The 2020 KBO League season, also known by naming rights sponsorship as 2020 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League (), was the 39th season in the history of the KBO League.
Season schedule The 2020 KBO League season schedule was released in December 2019. Opening Day was originally scheduled on 28 March 2020. Alt URL Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, the Korea Baseball Organization announced in March 2020 that all ten exhibition games would be cancelled, and the start of the season would be delayed until April.
The Kia Tigers, a KBO League team that had arrived in the United States on 30 January 2020 to hold a portion of its spring training activities, remained in their early spring training venue, Terry Park Ballfield in Fort Myers, Florida (United States) through March. Preseason KBO League games began on 21 April. The regular season began on 5 May.
An Chi-hong was the only free agent to move to the Lotte Giants.
Starting with the 2020 season, if a tie exists for the No. 1 seed, and automatic trip to the Korean Series, then the tiebreaker (head to head record) will not be implemented; instead, a one game playoff system will be used to determine the automatic bye.
Standings + Regular season standings Rank Team P W L D Pct. GB Postseason 1 NC Dinos 144 83 55 6 .601 — Korean Series 2 KT Wiz 144 81 62 1 .566 4.5 Playoff 3Doosan Bears 144 79 61 4 .564 5.0 Semi-playoff 4 LG Twins 144 79 61 4 .564 5.0 Wild Card 5 Kiwoom Heroes 144 80 63 1 .559 5.5 6 Kia Tigers 144 73 71 0 .507 13.0 Did not qualify 7 Lotte Giants 144 71 72 1 .497 14.5 8 Samsung Lions 144 64 75 5 .460 19.5 9 SK Wyverns 144 51 92 1 .357 34.5 10Hanwha Eagles 144 46 95 3 .326 38.5
Postseason
Wild Card The series started with a 1–0 advantage for the fourth-placed team.
Korean Series
League leaders
+ Batting leadersStatPlayerTeamTotal Batting Average Choi Hyung-woo Kia Tigers .354 Home runsMel Rojas Jr. KT Wiz 47Runs Batted InMel Rojas Jr. KT Wiz 135 Runs Mel Rojas Jr. KT Wiz 116 Hits José FernándezDoosan Bears 199 Stolen Bases Sim Woo-jun KT Wiz 35 On-base percentage Park Suk-min NC Dinos .436 Slugging percentage Mel Rojas Jr. KT Wiz .680
+ Pitching leadersStatPlayerTeamTotal Earned run average Eric Jokisch Kiwoom Heroes 2.14 Wins Raúl Alcántara Doosan Bears 20 Saves Cho Sang-woo Kiwoom Heroes 33 Holds Ju Kwon KT Wiz 31Innings pitched Odrisamer Despaigne KT Wiz 207.2 Strikeouts Dan Straily Lotte Giants 205 WHIP Dan Straily Lotte Giants 1.02 Foreign hitters Foreign hitters Team Player BattingAverage Home Runs RBI Notes Doosan Bears José Miguel Fernández .340 21 105 KBO hits leader; Golden Glove Award Hanwha Eagles Jared Hoying .194 4 14 Released by the team Brandon Barnes .265 9 42 Signed to replace Jared Hoying Kia Tigers Preston Tucker .306 32 113 Kiwoom Heroes Taylor Motter .114 1 3 Released by the team Addison Russell .254 2 31 Signed to replace Taylor Motter KT Wiz Mel Rojas Jr. .349 47 135 KBO League Most Valuable Player Award; HR and RBI leader; Golden Glove Award LG Twins Roberto Ramos .278 38 86 Lotte Giants Dixon Machado .280 12 67 NC Dinos Aaron Altherr .271 31 108 Samsung Lions Tyler Saladino .280 6 27 Waived due to injury Daniel Palka .209 8 23 Signed to replace Tyler Saladino SK Wyverns Jamie Romak .282 32 91
See also 2020 in baseball 2020 Major League Baseball season 2020 Nippon Professional Baseball season 2020 Chinese Professional Baseball League season Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on baseball
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