1991 Korea Baseball Organization

The 1991 Korea Baseball Organization was the 10th KBO season. The Haitai Tigers won their 6th title and fifth in six years. Jong-hun Jang of the Binggrae Eagles missed a Triple Crown by 3 batting average points and won the MVP. Dong-yol Son of the Haitai Tigers won a pitching Triple Crown with yet another dominant season. The Ssangbangwool Raiders were an expansion team as the league returned to an even number of teams.

Standings

1. Haitai Tigers, 79-42-5
2. Binggrae Eagles, 72-48-5
3. Samsung Lions, 70-55-1
4. Lotte Giants, 61-62-3
5. Taepyungyang Dolphins, 55-69-2
6. LG Twins, 53-72-1
7. Ssangbangwool Raiders, 52-71-3
8. OB Bears, 51-73-2

Playoffs: Samsung def. Lotte, 2 games to 1 with one tie. Binggrae def. Samsung, 3 games to 1

1991 Korean Series: Haitai def. Binggrae, 4 games to 0

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Jeong-hoon Lee	Binggrae Eagles	.348
Runs	Jong-hun Jang	Binggrae Eagles	104
Hits	Jong-hun Jang	Binggrae Eagles	160
Doubles	Jong-tae Park	Lotte Giants	29
Triples	Jeong-hun Lee	Binggrae Eagles	16
Home Runs	Jong-hun Jang	Binggrae Eagles	35
Runs Batted In	Jong-hun Jang	Binggrae Eagles	114
Stolen Bases	Soon-chul Lee	Haitai Tigers	56
Walks	Jong-hun Jang	Binggrae Eagles	76

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Dong-Yeol Son	Haitai Tigers	1.55
Wins	Dong-Yeol Son	Haitai Tigers	19
Losses	Sam-heum Jeong	LG Twins	15
Saves	Kyu-jae Cho	Ssangbangwool Raiders	27
Innings Pitched	Chang-ho Choi	Taepyungyang Dolphins	233 1/3
Appearances	Seong-kil Kim	Samsung Lions	52
Hits Allowed	Chang-ho Choi	Taepyungyang Dolphins	196
Home Runs Allowed	Chang-ho Choi Kang-chul Lee Cheong-soo Kim	Taepyungyang Dolphins Haitai Tigers Lotte Giants	20
Strikeouts	Dong-Yeol Son	Haitai Tigers	210
Base-on-Balls	Dong-hee Park	Lotte Giants	96

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	Jong-Hun Jang	Binggrae Eagles	Infielder	431	106	129	41	119	13	.299	.446	.659	Did not pitch
Rookie of the Year	Kyu-jae Cho	Ssangbangwool Raiders	Pitcher	Did not bat									9 - 7	27	142.1	70	5	58	133	1.64

Gold Glove

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 1991.

Position	Player	Team
P	Dong-Yeol Son	Haitai Tigers
C	Chae-geun Jang	Haitai Tigers
1B	Sung-han Kim	Haitai Tigers
2B	Jeong-tae Pak	Lotte Giants
3B	Dae-hwa Han	Haitai Tigers
SS	Jung-il Ryu	Samsung Lions
OF	Gang-don Lee	Binggrae Eagles
OF	Ho-seong Lee	Haitai Tigers
OF	Sun-cheol Lee	Haitai Tigers
DH	Jong-hun Jang	Binggrae Eagles