Friday, October 4, 2013

KBO MVPs & ROYs 1982-2013

In the Korea Baseball Championship (the highest professional baseball league in Korea) three MVPs and one rookie of the year award are given each season.  There was no ROY in 1982 as it was the inaugural season.  In 1985, there was no Korea Series, thus there was no MVP awarded that year.


Year
MVP
Rookie of the Year
All-Star MVP
Korea Series MVP
1982
Park, Chul-soon (OB, P)
 
Kim, Yong-heui (Lotte, IF)
Kim, Yu-dong (OB, OF)
1983
Lee, Man-soo (Samsung, C)
Park, Jong-hun (OB, OF)
Sin, Kyeong-sik (OB, IF)
Kim, Bong-yeon (Haitai, IF)
1984
Choi, Dong-won (Lotte, P)
Yoon, Suk-hwan (OB, P)
Kim, Yong-heui (Lotte, IF)
Yu, Du-yeol (Lotte, OF)
1985
Kim, Sung-han (Haitai, IF)
Lee, Sun-cheol (Haitai, IF)
Kim, Si-jin (Samsung, P)
 
1986
Sun, Dong-yeol (Haitai, P)
Kim, Keon-woo (MBC, P)
Kim, Mu-jung (Haitai, C)
Kim, Jeong-su (Haitai, P)
1987
Jang, Hyo-jo (Samsung, OF)
Lee, Jeong-hun (Binggrae, OF)
Kim, Jong-mo (Haitai, OF)
Kim, Jun-hwan (Haitai, OF)
1988
Kim, Sung-han (Haitai, IF)
Lee, Yong-cheol (MBC, P)
Han, Dae-hwa (Haitai, IF)
Mun, Hui-su (Haitai, P)
1989
Sun, Dong-yeol (Haitai, P)
Park, Jeong-hyeon (Pacific, P)
Heo, Kyu-ok (Lotte, OF)
Park, Cheol-woo (Haitai, IF)
1990
Sun, Dong-yeol (Haitai, P)
Kim, Dong-soo (LG, C)
Kim, Min-ho (Lotte, IF)
Kim, Yong-soo (LG, P)
1991
Jang, Jong-hun (Binggrae, IF)
Cho, Kyu-jea (Ssangbangwool, P)
Kim, Yeung-kuk (Lotte, OF)
Jang, Chae-keun (Haitai, C)
1992
Jang, Jong-hun (Binggrae, IF)
Yeom, Jong-seok, (Lotte, P)
Kim, Seong-han (Haitai, IF)
Park, Dong-heui (Lotte, P)
1993
Kim, Seong-rae (Samsung, IF)
Yang, Joon-hyuk (Samsung, OF)
Lee, Kang-don (Binggrae, OF)
Lee, Jong-beom (Haitai, IF)
1994
Lee, Jong-beom (Haitai, IF)
Yu, Ji-hyeon (LG, IF)
Jeong, Myeong-won (Pacific, P)
Kim, Yong-soo (LG, P)
1995
Kim, Sang-ho (OB, OF)
Lee, Dong-su (Samsung, IF)
Jeong, Kyeong-hun (Hanhwa, IF)
Kim, Min-ho (OB)
1996
Koo, Dae-sung (Hanhwa, P)
Park, Jae-hong (Hyundai, OF)
Kim, Kwang-rim (Ssangbangwool, OF)
Lee, Kang-cheol (Haitai, P)
1997
Lee, Seung-yeop (Samsung, IF)
Lee, Byung-kyu (LG, OF)
Yu, Ji-hyeon (LG, IF)
Lee, Jong-beom (Haitai, IF)
1998
Tyrone Woods (OB, IF)
Kim, Soo-kyeong (Hyundai, P)
Park, Jeong-tae (Lotte, IF)
Jeong, Min-tae (Hyundai, P)
1999
Lee, Seung-yeop (Samsung, IF)
Hong, Seong-heun (Doosan, C)
Park, Jeong-tae (Lotte, IF)
Koo, Dae-sung (Hanhwa, P)
2000
Park, Kyung-oan (Hyundai, C)
Lee, Seung-ho (SK, P)
Song, Ji-man (Hanhwa, OF)
Tom Quinlan (Hyundai, IF)
2001
Lee, Seung-yeop (Samsung, IF)
Kim, Tae-kyun (Hanhwa, IF)
Tyrone Woods (Doosan, IF)
Tyrone Woods (Doosan, IF)
2002
Lee, Seung-yeop (Samsung, IF)
Cho, Yong-jun (Hyundai, P)
Park, Jae-hong (Hyundai, OF)
Ma, Hae-yeong (Samsung, OF)
2003
Lee, Seung-yeop (Samsung, IF)
Lee, Dong-hak (Hyundai, P)
Lee, Jong-beom (Haitai, IF)
Jeong, Min-tae (Hyundai, P)
2004
Bae, Young-soo (Samsung, P)
Oh, Jae-yeong (Hyundai, P)
Jung, Soo-keun (Lotte, OF)
Cho, Yong-jun (Hyundai, P)
2005
Son, Min-han (Lotte, P)
Oh, Seung-hwan (Samsung, P)
Lee, Dae-ho (Lotte, IF)
Oh, Seung-hwan (Samsung, P)
2006
Ryu, Hyun-jin (Hanhwa, P)
Ryu, Hyun-jin (Hanhwa, P)
Hong, Seong-heun (Doosan, C)
Park, Jin-man (Samsung, IF)
2007
Danny Rios (Doosan, P)
Lim, Tae-hun (Doosan, P)
Jung, Soo-keun (Lotte, OF)
Kim, Jae-hyeon (SK, OF)
2008
Kim, Kwang-hyun, (SK, P)
Choi, Hyeong-yu (Samsung, OF)
Lee, Dae-ho (Lotte, IF)
Choi, Jeong (SK, IF)
2009
Kim, Sang-hyeon (Kia, IF)
Lee, Yong-chan (Doosan, P)
An, Chi-hong (Kia, IF)
Na, Ji-wan (Kia, IF)
2010
Lee, Dae-ho (Lotte, IF)
Yang, Yui-ji (Doosan, C)
Hong, Seong-heun (Lotte, OF)
Park, Jung-kwon (SK, IF)
2011
Yoon, Suk-min (Kia, P)
Bae, Yeong-seob (Samsung, OF)
Lee, Byung-kyu (LG, OF)
Oh, Seung-hwan (Samsung, P)
2012
Park, Byeong-ho (Nexen, IF)
Seo, Geon-chang (Nexen, IF)
Hwang, Jae-gyun (Lotte, IF)
Lee, Seung-yeop (Samsung, IF)
2013
Park, Byeong-ho (Nexen, IF)
 Lee, Jae-hak (NC, P)
Jeon, Jun-woo (Lotte, OF)
 Park, Han-yi (Samsung, OF)

