Korean Series

The Korean Series is the championship series of the Korea Baseball Organization. It has been held since the KBO's first season in 1982 and is the final series of the post-season play-offs. From 2005, the winner of the Korean Series goes on to play in the Asia Series.

The teams finishing in third and fourth place in the regular season face each other in the first round of the play-offs. The winner of the first round faces the team that finished in second place during the regular season, and the winner of that round faces the team that finished in first place for the championship in the Korean Series.

Korean Series winners

*Note: W indicates a Win for the eventual Korean Series champions, T indicates a tie, and L indicates a loss. Games in the KBO have a limit to the number of extra innings and/or time that could be played before being officially declared a tied game (except in 2008 when this rule was removed). When post-season games were declared tied, they had to be replayed.

Year	Winning Team	Result	Games	Losing Team	Most Valuable Player
1982	OB Bears	4 – 1 – 1	T-L-W-W-W-W	Samsung Lions	Kim Yu-Dong (OB-OF)
1983	Haitai Tigers	4 – 0 – 1	W-W-W-T-W	MBC Blue Dragons	Kim Bong-Yeon (Haitai-IF)
1984	Lotte Giants	4 – 3 – 0	W-L-W-L-L-W-W	Samsung Lions	Yu Du-Yeol (Lotte-OF)
1985	Samsung Lions	No series played, the Lions win the title outright with a record of 77-32-1 (.706)
1986	Haitai Tigers	4 – 1 – 0	W-L-W-W-W	Samsung Lions	Kim Jeong-Su (Haitai-P)
1987	Haitai Tigers	4 – 0 – 0	W-W-W-W	Samsung Lions	Kim Jun-Hwan (Haitai-OF)
1988	Haitai Tigers	4 – 2 – 0	W-W-W-L-L-W	Binggrae Eagles	Mun Hui-Su (Haitai-P)
1989	Haitai Tigers	4 – 1 – 0	L-W-W-W-W	Binggrae Eagles	Park Cheol-U (Haitai-IF)
1990	LG Twins	4 – 0 – 0	W-W-W-W	Samsung Lions	Kim Yong-Su (LG-P)
1991	Haitai Tigers	4 – 0 – 0	W-W-W-W	Binggrae Eagles	Jang Chae-Geun (Haitai-C)
1992	Lotte Giants	4 – 1 – 0	W-W-L-W-W	Binggrae Eagles	Park Dong-Hui (Lotte-P)
1993	Haitai Tigers	4 – 2 – 1	W-L-T-L-W-W-W	Samsung Lions	Lee Jong-beom (Haitai-IF)
1994	LG Twins	4 – 0 – 0	W-W-W-W	Taepyungyang Dolphins	Kim Yong-Su (LG-P)
1995	OB Bears	4 – 3 – 0	L-W-W-L-L-W-W	Lotte Giants	Kim Min-Ho (OB-IF)
1996	Haitai Tigers	4 – 2 – 0	W-L-W-L-W-W	Hyundai Unicorns	Lee Gang-Cheol (Haitai-P)
1997	Haitai Tigers	4 – 1 – 0	W-L-W-W-W	LG Twins	Lee Jong-beom (Haitai-IF)
1998	Hyundai Unicorns	4 – 2 – 0	W-W-L-W-L-W	LG Twins	Chung Min-Tae (Hyundai-P)
1999	Hanwha Eagles	4 – 1 – 0	W-W-L-W-W	Lotte Giants	Koo Dae-Sung (Hanwha-P)
2000	Hyundai Unicorns	4 – 3 – 0	W-W-W-L-L-L-W	Doosan Bears	Tom Quinlan (Hyundai-3B)
2001	Doosan Bears	4 – 2 – 0	L-W-W-W-L-W	Samsung Lions	Tyrone Woods (Doosan-1B)
2002	Samsung Lions	4 – 2 – 0	W-L-W-W-L-W	LG Twins	Ma Hae-Yeong (Samsung-OF)
2003	Hyundai Unicorns	4 – 3 – 0	W-L-L-W-W-L-W	SK Wyverns	Chung Min-Tae (Hyundai-P)
2004	Hyundai Unicorns	4 – 2 – 3	W-T-L-T-W-L-T-W-W	Samsung Lions	Cho Yong-Joon (Hyundai-P)
2005	Samsung Lions	4 – 0 – 0	W-W-W-W	Doosan Bears	Oh Seung-Hwan (Samsung-P)
2006	Samsung Lions	4 – 1 – 1	W-L-W-W-T-W	Hanwha Eagles	Park Jin-Man (Samsung-SS)
2007	SK Wyverns	4 – 2 – 0	L-L-W-W-W-W	Doosan Bears	Kim Jae-Hyun (SK-OF)
2008	SK Wyverns	4 – 1 – 0	L-W-W-W-W	Doosan Bears	Choi Jeong (SK-3B)
2009	Kia Tigers	4 – 3 – 0	W-W-L-L-W-L-W	SK Wyverns	Na Ji-wan (Kia-LF)
2010	SK Wyverns	4 – 0 – 0	W-W-W-W	Samsung Lions	Park Jung-Kwon (SK-1B/RF)
2011	Samsung Lions	4 – 1 – 0	W-W-L-W-W	SK Wyverns	Oh Seung-Hwan (Samsung-P)
2012	Samsung Lions	4 – 2 – 0	W-W-L-L-W-W	SK Wyverns	Lee Seung-Yeop (Samsung-1B)
2013	Samsung Lions	4 – 3 – 0	L-L-W-L-W-W-W	Doosan Bears	Park Han-Yi (Samsung-RF)
2014	Samsung Lions	4 – 2 – 0	L-W-W-L-W-W	Nexen Heroes	Yamaico Navarro (Samsung-2B)
2015	Doosan Bears	4 – 1 – 0	L-W-W-W-W	Samsung Lions	Jung Soo-Bin (Doosan-CF)

Teams by number of wins

Team	Wins	Losses
Kia Tigers	10	0
Samsung Lions	8	10
* Hyundai Unicorns * (Disband)	4	2
Doosan Bears	4	5
SK Wyverns	3	4
LG Twins	2	4
Lotte Giants	2	2
Hanhwa Eagles	1	5
Nexen Heroes	0	1

Most Valuable Player Award

See: Korea Baseball Organization#Awards

See also

• Baseball awards#South Korea