1989 Korea Baseball Organization

The 1989 Korea Baseball Organization was the 8th KBO season. The Haitai Tigers won their 4th straight title, while Haitai ace Dong-yol Son took his 2nd MVP and third pitching Triple Crown.

Standings

1. Binggrae Eagles, 71-46-3
2. Haitai Tigers, 65-51-4
3. Taepyungyang Dolphins, 62-54-4
4. Samsung Lions, 57-58-5
5. OB Bears, 54-63-3
6. MBC Blue Dragons, 49-67-4
7. Lotte Giants, 48-67-5

Playoffs: Taepyungyang def. Samsung, 2 games to 1. Haitai def. Taepyungyang, 3 games to 0.

1989 Korean Series: Haitai def. Binggrae, 4 games to 1

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Won-bu Go	Binggrae Eagles	.327
Runs	Sung-han Kim	Haitai Tigers	93
Hits	Kang-don Lee	Binggrae Eagles	137
Doubles	Kyeong-sik Shin	OB Bears	25
Triples	Kyeong-sik Shin Jung-hwa Lee Chan-yup Roh	OB Bears Binggrae Eagles MBC Blue Dragons	6
Home Runs	Sung-han Kim	Haitai Tigers	26
Runs Batted In	Seung-an Yoo	Binggrae Eagles	85
Stolen Bases	Il-kwon Kim	Taepyungyang Dolphins	62
Walks	Sung-han Kim	Haitai Tigers	84

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Dong-Yeol Son	Haitai Tigers	1.17
Wins	Dong-Yeol Son	Haitai Tigers	21
Losses	Cheong-soo Kim	Lotte Giants	15
Saves	Yong-soo Kim	MBC Blue Dragons	22
Innings Pitched	Hak-kil Yoon	Lotte Giants	250
Appearances	Yong-soo Kim	MBC Blue Dragons	47
Hits Allowed	Hak-kil Yoon	Lotte Giants	221
Home Runs Allowed	Dong-soo Shin	Haitai Tigers	17
Strikeouts	Dong-Yeol Son	Haitai Tigers	198
Base-on-Balls	Chang-ho Choi	Taepyungyang Dolphins	114

Award Winners

Award	Player	Team	Position	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	W - L	SV	IP	HA	HRA	BB	SO	ERA
Most Valuable Player	Dong-Yeol Son	Haitai Tigers	Pitcher	Did not bat									21 - 3	8	169.0	82	2	48	198	1.17
Rookie of the Year	Jung-hyun Park	Taepyungyang Dolphins	Pitcher	Did not bat									19 - 10	2	242.2	183	5	86	116	2.15

Gold Glove

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 1989.

Position	Player	Team
P	Dong-Yeol Son	Haitai Tigers
C	Seung-an Yu	Binggrae Eagles
1B	Sung-han Kim	Haitai Tigers
2B	Ki-woong Kang	Samsung Lions
3B	Dae-hwa Han	Haitai Tigers
SS	Jae-pak Kim	MBC Blue Dragons
OF	Won-bu Go	Binggrae Eagles
OF	Il-gwon Kim	Taepyungyang Dolphins
OF	Kang-don Lee	Binggrae Eagles
DH	Cheol-u Park	Haitai Tigers