The 2011 Korean Series was the championship series for Korea Professional Baseball (KPB) for the 2011 Korea Professional Baseball season. The 30th edition of the Korean Series, it featured the regular season champion Samsung Lions versus the SK Wyverns, who finished second during the regular season and defeated the Lotte Giants in a best-of-5 playoff series (3 games to 2) to advance to the Finals. The Samsung Lions won the series in five games to collect their fifth Korean Series championship.
Matchups Game 1 Tuesday, October 25, 2011, at Daegu Baseball Stadium in Daegu
Game 2 Tuesday, October 28, 2011, at Daegu Baseball Stadium in Daegu
Game 3 Saturday, October 28, 2011, at Munhak Baseball Stadium in Incheon
Choi Dong-soo (SK, 40 years, 1 month and 16 days) set a record for the oldest player to hit a home run in the Korean Series. (previous record: Park Kyung-Oan (SK): 38 years, 3 months and 7 days in 2010)
Game 4 Monday, October 29, 2011, at Munhak Baseball Stadium in Incheon
Game 5 Tuesday, October 19, 2010, at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul
Samsung Lions closer Oh Seung-Hwan was named the series MVP. Lions on verge of Korean Series title. Accessed 2011-10-30.
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