Korea Baseball Organization Rookie of the Year

The Korea Baseball Organization Rookie of the Year is given to the player judged the Korea Baseball Organization's best rookie player. It was first awarded in 1983, the league's second season as in 1982 all players were "rookies". In 2006, Hyun-jin Ryu, a pitcher with the Hanwha Eagles, became the first (and as of 2024 only) person to win both the Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player Award in the same season.

Award Winners

Year	Player	Team	Position
1983	Jong-hun Pak	OB Bears	Outfielder
1984	Seok-hwan Yun	OB Bears	Pitcher
1985	Sun-cheol Lee	Haitai Tigers	Infielder
1986	Geon-u Kim	MBC Blue Dragons	Pitcher
1987	Jeong-hoon Lee	Binggrae Eagles	Outfielder
1988	Yong-cheol Lee	MBC Blue Dragons	Pitcher
1989	Jeong-hyeon Pak	Taepyungyang Dolphins	Pitcher
1990	Dong-su Kim	LG Twins	Catcher
1991	Kyu-jae Cho	Ssangbangwool Raiders	Pitcher
1992	Jong-seok Yeom	Lotte Giants	Pitcher
1993	Jun-hyeok Yang	Samsung Lions	Outfielder
1994	Ji-hyun Yoo	LG Twins	Infielder
1995	Dong-su Lee	Samsung Lions	Infielder
1996	Jae-hong Pak	Hyundai Unicorns	Outfielder
1997	Byung-kyu Lee	LG Twins	Outfielder
1998	Soo-kyung Kim	Hyundai Unicorns	Pitcher
1999	Seong-heun Hong	Doosan Bears	Catcher
2000	Seung-ho Lee	SK Wyverns	Pitcher
2001	Tae-gyun Kim	Hanwha Eagles	Infielder
2002	Yong-jun Cho	Hyundai Unicorns	Pitcher
2003	Dong-hak Lee	Hyundai Unicorns	Pitcher
2004	Jae-young Oh	Hyundai Unicorns	Pitcher
2005	Seung-hwan O	Samsung Lions	Pitcher
2006	Hyun-jin Ryu	Hanwha Eagles	Pitcher
2007	Tae-hoon Im	Doosan Bears	Pitcher
2008	Hyung-woo Choi	Doosan Bears	Outfielder
2009	Yong-chan Lee	Doosan Bears	Pitcher
2010	Eui-ji Yang	Doosan Bears	Catcher
2011	Young-seop Bae	Samsung Lions	Outfielder
2012	Keon-chang Seo	Nexen Heroes	Infielder
2013	Jae-hak Lee	NC Dinos	Pitcher
2014	Min-woo Park	NC Dinos	Infielder
2015	Ja-wook Koo	Samsung Lions	Infielder
2016	Jae-young Shin	Nexen Heroes	Pitcher
2017	Jeong-hoo Lee	Nexen Heroes	Outfielder
2018	Baek-ho Kang	kt Wiz	Outfielder
2019	Woo-young Jung	LG Twins	Pitcher
2020	Hyeong-jun So	kt Wiz	Pitcher
2021	Eui-lee Lee	KIA Tigers	Pitcher
2022	Cheol-won Jeong	Doosan Bears	Pitcher
2023	Dong-ju Moon	Hanwha Eagles	Pitcher
2024	Taek-yeon Kim	Doosan Bears	Pitcher