2014 Korea Professional Baseball season

December 2022 2014 Korea Yakult 7even Pro Baseball Korea Professional Baseball Baseball 2014 Korea Yakult 7even Pro Baseball.png 29 March – 17 October 9 128 per team Regular Season Samsung Lions Seo Geon-chang (Nexen) KBO League Most Valuable Player Award Post Season Semi-Playoff LG Twins NC Dinos Playoff Nexen Heroes LG Twins Korean Series 2014 Korean Series Samsung Lions Nexen Heroes Yamaico Navarro Korean Series Most Valuable Player Award List of KBO League seasons KBO 2013 Korea Professional Baseball season 2013 2015 Korea Professional Baseball season 2015 The 2014 Korea Professional Baseball season is 33rd season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball. Season Structure Regular season Starting in season 2013, each team plays 128 games in the regular season, reduced from 133 due to expansion to nine teams. Each team plays every other 16 times.Korea Baseball Organization (2013). 2013 달라지는점 https://web.archive.org/web/20140722075759/http://www.koreabaseball.com/About/Change2013.aspx 22 July 2014 (Korean). Retrieved 18 March 2013. There will be a third change in four seasons to the tie rule in South Korean professional baseball. In South Korean baseball, ties are called after 12 innings in the regular season and 15 innings in the playoffs. In 2008, the league briefly scrapped ties and forced teams to play until a winner was decided. But managers strongly opposed the change. The KBO went back to the 12-inning tie rule starting in 2009.Yonhap News S. Korean baseball makes another change to tie rule Retrieved 4 January 2011. Video Replay Responding to growing calls to address issues in refereeing, presidents of the teams in the country's top baseball league have agreed to expand video replay starting in the second half of the season, officials said on 8 July. Currently, the KBO umpires rely on video replay for disputed home run calls only. The instant replay coverage on home runs was introduced in 2009. Under the present KBO rules, umpires' decisions on safe-out and fair-foul calls are final and managers or coaches may not protest those calls. The league's umpires, though, have been on the hot seat for most of this season with some high-profile missed calls. With every KBO game broadcast live on cable television and available for free streaming online for domestic viewers, and with improved technology breaking down disputed plays from multiple angles, umpires also work under heavier scrutiny than in the past. Before this season, the KBO brass had said the league would conduct feasibility studies on expanded video review and that it would consider making the move by as early as 2015. At their meeting in May, the league's general managers discussed expanding video replay but decided to put the issue on hold until the end of this season, citing technical difficulties. With the pressure mounting to make changes, though, the KBO team presidents caved in and agreed to expand the replay in the second half, which begins on 22 July following the All-Star break. The KBO said it will convene its rules committee to revise the rule book, and settle on specifics of the expansion in a meeting of field managers ahead of the All-Star Game on 18 July. Before this season, Major League Baseball (MLB) decided to expand its review process to cover fair-foul calls and force play at bases, among other categories.Yonhap News Agency (2014). KBO to expand video replay in second half of season. Retrieved 8 July 2014. All-Star Game On 18 July, the best players participated in the Korean All-Star Game. The franchises participating were divided into two regions: Eastern League Team (Samsung Lions, Doosan Bears, Lotte Giants, SK Wyverns) and Western League Team (Kia Tigers, Hanwha Eagles, LG Twins, Nexen Heroes, NC Dinos). The titles 'Eastern' and 'Western' do not directly correspond to the geographical regions of the franchises involved, as both SK and Doosan, being from Incheon and Seoul respectively, are based in the Western region of Korea, despite representing the East. Unlike in Major League Baseball, the Korean All-Star Game does not determine home-field advantage in the Korean Series. The game was played at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field