2019 Korea Baseball Organization

The 2019 Korea Baseball Organization season was the 38th for the KBO.

Standings

(Manager in parantheses)

1. Doosan Bears, 88-55-1 (Tae-hyeong Kim)
2. SK Wyverns, 88-55-1 (Kyoung-youb Youm)
3. Kiwoom Heroes, 86-57-1 (Jung-seok Jang)
4. LG Twins, 79-64-1 (Jung-il Ryu)
5. NC Dinos, 73-69-2 (Dong-wook Lee)
6. kt Wiz, 71-71-2 (Kang-chul Lee)
7. KIA Tigers, 62-80-2 (Gi-tae Kim/Heung-sik Park)
8. Samsung Lions, 60-83-1 (Han-soo Kim)
9. Hanwha Eagles, 58-86 (Yong-deok Han)
10. Lotte Giants, 48-93-3 (Pil-sung Kong)

Playoffs: LG def. NC in Wild Card Game, Kiwoom def. LG 3 games to 1, Kiwoom def. SK, 3 games to 2

2019 Korean Series: Doosan def. Kiwoom, 4 games to 0

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Eui-ji Yang	NC Dinos	.354
Runs	Ha-seong Kim	Kiwoom Heroes	112
Hits	José Fernandez	Doosan Bears	197
Doubles	Jerry Sands	Kiwoom Heroes	39
Triples	Jung-hoo Lee	Kiwoom Heroes	10
Home Runs	Byung-ho Park	Kiwoom Heroes	33
Runs Batted In	Jerry Sands	Kiwoom Heroes	113
Stolen Bases	Chan-ho Park	KIA Tigers	39
Walks	Hyung-woo Choi	KIA Tigers	85

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Hyeon-jong Yang	KIA Tigers	2.29
Wins	Josh Lindblom	Doosan Bears	20
Losses	Brooks Raley	Lotte Giants	14
Holds	Sang-soo Kim	Kiwoom Heroes	40
Saves	Jae-hoon Ha	SK Wyverns	36
Innings Pitched	Josh Lindblom	Doosan Bears	194 2/3
Appearances	Hyo-joon Ko	Lotte Giants	75
Hits Allowed	Kwang-Hyun Kim	SK Wyverns	198
Home Runs Allowed	Sung-won Moon	SK Wyverns	23
Strikeouts	Josh Lindblom	Doosan Bears	189
Base-on-Balls	Deck McGuire Woo-chan Lee	Samsung Lions LG Twins	66

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	Josh Lindblom	Doosan Bears	Pitcher	Did not bat									20 - 3	0	194.2	165	13	29	189	2.50
Rookie of the Year	Woo-young Jung	LG Twins	Pitcher	Did not bat									4 - 6	1	65.1	57	2	20	38	3.72

Gold Glove

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2019.

Position	Player	Team
P	Josh Lindblom	Doosan Bears
C	Eui-ji Yang	NC Dinos
1B	Byung-ho Park	Kiwoom Heroes
2B	Min-woo Park	NC Dinos
3B	Jeong Choi	SK Wyverns
SS	Ha-seong Kim	Kiwoom Heroes
OF	Jung-hoo Lee	Kiwoom Heroes
OF	Jerry Sands	Kiwoom Heroes
OF	Mel Rojas Jr.	kt Wiz
DH	José Fernandez	Doosan Bears