The 2017 KBO League season was the 36th season in the history of the KBO League.
Standings
Rank Team W L D Pct. GB Postseason 1 KIA Tigers 87561.608-- Korean Series 2 Doosan Bears 84573.5962.0 Playoff 3 Lotte Giants 80622.5636.5 Semi-playoff 4 NC Dinos 79623.5607.0 Wild Card 5 SK Wyverns 75681.52412.0 6 LG Twins 69723.48917.0 Did not qualify 7 Nexen Heroes 69732.48617.5 8 Hanwha Eagles 61812.43025.5 9 Samsung Lions 55845.39630.0 10 KT Wiz 50940.34737.5
Source
League Leaders
+ Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Kim Sun-bin KIA Tigers .370 Home runs Choi Jeong SK Wyverns 46 Runs batted in Darin Ruf Samsung Lions 124 Runs Roger Bernadina KIA Tigers 118 Hits Son Ah-seop Lotte Giants 192 Stolen Base Park Hae-min Samsung Lions 40 On Base Percentage Choi Hyung-woo KIA Tigers .450 Slugging Percentage Choi Jeong SK Wyverns .684
+ Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Earned run average Ryan Feierabend kt Wiz 3.04 Wins Yang Hyeon-jongHector Noesi KIA TigersKIA Tigers 20 Saves Son Seung-lak Lotte Giants 37 Holds Jin Hae-soo LG Twins 24 Innings Pitched Hector Noesi KIA Tigers 201.2 Winning percentage Hector Noesi KIA Tigers .800 Strikeouts Merrill Kelly SK Wyverns 189 WHIP Ryan Feierabend kt Wiz 1.15
Foreign players Each team can sign up to three foreign players. Due to the high proportion of pitchers signed in previous years, beginning in 2014 the league has mandated that at least one of the foreign players must be a position player.
Team Player Position In KBO since Salary NotesSamsung Lions Anthony Ranaudo Pitcher 2017 $1,050,000 Zach Petrick Pitcher 2017 $450,000 Darin Ruf Infielder 2017 $1,100,000 NC Dinos Jeff Manship Pitcher 2017 $1,600,000 Eric Hacker Pitcher 2014 $600,000 Xavier Scruggs Infielder 2017 $700,000 Doosan Bears Dustin Nippert Pitcher 2011 $2,100,000 KBO All-Star Michael Bowden Pitcher 2016 $1,100,000 Nick Evans Infielder 2016 $680,000 KBO All-StarNexen Heroes Sean O'Sullivan Pitcher 2017 $1,100,000 Released Andy Van Hekken Pitcher 2016 $900,000 Danny Dorn Outfielder 2016 $650,000 Released Jake Brigham Pitcher 2017 $500,000 Signed to replace Sean O'Sullivan Michael Choice Outfielder 2017 $200,000 Signed to replace Danny DornSK Wyverns Merrill Kelly Pitcher 2015 $850,000 KBO All-Star Scott Diamond Pitcher 2017 $600,000 Danny Worth Infielder 2017 $700,000 Released Jamie Romak Infielder 2017 $500,000 Signed to replace Danny WorthHanwha Eagles Alexi Ogando Pitcher 2017 $1,300,000 Carlos Villanueva Pitcher 2017 $1,000,000 Wilin Rosario Infielder 2016 $1,500,000 KBO All-StarKia Tigers Héctor Noesí Pitcher 2016 $1,700,000 Pat Dean Pitcher 2017 $700,000 Roger Bernadina Outfielder 2017 $750,000 KBO All-StarLotte Giants Nick Additon Pitcher 2017 $350,000 Brooks Raley Pitcher 2015 $850,000 KBO All-Star Parker Markel Pitcher 2017 $500,000 Andy Burns Infielder 2017 $600,000 LG Twins Henry Sosa Pitcher 2012 $500,000 Luis Jimenez Infielder 2015 $700,000 Released David Huff Pitcher 2016 $1,000,000 James Loney Infielder 2016 $250,000 signed to replace Luis JimenezKT Wiz Ryan Feierabend Pitcher 2015 $350,000 KBO All-Star Donn Roach Pitcher 2017 $650,000 Johnny Monell Infielder 2017 $450,000 Released
Foreign hitters Team Player Battingaverage Home runs RBI Notes Doosan Bears Nick Evans .297 26 90 KBO All-Star Hanwha Eagles Wilin Rosario .339 37 111 KBO All-Star Kia Tigers Roger Bernadina .320 27 111 32 stolen bases; KBO All-Star, KBO runs scored leader, Golden Glove Award KT Wiz Mel Rojas Jr. .301 18 56 LG Twins Luis Jiménez .276 7 30 Lotte Giants Andy Burns .303 15 57 NC Dinos Xavier Scruggs .300 35 111 Nexen Heroes Danny Dorn .140 1 2 Released by the team Michael Choice .307 17 42 Signed to replace Danny Dorn Samsung Lions Darin Ruf .315 31 124 KBO RBI leader SK Wyverns Danny Worth .111 0 0 Released by the team Jamie Romak .242 31 64 Signed to replace Danny Worth
Postseason
Wild Card The series started with a 1–0 advantage for the fourth-placed team.
Semi-playoff
Playoff
Korean Series
Attendances
TeamTotal attendanceHome averageChange vs. 2016Doosan Bears 1,094,829 15,206 –6 %LG Twins 1,134,836 15,762 –2 %SK Wyverns 892,541 12,396 +3.2%Lotte Giants 1,038,492 14,424 +21.8%Samsung Lions 704,857 9,790 –17.2 %Nexen Heroes 699,380 9,714 –10.6 %KIA Tigers 1,024,830 14,234 +32.5%KT Wiz 686,541 9,535 +0.6%Hanwha Eagles 593,251 8,240 –10.2 %NC Dinos 531,121 7,377 –3.3 %Total8,400,68811,668+0.7 %
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