Korean Series

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The Korean Series is the championship series of the Korea Baseball Organization. It has been held since the KBO's first season in 1982 and is the final series of in the post-season play-offs. From 2005, the winner of the Korean Series goes on to play in the Konami Cup Asia Series.

The teams finishing 3rd and 4th in the regular season contest the first round of the play-offs. The winner of that match faces the 2nd placed team, and the winner of that match faces the 1st placed team in the Korea Series final.

[edit] Korean Series Winners

Note: W indicated a Win, T indicates a tie, and L indicated a loss. Games in the KBO have a limit to the number of extra innings that can be played before being officially declared a tied game; as of 2007, post-season games are declared tied after 15 innings, and must be replayed.

Year	Winning Team	Result	Games	Losing Team	Most Valuable Player
1982	OB Bears	4 – 1 – 1	T-L-W-W-W-W	Samsung Lions	Yu-Dong Kim (OB-OF)
1983	Haitai Tigers	4 – 0 – 1	W-W-W-T-W	MBC Blue Dragons	Bong-Yeon Kim (Haitai-IF)
1984	Lotte Giants	4 – 3 – 0	W-L-W-L-L-W-W	Samsung Lions	Du-Yeol Yu (Lotte-OF)
1985	Samsung Lions	No series played, the Lions win the title outright with a record of 77-32-1 (.706)
1986	Haitai Tigers	4 – 1 – 0	W-L-W-W-W	Samsung Lions	Jeong-Su Kim (Haitai-P)
1987	Haitai Tigers	4 – 0 – 0	W-W-W-W	Samsung Lions	Jun-Hwan Kim (Haitai-OF)
1988	Haitai Tigers	4 – 2 – 0	W-W-W-L-L-W	Binggrae Eagles	Hui-Su Mun (Haitai-P)
1989	Haitai Tigers	4 – 1 – 0	L-W-W-W-W	Binggrae Eagles	Cheol-U Bak (Haitai-IF)
1990	LG Twins	4 – 0 – 0	W-W-W-W	Samsung Lions	Yong-Su Kim (LG-P)
1991	Haitai Tigers	4 – 0 – 0	W-W-W-W	Binggrae Eagles	Chae-Geun Jang (Haitai-C)
1992	Lotte Giants	4 – 1 – 0	W-W-L-W-W	Binggrae Eagles	Dong-Hui Bak (Lotte-P)
1993	Haitai Tigers	4 – 2 – 1	W-L-T-L-W-W-W	Samsung Lions	Jong-Beom Lee (Haitai-IF)
1994	LG Twins	4 – 0 – 0	W-W-W-W	Taepyungyang Dolphins	Yong-Su Kim (LG-P)
1995	OB Bears	4 – 3 – 0	L-W-W-L-L-W-W	Lotte Giants	Min-Ho Kim (OB-IF)
1996	Haitai Tigers	4 – 2 – 0	W-L-W-L-W-W	Hyundai Unicorns	Gang-Cheol Lee (Haitai-P)
1997	Haitai Tigers	4 – 1 – 0	W-L-W-W-W	LG Twins	Jong-Beom Lee (Haitai-IF)
1998	Hyundai Unicorns	4 – 2 – 0	W-W-L-W-L-W	LG Twins	Min-Tae Chung (Hyundai-P)
1999	Hanwha Eagles	4 – 1 – 0	W-W-L-W-W	Lotte Giants	Dae-Sung Koo (Hanwha-P)
2000	Hyundai Unicorns	4 – 3 – 0	W-W-W-L-L-L-W	Doosan Bears	Tom Quinlan (Hyundai-3B)
2001	Doosan Bears	4 – 2 – 0	L-W-W-W-L-W	Samsung Lions	Tyrone Woods (Doosan-1B)
2002	Samsung Lions	4 – 2 – 0	W-L-W-W-L-W	LG Twins	Hae-Yeong Ma (Samsung-OF)
2003	Hyundai Unicorns	4 – 3 – 0	W-L-L-W-W-L-W	SK Wyverns	Min-Tae Chung (Hyundai-P)
2004	Hyundai Unicorns	4 – 2 – 3	W-T-L-T-W-L-T-W-W	Samsung Lions	Yong-Joon Cho (Hyundai-P)
2005	Samsung Lions	4 – 0 – 0	W-W-W-W	Doosan Bears	Seung-Hwan Oh (Samsung-P)
2006	Samsung Lions	4 – 1 – 1	W-L-W-W-T-W	Hanwha Eagles	Jin-Man Park (Samsung-SS)
2007	SK Wyverns	4 – 2 – 0	L-L-W-W-W-W	Doosan Bears	Jae-Hyun Kim (SK-OF)

v • d • e Korea Baseball Organization

Teams	Doosan Bears (Seoul) · Hanwha Eagles (Daejeon) · Kia Tigers (Gwangju) · Lotte Giants (Busan) · LG Twins (Seoul) · Samsung Lions (Daegu) · SK Wyverns (Incheon) · Woori Heroes (Seoul)

Post-Season	Korean Series · Asia Series

Seasons	1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008

v • d • e Korean Baseball Organization Korean Series

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