Korea Baseball Organization Most Valuable Player Award

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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[edit]

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