2015 KBO League season

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2015 Tire Bank KBO League
2015 Tire Bank KBO League.svg
League KBO League
Sport Baseball
Duration 28 March 2015 – 31 October 2015
Regular Season
Season champions Samsung Lions
Postseason
Wild-Card champions Nexen Heroes
  Wild-Card runners-up SK Wyverns
Semi-Playoff champions Doosan Bears
  Semi-Playoff runners-up Nexen Heroes
Playoff champions Doosan Bears
  Playoff runners-up NC Dinos
Korean Series
Champions Doosan Bears
  Runners-up Samsung Lions
Finals MVP Jung Soo-bin
KBO seasons

The 2015 KBO League season was the 34th season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball league.

Season structure

Regular season

Started in 2015, each team played each other 16 times. Each team played 144 games in the season, up from 128 in 2014, due to the addition of the KT Wiz in 2015.[1]

All-Star Game

In July, the best players participated in the 2015 KBO All-Star Game. The participating franchises were divided into two regions, the Dream All-Stars (Samsung Lions, Doosan Bears, Lotte Giants, SK Wyverns, KT Wiz) and Nanum All-Stars (Kia Tigers, Hanwha Eagles, LG Twins, Nexen Heroes, NC Dinos). The Korean All-Star Game did not determine home-field advantage in the Korean Series. The All-Star Game was played on 18 July 2015 at the Suwon Baseball Stadium and won by the Dream All-Stars 6–3.

Postseason

2015 KBO League season culminated in its championship series, known as the Korean Series. The Semi-Playoff format was tweaked. Previously, the top four teams after the end of the regular season qualified for the postseason, but in 2015, the top five teams qualified for the postseason. The team with the best record gained a direct entry into the Korean Series, while the other four teams competed for the remaining place in a step-ladder playoff system. Starting in 2015, the fourth-place and the fifth-place teams played in a "Wildcard" game.[2]

  • Wildcard (best-of-two)
    • Regular Season 4th place vs. Regular Season 5th place
  • Semi-Playoff (best-of-five, added from 3 games starting from 2008)
    • Regular Season 3rd place vs. Wild Card Winner
  • Playoff (best-of-five, reduced from 7 games starting from 2009)
    • Regular Season 2nd place vs. Semi-Playoff Winner
  • Korean Series (best-of-seven)
    • Regular Season 1st place vs. Playoff Winner

To Determine the Final Standings

  • Champion (1st place): Korean Series Winner
  • Runner-up (2nd place): Korean Series Loser
  • 3rd–10th place: Sort by Regular Season record except teams to play in the Korean Series.

Standings

Rank Team GP W L D Pct. KBO postseason
1 Samsung Lions 144 88 56 0 0.611 KBO Korean Series
2 NC Dinos 144 84 57 3 0.596 Playoff
3 Doosan Bears 144 79 65 0 0.549 Semi-playoff
4 Nexen Heroes 144 78 65 1 0.545 Wildcard 1
5 SK Wyverns 144 69 73 2 0.486 Wildcard 2
6 Hanwha Eagles 144 68 76 0 0.472 Did not qualify
7 Kia Tigers 144 67 77 0 0.465
8 Lotte Giants 144 66 77 1 0.462
9 LG Twins 144 64 78 2 0.451
10 KT Wiz 144 52 91 1 0.364

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Postseason

  Wild Card Semi-playoff Playoff Korean Series
                                     
  1  Samsung Lions 1
  2  NC Dinos 2     3  Doosan Bears 4
  3  Doosan Bears 3     3  Doosan Bears 3
  4  Nexen Heroes 2     4  Nexen Heroes 1
  5  SK Wyverns 0

Wild Card

The regular season league 4th place, the Nexen Heroes, received a one-game advantage.

Nexen won the series, 2-0.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 7 October SK Wyverns 4 – 5 Nexen Heroes Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul 18:30 7,469[4]

Semi-Playoff

Doosan won the series, 3-1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 10 October Nexen Heroes 3 – 4 Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul 14:00 20,833[5] 
2 11 October Nexen Heroes 2 – 3 Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul 14:00 22,765[6] 
3 13 October Doosan Bears 2 – 5 Nexen Heroes Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul 18:30 9,900[7] 
4 14 October Doosan Bears 11 – 9 Nexen Heroes Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul 18:30 8,227[8]

Playoff

Doosan won the series, 3-2.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 18 October Doosan Bears 7 – 0 NC Dinos Masan Baseball Stadium, Changwon 14:00 11,000[9] 
2 19 October Doosan Bears 1 – 2 NC Dinos Masan Baseball Stadium, Changwon 18:30 11,000[10] 
3 21 October NC Dinos 16 – 2 Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul 18:30 24,119[11] 
4 22 October NC Dinos 0 – 7 Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul 18:30 22,652[12] 
5 24 October Doosan Bears 6 – 4 NC Dinos Masan Baseball Stadium, Changwon 14:00 11,000[13]

Korean Series

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Doosan Bears won the series, 4–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 26 Doosan Bears 8 – 9 Samsung Lions Daegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu 3:46 10,000[14] 
2 October 27 Doosan Bears 6 – 1 Samsung Lions Daegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu 3:06 10,000[15] 
3 October 29 Samsung Lions 1 – 5 Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul 3:22 25,000[16] 
4 October 30 Samsung Lions 3 – 4 Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul 3:21 25,000[17] 
5 October 31 Samsung Lions 2 – 13 Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul 3:32 25,000[18]
2015 Korean Series Champion

Doosan Bears
(Fourth title)

References

  1. ↑ Yonhap News Agency (2014). KBO to expand video replay in second half of season. Accessed on 8 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Yonhap News Agency (2014). KBO to expand video replay in second half of season. Accessed on 8 July 2014.
  3. ↑ KBO League (2015). Team Standings. Accessed on 7 Oct 2015.
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