2015 Korean Series

{{Infobox Korean Series

| image = 2015 KBO Korean Series.png

| image_size=200

| caption = Tire Bank Korean Series 2015

| country = Korean

| year = 2015

| runnerup = Samsung Lions (1)

| runnerup_manager = Ryu Joong-il

| runnerup_games = (1) 88–0–56, .611, 2½ GA

| champion = Doosan Bears (4)

| champion_manager = Kim Tae-hyeong

| champion_games = (3) 79–0–65, .549, 9 GB

| date = October 26–31

| MVP = Jung Soo-bin

| television =

| announcers =

| radio_network =

| radio_announcers =

| umpires =

}}

The 2015 Korean Series was the championship series of the 2015 KBO League season. The Samsung Lions, four-time consecutive defending champions, played the winner of the playoff series, the Doosan Bears.{{cite news

|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2015/10/662_189416.html

|title=It's Samsung vs. Doosan in Korean Series

|date=October 25, 2015

|work=The Korea Times

|access-date=October 27, 2015}} The Doosan Bears defeated the regular season champions, the Samsung Lions in five games to win their fourth Korean Series championship.

Roster

{{cite web |title=2015 Korean Series Roster |language=ko |url=http://www.koreabaseball.com/News/Notice/View.aspx?bdSe=6095 |publisher=Korea Baseball Organization |accessdate=October 30, 2015}}

class="toccolours" style="font-size:95%;"
colspan="10" style="background:#074CA1; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;"| Samsung Lions
colspan="10" style="background:#BEC0C2; color:#074CA1; text-align:center;"| Roster
valign="top" | Pitchers

{{player|11| |Jo Hyun-kun}}

{{player|13| |Jang Won-sam}}

{{player|15| |Shin Yong-woon}}

{{player|23| |Cha Woo-chan}}

{{player|25| |Tyler Cloyd}}

{{player|29| |Baek Jung-hyun}}

{{player|30| |Kim Ki-tae}}

{{player|44| |Alfredo Fígaro}}

{{player|45| |Kwon Oh-jun}}

{{player|52| |Jung In-wook}}

{{player|55| |Sim Chang-min}}

{{player|61| |Park Geun-hong}}

| style="width:25px;"|

| valign="top" | Catchers

{{player|56| |Lee Ji-young}}

{{player|48| |Lee Heung-ryun}}

Infielders

{{player| 0| |Kim Jae-hyun}}

{{player| 3| |Back Sang-won}}

{{player| 7| |Kim Sang-su}}

{{player|12| |Yamaico Navarro}}

{{player|17| |Chae Tae-in}}

{{player|18| |Park Seok-min}}

{{player|36| |Lee Seung-yuop}}

{{player|65| |Koo Ja-wook}}

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| valign="top" |Outfielders

{{player|33| |Park Han-yi}}

{{player|34| |Choi Hyoung-woo}}

{{player|53| |Bae Young-seop}}

{{player|58| |Park Hae-min}}

{{player|59| |Park Chan-do}}

{{player|93| |Choi Seon-ho}}

| style="width:25px;"|

| valign="top" | Manager

{{player|75| |Ryu Joong-il}}

Coaches

{{player|80| |Kim Seong-rae}}

{{player|71| |Kim Pyeong-ho}}

{{player|73| |Kim Jae-gul}}

{{player|78| |Kim Yong-kook}}

{{player|82| |Kim Tae-han}}

{{player|88| |Ken Kadokura}}

{{player|83| |Kang Seong-woo}}

{{player|86| |Kim Han-soo}}


class="toccolours" style="font-size:95%;"
colspan="10" style="background:#131230; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;"| Doosan Bears
colspan="10" style="background:#ED1C24; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;"| Roster
valign="top" | Pitchers

