KBO League Rookie of the Year Award

The KBO League Rookie of the Year Award is given to the player judged the best first-year player in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) League. The most recent winner is Lee Jung-hoo of the Nexen Heroes.

Award winners

Year	Player	Team	Position	class=unsortable\|Ref
class="wikitable sortable"
1983	Park Jong-hoon	OB Bears	Outfielder
1984	Yun Seog-hwan	OB Bears	Pitcher
1985	Lee Sun-cheol	Haitai Tigers	Infielder
1986	Kim Keon-woo	MBC Chungyong	Pitcher
1987	Lee Jeong-hun	Binggrae Eagles	Outfielder
1988	Lee Yong-chul	MBC Chungyong	Pitcher
1989	Park Jeong-hyeon	Pacific Dolphins	Pitcher
1990	Kim Dong-soo	LG Twins	Catcher
1991	Cho Kyu-je	Ssangbangwool Raiders	Pitcher
1992	Yeom Jong-seok	Lotte Giants	Pitcher
1993	Yang Joon-hyuk	Samsung Lions	Infielder
1994	Yu Ji-hyeon	LG Twins	Infielder
1995	Lee Dong-su	Samsung Lions	Infielder
1996	Park Jae-hong	Hyundai Unicorns	Outfielder
1997	Lee Byung-kyu	LG Twins	Outfielder
1998	Kim Soo-kyung	Hyundai Unicorns	Pitcher
1999	Hong Sung-heon	Doosan Bears	Catcher
2000	Lee Seung-ho	SK Wyverns	Pitcher
2001	Kim Tae-kyun	Hanwha Eagles	Infielder
2002	Cho Yong-jun	Hyundai Unicorns	Pitcher
2003	Lee Dong-hak	Hyundai Unicorns	Pitcher
2004	Oh Ju-won	Hyundai Unicorns	Pitcher
2005	Oh Seung-hwan	Samsung Lions	Pitcher
2006	Ryu Hyun-jin	Hanwha Eagles	Pitcher
2007	Im Tae-hoon	Doosan Bears	Pitcher
2008	Choi Hyoung-woo	Samsung Lions	Outfielder
2009	Lee Yong-chan	Doosan Bears	Pitcher
2010	Yang Eui-ji	Doosan Bears	Catcher
2011	Bae Yeong-seob	Samsung Lions	Outfielder
2012	Seo Geon-chang	Nexen Heroes	Infielder
2013	Lee Jae-hak	NC Dinos	Pitcher
2014	Park Min-woo	NC Dinos	Infielder
2015	Koo Ja-wook	Samsung Lions	Infielder
2016	Shin Jae-young	Nexen Heroes	Pitcher
2017	Lee Jung-hoo	Nexen Heroes	Outfield	{{cite web\|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2017/11/06/0200000000AEN20171106006500315.html\|title=Teen sensation captures S. Korean baseball's top rookie award in landslide\|website=English.yonhapnews.co.kr\|accessdate=11 December 2017}}{{Cite web\|title=강백호, KT 첫 신인왕…"매해 발전하는 선수 되겠다"\|url=https://www.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20181119500076\|access-date=2020-09-27\|website=Seoul Shinmun\|language=ko}}
2018	Kang Baek-ho	KT Wiz	Outfielder	{{cite news \|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20181119035100007\|script-title=ko:'고졸신인 최다홈런' kt 강백호, KBO 신인상 영예 \|language=ko \|date=2018-11-19\|access-date=2021-02-25 \|first=Bae\|last=Jin-nam\|agency=Yonhap News Agency }}
2019 \|Jung Woo-young \|LG Twins \|Pitcher \|{{Cite web\|title='투수 3관왕' 두산 린드블럼, MVP·신인왕은 LG 정우영(종합)\|url=https://sports.news.naver.com/news.nhn?oid=001&aid=0011235687\|access-date=18 June 2020\|website=sports.news.naver.com\|language=ko}}{{Cite web\|date=2019-11-25\|title=[MD포토] LG 정우영 '신인왕의 주인공'\|url=http://mydaily.co.kr/new_yk/html/read.php?newsid=201911251423198991\|access-date=2020-09-27\|website=mydaily.co.kr}}
2020 \|So Hyeong-jun \|KT Wiz \|Pitcher \|{{Cite web\|date=2020-11-30\|title=신인왕 소형준· MVP 로하스…KT '올해 상복 5G네'\|url=http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=202011302138035&code=980101\|access-date=2020-12-02\|publisher=Kyunghyang Shinmun\|author=Kim Eun-jin\|language=korean}}
2021 \|Lee Eui-lee \|Kia Tigers \|Pitcher \|{{cite web \| url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20211129005251315 \| title=(LEAD) Teen left-hander wins KBO's top rookie award \| date=29 November 2021 }}
2022 \|Jeong Cheol-won \|Doosan Bears \|Pitcher \|
2023 \|Moon Dong-ju \|Hanwha Eagles \|Pitcher \|

References

Category:KBO League trophies and awards

Category:Rookie player awards

Category:South Korean awards