A few notes:
Lee, Seung-yeop has won the most regular season MVP awards (5)
Tyrone Woods & Lee, Jong-beom are the only players to win all three MVPs
Tyrone Woods was the first foreigner to win the regular season MVP (1998)
Tom Quinlan was the first foreigner to win the Korea Series MVP (2000)
Sun, Dong-yeol (1989 & 1990), Jang, Jong-hun (1991 & 1992), Lee, Seung-yeop (2001-2003) and Park, Byeong-ho (2012 & 2013) are the only players to win back-to-back regular season MVPs
Lee, Seung-yeop has won the most consecutive regular season MVPs (3) 2001-2003
Lee, Jong-beom, Oh, Seung-hwan & Jeong, Min-tae have won the most Korea series MVPs (2)

I will add the two MVPs and rookie of the year for 2013 when they are announced.  As the all-star MVP has already been awarded, I included him.  Jeon, Jun-woo is also the same player who earlier this year made the mistake of celebrating a home run before the ball left the park, and unfortunately for him it never did.  You can see the video here.

A note on the romanization:  I apologize for the inconsistent romanization from Korean to English, but unfortunately there is more than one standard way to do it.  Additionally, the use of non-standard ways has also been commonly used.  This is why it is possible to see at least to, and sometimes up to three or four different spellings for the same Korean name.  I have tried to stay as consistent as possible, but for players known outside Korea, I've gone with the most common English spelling of their names.  I also checked the English spellings on the player's Korean wikipedia page for further reference.  I followed the Korean standard of 'family name, given name' for all Korean names in English.  For non-Korean names, I followed the standard American style.

As usual, any questions or comments are always welcome.

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