2008 Korea Professional Baseball season

none February 2008 Samsung PAVV Pro Baseball 2008 2008 삼성 PAVV 프로야구 Korea Professional Baseball Baseball 2008 Korea Professional Baseball season.png 200px March 29–October 8 126 per team Regular Season SK Wyverns Doosan Bears Kim Kwang-hyun (SK) KBO League Most Valuable Player Award League Postseason Semiplayoff Samsung Lions Lotte Giants Playoff Doosan Bears Samsung Lions Korean Series 2008 Korean Series SK Wyverns Doosan Bears Choi Jeong (SK) Korean Series Most Valuable Player Award List of KBO League seasons KBO 2007 Korea Professional Baseball season 2007 2009 Korea Professional Baseball season 2009 The 2008 Korea Professional Baseball season, officially known as the Samsung PAVV Pro Baseball 2008 (Korean: 2008 삼성 PAVV 프로야구) for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th season in the history of the KBO League, this was the first season with the Heroes, that had replaced the now-folded Hyundai Unicorns. The champions of the season were the SSG Langers known as SK Wyverns at that time. Season structure Season format Regular Season: 126 games for each team Semiplayoff: regular-season 3rd place vs. regular-season 4th place – best of 5 Playoff: regular-season 2nd place vs. Semiplayoff winner – best of 7 Korean Series: regular-season 1st place vs. Playoff winner – best of 7 Final standings 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 Sponsorship change Hyundai stopped their sponsorship after the 2007 season, and the Unicorns were renamed the Woori Heroes after Centennial Investments sold the naming rights to the Woori Tobacco Company. They also announced possible player salary reductions.Our Cigarette Heroes Unveil Crisp, Refreshing Logo and Uniform in Morning Ceremony--Resume Dirty Deeds by Afternoon Standings RankTeamWLPct.GB1SK Wyverns8343.659–2Doosan Bears7056.55613.03Lotte Giants6957.54814.04Samsung Lions6561.51618.05Hanwha Eagles6462.50819.06Kia Tigers5769.45226.07Heroes5076.39733.08LG Twins4680.36537.0 Postseason Semiplayoff Samsung Lions win the series, 3–0 GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1Samsung Lions – 12, Lotte Giants - 3October 8Sajik Baseball Stadium30,0002Samsung Lions – 4, Lotte Giants - 3October 9Sajik Baseball Stadium27,5593Lotte Giants – 4, Samsung Lions - 6October 11Daegu Baseball Stadium12,000 Playoff Doosan Bears win the series, 4–2 GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1Samsung Lions – 4, Doosan Bears – 8October 16Jamsil Baseball Stadium30,5002Samsung Lions – 7, Doosan Bears – 4 (14 innings)October 17Jamsil Baseball Stadium30,5003Doosan Bears – 2, Samsung Lions – 6October 19Daegu Baseball Stadium12,0004Doosan Bears – 12, Samsung Lions – 6October 20Daegu Baseball Stadium12,0005Doosan Bears – 6, Samsung Lions – 4October 21Daegu Baseball Stadium12,0006Samsung Lions – 2, Doosan Bears – 5October 23Jamsil Baseball Stadium30,500 Korean Series 2008 Korean Series SK Wyverns win the series, 4–1 GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1Doosan Bears – 5, SK Wyverns – 2October 26Munhak Baseball Stadium30,4002Doosan Bears – 2, SK Wyverns – 5October 27Munhak Baseball Stadium30,4003SK Wyverns – 3, Doosan Bears – 2October 29Jamsil Baseball Stadium30,5004SK Wyverns – 4, Doosan Bears – 1October 30Jamsil Baseball Stadium30,5005SK Wyverns – 2, Doosan Bears – 0October 31Jamsil Baseball Stadium30,500 Foreign hitters Team Player Position In KBO since Batting Average Home runs RBI Notes Doosan Bears NONE N/A Hanwha Eagles Doug Clark OF 2008 .246 22 79 Kia Tigers Wilson Valdez SS 2008 .281 1 16 LG Twins Roberto Petagine 1B 2008 .347 7 35 Replaced starting pitcher Jamie Brown on the roster Lotte Giants Karim García OF 2008 .283 30 111 Golden Glove Award Samsung Lions Jacob Cruz OF 2007 .282 2 21 SK Wyverns NONE N/A Team had 3 foreign pitchers Woori Heroes Cliff Brumbaugh OF 2003 .293 13 61 Statistics Team statistics Team Team BA Team ERA Runs Scored Runs Allowed HRSK Wyverns.2823.2263246189Lotte Giants.2823.6462451893Doosan Bears.2763.8964754268Heroes.2664.4349960970Kia Tigers.2604.0850355548Samsung Lions.2584.4055759692LG Twins.2564.8546864666Hanwha Eagles.2544.43592595120Totals4,5224,522646 References External links http://www.koreabaseball.com (Korean) Standings (Korean) Category:KBO League seasons Korea Professional Baseball Season, 2008 Korea Professional Baseball season