Korea Baseball Organization Most Valuable Player Award

The Korea Baseball Organization Most Valuable Player Award is given to the player judged the league's most valuable player in the Korean Series. Samsung Lions first baseman Seung-yeop Lee was the recipient of the award a record five times, including three years in a row form 2001 to 2003. Haitai Tigers pitcher Dong-Yeol Son won the award three times in the late 1980s, the second most in league history. Tyrone Woods was the first non-Korean to win, doing so in 1998 with the OB Bears, the first year that the KBO allowed foreigners. Only two foreigners would follow in the next 17 years but three in a row would win from 2019-2021. The streak was broken by Jung-hoo Lee, who became the first son of a MVP to win MVP - his father Jong-beom Lee had won 28 years prior.

Award Winners

League	Player	Team	Position	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	W - L	SV	IP	HA	HRA	BB	SO	ERA
1982	Chul-Soon Pak	OB Bears	Pitcher	Did not bat									24 - 4	7	224.2	151	7	67	108	1.84
1983	Man-Soo Lee	Samsung Lions	Catcher	357	53	105	27	74	0	.294	.378	.555	Did not pitch
1984	Dong-Won Choe	Lotte Giants	Pitcher	Did not bat									27 - 13	6	284.2	229	18	68	223	2.40
1985	Seong-Han Kim	Haitai Tigers	Infielder	400	66	133	22	75	8	.333	.395	.575	Did not pitch
1986	Dong-Yeol Son	Haitai Tigers	Pitcher	Did not bat									24 - 6	6	262.2	153	2	52	214	0.99
1987	Hyo-Jo Jang	Samsung Lions	Outfielder	284	51	110	2	58	7	.387	.461	.493	Did not pitch
1988	Seong-Han Kim	Haitai Tigers	Infielder	404	72	131	30	89	16	.324	.382	.577	Did not pitch
1989	Dong-Yeol Son	Haitai Tigers	Pitcher	Did not bat									21 - 3	8	169.0	82	2	48	198	1.17
1990	Dong-Yeol Son	Haitai Tigers	Pitcher	Did not bat									22 - 6	4	190.1	121	1	50	189	1.13
1991	Jong-Hun Jang	Binggrae Eagles	Infielder	431	106	129	41	119	13	.299	.446	.659	Did not pitch
1992	Jong-Hun Jang	Binggrae Eagles	Infielder	464	104	160	35	114	21	.345	.450	.640	Did not pitch
1993	Seong-Rae Kim	Samsung Lions	Infielder	436	64	131	28	91	2	.300	.395	.544	Did not pitch
1994	Jong-Beom Lee	Haitai Tigers	Infielder	499	113	196	19	77	84	.393	.452	.581	Did not pitch
1995	Sang-Ho Kim	OB Bears	Outfielder	504	79	137	25	101	10	.272	.335	.474	Did not pitch
1996	Dae-Sung Koo	Hanwha Eagles	Pitcher	Did not bat									18 - 3	24	139.0	79	7	27	183	1.88
1997	Seung-Yeop Lee	Samsung Lions	Infielder	517	96	170	32	114	5	.329	.391	.598	Did not pitch
1998	Tyrone Woods	OB Bears	Infielder	452	77	138	42	103	1	.305	.394	.619	Did not pitch
1999	Seung-Yeop Lee	Samsung Lions	Infielder	486	128	157	54	123	10	.323	.458	.733	Did not pitch
2000	Kyung-Wan Pak	Hyundai Unicorns	Catcher	408	83	115	40	95	7	.282	.419	.615	Did not pitch
2001	Seung-Yeop Lee	Samsung Lions	Infielder	479	115	144	56	144	7	.301	.428	.699	Did not pitch
2002	Seung-Yeop Lee	Samsung Lions	Infielder	511	123	165	47	126	1	.323	.436	.689	Did not pitch
2003	Seung-Yeop Lee	Samsung Lions	Infielder	463	101	128	39	95	4	.276	.412	.605	Did not pitch
2004	Yeong-Su Bae	Samsung Lions	Pitcher	Did not bat									17 - 2	0	189.2	163	6	74	144	2.61
2005	Min-Han Son	Lotte Giants	Pitcher	Did not bat									18 - 7	1	168.1	149	9	38	105	2.46
2006	Hyun-Jin Ryu	Hanwha Eagles	Pitcher	Did not bat									18 - 6	1	201.2	159	11	52	204	2.23
2007	Danny Rios	Doosan Bears	Pitcher	Did not bat									22 - 5	0	234.2	191	8	58	147	2.07
2008	Kwang-hyun Kim	SK Wyverns	Pitcher	Did not bat									16 - 4	0	162.0	127	9	63	150	2.39
2009	Sang-hyeon Kim	KIA Tigers	Infielder	448	77	141	36	127	7	.315	.379	.632	Did not pitch
2010	Dae-ho Lee	Lotte Giants	Infielder	478	99	174	44	133	0	.364	.444	.667	Did not pitch
2011	Suk-min Yoon	KIA Tigers	Pitcher	Did not bat									17 - 5	1	172.1	137	10	44	178	2.45
2012	Byung-ho Park	Nexen Heroes	Infielder	450	91	143	37	117	10	.318	.437	.602	Did not pitch
2013	Byung-ho Park	Nexen Heroes	Infielder	469	76	136	31	105	20	.290	.393	.561	Did not pitch
2014	Geon-chang Seo	Nexen Heroes	Infielder	543	135	201	7	67	48	.370	.438	.547	Did not pitch
2015	Eric Thames	NC Dinos	Outfielder	472	130	180	47	140	40	.381	.497	.790	Did not pitch
2016	Dustin Nippert	Doosan Bears	Pitcher	Did not bat									20 - 6	0	193.1	209	17	45	158	3.44
2017	Hyeon-jong Yang	KIA Tigers	Pitcher	Did not bat									22 - 3	0	167.2	151	15	57	142	2.95
2018	Jae-hwan Kim	Doosan Bears	Outfielder	527	104	176	44	133	2	.334	.405	.657	Did not pitch
2019	Josh Lindblom	Doosan Bears	Pitcher	Did not bat									20 - 3	0	194.2	165	13	29	189	2.50
2020	Mel Rojas Jr.	kt Wiz	Outfielder	550	116	192	47	135	0	.349	.417	.680	Did not pitch
2021	Ariel Miranda	Doosan Bears	Pitcher	Did not bat									14 - 5	0	173.2	135	11	63	225	2.33
2022	Jung-hoo Lee	Kiwoom Heroes	Outfielder	553	85	193	23	113	5	.349	.421	.575	Did not pitch
2023	Erick Fedde	NC Dinos	Pitcher	Did not bat									20 - 6	0	180.1	137	9	35	209	2.00
2024	Do-yeong Kim	KIA Tigers	Infielder	544	143	189	38	109	40	.347	.420	.647	Did not pitch