2008 Korea Baseball Organization season
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The Korea Professional Baseball season is the 27th season in the history of the KBO. The season commenced on March 29

Season Format

  • Regular Season: 126 games for each team
  • Semiplayoff: Regular Season 3rd place vs. Regular Season 4th place - Best of 5
  • Playoff: Regular Season 2nd place vs. Semiplayoff winner - Best of 7
  • Korean Series: Regular Season 1st place vs. Playoff winner - Best of 7

Final standings

  • Champion (1st place): Korean Series winner
  • Runner-up (2nd place): Korean Series loser
  • 3rd place ~ 8th place: Sort by Regular Season record except teams to play in the Korean Series

Unicorns became Heroes

Hyundai stopped their sponsorship after the 2007 season
2007 Korea Baseball Organization season
The Korea Professional Baseball season was the 26th season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball. The champions of the league were the SK Wyverns.-Standings:- Korean Series :...

, and the Unicorns were renamed the Woori Heroes after Centennial Investments sold the naming rights to the Woori Tobacco Company. They also announced possible player salary reductions

Regular season

Rank Team W L Pct. GB
1 SK Wyverns
SK Wyverns
SK Wyverns Baseball Club is a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 2000. Based in Incheon, they play their home games at Munhak Baseball Stadium.Their current manager is Man Soo Lee .-History:...

83 43 .659
2 Doosan Bears
Doosan Bears
The Doosan Bears are a professional baseball team based in Seoul, South Korea. They are a member of the Korean Baseball Organization....

70 56 .556 13.0
3 Lotte Giants
Lotte Giants
The Lotte Giants are a professional baseball team based in Busan, Korea, and one of the original franchises of the Korea Baseball Organization league. The Lotte Giants are owned by the Japanese-South Korean Lotte conglomerate....

69 57 .548 14.0
4 Samsung Lions
Samsung Lions
Samsung Lions Baseball Club is a Korea Professional Baseball team founded in 1982. They are based in Daegu and are members of the Korean Baseball Organization. Their home stadium is Daegu Baseball Stadium...

65 61 .516 18.0
5 Hanwha Eagles 64 62 .508 19.0
6 KIA Tigers
Kia Tigers
Kia Tigers Professional Baseball Club is a Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982. The Tigers are a member team of the Korean Baseball Organization and the most successful team in Korean baseball having won the national championship, the Korean Series, ten times, with a perfect 10-0...

57 69 .452 26.0
7 Heroes
Heroes (baseball)
Nexen Heroes Baseball Club are a South Korean professional baseball team. They are a member of the Korean Baseball Organization and compete in the annual KBO Championship which culminates in the Korean Series. The Heroes mascot is Teokdori Nexen Heroes Baseball Club are a South Korean...

50 76 .397 33.0
8 LG Twins
LG Twins
LG Twins Baseball Club is a Korea Professional Baseball team based in Seoul, South Korea. The club was known as the MBC Blue Dragons owned by the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation until , when they were taken over by the LG Group...

46 80 .365 37.0

Semiplayoff

Samsung Lions win the series, 3-0
Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Samsung Lions - 12, Lotte Giants - 3 October 8 Sajik Baseball Stadium
Sajik Baseball Stadium
Sajik Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium in Sajik-dong, Dongnae-gu, Busan, South Korea. It was built in 1985 and is the home of the Lotte Giants. It has a seating capacity of 28,500. It is known as a mecca for Korean Baseball.-See also:*Lotte Giants...

30,000
2 Samsung Lions - 4, Lotte Giants - 3 October 9 Sajik Baseball Stadium
Sajik Baseball Stadium
Sajik Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium in Sajik-dong, Dongnae-gu, Busan, South Korea. It was built in 1985 and is the home of the Lotte Giants. It has a seating capacity of 28,500. It is known as a mecca for Korean Baseball.-See also:*Lotte Giants...

27,559
3 Lotte Giants - 4, Samsung Lions - 6 October 11 Daegu Baseball Stadium
Daegu Baseball Stadium
Daegu Baseball Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Daegu, South Korea. It is currently used mostly for baseball games and is the home stadium of Samsung Lions. The stadium holds 13,941 people and was built in 1948....

12,000

Playoff

Doosan Bears win the series, 4-2
Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Samsung Lions - 4, Doosan Bears - 8 October 16 Jamsil Baseball Stadium
Jamsil Baseball Stadium
Jamsil Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium in Jamsil 1-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea. The stadium holds 30,265 people and was built from April 1980 to July 1982. It makes up the Jamsil Sports Complex along with the nearby Seoul Olympic Stadium, and hosted the baseball events during the...

30,500
2 Samsung Lions - 7, Doosan Bears - 4 (14 innings) October 17 Jamsil Baseball Stadium
Jamsil Baseball Stadium
Jamsil Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium in Jamsil 1-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea. The stadium holds 30,265 people and was built from April 1980 to July 1982. It makes up the Jamsil Sports Complex along with the nearby Seoul Olympic Stadium, and hosted the baseball events during the...

30,500
3 Doosan Bears - 2, Samsung Lions - 6 October 19 Daegu Baseball Stadium
Daegu Baseball Stadium
Daegu Baseball Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Daegu, South Korea. It is currently used mostly for baseball games and is the home stadium of Samsung Lions. The stadium holds 13,941 people and was built in 1948....

