Bears, 93-51 (Tae-hyeong Kim)
2. SK Wyverns, 78-65-1 (Trey Hillman)
3. Hanwha Eagles, 77-67 (Yong-deok Han)
4. Nexen Heroes, 69-72-3 (Jung-seok Jang)
5. KIA Tigers, 70-74 (Ki-tae Kim)
6. Samsung Lions, 68-72-4 (Han-soo Kim)
7. Lotte Giants, 68-74-2 (Won-woo Cho)
8. LG Twins, 68-75-1 (Jung-il Ryu)
9. kt Wiz, 59-82-3 (Jin-wook Kim)
10. NC Dinos, 58-85-1 (Young-jun Yoo)

Playoffs: Nexen def. KIA in Wild Card Game, Nexen def. Hanwha 3 games to 1, SK def. Nexen, 3 games to 2

2018 Korean Series: SK def. Doosan, 4 games to 2.

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Hyun-soo Kim	LG Twins	.362
Runs	Jun-woo Jeon	Lotte Giants	118
Hits	Jun-woo Jeon	Lotte Giants	190
Doubles	Jared Hoying	Hanwha Eagles	47
Triples	Hae-min Park	Samsung Lions	10
Home Runs	Jae-hwan Kim	Doosan Bears	44
Runs Batted In	Jae-hwan Kim	Doosan Bears	133
Stolen Bases	Hae-min Park	Samsung Lions	36
Walks	Jamie Romak	SK Wyverns	72

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Josh Lindblom	Doosan Bears	2.88
Wins	Seth Frankoff	Doosan Bears	18
Losses	Brooks Raley Jae-hak Lee	Lotte Giants NC Dinos	13
Holds	Hyoun-taek Oh	Lotte Giants	25
Saves	Woo-ram Jung	Hanwha Eagles	35
Innings Pitched	Jake Brigham	Nexen Heroes	199
Appearances	Hyoun-taek Oh	Lotte Giants	72
Hits Allowed	Min-chul Keum	KT Wiz	212
Home Runs Allowed	Jae-young Shin	Nexen Heroes	31
Strikeouts	Keyvius Sampson	Samsung Lions	195
Base-on-Balls	Keyvius Sampson Woo-chan Cha	Samsung Lions LG Twins	79

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	Jae-hwan Kim	Doosan Bears	Outfielder	527	104	176	44	133	2	.334	.405	.657	Did not pitch
Rookie of the Year	Baek-ho Kang	kt Wiz	Outfielder	527	108	153	29	84	3	.290	.356	.524	Did not pitch

Gold Glove

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2018.

Position	Player	Team
P	Josh Lindblom	Doosan Bears
C	Eui-ji Yang	Doosan Bears
1B	Byung-ho Park	Nexen Heroes
2B	Chi-hong An	KIA Tigers
3B	Kyoung-min Hur	Doosan Bears
SS	Ha-seong Kim	Nexen Heroes
OF	Jung-hoo Lee	Nexen Heroes
OF	Jae-hwan Kim	Doosan Bears
OF	Jun-ho Jeon	Lotte Giants
DH	Dae-ho Lee	Lotte Giants