2015 Korean Series

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.^[1] The Doosan Bears defeated the regular season champions, the Samsung Lions in five games to win their fourth Korean Series championship.

2015 Korean Series
Tire Bank Korean Series 2015
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season Doosan Bears (4) Kim Tae-hyeong (3) 79–0–65, .549, 9 GB Samsung Lions (1) Ryu Joong-il (1) 88–0–56, .611, 2½ GA
Dates	October 26–31
MVP	Jung Soo-bin
← 2014 Korean Series 2016 →

Roster

^[2]

Samsung Lions
Roster
Pitchers 11 Jo Hyun-kun 13 Jang Won-sam 15 Shin Yong-woon 23 Cha Woo-chan 25 Tyler Cloyd 29 Baek Jung-hyun 30 Kim Ki-tae 44 Alfredo Fígaro 45 Kwon Oh-jun 52 Jung In-wook 55 Sim Chang-min 61 Park Geun-hong		Catchers 56 Lee Ji-young 48 Lee Heung-ryun Infielders  0 Kim Jae-hyun  3 Back Sang-won  7 Kim Sang-su 12 Yamaico Navarro 17 Chae Tae-in 18 Park Seok-min 36 Lee Seung-yuop 65 Koo Ja-wook		Outfielders 33 Park Han-yi 34 Choi Hyoung-woo 53 Bae Young-seop 58 Park Hae-min 59 Park Chan-do 93 Choi Seon-ho		Manager 75 Ryu Joong-il Coaches 80 Kim Seong-rae 71 Kim Pyeong-ho 73 Kim Jae-gul 78 Kim Yong-kook 82 Kim Tae-han 88 Ken Kadokura 83 Kang Seong-woo 86 Kim Han-soo

Doosan Bears
Roster
Pitchers 40 Dustin Nippert 29 Yoo Hee-kwan 28 Chang Won-jun 57 Lee Hyeon-ho 61 Ham Deok-ju 35 Jin Ya-kop 38 Noh Kyung-eun 42 Yun Myung-jun 48 Lee Hyun-seung 15 Oh Hyun-taek 64 Nam Kyeong-ho 56 Heo Jun-hyeok		Catchers 25 Yang Eui-ji 12 Choi Jae-hoon Infielders 13 Hur Kyoung-min 66 Kim Dong-han 52 Kim Jae-ho 17 Oh Jae-won  7 Choi Ju-hwan 36 Oh Jae-il 14 Ko Young-min  3 Deibinson Romero 22 Hong Sung-heun		Outfielders 50 Kim Hyun-soo 31 Jung Soo-bin 62 Jang Min-seok 49 Min Byung-hun 37 Park Keon-u		Manager 88 Kim Tae-hyoung Coaches 74 Yoo Ji-hwun 87 Park Cheol-woo 89 Han Yong-deok 75 Kwon Myung-chul 77 Jeon Hyung-do 86 Kang Seok-cheon 82 Kang Yin-kwon 81 Kang Dong-woo

Summary

Doosan Bears won the series, 4–1.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 26	Doosan Bears 8 – 9 Samsung Lions	Daegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu	3:46	10,000[3]
2	October 27	Doosan Bears 6 – 1 Samsung Lions	Daegu Baseball Stadium, Daegu	3:06	10,000[4]
3	October 29	Samsung Lions 1 – 5 Doosan Bears	Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul	3:22	25,000[5]
4	October 30	Samsung Lions 3 – 4 Doosan Bears	Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul	3:21	25,000[6]
5	October 31	Samsung Lions 2 – 13 Doosan Bears	Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul	3:32	25,000[7]

Matchups

Game 1

Monday, October 26, 2015 6:30 p.m. (KST) at Daegu Baseball Stadium in Daegu

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Doosan Bears	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	8	13	1
Samsung Lions	0	0	2	2	0	0	5	0	X	9	11	0
WP: Baek Jung-hyun (1–0)   LP: Lee Hyun-seung (0–1)   Sv: Cha Woo-chan (1) Home runs: DOO: Hur Kyoung-min (1) SAM: Park Seok-min (1), Yamaico Navarro (1) Attendance: 10,000 Boxscore

Game 2

Tuesday, October 27, 2015 6:30 p.m. (KST) at Daegu Baseball Stadium in Daegu

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Doosan Bears	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	6	9	2
Samsung Lions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
WP: Dustin Nippert (1–0)   LP: Jang Won-sam (0–1) Attendance: 10,000 Boxscore

Game 3

Thursday, October 29, 2015 6:30 p.m. (KST) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Samsung Lions	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1
Doosan Bears	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	X	5	6	0
WP: Jang Won-jun (1–0)   LP: Tyler Cloyd (0–1) Attendance: 25,000 Boxscore

Game 4

Friday, October 30, 2015 6:30 p.m. (KST) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Samsung Lions	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	1
Doosan Bears	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	X	4	9	1
WP: Noh Kyung-eun (1–0)   LP: Alfredo Fígaro (0–1)   Sv: Lee Hyun-seung (1) Attendance: 25,000 Boxscore

Game 5

Saturday, October 31, 2015 2:00 p.m. (KST) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Samsung Lions	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	0
Doosan Bears	2	0	5	0	2	0	3	1	X	13	17	0
WP: Yoo Hee-kwan (1–0)   LP: Jang Won-sam (0–2) Home runs: SAM: None DOO: Jung Soo-bin (1) Attendance: 25,000 Boxscore

2015 Korean Series Champion
Doosan Bears (Fourth title)

See also

• 2015 KBO League season
• 2015 World Series
• 2015 Japan Series

References

1. "It's Samsung vs. Doosan in Korean Series". The Korea Times. October 25, 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
2. "2015 Korean Series Roster" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
3. "Boxscore: October 26, 2015" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
4. "Boxscore: October 27, 2015" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
5. "Boxscore: October 29, 2015" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
6. "Boxscore: October 30, 2015" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
7. "Boxscore: October 31, 2015" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved October 31, 2015.