{{player|40| |Dustin Nippert}}

{{player|29| |Yoo Hee-kwan}}

{{player|28| |Chang Won-jun}}

{{player|57| |Lee Hyeon-ho}}

{{player|61| |Ham Deok-ju}}

{{player|35| |Jin Ya-kop}}

{{player|38| |Noh Kyung-eun}}

{{player|42| |Yun Myung-jun}}

{{player|48| |Lee Hyun-seung}}

{{player|15| |Oh Hyun-taek}}

{{player|64| |Nam Kyeong-ho}}

{{player|56| |Heo Jun-hyeok}}

| style="width:25px;"|

| valign="top" | Catchers

{{player|25| |Yang Eui-ji}}

{{player|12| |Choi Jae-hoon}}

Infielders

{{player|13| |Hur Kyoung-min}}

{{player|66| |Kim Dong-han}}

{{player|52| |Kim Jae-ho}}

{{player|17| |Oh Jae-won}}

{{player| 7| |Choi Ju-hwan}}

{{player|36| |Oh Jae-il}}

{{player|14| |Ko Young-min}}

{{player| 3| |Deibinson Romero}}

{{player|22| |Hong Sung-heun}}

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| valign="top" |Outfielders

{{player|50| |Kim Hyun-soo}}

{{player|31| |Jung Soo-bin}}

{{player|62| |Jang Min-seok}}

{{player|49| |Min Byung-hun}}

{{player|37| |Park Keon-u}}

| style="width:25px;"|

| valign="top" | Manager

{{player|88| |Kim Tae-hyoung}}

Coaches

{{player|74| |Yoo Ji-hwun}}

{{player|87| |Park Cheol-woo}}

{{player|89| |Han Yong-deok}}

{{player|75| |Kwon Myung-chul}}

{{player|77| |Jeon Hyung-do}}

{{player|86| |Kang Seok-cheon}}

{{player|82| |Kang Yin-kwon}}

{{player|81| |Kang Dong-woo}}

Summary

{{MLB Playoff Summary

| summary =

| winner = Doosan Bears

| leader =

| score = 4–1

| date1 = October 26

| score1 = Doosan Bears 8 – 9 Samsung Lions

| loc1 = Daegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu

| time1 = 3:46

| att1 = 10,000

| ref1 ={{cite web |title=Boxscore: October 26, 2015 |language=ko |url=http://www.koreabaseball.com/Schedule/Game/BoxScore.aspx?leagueId=1&seriesId=7&gameId=20151026OBSS0&gyear=2015 |publisher=Korea Baseball Organization |accessdate=October 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216032220/http://www.koreabaseball.com/Schedule/Game/BoxScore.aspx?leagueId=1&seriesId=7&gameId=20151026OBSS0&gyear=2015 |archive-date=2016-02-16 |url-status=dead }}

| date2 = October 27

| score2 = Doosan Bears 6 – 1 Samsung Lions

| loc2 = Daegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu

| time2 = 3:06

| att2 = 10,000

| ref2 ={{cite web |title=Boxscore: October 27, 2015 |language=ko |url=http://www.koreabaseball.com/Schedule/Game/BoxScore.aspx?leagueId=1&seriesId=7&gameId=20151027OBSS0&gyear=2015 |publisher=Korea Baseball Organization |accessdate=October 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216052414/http://www.koreabaseball.com/Schedule/Game/BoxScore.aspx?leagueId=1&seriesId=7&gameId=20151027OBSS0&gyear=2015 |archive-date=2016-02-16 |url-status=dead }}

| date3 = October 29

| score3 = Samsung Lions 1 – 5 Doosan Bears

| loc3 = Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul

| time3 = 3:22

| att3 = 25,000

| ref3 ={{cite web |title=Boxscore: October 29, 2015 |language=ko |url=http://www.koreabaseball.com/Schedule/Game/BoxScore.aspx?leagueId=1&seriesId=7&gameId=20151029SSOB0&gyear=2015 |publisher=Korea Baseball Organization |accessdate=October 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216052411/http://www.koreabaseball.com/Schedule/Game/BoxScore.aspx?leagueId=1&seriesId=7&gameId=20151029SSOB0&gyear=2015 |archive-date=2016-02-16 |url-status=dead }}

| date4 = October 30

| score4 = Samsung Lions 3 – 4 Doosan Bears

| loc4 = Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul

| time4 = 3:21

| att4 =25,000

| ref4 ={{cite web |title=Boxscore: October 30, 2015 |language=ko |url=http://www.koreabaseball.com/Schedule/Game/BoxScore.aspx?leagueId=1&seriesId=7&gameId=20151030SSOB0&gyear=2015 |publisher=Korea Baseball Organization |accessdate=October 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216043913/http://www.koreabaseball.com/Schedule/Game/BoxScore.aspx?leagueId=1&seriesId=7&gameId=20151030SSOB0&gyear=2015 |archive-date=2016-02-16 |url-status=dead }}

| date5 = October 31

| score5 = Samsung Lions 2 – 13 Doosan Bears

| loc5 = Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul

| time5 = 3:32

| att5 =25,000

| ref5 ={{cite web |title=Boxscore: October 31, 2015 |language=ko |url=http://www.koreabaseball.com/Schedule/Game/BoxScore.aspx?leagueId=1&seriesId=7&gameId=20151031SSOB0&gyear=2015 |publisher=Korea Baseball Organization |accessdate=October 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216054941/http://www.koreabaseball.com/Schedule/Game/BoxScore.aspx?leagueId=1&seriesId=7&gameId=20151031SSOB0&gyear=2015 |archive-date=2016-02-16 |url-status=dead }}