and won 13-2 by Western League Team on 18 July 2014. Postseason Korea Professional Baseball season culminates in its championship series, known as the Korean Series. Currently, the top four teams qualify for the postseason based on win–loss records. The team with the best record gains a direct entry into the Korean Series, while the other three teams compete for the remaining place in a step-ladder playoff system: Semi-playoff (best-of-five, added from 3 games starting from 2008) Regular-season 3rd place vs. regular-season 4th place 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–9th place: Sort by regular-season record except teams to play in the Korean Series. Standings Rank Team GP W D L Pct. Postseason 1 Samsung Lions 128 79 3 47 0.624 2014 Korean Series 2 Nexen Heroes 128 78 2 48 0.619 Playoff 3 NC Dinos 128 70 1 57 0.551 Semi-Playoff 4 LG Twins 128 62 2 64 0.492 Semi-Playoff 5 SK Wyverns 128 61 2 65 0.484 Did not qualify 6 Doosan Bears 128 59 1 68 0.465 7 Lotte Giants 128 58 1 69 0.457 8 Kia Tigers 128 54 0 74 0.422 9 Hanwha Eagles 128 49 2 77 0.389 Source KBO League (2014). Team Standings. Retrieved 10 June 2020. Postseason Semi-playoff Playoff Korean Series 3 NC Dinos 1 4 LG Twins 3 2 Nexen Heroes 3 4 LG Twins 1 1 Samsung Lions 4 2 Nexen Heroes 2 Semi-playoff LG 3-1 LG Twins 13–4 NC Dinos 19 October Masan Baseball Stadium, Changwon 14:00 13,000 LG Twins 4–2 NC Dinos 22 October^ Masan Baseball Stadium, Changwon 18:30 8,094 NC Dinos 4-3 LG Twins 24 October Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul 18:30 25,000 NC Dinos 3-11 LG Twins 25 October Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul 14:00 23,728 ^: postponed from 20 October due to rain Playoff Nexen 3-1 LG Twins 3-6 Nexen Heroes 27 October Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul 18:30 10,500 LG Twins 9-2 Nexen Heroes 28 October Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul 18:30 10,500 Nexen Heroes 6-2 LG Twins 30 October Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul 18:30 25,500 Nexen Heroes 12-2 LG Twins 31 October Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul 18:30 24,330 Korean Series 2014 Korean Series Samsung Lions 4-2 Nexen Heroes 4-2 Samsung Lions 4 November Daegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu 18:30 Nexen Heroes 1-7 Samsung Lions 5 November Daegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu 18:30 Samsung Lions 3-1 Nexen Heroes 7 November Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul 18:30 Samsung Lions 3-9 Nexen Heroes 8 November Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul 14:00 Nexen Heroes 1-2 Samsung Lions 10 November Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul 18:30 Samsung Lions 11-1 Nexen Heroes 11 November Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul 18:30 2014 Korean Series ChampionSamsung Lions(Eight title) Foreign hitters Each team could have signed up to three foreign players. Due to the high proportion of pitchers signed in previous years, and there being no foreign hitters at all in 2012–2013, beginning in 2014 the league mandated that at least one of the foreign players must be a position player. Team Player Position In KBO since Batting Average Home runs RBI Notes Doosan Bears Jorge Cantú IB 2014 .309 18 72 Hanwha Eagles Félix Pie OF 2014 .326 17 92 Kia Tigers Brett Pill 1B 2014 .309 19 66 LG Twins Josh Bell 3B 2014 .267 10 39 Lotte Giants Luis Jiménez 1B 2014 .315 14 61 NC Dinos Eric Thames 1B 2014 .343 37 121 Nexen Heroes Vinny Rottino OF/C 2014 .306 2 22 Samsung Lions Yamaico Navarro 2B 2014 .308 31 98 Korean Series Most Valuable Player Award SK Wyverns Luke Scott OF 2014 .267 6 17 Average home attendances LG Twins 18,241 Doosan Bears 17,630 SK Wyverns 12,965 Lotte Giants 12,962 KIA Tigers 10,366 Samsung Lions 7,891 Hanwha Eagles 7,424 NC Dinos 7,297 Nexen Heroes 6,921 Source:http://billsportsmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/korea_baseball_kbo-league2015_attendance-map-2014_z2_.gif Bill Sports Maps South Korea. KBO League 16 December 2022 References External links http://www.koreabaseball.com Category:KBO League seasons Korea Professional Baseball Season, 2014 Korea Korea Professional Baseball season