Sports season
2018 KBO League League KBO League Sport Baseball Duration March 24 – October 14 Number of games 144 per team Number of teams 10 Total attendance 8,073,742 Season champions Doosan Bears Season MVP Kim Jae-hwan (Doosan)Wild Card champions Nexen Heroes Wild Card runners-up KIA Tigers Semi-playoffs champions Nexen Heroes Semi-playoffs runners-up Hanwha Eagles Playoffs champions SK Wyverns Playoffs runners-up Nexen Heroes Champions SK Wyverns Runners-up Doosan Bears Finals MVP Han Dong-min (SK )
The 2018 KBO League season was the 37th season in the history of the KBO League .
Standings [ ]
Rank
Team
W
L
D
Pct.
GB
Postseason
1
Doosan Bears
93
51
0
.646
–
Korean Series
2
SK Wyverns
78
65
1
.545
14.5
Playoff
3
Hanwha Eagles
77
67
0
.535
16.0
Semi-playoff
4
Nexen Heroes
75
69
0
.521
18.0
Wild Card
5
KIA Tigers
70
74
0
.486
23.0
6
Samsung Lions
68
72
4
.486
23.0
Did not qualify
7
Lotte Giants
68
74
2
.479
24.0
8
LG Twins
67
75
1
.472
24.5
9
KT Wiz
59
82
3
.420
32.5
10
NC Dinos
58
85
1
.406
34.5
Source [1]
League Leaders [ ]
Foreign players [ ]
Each team can sign up to three foreign players. Due to the high proportion of pitchers signed in previous years, beginning in 2014 the league has mandated that at least one of the foreign players must be a position player.
Team
Player
Position
In KBO since
Salary
Notes
Samsung Lions
Tim Adleman
Pitcher
2018
$1,050,000
Lisalverto Bonilla
Pitcher
2018
$700,000
Darin Ruf
Infielder
2017
$1,500,000
NC Dinos
Logan Verrett
Pitcher
2018
$800,000
Wei-Chung Wang
Pitcher
2018
$900,000
Xavier Scruggs
Infielder
2017
$1,300,000
Doosan Bears
Seth Frankoff
Pitcher
2018
$850,000
Josh Lindblom
Pitcher
2015
$1,450,000
Jimmy Paredes
Infielder
2018
$800,000
Released
Scott Van Slyke
Outfielder
2018
$320,000
Mid-season signing
Nexen Heroes
Esmil Rogers
Pitcher
2015
$1,500,000
Released
Jake Brigham
Pitcher
2017
$650,000
Michael Choice
Outfielder
2017
$600,000
Released
Eric Hacker
Pitcher
2013
$300,000
Mid-season signing
Jerry Sands
Outfielder
2018
$100,000
Mid-season signing
SK Wyverns
Merrill Kelly
Pitcher
2015
$1,750,000
Ángel Sánchez
Pitcher
2018
$1,100,000
Jamie Romak
Infielder
2017
$850,000
Hanwha Eagles
Keyvius Sampson
Pitcher
2018
$700,000
Jason Wheeler
Pitcher
2018
$575,000
Released
Jared Hoying
Outfielder
2018
$700,000
David Hale
Pitcher
2018
$500,000
Mid-season signing
Kia Tigers
Héctor Noesí
Pitcher
2016
$2,000,000
Pat Dean
Pitcher
2017
$925,000
Roger Bernadina
Outfielder
2017
$1,100,000
Lotte Giants
Brooks Raley
Pitcher
2015
$1,170,000
Félix Doubront
Pitcher
2018
$1,000,000
Andy Burns
Infielder
2017
$730,000
LG Twins
Henry Sosa
Pitcher
2012
$1,200,000
Tyler Wilson
Pitcher
2018
$800,000
Adonis García
Infielder
2018
$800,000
KT Wiz
Ryan Feierabend
Pitcher
2015
$1,050,000
Dustin Nippert
Pitcher
2011
$1,000,000
Mel Rojas Jr.
Outfielder
2017
$1,000,000
Foreign hitters [ ]
Postseason [ ]
Wild Card [ ]
The series started with a 1–0 advantage for the fourth-placed team.
Nexen Heroes (2) vs. KIA Tigers (0)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 16
KIA Tigers – 6, Nexen Heroes – 10
Gocheok Sky Dome
3:42
15,915
Semi-Playoff [ ]
Hanwha Eagles (1) vs. Nexen Heroes (3)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 19
Nexen Heroes – 3 , Hanwha Eagles – 2
Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium
4:15
12,400
2
October 20
Nexen Heroes – 7 , Hanwha Eagles – 5
Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium
4:28
12,400
3
October 22
Hanwha Eagles – 4 , Nexen Heroes – 3
Gocheok Sky Dome
3:46
16,300
4
October 23
Hanwha Eagles – 2, Nexen Heroes – 5
Gocheok Sky Dome
3:41
16,300
Playoff [ ]
SK Wyverns (3) vs. Nexen Heroes (2)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 27
Nexen Heroes – 8, SK Wyverns – 10
Munhak Baseball Stadium
3:54
24,219
2
October 28
Nexen Heroes – 1, SK Wyverns – 5
Munhak Baseball Stadium
3:22
23,642
3
October 30
SK Wyverns – 2, Nexen Heroes – 3
Gocheok Sky Dome
3:04
13,839
4
October 31
SK Wyverns – 2, Nexen Heroes – 4
Gocheok Sky Dome
3:19
11,683
5
November 2
Nexen Heroes – 10, SK Wyverns – 11 (10)
Munhak Baseball Stadium
4:54
18,562
Korean Series [ ]
Doosan Bears (2) vs. SK Wyverns (4)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
November 4
SK Wyverns – 7 , Doosan Bears – 3
Jamsil Baseball Stadium
3:58
25,000
2
November 5
SK Wyverns – 3, Doosan Bears – 7
Jamsil Baseball Stadium
3:14
25,000
3
November 7
Doosan Bears – 2, SK Wyverns – 7
Munhak Baseball Stadium
3:22
25,000
4
November 9
Doosan Bears – 2 , SK Wyverns – 1
Munhak Baseball Stadium
3:07
25,000
5
November 10
Doosan Bears – 1, SK Wyverns – 4
Munhak Baseball Stadium
3:08
25,000
6
November 12
SK Wyverns – 5 , Doosan Bears – 4 (13)
Jamsil Baseball Stadium
5:07
25,000
Attendances [ ]
Team
Total attendance
Home average
Change vs. 2017
Doosan Bears
1,112,066
15,445
2 %
LG Twins
1,108,677
15,398
−2 %
SK Wyverns
1,037,211
14,406
16 %
Lotte Giants
901,634
12,523
−13 %
KIA Tigers
861,729
11,968
−16 %
Samsung Lions
752,310
10,449
7 %
Hanwha Eagles
734,110
10,196
24 %
KT Wiz
668,559
9,286
−3 %
Nexen Heroes
454,574
6,314
−35 %
NC Dinos
442,872
6,151
−17 %
Total
8,073,742
11,214
-4 %
References [ ]
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