2011 Korea Professional Baseball season
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox sports season
| title = 2011 Lotte Card Pro Baseball
| color =
| color text =
| league = Korea Professional Baseball
| sport = Baseball
| logo = 2011 Lotte Card Pro Baseball.png
| pixels = 200px
| caption =
| duration = April 2011 – October 2011
| no_of_teams = 8
| no_of_games = 133 per team
| attendance =
| TV =
| draft =
| draft_link =
| top_pick =
| picked_by =
| season = Regular Season
| season_champs = Samsung Lions
| MVP = Yoon Suk-min (Kia)
| MVP_link = KBO League Most Valuable Player Award
| top_scorer =
| top_scorer_link =
| promote =
| promoted_from =
| relegate =
| relegate_to =
| playoffs = League Postseason
| playoffs_link =
| conf1 = Semiplayoff
| conf1_link =
| conf1_champ = SK Wyverns
| conf1_runner-up = Kia Tigers
| conf2 = Playoff
| conf2_link =
| conf2_champ = SK Wyverns
| conf2_runner-up = Lotte Giants
| playoffs_MVP =
| playoffs_MVP_link=
| finals = Korean Series
| finals_link = 2011 Korean Series
| finals_champ = Samsung Lions
| finals_runner-up = SK Wyverns
| finals_MVP = Seung-hwan Oh (Samsung)
| finals_MVP_link = Korean Series Most Valuable Player Award
| seasonslist = List of KBO League seasons
| seasonslistnames = KBO
| prevseason_link = 2010 Korea Professional Baseball season
| prevseason_year = 2010
| nextseason_link = 2012 Korea Professional Baseball season
| nextseason_year = 2012
}}
The {{By|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.
Format
=Season format=
- 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=
- 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
| class="wikitable" | ||||||
| | Rank | Team | GP | W | D | L | Pct. |
| bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 1 | Samsung Lions | 133 | 79 | 4 | 50 | 0.612 |
| bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 2 | Lotte Giants | 133 | 72 | 5 | 56 | 0.563 |
| bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 3 | SK Wyverns | 133 | 71 | 3 | 59 | 0.547 |
| bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 4 | Kia Tigers | 133 | 70 | 0 | 63 | 0.526 |
| 5 | Doosan Bears | 133 | 61 | 2 | 70 | 0.466 |
| rowspan="2"|6 | LG Twins | rowspan="2"| 133 | rowspan="2"| 59 | rowspan="2"| 2 | rowspan="2"| 72 | rowspan="2"| 0.450 |
| | Hanwha Eagles | ||||||
| 8 | Nexen Heroes | 133 | 51 | 2 | 80 | 0.389 |
| width="220" class="wikitable" |
| Pennant Race Winner |
|---|
| align="center" |
Post-season
=Semiplayoff=
{{MLB Playoff Summary
| summary =
| winner = SK Wyverns
| leader =
| score = 3–1
| score1 = SK Wyverns – 1, Kia Tigers – 5
| date1 = 8 October 2011
| loc1 = Incheon
| time1 = 200 PM
| att1 =
| ref1 =
| score2 = SK Wyverns – 3, Kia Tigers – 2
| date2 = 9 October 2011
| loc2 = Incheon
| time2 = 2:00 PM
| att2 =
| ref2 =
| score3 = KIA Tigers – 0, SK Wyverns – 2
| date3 = 11 October 2011
| loc3 = Gwangju
| time3 = 6:00 PM
| att3 =
| ref3 =
| score4 = Kia Tigers – 0, SK Wyverns – 8
| date4 = 12 October 2011
| loc4 = Gwangju
| time4 = 6:00 PM
| att4 =
| ref4 =
}}
=Playoff=
{{MLB Playoff Summary
| summary =
| winner = SK Wyverns
| leader =
| score = 3–2
| score1 = Lotte Giants – 6, SK Wyverns – 7 (10th inning)
| date1 = 16 October 2011
| loc1 = Busan
| time1 = 2:00 PM
| att1 =
| ref1 =
| score2 = Lotte Giants – 4, SK Wyverns – 1
| date2 = 17 October 2011
| loc2 = Busan
| time2 = 6:00 PM
| att2 =
| ref2 =
| score3 = SK Wyverns – 3, Lotte Giants – 0
| date3 = 19 October 2010
| loc3 = Incheon
| time3 = 6:00 PM
| att3 =
| ref3 =
| score4 = SK Wyverns – 0, Lotte Giants – 2
| date4 = 20 October 2011
| loc4 = Incheon
| time4 = 6:00 PM
| att4 =
| ref4 =
| score5 = Lotte Giants – 4, SK Wyverns – 8
| date5 = 23 October 2011
| loc5 = Busan
| time5 = 2:00 PM
| att5 =
| ref5 =
}}
=Korean Series (championship)=
{{MLB Playoff Summary
| summary =
| winner = Samsung Lions
| leader =
| score = 4–1
| score1 = Samsung Lions (2–0) SK Wyverns
| date1 = 25 October 2011
| loc1 = Daegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu
| time1 = 6:00 PM
| att1 =
| ref1 =
| score2 = Samsung Lions (2–1) SK Wyverns
| date2 = 26 October 2011
| loc2 = Daegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu
| time2 = 2:00 PM
| att2 =
| ref2 =
| score3 = Samsung Lions (1–2) SK Wyverns
| date3 = 28 October 2011
| loc3 = Munhak Baseball Stadium, Incheon
| time3 = 6:00 PM
| att3 =
| ref3 =
| score4 = Samsung Lions (8–4) SK Wyverns
| date4 = 29 October 2011
| loc4 = Munhak Baseball Stadium, Incheon
| time4 = 2:00 PM
| att4 =
| ref4 =
| score5 = Samsung Lions (1–0) SK Wyverns
| date5 = 31 October 2011
| loc5 = Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul
| time5 = 6:00 PM
| att5 =
| ref5 =
}}
| width="220" class="wikitable" |
| 2011 Korean Series Winner |
|---|
| align="center"
| |
Foreign hitters
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| Team | Player | Position | In KBO since | Batting Average | Home runs | RBI | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doosan Bears | NONE | colspan="5" | N/A | |||||
| Hanwha Eagles | Karim García | OF | 2008 | .246 | 18 | 61 | |
| Kia Tigers | NONE | colspan="5" | N/A | |||||
| LG Twins | NONE | colspan="5" | N/A | |||||
| Lotte Giants | NONE | colspan="5" | 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{{cite web |url=http://www.kyongbuk.co.kr/main/news/news_content.php?id=546264&news_area=060&news_divide=06001&news_local=&effect=4 |script-title=ko:삼성, 라이언 가코 방출 새용병 덕 매티스 영입 |publisher=kyongbuk newspaper |date=15 July 2011 |accessdate=15 July 2011 |language=Korean}} |
| SK Wyverns | NONE | colspan="5" | N/A |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.koreabaseball.com Official Site]
{{KBO League}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2011 Korea Professional Baseball Season}}