2017 KBO League | |
League: | KBO League |
Sport: | Baseball |
Pixels: | 200px |
Duration: | March 31 – October 3 |
No Of Games: | 144 per team |
No Of Teams: | 10 |
Attendance: | 8,400,688 |
Season: | Regular Season |
Season Champs: | Kia Tigers |
Mvp: | Yang Hyeon-jong (Kia) |
Mvp Link: | KBO League Most Valuable Player Award |
Playoffs: | Postseason |
Conf1: | Wild Card |
Conf1 Champ: | NC Dinos |
Conf1 Runner-Up: | SK Wyverns |
Conf2: | Semi-playoffs |
Conf2 Champ: | NC Dinos |
Conf2 Runner-Up: | Lotte Giants |
Conf3: | Playoffs |
Conf3 Champ: | Doosan Bears |
Conf3 Runner-Up: | NC Dinos |
Finals: | Korean Series |
Finals Link: | 2017 Korean Series |
Finals Champ: | Kia Tigers |
Finals Runner-Up: | Doosan Bears |
Finals Mvp: | Yang Hyeon-jong (Kia) |
Finals Mvp Link: | Korean Series Most Valuable Player Award |
Seasonslist: | List of KBO League seasons |
Seasonslistnames: | KBO League |
Prevseason Link: | 2016 KBO League season |
Prevseason Year: | 2016 |
Nextseason Link: | 2018 KBO League season |
Nextseason Year: | 2018 |
The 2017 KBO League season was the 36th season in the history of the KBO League.
Rank | Team | D | Postseason | ||||
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1 | 87 | 56 | 1 | .608 | -- | Korean Series | |
2 | 84 | 57 | 3 | .596 | 2.0 | Playoff | |
3 | 80 | 62 | 2 | .563 | 6.5 | Semi-playoff | |
4 | 79 | 62 | 3 | .560 | 7.0 | Wild Card | |
5 | 75 | 68 | 1 | .524 | 12.0 | ||
6 | 69 | 72 | 3 | .489 | 17.0 | Did not qualify | |
7 | 69 | 73 | 2 | .486 | 17.5 | ||
8 | 61 | 81 | 2 | .430 | 25.5 | ||
9 | 55 | 84 | 5 | .396 | 30.0 | ||
10 | 50 | 94 | 0 | .347 | 37.5 |
Source[1]
Player | Team | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Batting average | .370 | |||
Home runs | 46 | |||
Runs batted in | 124 | |||
Runs | KIA Tigers | 118 | ||
Hits | 192 | |||
Stolen Base | Samsung Lions | 40 | ||
On Base Percentage | KIA Tigers | .450 | ||
Slugging Percentage | .684 |
Player | Team | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Earned run average | 3.04 | |||
Wins | KIA Tigers KIA Tigers | 20 | ||
Saves | 37 | |||
Holds | 24 | |||
Innings Pitched | KIA Tigers | 201.2 | ||
Winning percentage | KIA Tigers | .800 | ||
Strikeouts | 189 | |||
WHIP | kt Wiz | 1.15 |
Each team can sign up to three foreign players. Due to the high proportion of pitchers signed in previous years, beginning in 2014 the league has mandated that at least one of the foreign players must be a position player.
Team | Player | Position | In KBO since | Salary | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Samsung Lions | Pitcher | 2017 | $1,050,000 | ||
Pitcher | 2017 | $450,000 | |||
Infielder | 2017 | $1,100,000 | |||
Pitcher | 2017 | $1,600,000 | |||
Pitcher | 2014 | $600,000 | |||
Infielder | 2017 | $700,000 | |||
Pitcher | 2011 | $2,100,000 | KBO All-Star | ||
Pitcher | 2016 | $1,100,000 | |||
Infielder | 2016 | $680,000 | KBO All-Star | ||
Pitcher | 2017 | $1,100,000 | Released | ||
Pitcher | 2016 | $900,000 | |||
Outfielder | 2016 | $650,000 | Released | ||
Pitcher | 2017 | $500,000 | Signed to replace Sean O'Sullivan | ||
Outfielder | 2017 | $200,000 | Signed to replace Danny Dorn | ||
Pitcher | 2015 | $850,000 | KBO All-Star | ||
Pitcher | 2017 | $600,000 | |||
Infielder | 2017 | $700,000 | Released | ||
Infielder | 2017 | $500,000 | Signed to replace Danny Worth | ||
Pitcher | 2017 | $1,300,000 | |||
Pitcher | 2017 | $1,000,000 | |||
Infielder | 2016 | $1,500,000 | KBO All-Star | ||
Pitcher | 2016 | $1,700,000 | |||
Pitcher | 2017 | $700,000 | |||
Outfielder | 2017 | $750,000 | KBO All-Star | ||
Pitcher | 2017 | $350,000 | |||
Pitcher | 2015 | $850,000 | KBO All-Star | ||
Pitcher | 2017 | $500,000 | |||
Infielder | 2017 | $600,000 | |||
Pitcher | 2012 | $500,000 | |||
Infielder | 2015 | $700,000 | Released | ||
Pitcher | 2016 | $1,000,000 | |||
Infielder | 2016 | $250,000 | signed to replace Luis Jimenez | ||
Pitcher | 2015 | $350,000 | KBO All-Star | ||
Pitcher | 2017 | $650,000 | |||
Infielder | 2017 | $450,000 | Released | ||
Team | Player | Batting average | Home runs | RBI | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
.297 | 26 | 90 | KBO All-Star | ||
.339 | 37 | 111 | KBO All-Star | ||
.320 | 27 | 111 | 32 stolen bases; KBO All-Star, KBO runs scored leader, Golden Glove Award | ||
.301 | 18 | 56 | |||
.276 | 7 | 30 | |||
.303 | 15 | 57 | |||
.300 | 35 | 111 | |||
.140 | 1 | 2 | Released by the team | ||
.307 | 17 | 42 | Signed to replace Danny Dorn | ||
.315 | 31 | 124 | KBO RBI leader | ||
.111 | 0 | 0 | Released by the team | ||
.242 | 31 | 64 | Signed to replace Danny Worth | ||
The series started with a 1–0 advantage for the fourth-placed team.
See main article: 2017 Korean Series.
Team | Total attendance | Home average | Change vs. 2016 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Doosan Bears | 1,094,829 | 15,206 | –6 % | |
LG Twins | 1,134,836 | 15,762 | –2 % | |
SK Wyverns | 892,541 | 12,396 | +3.2% | |
Lotte Giants | 1,038,492 | 14,424 | +21.8% | |
Samsung Lions | 704,857 | 9,790 | –17.2 % | |
Nexen Heroes | 699,380 | 9,714 | –10.6 % | |
KIA Tigers | 1,024,830 | 14,234 | +32.5% | |
KT Wiz | 686,541 | 9,535 | +0.6% | |
Hanwha Eagles | 593,251 | 8,240 | –10.2 % | |
NC Dinos | 531,121 | 7,377 | –3.3 % | |
Total | 8,400,688 | 11,668 | +0.7 % |