2023 Korea Baseball Organization

The 2023 Korea Baseball Organization season was the 42nd for the KBO. Erick Fedde of the NC Dinos became the first pitching Triple Crown winner in 12 years and the first foreign player to pull off the feat. Hyung-woo Choi became the KBO's career RBI leader.

Standings

(Manager in parentheses)

1. LG Twins, 86-56-2 (Kyoung-youb Youm)
2. kt Wiz, 79-62-3 (Kang-chul Lee)
3. SSG Landers, 76-65-3 (Won-hyong Kim)
4. NC Dinos, 75-67-2 (In-kwon Kang)
5. Doosan Bears, 74-68-2 (Seung-yeop Lee)
6. KIA Tigers, 73-69-2 (Jong-kook Kim)
7. Lotte Giants, 68-76 (Tae-hyeong Kim)
8. Samsung Lions, 61-82-1 (Jin-man Park)
9. Hanwha Eagles, 58-80-6 (Won-ho Choi)
10. Kiwoom Heroes, 58-83-2 (Won-ki Hong)

Playoffs: NC def. Doosan, 1 game to 0; NC def. SSG, 3 games to 0; kt def. NC, 3 games to 2

2023 Korean Series: LG vs. kt 4 games to 1

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Ah-seop Son	NC Dinos	.339
Runs	Chang-ki Hong	LG Twins	109
Hits	Ah-seop Son	NC Dinos	187
Doubles	Ja-wook Koo	Samsung Lions	37
Triples	Soo-bin Jung	Doosan Bears	10
Home Runs	Si-hwan Roh	Hanwha Eagles	31
Runs Batted In	Si-hwan Roh	Hanwha Eagles	101
Stolen Bases	Soo-bin Jung	Doosan Bears	39
Walks	Chang-ki Hong	LG Twins	88

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Erick Fedde	NC Dinos	2.00
Wins	Erick Fedde	NC Dinos	20
Losses	Hyun-hee Han	Lotte Giants	12
Holds	Yeong-hyun Park	KT Wiz	32
Saves	Jin-yong Seo	SSG Landers	42
Innings Pitched	Raul Alcantara	Doosan Bears	192
Appearances	Jin-sung Kim	LG Twins	80
Hits Allowed	Casey Kelly	LG Twins	183
Home Runs Allowed	Raul Alcantara	Doosan Bears	16
Strikeouts	Erick Fedde	NC Dinos	209
Base-on-Balls	Eui-lee Lee	Doosan Bears	93

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	Erick Fedde	NC Dinos	Pitcher	Did not bat									20 - 6	0	180.1	137	9	35	209	2.00
Rookie of the Year	Dong-ju Moon	Hanwha Eagles	Pitcher	Did not bat									8 - 8	0	118.2	113	6	42	95	3.72

Gold Glove

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2023.

Position	Player	Team
P	Erick Fedde	NC Dinos
C	Eui-ji Yang	Doosan Bears
1B	Austin Dean	LG Twins
2B	Hye-seong Kim	Kiwoom Heroes
3B	Si-hwan Roh	Hanwha Eagles
SS	Ji-hwan Oh	LG Twins
OF	Kun-woo Park	NC Dinos
OF	Ja-wook Koo	Samsung Lions
OF	Chang-ki Hong	LG Twins
DH	Ah-seop Son	NC Dinos

Fielding Awards

The league introduced the Korea Baseball Organization Fielding Awards. The inaugural winners were:

Position	Player	Team
P	Erick Fedde	NC Dinos
C	Eui-ji Yang	Doosan Bears
1B	Byung-ho Park	KT Wiz
2B	Hye-seong Kim	Kiwoom Heroes
3B	Kyoung-min Hur	Doosan Bears
SS	Chan-ho Park Ji-hwan Oh	LG Twins KIA Tigers
LF	Guillermo Heredia	SSG Landers
CF	Hae-min Park	LG Twins
RF	Chang-ki Hong	LG Twins