The 2016 Korean Series was the championship series of the 2016 KBO League season. The Doosan Bears, as the regular season champions, automatically advanced to the Korean Series.[1] They played against the winner of the playoff series, the NC Dinos, who defeated the LG Twins.[2][3]

2016 Korean Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Doosan Bears (4) Kim Tae-hyoung (1) 93–1–50, .650, 9 GA
NC Dinos (0) Kim Kyung-moon (2) 83–3–58, .538, 9 GB
DatesOctober 29–November 2
MVPYang Eui-ji
← 2015 Korean Series 2017 →

Doosan won the first four games of the best-of-seven series, winning their fifth Korean Series title.[4]

Roster edit

[5]

Doosan Bears
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches


NC Dinos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Summary edit

Doosan won the series, 4–0.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 29 NC Dinos 0 – Doosan Bears 1 (11) Jamsil Baseball Stadium 3:51 25,000[6] 
2 October 30 NC Dinos 1 – Doosan Bears 5 Jamsil Baseball Stadium 3:10 25,000[7] 
3 November 1 Doosan Bears 6 – NC Dinos 0 Masan Baseball Stadium 3:17 11,000[8] 
4 November 2 Doosan Bears 8 – NC Dinos 1 Masan Baseball Stadium 3:24 11,000[9]

Matchups edit

Game 1 edit

Saturday, October 29, 2016 2:01 pm (KST) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
NC Dinos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Doosan Bears 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1
WP: Lee Hyun-seung (1–0)   LP: Lim Chang-min (0–1)
Attendance: 25,000
Boxscore

Dustin Nippert started for Doosan and Zach Stewart started for the Dinos. Nippert did not allow a hit in his first six innings pitched. Doosan defeated the NC Dinos 1-0 in 11 innings in Game 1. Oh Jae-il hit the game-winning sacrifice fly for Doosan.[10]

Game 2 edit

Sunday, October 30, 2016 1:59 pm (KST) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NC Dinos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 10 0
Doosan Bears 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 X 5 9 0
WP: Chang Won-jun (1–0)   LP: Eric Hacker (0–1)
Home runs:
NC: None
DOO: Kim Jae-hwan (1)
Attendance: 25,000
Boxscore

Game 3 edit

Tuesday, November 1, 2016 6:30 pm (KST) at Masan Baseball Stadium in Changwon
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Doosan Bears 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 6 7 0
NC Dinos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
WP: Michael Bowden (1–0)   LP: Choi Keum-kang (0–1)   Sv: Lee Yong-chan (1)
Home runs:
DOO: Kim Jae-hwan (2)
NC: None
Attendance: 11,000
Boxscore

Game 4 edit

Wednesday, November 2, 2016 6:29 pm (KST) at Masan Baseball Stadium in Changwon
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Doosan Bears 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 8 14 0
NC Dinos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
WP: Yoo Hee-kwan (1–0)   LP: Zach Stewart (0–1)
Home runs:
DOO: Yang Eui-ji (1), Oh Jae-won (1)
NC: Eric Thames (1)
Attendance: 11,000
Boxscore
2016 Korean Series Champion

Doosan Bears
(Fifth title)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Defending champs cruise to pennant as KBO's regular season concludes". Yonhap News Agency. October 9, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. ^ "Upstart LG to clash with NC for 2nd time in 3 baseball postseasons". Yonhap News Agency. October 19, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  3. ^ Baek Byung-yeul (October 26, 2016). "NC Dinos advance to Korean Series to face Doosan". The Korea Times. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  4. ^ Kim Tae-gyu (November 2, 2016). "Doosan capture second-straight Korean Series title with clean sweep". The Korea Times. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  5. ^ "2016 Korean Series Roster" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  6. ^ "Boxscore: 2016.10.29(SAT)". KBO. October 29, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  7. ^ "Boxscore: 2016.10.30(SUN)". KBO. October 30, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  8. ^ "Boxscore: 2016.11.01(TUE)". KBO. November 1, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  9. ^ "Boxscore: 2016.11.02(WED)". KBO. November 2, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  10. ^ Yoo Jee-ho (October 29, 2016). "Doosan Bears beat NC Dinos in 11 innings to open Korean Series". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved October 29, 2016.