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

League	Player	Team	Position	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	W - L	SV	IP	HA	HRA	BB	SO	ERA
1983	Jong-hun Pak	OB Bears	Outfielder	375	53	117	3	24	7	.312	.377	.419	Did not pitch
1984	Seok-hwan Yun	OB Bears	Pitcher	Did not bat									12 - 8	25	146.0	108	17	43	111	2.84
1985	Sun-cheol Lee	Haitai Tigers	Infielder	369	67	112	12	50	31	.304	.365	.477	Did not pitch
1986	Geon-u Kim	MBC Blue Dragons	Pitcher	Did not bat									18 - 6	0	229.1	170	6	62	102	1.81
1987	Jeong-hoon Lee	Binggrae Eagles	Outfielder	370	56	124	4	34	20	.335	.405	.441	Did not pitch
1988	Yong-cheol Lee	MBC Blue Dragons	Pitcher	Did not bat									7 - 11	0	144.1	138	5	55	46	2.81
1989	Jung-hyun Park	Taepyungyang Dolphins	Pitcher	Did not bat									19 - 10	2	242.2	183	5	86	116	2.15
1990	Dong-su Kim	LG Twins	Catcher	352	46	102	13	62	15	.290	.379	.463	Did not pitch
1991	Kyu-jae Cho	Ssangbangwool Raiders	Pitcher	Did not bat									9 - 7	27	142.1	70	5	58	133	1.64
1992	Jong-seok Yeom	Lotte Giants	Pitcher	Did not bat									17 - 9	6	204.2	171	6	35	127	2.33
1993	Jun-hyeok Yang	Samsung Lions	Outfielder	381	82	130	23	90	4	.341	.436	.598	Did not pitch
1994	Ji-hyun Yoo	LG Twins	Infielder	482	109	147	15	51	51	.305	.391	.440	Did not pitch
1995	Dong-su Lee	Samsung Lions	Infielder	420	70	121	22	81	2	.288	.368	.500	Did not pitch
1996	Jae-hong Pak	Hyundai Unicorns	Outfielder	481	75	142	30	108	36	.295	.369	.559	Did not pitch
1997	Byung-kyu Lee	LG Twins	Outfielder	495	82	151	7	69	23	.305	.368	.442	Did not pitch
1998	Soo-kyung Kim	Hyundai Unicorns	Pitcher	Did not bat									12 - 4	2	160.0	112	6	68	168	2.76
1999	Seong-heun Hong	Doosan Bears	Catcher	353	47	91	16	63	3	.258	.304	.439	Did not pitch
2000	Seung-ho Lee	SK Wyverns	Pitcher	Did not bat									10 - 12	9	139.2	130	14	70	132	4.51
2001	Tae-gyun Kim	Hanwha Eagles	Infielder	245	51	82	20	54	2	.335	.436	.649	Did not pitch
2002	Yong-jun Cho	Hyundai Unicorns	Pitcher	Did not bat									9 - 5	28	109.0	80	7	38	116	1.90
2003	Dong-hak Lee	Hyundai Unicorns	Pitcher	Did not bat									8 - 3	0	77.1	91	8	33	41	5.35
2004	Jae-young Oh	Hyundai Unicorns	Pitcher	Did not bat									10 - 9	0	149.0	135	16	53	113	3.99
2005	Seung-hwan Oh	Samsung Lions	Pitcher	Did not bat									10 - 1	16	99.0	46	5	20	115	1.18
2006	Hyun-jin Ryu	Hanwha Eagles	Pitcher	Did not bat									18 - 6	1	201.2	159	11	52	204	2.23
2007	Tae-hoon Im	Doosan Bears	Pitcher	Did not bat									7 - 3	1	101.1	77	2	36	93	2.40
2008	Hyung-woo Choi	Doosan Bears	Outfielder	384	68	106	19	71	3	.276	.364	.487	Did not pitch
2009	Yong-chan Lee	Doosan Bears	Pitcher	Did not bat									0 - 2	26	40.2	33	4	19	34	4.20
2010	Eui-ji Yang	Doosan Bears	Catcher	374	48	100	20	68	4	.267	.348	.471	Did not pitch
2011	Young-seop Bae	Samsung Lions	Outfielder	340	51	100	2	24	33	.294	.363	.356	Did not pitch
2012	Keon-chang Seo	Nexen Heroes	Infielder	433	70	115	1	40	39	.266	.342	.367	Did not pitch
2013	Jae-hak Lee	NC Dinos	Pitcher	Did not bat									10 - 5	1	156.0	123	12	59	144	2.88
2014	Min-woo Park	NC Dinos	Infielder	416	87	124	1	40	50	.298	.392	.399	Did not pitch
2015	Ja-wook Koo	Samsung Lions	Infielder	410	97	143	11	57	17	.349	.417	.534	Did not pitch
2016	Jae-young Shin	Nexen Heroes	Pitcher	Did not bat									15 - 7	0	168.2	192	19	21	99	3.90
2017	Jeong-hoo Lee	Nexen Heroes	Outfielder	552	111	179	2	47	12	.324	.395	.417	Did not pitch
2018	Baek-ho Kang	kt Wiz	Outfielder	527	108	153	29	84	3	.290	.356	.524	Did not pitch
2019	Woo-young Jung	LG Twins	Pitcher	Did not bat									4 - 6	1	65.1	57	2	20	38	3.72
2020	Hyeong-jun So	kt Wiz	Pitcher	Did not bat									13 - 6	0	133.0	141	6	45	92	3.86
2021	Eui-lee Lee	KIA Tigers	Pitcher	Did not bat									4 - 5	0	94.2	69	6	56	93	3.61
2022	Cheol-won Jeong	Doosan Bears	Pitcher	Did not bat									4 - 3	3	72.2	60	4	26	47	3.10
2023	Dong-ju Moon	Hanwha Eagles	Pitcher	Did not bat									8 - 8	0	118.2	113	6	42	95	3.72
2024	Taek-yeon Kim	Doosan Bears	Pitcher	Did not bat									3 - 2	19	65.0	51	2	31	78	2.08