2011 Korea Professional Baseball season

The 2011 Korea Professional Baseball season was the 30th season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball. The Samsung Lions won the regular season and Korean Series.

2011 Lotte Card Pro Baseball
LeagueKorea Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 2011 – October 2011
Number of games133 per team
Number of teams8
Regular Season
Season championsSamsung Lions
Season MVPYoon Suk-min (Kia)
League Postseason
Semiplayoff championsSK Wyverns
  Semiplayoff runners-upKia Tigers
Playoff championsSK Wyverns
  Playoff runners-upLotte Giants
Korean Series
ChampionsSamsung Lions
  Runners-upSK Wyverns
Finals MVPSeung-hwan Oh (Samsung)

Format

Season Format

  • Regular Season: 133 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 5
  • Korean Series: Regular Season 1st place vs. Playoff winner - Best of 7

To Determine the Final Standings

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

Regular season

RankTeamGPWDLPct.
1Samsung Lions133794500.612
2Lotte Giants133725560.563
3SK Wyverns133713590.547
4Kia Tigers133700630.526
5Doosan Bears133612700.466
6LG Twins133592720.450
Hanwha Eagles
8Nexen Heroes133512800.389
Pennant Race Winner

Samsung Lions

Post-Season

Semiplayoff

SK Wyverns won the series, 3–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
18 October 2011SK Wyverns – 1, Kia Tigers – 5Incheon200 PM- 
29 October 2011SK Wyverns – 3, Kia Tigers – 2Incheon2:00 PM- 
311 October 2011KIA Tigers – 0, SK Wyverns – 2Gwangju6:00 PM- 
412 October 2011Kia Tigers – 0, SK Wyverns – 8Gwangju6:00 PM-

Playoff

SK Wyverns won the series, 3–2.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
116 October 2011Lotte Giants – 6, SK Wyverns – 7 (10th inning)Busan2:00 PM- 
217 October 2011Lotte Giants – 4, SK Wyverns – 1Busan6:00 PM- 
319 October 2010SK Wyverns – 3, Lotte Giants – 0Incheon6:00 PM- 
420 October 2011SK Wyverns – 0, Lotte Giants – 2Incheon6:00 PM- 
523 October 2011Lotte Giants – 4, SK Wyverns – 8Busan2:00 PM-

Korean Series (Championship)

Samsung Lions won the series, 4–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
125 October 2011Samsung Lions (2–0) SK WyvernsDaegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu6:00 PM- 
226 October 2011Samsung Lions (2–1) SK WyvernsDaegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu2:00 PM- 
328 October 2011Samsung Lions (1–2) SK WyvernsMunhak Baseball Stadium, Incheon6:00 PM- 
429 October 2011Samsung Lions (8–4) SK WyvernsMunhak Baseball Stadium, Incheon2:00 PM- 
531 October 2011Samsung Lions (1–0) SK WyvernsJamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul6:00 PM-
2011 Korean Series Winner

Samsung Lions
Fifth title

Foreign hitters

TeamPlayerPositionIn KBO sinceBatting AverageHome runsRBINotes
Doosan BearsNONEN/A
Hanwha EaglesKarim GarcíaOF2008.2461861
Kia TigersNONEN/A
LG TwinsNONEN/A
Lotte GiantsNONEN/A
Nexen HeroesCory AldridgeOF2011.2372073
Samsung LionsRyan GarkoIB2011.243128Released due to injury on 12 July[1]
SK WyvernsNONEN/A

References

  1. 삼성, 라이언 가코 방출 새용병 덕 매티스 영입 (in Korean). kyongbuk newspaper. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
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