12,000
4 Doosan Bears - 12, Samsung Lions - 6 October 20 Daegu Baseball Stadium
Daegu Baseball Stadium
Daegu Baseball Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Daegu, South Korea. It is currently used mostly for baseball games and is the home stadium of Samsung Lions. The stadium holds 13,941 people and was built in 1948....

12,000
5 Doosan Bears - 6, Samsung Lions - 4 October 21 Daegu Baseball Stadium
Daegu Baseball Stadium
Daegu Baseball Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Daegu, South Korea. It is currently used mostly for baseball games and is the home stadium of Samsung Lions. The stadium holds 13,941 people and was built in 1948....

12,000
6 Samsung Lions - 2, Doosan Bears - 5 October 23 Jamsil Baseball Stadium
Jamsil Baseball Stadium
Jamsil Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium in Jamsil 1-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea. The stadium holds 30,265 people and was built from April 1980 to July 1982. It makes up the Jamsil Sports Complex along with the nearby Seoul Olympic Stadium, and hosted the baseball events during the...

30,500

Korean Series

SK Wyverns win the series, 4-1
Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Doosan Bears - 5, SK Wyverns - 2 October 26 Munhak Baseball Stadium
Munhak Baseball Stadium
Munhak Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium in Incheon, South Korea. It is the home stadium of SK Wyverns. The stadium holds 28,500 people and was built in 2001. It is adjacent to Incheon Munhak Stadium.- See also :...

30,400
2 Doosan Bears - 2, SK Wyverns - 5 October 27 Munhak Baseball Stadium
Munhak Baseball Stadium
Munhak Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium in Incheon, South Korea. It is the home stadium of SK Wyverns. The stadium holds 28,500 people and was built in 2001. It is adjacent to Incheon Munhak Stadium.- See also :...

30,400
3 SK Wyverns - 3, Doosan Bears - 2 October 29 Jamsil Baseball Stadium
Jamsil Baseball Stadium
Jamsil Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium in Jamsil 1-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea. The stadium holds 30,265 people and was built from April 1980 to July 1982. It makes up the Jamsil Sports Complex along with the nearby Seoul Olympic Stadium, and hosted the baseball events during the...

30,500
4 SK Wyverns - 4, Doosan Bears - 1 October 30 Jamsil Baseball Stadium
Jamsil Baseball Stadium
Jamsil Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium in Jamsil 1-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea. The stadium holds 30,265 people and was built from April 1980 to July 1982. It makes up the Jamsil Sports Complex along with the nearby Seoul Olympic Stadium, and hosted the baseball events during the...

30,500
5 SK Wyverns - 2, Doosan Bears - 0 October 31 Jamsil Baseball Stadium
Jamsil Baseball Stadium
Jamsil Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium in Jamsil 1-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea. The stadium holds 30,265 people and was built from April 1980 to July 1982. It makes up the Jamsil Sports Complex along with the nearby Seoul Olympic Stadium, and hosted the baseball events during the...

30,500

Final standings

Place Team
1 SK Wyverns
SK Wyverns
SK Wyverns Baseball Club is a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 2000. Based in Incheon, they play their home games at Munhak Baseball Stadium.Their current manager is Man Soo Lee .-History:...

2 Doosan Bears
Doosan Bears
The Doosan Bears are a professional baseball team based in Seoul, South Korea. They are a member of the Korean Baseball Organization....

3 Lotte Giants
Lotte Giants
The Lotte Giants are a professional baseball team based in Busan, Korea, and one of the original franchises of the Korea Baseball Organization league. The Lotte Giants are owned by the Japanese-South Korean Lotte conglomerate....

4 Samsung Lions
Samsung Lions
Samsung Lions Baseball Club is a Korea Professional Baseball team founded in 1982. They are based in Daegu and are members of the Korean Baseball Organization. Their home stadium is Daegu Baseball Stadium...

5 Hanhwa Eagles
Hanhwa Eagles
The Hanwha Eagles , incorporated as the Hanwha Eagles Professional Baseball Club , are a South Korean professional baseball club based in Daejeon. As a member club of Korean Baseball Organization, the Eagles compete in the Korea Professional Baseball League. The Eagles' home ballpark is Daejeon...

6 Kia Tigers
Kia Tigers
Kia Tigers Professional Baseball Club is a Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982. The Tigers are a member team of the Korean Baseball Organization and the most successful team in Korean baseball having won the national championship, the Korean Series, ten times, with a perfect 10-0...

7 Heroes
8 LG Twins
LG Twins
LG Twins Baseball Club is a Korea Professional Baseball team based in Seoul, South Korea. The club was known as the MBC Blue Dragons owned by the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation until , when they were taken over by the LG Group...


Statistics

Final
Team Team BA Team ERA Runs Scored Runs Allowed HR
SK Wyverns .282 3.22 632 461 89
Lotte Giants .282 3.64 624 518 93
Doosan Bears .276 3.89 647 542 68
Heroes .266 4.43 499 609 70
Kia Tigers .260 4.08 503 555 48
Samsung Lions .258 4.40 557 596 92
LG Twins .256 4.85 468 646 66
Hanwha Eagles .254 4.43 592 595 120

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