The 2015 KBO League season was the 34th season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball league.
Season structure
Regular season Due to the addition of the KT Wiz into the KBO, the 2015 KBO league schedule was increased to each team playing 144 games during the regular season (each team had played 128 games during the 2014 regular season), with each team playing each other 16 times.Yonhap News Agency (2014). KBO to expand video replay in second half of season. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
All-Star Game In July, the best players participated in the 2015 KBO All-Star Game. The participating franchises were divided into two regions, the Dream All-Stars (Samsung Lions, Doosan Bears, Lotte Giants, SK Wyverns, KT Wiz) and Nanum All-Stars (Kia Tigers, Hanwha Eagles, LG Twins, Nexen Heroes, NC Dinos). The Korean All-Star Game did not determine home-field advantage in the Korean Series. The All-Star Game was played on 18 July 2015 at the Suwon Baseball Stadium and won by the Dream All-Stars 6–3.
Postseason 2015 KBO League season culminated in its championship series, known as the Korean Series. The Semi-Playoff format was tweaked. Previously, the top four teams after the end of the regular season qualified for the postseason, but in 2015, the top five teams qualified for the postseason. The team with the best record gained a direct entry into the Korean Series, while the other four teams competed for the remaining place in a step-ladder playoff system. Starting in 2015, the fourth-place and the fifth-place teams played in a "Wildcard" game.Yonhap News Agency (2014). KBO to expand video replay in second half of season. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
Wildcard (best-of-two) Regular-season 4th place vs. regular-season 5th place Semi-playoff (best-of-five, added from 3 games starting from 2008) Regular-season 3rd place vs. Wild Card winner Playoff (best-of-five, reduced from 7 games starting from 2009) Regular-season 2nd place vs. semi-playoff winner Korean Series (best-of-seven) Regular-season 1st place vs. playoff winner
To determine the final standings Champion (1st place): Korean Series winner Runner-up (2nd place): Korean Series loser 3rd–10th place: sort by regular-season record except teams playing in the Korean Series.
Standings Rank Team GP W L D Pct. KBO postseason 1 Samsung Lions 144 88 56 0 0.611 KBO Korean Series 2 NC Dinos 144 84 57 3 0.596 Playoff 3 Doosan Bears 144 79 65 0 0.549 Semi-playoff 4 Nexen Heroes 144 78 65 1 0.545 Wildcard 1 5 SK Wyverns 144 69 73 2 0.486 Wildcard 2 6 Hanwha Eagles 144 68 76 0 0.472 Did not qualify 7 Kia Tigers 144 67 77 0 0.465 8 Lotte Giants 144 66 77 1 0.462 9 LG Twins 144 64 78 2 0.451 10 KT Wiz 144 52 91 1 0.364 Source KBO League (2015). Team Standings. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
Foreign hitters Each team could have signed up to three foreign players. Due to the high proportion of pitchers signed in previous years, beginning in 2014 the league mandated that at least one of the foreign players must be a position player.
Team Player Position In KBO since Batting Average Home runs RBI Notes Doosan Bears Zach Lutz 3B 2015 .111 1 3 Released by the team Deibinson Romero 3B 2015 .253 12 50 Replaced Zach Lutz on the roster Hanwha Eagles Nyjer Morgan OF 2015 .273 0 5 Jake Fox C/OF 2015 .278 7 25 Kia Tigers Brett Pill 1B 2014 .325 22 101 LG Twins Jack Hannahan 1B 2015 .327 4 22 Released by the team due to injury Luis Jiménez 1B 2015 .312 11 46 Signed to replace Jack Hannahan on the roster Lotte Giants Jim Adduci 1B 2014 .314 28 106 NC Dinos Eric Thames 1B 2014 .381 47 140 KBO Most Valuable Player, KBO All-Star, KBO batting champion, KBO OBP leader, KBO SLG leader, KBO Runs leader, Golden Glove Award Nexen Heroes Brad Snyder OF 2015 .281 26 71 Samsung Lions Yamaico Navarro 2B 2014 .287 48 137 KBO All-Star, Golden Glove Award SK Wyverns Andrew Brown OF 2015 .261 28 76
Postseason
Wild Card The series started with a 1–0 advantage for the fourth-placed team.
Semi-playoff
Playoff
Korean Series
2015 Korean Series ChampionDoosan Bears(Fourth title)
References
External links Official website