With the baseball season over in Korea there has still been a lot of news. In case you missed some of the KBO playoffs, I've included a wrap-up article for each round. Samsung failed to win their second Asia Series title, but had a couple big wins. The KT Wiz unveiled their new uniforms, logos and what immediately became notorious mascots. The KBO hot stove is also already over, with some big name players changing teams. Hope this post catches you up on your Korean baseball news.
KBO Playoffs articles
Doosan eliminates Nexen in KBO playoff with dramatic extra-inning victory
Doosan beats LG to reach KBO championship final
Lions Celebrate Historic Series
Asia Series
Samsung Lions defeat Fortitudo Bologna
Samsung Lions defeat Taiwanese rival
Canberra Cavalry earn historic spot in Asia Series final
New SABR Korea Chapter
SABR welcomes new international chapter in South Korea
Awards: MVP & ROY
Nexen slugger Park, Byung-ho earns 2nd straight MVP in KBO
Hot Stove news
Sixteen players declare free agency in KBO
Four KBO free agents sign huge deals
KBO teams are paying too much for redemption
Yoon, Suk-min news
Does Suk-min Yoon make sense for the Cubs?
Minnesota Twins are eyeing Korean pitcher Suk-Min Yoon
Lukewarm Stove: Cubs an early favorite for Korean righty Suk-min Yoon
Ex-Yankee Breaks Down Suk-min Yoon
Oh, Seung-hwan signing
Hanshin Tigers Announce Additions of Seung-hwan Oh, Mauro Gomez
2013 KBO Player WAR Leader board
Pitchers
Position Players
Ex-KBOers News:
Bronswell Patrick Interview (Part 1)
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As always, questions and comments are always welcome.
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Monday, November 25, 2013
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.
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.
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
|
Jeon, Jun-woo (Lotte, 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.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
First Group of Foreigners in the KBO 1998
This post is a list of the first group of foreign players to play in the KBO in 1998, including their stats. I am aware of other earlier cases, and will be posting about them later. I am posting some information in both Korean and English as I haven't been able to find a bilingual list in other places. One note about the draft, the Ssangbangwool Raiders did not participate in the draft, nor did they sign any foreign players this year due to financial difficulties.
1998 Season
Samsung Lions / 삼성 라이온즈
1998 Season
OB Bears / OB 베어스
Tyrone Woods (타이론 우즈) / 1B (내야수) / American (미국)
|
Year
|
Avg.
|
G
|
AB
|
Hits
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
Walks
|
SB
|
RBI
|
|
1998
|
.305
|
126
|
452
|
138
|
14
|
1
|
42
|
65
|
1
|
103
|
Eddie Cacerres (에드가 캐세레스) / IF (내야수) / Venezuela (베네수엘라)
|
Year
|
Avg.
|
G
|
AB
|
Hits
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
Walks
|
SB
|
RBI
|
|
1998
|
.250
|
113
|
408
|
102
|
13
|
1
|
2
|
24
|
18
|
36
|
Hyundai Unicorns / 현대 유니콘스
Joe Strong (조 스트롱)
/ Pitcher (투수) / American (미국)
|
Year
|
G
|
W-L-S
|
Innings
|
Batters
|
Hits
|
HR
|
Walks
|
SO
|
ER
|
ERA
|
|
1998
|
53
|
6-5-27
|
58
|
262
|
64
|
4
|
29
|
54
|
19
|
2.95
|
Scott Coolbaugh (스캇 쿨바) / IF (내야수) / American (미국)
|
Year
|
Avg.
|
G
|
AB
|
Hits
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
Walks
|
SB
|
RBI
|
|
1998
|
.317
|
115
|
410
|
130
|
27
|
1
|
26
|
51
|
2
|
97
|
Jose Parra (호세 파라) / Pitcher (투수) / Dominican Republic (도미니카 공화국)
|
Year
|
G
|
W-L-S
|
Innings
|
Batters
|
Hits
|
HR
|
Walks
|
SO
|
ER
|
ERA
|
|
1998
|
60
|
7-8-19
|
95 2/3
|
406
|
79
|
7
|
40
|
55
|
39
|
3.67
|
Scott Baker (스코트 베이커) / Pitcher (투수) / American (미국)
|
Year
|
G
|
W-L-S
|
Innings
|
Batters
|
Hits
|
HR
|
Walks
|
SO
|
ER
|
ERA
|
|
1998
|
26
|
15-7-0
|
172
|
740
|
172
|
15
|
78
|
87
|
79
|
4.13
|
Junior Felix (쥬니어 펠릭스 / 후니오르 펠릭스) / OF (외야수) / Dominican Republic (도미니카 공화국)
|
Year
|
Avg.
|
G
|
AB
|
Hits
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
Walks
|
SB
|
RBI
|
|
1998
|
.293
|
33
|
123
|
36
|
6
|
0
|
6
|
11
|
0
|
21
|
Mike Anderson (마이클 앤더슨) / Pitcher (투수) / American (미국)
|
Year
|
G
|
W-L-S
|
Innings
|
Batters
|
Hits
|
HR
|
Walks
|
SO
|
ER
|
ERA
|
|
1998
|
45
|
4-7-21
|
55 2/3
|
236
|
53
|
4
|
19
|
30
|
22
|
3.56
|
Hanwha Eagles / 한화 이글스
Mike Busch (마이크 부시) / IF (내야수) / American (미국)
|
Year
|
Avg.
|
G
|
AB
|
Hits
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
Walks
|
SB
|
RBI
|
|
1998
|
.213
|
76
|
240
|
51
|
11
|
1
|
10
|
16
|
1
|
28
|
Joel Chimelis (조엘 치멜리스) / IF (내야수) / Venezuela (베네수엘라)
|
Year
|
Avg.
|
G
|
AB
|
Hits
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
Walks
|
SB
|
RBI
|
|
1998
|
.279
|
118
|
409
|
114
|
22
|
0
|
17
|
29
|
1
|
63
|
Lotte Giants / 롯데 자이언츠
Doug Brady (덕 브래디) / IF (내야수) / American (미국)
|
Year
|
Avg.
|
G
|
AB
|
Hits
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
Walks
|
SB
|
RBI
|
|
1998
|
.258
|
70
|
155
|
40
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
6
|
4
|
6
|
Haitai Tigers / 해태 타이거즈
Shaun Hare (숀 헤어) / IF (내야수) / American (미국)
|
Year
|
Avg.
|
G
|
AB
|
Hits
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
Walks
|
SB
|
RBI
|
|
1998
|
.206
|
29
|
68
|
14
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
For a little more information about this first group of foreign players you can read the article When 'mercenaries' first invaded the KBO over at the Korea Times.
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