2011 Korea Professional Baseball season

The 2011 Korea Professional Baseball season was the 30th season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball. The Samsung Lions won the regular season and Korean Series.

2011 Lotte Card Pro Baseball
LeagueKorea Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 2011 – October 2011
Number of games133 per team
Number of teams8
Regular Season
Season championsSamsung Lions
Season MVPYoon Suk-min (Kia)
League Postseason
Semiplayoff championsSK Wyverns
  Semiplayoff runners-upKia Tigers
Playoff championsSK Wyverns
  Playoff runners-upLotte Giants
Korean Series
ChampionsSamsung Lions
  Runners-upSK Wyverns
Finals MVPSeung-hwan Oh (Samsung)
KBO seasons

Format

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Season format

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  • Regular season: 133 games for each team
  • Semiplayoff: regular-season 3rd place vs. regular-season 4th place – best of 5
  • Playoff: regular-deason 2nd place vs. semiplayoff winner – best of 5
  • Korean Series: regular-deason 1st place vs. playoff winner – best of 7

To determine the final standings

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  • Champion (1st place): Korean Series winner
  • Runner-up (2nd place): Korean Series loser
  • 3rd–8th place: sort by regular-season record except teams to play in the Korean Series

Regular season

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Rank Team GP W D L Pct.
1 Samsung Lions 133 79 4 50 0.612
2 Lotte Giants 133 72 5 56 0.563
3 SK Wyverns 133 71 3 59 0.547
4 Kia Tigers 133 70 0 63 0.526
5 Doosan Bears 133 61 2 70 0.466
6 LG Twins 133 59 2 72 0.450
Hanwha Eagles
8 Nexen Heroes 133 51 2 80 0.389
Pennant Race Winner

Samsung Lions

Post-season

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Semiplayoff

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SK Wyverns won the series, 3–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 8 October 2011 SK Wyverns – 1, Kia Tigers – 5 Incheon 200 PM
2 9 October 2011 SK Wyverns – 3, Kia Tigers – 2 Incheon 2:00 PM
3 11 October 2011 KIA Tigers – 0, SK Wyverns – 2 Gwangju 6:00 PM
4 12 October 2011 Kia Tigers – 0, SK Wyverns – 8 Gwangju 6:00 PM -

Playoff

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SK Wyverns won the series, 3–2.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 16 October 2011 Lotte Giants – 6, SK Wyverns – 7 (10th inning) Busan 2:00 PM
2 17 October 2011 Lotte Giants – 4, SK Wyverns – 1 Busan 6:00 PM
3 19 October 2010 SK Wyverns – 3, Lotte Giants – 0 Incheon 6:00 PM
4 20 October 2011 SK Wyverns – 0, Lotte Giants – 2 Incheon 6:00 PM
5 23 October 2011 Lotte Giants – 4, SK Wyverns – 8 Busan 2:00 PM -

Korean Series (championship)

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Samsung Lions won the series, 4–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 25 October 2011 Samsung Lions (2–0) SK Wyverns Daegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu 6:00 PM
2 26 October 2011 Samsung Lions (2–1) SK Wyverns Daegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu 2:00 PM
3 28 October 2011 Samsung Lions (1–2) SK Wyverns Munhak Baseball Stadium, Incheon 6:00 PM
4 29 October 2011 Samsung Lions (8–4) SK Wyverns Munhak Baseball Stadium, Incheon 2:00 PM
5 31 October 2011 Samsung Lions (1–0) SK Wyverns Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul 6:00 PM -
2011 Korean Series Winner

Samsung Lions
Fifth title

Foreign hitters

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Team Player Position In KBO since Batting Average Home runs RBI Notes
Doosan Bears NONE N/A
Hanwha Eagles Karim García OF 2008 .246 18 61
Kia Tigers NONE N/A
LG Twins NONE N/A
Lotte Giants NONE N/A
Nexen Heroes Cory Aldridge OF 2011 .237 20 73
Samsung Lions Ryan Garko IB 2011 .243 1 28 Released due to injury on 12 July[1]
SK Wyverns NONE N/A

References

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  1. ^ 삼성, 라이언 가코 방출 새용병 덕 매티스 영입 (in Korean). kyongbuk newspaper. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
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