2015 KBO League season

2015 Tire Bank KBO League
League KBO League
Sport Baseball
Duration 28 March 2015 – 31 October 2015
Regular Season
Season champions Samsung Lions
Postseason
Wild-Card champions Nexen Heroes
  Wild-Card runners-up SK Wyverns
Semi-Playoff champions Doosan Bears
  Semi-Playoff runners-up Nexen Heroes
Playoff champions Doosan Bears
  Playoff runners-up NC Dinos
Korean Series
Champions Doosan Bears
  Runners-up Samsung Lions
Finals MVP Jung Soo-bin

The 2015 KBO League season was the 34th season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball league.

Season structure

Regular season

Due to the addition of the KT Wiz into the KBO, the 2015 KBO league schedule was increased to each team playing 144 games during the regular season (each team had played 128 games during the 2014 regular season), with each team playing each other 16 times.[1]

All-Star Game

In July, the best players participated in the 2015 KBO All-Star Game. The participating franchises were divided into two regions, the Dream All-Stars (Samsung Lions, Doosan Bears, Lotte Giants, SK Wyverns, KT Wiz) and Nanum All-Stars (Kia Tigers, Hanwha Eagles, LG Twins, Nexen Heroes, NC Dinos). The Korean All-Star Game did not determine home-field advantage in the Korean Series. The All-Star Game was played on 18 July 2015 at the Suwon Baseball Stadium and won by the Dream All-Stars 6–3.

Postseason

2015 KBO League season culminated in its championship series, known as the Korean Series. The Semi-Playoff format was tweaked. Previously, the top four teams after the end of the regular season qualified for the postseason, but in 2015, the top five teams qualified for the postseason. The team with the best record gained a direct entry into the Korean Series, while the other four teams competed for the remaining place in a step-ladder playoff system. Starting in 2015, the fourth-place and the fifth-place teams played in a "Wildcard" game.[2]

To Determine the Final Standings

Standings

Rank Team GP W L D Pct. KBO postseason
1 Samsung Lions 144 88 56 0 0.611 KBO Korean Series
2 NC Dinos 144 84 57 3 0.596 Playoff
3 Doosan Bears 144 79 65 0 0.549 Semi-playoff
4 Nexen Heroes 144 78 65 1 0.545 Wildcard 1
5 SK Wyverns 144 69 73 2 0.486 Wildcard 2
6 Hanwha Eagles 144 68 76 0 0.472 Did not qualify
7 Kia Tigers 144 67 77 0 0.465
8 Lotte Giants 144 66 77 1 0.462
9 LG Twins 144 64 78 2 0.451
10 KT Wiz 144 52 91 1 0.364

[3]

Postseason

  Wild Card Semi-playoff Playoff Korean Series
                                     
  1  Samsung Lions 1
  2  NC Dinos 2     3  Doosan Bears 4
  3  Doosan Bears 3     3  Doosan Bears 3
  4  Nexen Heroes 1     4  Nexen Heroes 1
  5  SK Wyverns 0

Wild Card

With a fourth-place finish during the regular season, the Nexen Heroes, were required to only in one game during the Wild Card round to advance to the next playoff round, while the SK Wyverns, with a fifth-place finish were required to win two games.

Nexen won the series, 1-0.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
17 OctoberSK Wyverns 4 – 5 Nexen HeroesMokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul18:307,469[4]

Semi-Playoff

Doosan won the series, 3-1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
110 OctoberNexen Heroes 3 – 4 Doosan BearsJamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul14:0020,833[5] 
211 OctoberNexen Heroes 2 – 3 Doosan BearsJamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul14:0022,765[6] 
313 OctoberDoosan Bears 2 – 5 Nexen HeroesMokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul18:309,900[7] 
414 OctoberDoosan Bears 11 – 9 Nexen HeroesMokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul18:308,227[8]

Playoff

Doosan won the series, 3-2.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
118 OctoberDoosan Bears 7 – 0 NC DinosMasan Baseball Stadium, Changwon14:0011,000[9] 
219 OctoberDoosan Bears 1 – 2 NC DinosMasan Baseball Stadium, Changwon18:3011,000[10] 
321 OctoberNC Dinos 16 – 2 Doosan BearsJamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul18:3024,119[11] 
422 OctoberNC Dinos 0 – 7 Doosan BearsJamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul18:3022,652[12] 
524 OctoberDoosan Bears 6 – 4 NC DinosMasan Baseball Stadium, Changwon14:0011,000[13]

Korean Series

Main article: 2015 Korean Series

Doosan Bears won the series, 4–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
126 OctoberDoosan Bears 8 – 9 Samsung LionsDaegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu3:4610,000[14] 
227 OctoberDoosan Bears 6 – 1 Samsung LionsDaegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu3:0610,000[15] 
329 OctoberSamsung Lions 1 – 5 Doosan BearsJamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul3:2225,000[16] 
430 OctoberSamsung Lions 3 – 4 Doosan BearsJamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul3:2125,000[17] 
531 OctoberSamsung Lions 2 – 13 Doosan BearsJamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul3:3225,000[18]
2015 Korean Series Champion

Doosan Bears
(Fourth title)

References

  1. ↑ Yonhap News Agency (2014). KBO to expand video replay in second half of season. Accessed on 8 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Yonhap News Agency (2014). KBO to expand video replay in second half of season. Accessed on 8 July 2014.
  3. ↑ KBO League (2015). Team Standings. Accessed on 7 Oct 2015.
  4. ↑ "Boxscore: October 7, 2015" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Boxscore: October 10, 2015" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Boxscore: October 11, 2015" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Boxscore: October 13, 2015" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Boxscore: October 14, 2015" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Boxscore: October 18, 2015" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Boxscore: October 19, 2015" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Boxscore: October 21, 2015" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Boxscore: October 22, 2015" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Boxscore: October 24, 2015" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Boxscore: October 26, 2015" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Boxscore: October 27, 2015" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "Boxscore: October 29, 2015" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "Boxscore: October 30, 2015" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  18. ↑ "Boxscore: October 31, 2015" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Retrieved 31 October 2015.

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