2021_KBO_League_season

2021 KBO League season

2021 KBO League season

Sports season

The 2021 KBO League season, also known by naming rights sponsorship as 2021 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League (Korean: 2021 신한은행 SOL KBO 리그), was the 40th season in the history of the KBO League.

This article is about the 2021 KBO League season only. For the previous season, see 2020 KBO League season. For information on all of baseball, see 2021 in baseball.
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At the conclusion of the regular season, all five playoff positions were undecided going into the final day of the schedule. The Samsung Lions and KT Wiz met in a tiebreaker game to decide the regular season champion, the first such game since 1985.[1] The NC Dinos became the first defending champion to miss the playoffs since the Kia Tigers in 2010,[2] while the Doosan Bears qualified for the seventh consecutive year. In the postseason, the Korean Series was won by KT Wiz, who defeated the Doosan Bears who had advanced the championship series as a wild card.

2021 also marked the first KBO season for the SSG Landers, formerly known as the SK Wyverns.

Season format

The KBO is a 10-team league. Each team plays 144 games, facing the other nine teams 16 times apiece. Games are declared ties after 12 innings (15 in the postseason), and those contests have no bearing on a team’s winning percentage. Five teams make the playoffs, where the league uses a step-ladder format; the fifth- and fourth-placed teams battle in a Wild Card round, the winner faces the three seed, and so on. Teams are limited to three foreign players each. Only two such players are allowed in the lineup at any one time, so teams generally roster two pitchers and one position player.[3]

Standings

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*Samsung Lions hosted tiebreaker game by virtue of head-to-head record with KT Wiz (9-6-1)

**KT Wiz won against Samsung Lions 1-0 in the tiebreaker game

Postseason

Wild Card

The series started with a 1–0 advantage for the fourth-placed team.

Doosan Bears (2) vs. Kiwoom Heroes (1)

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Semi-playoff

LG Twins (1) vs. Doosan Bears (2)

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Playoff

Samsung Lions (0) vs. Doosan Bears (2)

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Korean Series

Main article: 2021 Korean Series

KT Wiz (4) vs. Doosan Bears (0)

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Yoo, Jee-ho (30 October 2021). "With 1st place at stake, Lions and Wiz to clash in KBO tiebreaker game". Yonhap News Agency. Archived from the original on 2021-10-30. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Dinos fail to reach playoffs, lose chance to defend KBO title". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  3. [3]
    Gawlowski, Brendan (April 2, 2021). "Presenting a 2021 KBO Preview". fangraphs.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-02. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Team Standings". mykbostats.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-27. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
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