2013 Korea Baseball Organization

The 2013 Korea Baseball Organization season was the 32nd for the KBO. The league saw the addition of a 9th team, the NC Dinos, the first KBO expansion since the Ssangbangwool Raiders in 1991 and a return to an odd number of teams for the first time since 1990. Former major leaguer Jae-kuk Ryu made his KBO debut. Seung-yeop Lee became the KBO's all-time home run leader when he hit #352 in June, breaking Joon-hyuk Yang's record.

Standings

1. Samsung Lions, 73-51-2
2. LG Twins, 74-54
3. Nexen Heroes, 72-54-3
4. Doosan Bears, 71-54-3
5. Lotte Giants, 66-58-4
6. SK Wyverns, 62-63-3
7. NC Dinos, 52-72-4
8. KIA Tigers, 51-74-3
9. Hanwha Eagles, 42-85-1

Playoffs: Doosan def. Nexen, 3 games to 2. Doosan def. LG, 3 games to 1.

2013 Korean Series: Samsung def. Doosan, 3 games to 1

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Byung-kyu Lee	LG Twins	.348
Runs	Byung-ho Park	Nexen Heroes	91
Hits	Ah-seop Son	Lotte Giants	172
Doubles	Taek-keun Lee	Nexen Heroes	31
Triples	Soo-bin Jung Ji-hwan Oh	Doosan Bears LG Twins	8
Home Runs	Byung-ho Park	Nexen Heroes	37
Runs Batted In	Byung-ho Park	Nexen Heroes	117
Stolen Bases	Jong-ho Kim	NC Dinos	50
Walks	Byung-ho Park	Nexen Heroes	92

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Charlie Shirek	NC Dinos	2.48
Wins	Young-soo Bae Chris Seddon	Samsung Lions SK Wyverns	14
Losses	Dana Eveland	Hanwha Eagles	14
Holds	Hyun-hee Han	Nexen Heroes	27
Saves	Seung-lak Son	Nexen Heroes	46
Innings Pitched	Radhames Liz	LG Twins	202 2/3
Appearances	Myung-woo Lee	Lotte Giants	74
Hits Allowed	Henry Sosa	KIA Tigers	196
Home Runs Allowed	Hyeuk-min Kim	Hanwha Eagles	25
Strikeouts	Radhames Liz	LG Twins	188
Base-on-Balls	Jo-Jo Reyes	SK Wyverns	91

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	Byung-ho Park	Nexen Heroes	Infielder	469	76	136	31	105	20	.290	.393	.561	Did not pitch
Rookie of the Year	Jae-hak Lee	NC Dinos	Pitcher	Did not bat									10 - 5	1	156.0	123	12	59	144	2.88

Gold Glove

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2013.

Position	Player	Team
P	Seung-lak Son	Nexen Heroes
C	Min-ho Kang	Lotte Giants
1B	Byung-ho Park	Nexen Heroes
2B	Keung-woo Jeong	Hanwha Eagles
3B	Jung Choi	SK Wyverns
SS	Jung-ho Kang	Nexen Heroes
OF	Yong-taik Park	LG Twins
OF	Hyung-woo Choi	Samsung Lions
OF	Ah-seop Son	Lotte Giants
DH	Byung-kyu Lee	LG Twins