The Korea Professional Baseball season was the 32nd season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball. The

Samsung Lions The Samsung Lions () are a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982. They are based in the southeastern city of Daegu and are members of the KBO League. Their home stadium is Daegu Samsung Lions Park. They have won the Korean Cha ...

won the regular season and Korean series.

Season structure

Regular season

For the 2013 season, due to the admission of the

NC Dinos The NC Dinos () are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Changwon. They are a member of the KBO League. Since 2019, their home stadium is Changwon NC Park. NC Dinos are owned by video game developer NCSoft Corporation. History On ...

as the KBO's ninth team, each team's schedule was reduced from 133 games to 128 games during the regular season with the new schedule arranging for each team to play every other team 16 times.Korea Baseball Organization (2013)
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(Korean). Retrieved 18 March 2013.

All-Star Game

On 19 July, the best players in the KBO participated in the Korean All-Star game at

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. The franchises participating were divided into two regions: Eastern League (

Doosan Bears The Doosan Bears () are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Seoul. Founded in 1982, they are a member of the KBO League. The Bears have won six Korean Series titles (1982, 1995, 2001, 2015, 2016, and 2019) and play their home game ...

Lotte Giants The Lotte Giants () are a South Korean professional baseball, professional baseball team based in Busan. They are a member of the KBO League. The Lotte Giants are owned by Lotte Corporation. From 1982 through 1985, they played at Gudeok Baseball ...

SK Wyverns SSG Landers () are a South Korean professional baseball, professional baseball team. The team was originally established as the SK Wyverns but was renamed as the SSG Landers in 2021 after Shinsegae acquired the team from SK Group. They are a membe ...

) and Western League (

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Hanwha Eagles The Hanwha Eagles () are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Daejeon that competes in the KBO League. The Eagles' home ballpark is Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark. They have won the Korean Series once, in 1999, and the league penn ...

LG Twins The LG Twins () are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Seoul, South Korea. They are a member of the KBO League. The Twins play their home games at Jamsil Baseball Stadium, which they share with their rivals, the Doosan Bears. ...

Nexen Heroes The Kiwoom Heroes () are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Seoul. They are a member of the KBO League. The Heroes play their home games at Gocheok Sky Dome in Gocheok-dong, a neighborhood located in the southwestern part of Se ...

). The titles 'Eastern' and 'Western' do not directly correspond to the geographical regions of the franchises involved, as both SK and Doosan, being from

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and

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respectively, are based in the Western region of Korea, despite representing the Eastern League. Unlike in

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, the Korean All-Star Game does not determine home-field advantage in the

Korean Series The Korean Series () is the final championship series of the KBO League. It has been held since the KBO League's first season in and is the final series of the post-season play-offs. From to 2013, the winner of the Korean Series went on to play ...

. The 2013 Korean All-Star Game was won by the Eastern League, 4–2.

Postseason

The 2013 Korea Professional Baseball season culminated in its championship series, known as the

. The top four teams qualified for the postseason based on their records. The team with the best record gained a direct berth into the Korean Series, while the other three teams competed for the remaining spot in the Korea Series in a step-ladder playoff system: *Semi-playoff (best-of-five-game series, had been originally best-of-three-game-games, became best-of-five-game series in 2008) **Regular-season third-place team vs. regular-season fourth-place team *Playoff (best-of-five-game-series, had been originally best-of-seven-game series, became best-of-five-game-series in 2009) **Regular-season second-place team vs. semi-playoff winner *Korean Series (best-of-seven-game series) **Regular-season first-place-team vs. playoff winner Unlike the regular season, no playoff game can result in a draw so each series can be completed as it was intended to be, whether it be a best-of-five-game or best-of-seven-games series.

To determine the final standings

*Champion (1st place): Korean Series winner *Runner-up (2nd place): Korean Series loser *3rd–9th place: sort by regular-season record except teams to play in the Korean Series.

Standings

Postseason

Semi-playoff

Playoff

Korean Series

Foreign players

For the second straight year, there are no foreign hitters in the KBO, as all nine teams use their foreign player allotments on pitchers.

References

External links

Official Site
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