}}

Matchups

=Game 1=

{{linescore

| Date = Monday, October 26, 2015

| Time = 6:30 p.m. (KST)

| Location = Daegu Baseball Stadium in Daegu

| Other =

| Road = Doosan Bears| RoadAbr = DOO

| R1 = 2 | R2 = 3 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 1 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 2 | R7 = 0 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 0 | RR = 8 | RH = 13 | RE = 1

| Home = Samsung Lions | HomeAbr = SAM

| H1 = 0 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 2 | H4 = 2 | H5 = 0 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 5 | H8 = 0 | H9 = X | HR = 9 | HH = 11 | HE = 0

| WP = Baek Jung-hyun (1–0) | LP =Lee Hyun-seung (0–1) | SV = Cha Woo-chan (1)

| HomeHR = Park Seok-min (1), Yamaico Navarro (1) | RoadHR = Hur Kyoung-min (1)

| Attendance = 10,000

| Notes =

| BoxURL = http://eng.koreabaseball.com/Schedule/Scoreboard.aspx?searchDate=2015-10-26

}}

=Game 2=

{{linescore

| Date = Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| Time = 6:30 p.m. (KST)

| Location = Daegu Baseball Stadium in Daegu

| Other =

| Road = Doosan Bears| RoadAbr = DOO

| R1 = 0 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 4 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 1 | R8 = 1 | R9 = 0 | RR = 6 | RH = 9 | RE = 2

| Home = Samsung Lions| HomeAbr = SAM

| WP = Dustin Nippert (1–0) | LP =Jang Won-sam (0–1) | SV =

| H1 = 0 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 0 | H5 = 0 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 0 | H8 = 0 | H9 = 1 | HR = 1 | HH = 6 | HE = 0

| Attendance = 10,000

| Notes =

| BoxURL = http://eng.koreabaseball.com/Schedule/Scoreboard.aspx?searchDate=2015-10-27

}}

=Game 3=

{{linescore

| Date = Thursday, October 29, 2015

| Time = 6:30 p.m. (KST)

| Location = Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul

| Other =

| Road = Samsung Lions| RoadAbr = SAM

| R1 = 1 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 0 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 0 | RR = 1 | RH = 8 | RE = 1

| Home = Doosan Bears | HomeAbr = DOO

| WP = Jang Won-jun (1–0) | LP =Tyler Cloyd (0–1) | SV =

| H1 = 0 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 2 | H5 = 1 | H6 = 2 | H7 = 0 | H8 = 0 | H9 = X | HR = 5 | HH = 6 | HE = 0

| Attendance = 25,000

| Notes =

| BoxURL = http://eng.koreabaseball.com/Schedule/Scoreboard.aspx?searchDate=2015-10-29

}}

=Game 4=

{{linescore

| Date = Friday, October 30, 2015

| Time = 6:30 p.m. (KST)

| Location = Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul

| Other =

| Road = Samsung Lions| RoadAbr = SAM

| R1 = 0 | R2 = 3 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 0 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 0 | RR = 3 | RH = 9 | RE = 1

| Home = Doosan Bears | HomeAbr = DOO

| H1 = 2 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 1 | H5 = 1 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 0 | H8 = 0 | H9 = X | HR = 4 | HH = 9 | HE = 1

| WP =Noh Kyung-eun (1–0)| LP =Alfredo Fígaro (0–1)| SV = Lee Hyun-seung (1)

| HomeHR = | RoadHR =

| Attendance = 25,000

| BoxURL = http://eng.koreabaseball.com/Schedule/Scoreboard.aspx?searchDate=2015-10-30

}}

=Game 5=

{{linescore

| Date = Saturday, October 31, 2015

| Time = 2:00 p.m. (KST)

| Location = Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul

| Other =

| Road = Samsung Lions| RoadAbr = SAM

| R1 = 0 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 1 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 1 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 0 | RR = 2 | RH = 9 | RE = 0

| Home = Doosan Bears | HomeAbr = DOO

| H1 = 2 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 5 | H4 = 0 | H5 = 2 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 3 | H8 = 1 | H9 = X | HR =13 | HH =17 | HE = 0

| WP =Yoo Hee-kwan (1–0)| LP =Jang Won-sam (0–2) | SV =

| HomeHR =Jung Soo-bin (1) | RoadHR =

| Attendance = 25,000

| BoxURL = http://eng.koreabaseball.com/Schedule/Scoreboard.aspx?searchDate=2015-10-31

}}

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2015 Korean Series Champion
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Doosan Bears
(Fourth title)

See also

References