# 2020 KBO League season

The 2020 KBO League season, also known by naming rights sponsorship as 2020 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League (Korean: 2020 신한은행 SOL KBO 리그), was the 39th season in the history of the KBO League.

## Season schedule

The 2020 KBO League season schedule was released in December 2019. Opening Day was originally scheduled on 28 March 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, the Korea Baseball Organization announced in March 2020 that all ten exhibition games would be cancelled, and the start of the season would be delayed until April.
The Kia Tigers, a KBO League team that had arrived in the United States on 30 January 2020 to hold a portion of its spring training activities, remained in their early spring training venue, Terry Park Ballfield in Fort Myers, Florida (United States) through March. Preseason KBO League games began on 21 April. The regular season began on 5 May.
An Chi-hong was the only free agent to move to the Lotte Giants.
Starting with the 2020 season, if a tie exists for the No. 1 seed, and automatic trip to the Korean Series, then the tiebreaker (head to head record) will not be implemented; instead, a one game playoff system will be used to determine the automatic bye.

## Standings

Regular season standings :
| Rank | Team | P | W | L | D | Pct. | GB | Postseason |
| 1 | NC Dinos | 144 | 83 | 55 | 6 | .601 | — | Korean Series |
| 2 | KT Wiz | 144 | 81 | 62 | 1 | .566 | 4.5 | Playoff |
| 3 | Doosan Bears | 144 | 79 | 61 | 4 | .564 | 5.0 | Semi-playoff |
| 4 | LG Twins | 144 | 79 | 61 | 4 | .564 | 5.0 | Wild Card |
| 5 | Kiwoom Heroes | 144 | 80 | 63 | 1 | .559 | 5.5 | Wild Card |
| 6 | Kia Tigers | 144 | 73 | 71 | 0 | .507 | 13.0 | Did not qualify |
| 7 | Lotte Giants | 144 | 71 | 72 | 1 | .497 | 14.5 | Did not qualify |
| 8 | Samsung Lions | 144 | 64 | 75 | 5 | .460 | 19.5 | Did not qualify |
| 9 | SK Wyverns | 144 | 51 | 92 | 1 | .357 | 34.5 | Did not qualify |
| 10 | Hanwha Eagles | 144 | 46 | 95 | 3 | .326 | 38.5 | Did not qualify |

## Postseason

| Wild Card | Wild Card | Wild Card | Semi-playoff | Semi-playoff | Semi-playoff | Playoff | Playoff | Playoff | Korean Series | Korean Series | Korean Series |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | NC Dinos | 4 |
| | | | | | | 2 | KT Wiz | 1 | 3 | Doosan Bears | 2 |
| | | | 3 | Doosan Bears | 2 | 3 | Doosan Bears | 3 | | | |
| 4 | LG Twins | 2 | 4 | LG Twins | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Kiwoom Heroes | 0 | | | | | | | | | |

### Wild Card

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

### Korean Series

NC Dinos won the series, 4–2.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | November 17 | Doosan Bears – 3, NC Dinos – 5 | Gocheok Sky Dome | 3:21 | 8,200 |
| 2 | November 18 | Doosan Bears – 5, NC Dinos – 4 | Gocheok Sky Dome | 3:38 | 8,200 |
| 3 | November 20 | NC Dinos – 6, Doosan Bears – 7 | Gocheok Sky Dome | 4:24 | 5,100 |
| 4 | November 21 | NC Dinos – 3, Doosan Bears – 0 | Gocheok Sky Dome | 3:28 | 5,100 |
| 5 | November 23 | Doosan Bears – 0, NC Dinos – 5 | Gocheok Sky Dome | 3:01 | 5,100 |
| 6 | November 24 | Doosan Bears – 2, NC Dinos – 4 | Gocheok Sky Dome | 3:34 | 1,670 |

## League leaders

Batting leaders :
| Stat | Player | Team | Total |
| Batting Average | Choi Hyung-woo | Kia Tigers | .354 |
| Home runs | Mel Rojas Jr. | KT Wiz | 47 |
| Runs Batted In | Mel Rojas Jr. | KT Wiz | 135 |
| Runs | Mel Rojas Jr. | KT Wiz | 116 |
| Hits | José Fernández | Doosan Bears | 199 |
| Stolen Bases | Sim Woo-jun | KT Wiz | 35 |
| On-base percentage | Park Suk-min | NC Dinos | .436 |
| Slugging percentage | Mel Rojas Jr. | KT Wiz | .680 |
Pitching leaders :
| Stat | Player | Team | Total |
| Earned run average | Eric Jokisch | Kiwoom Heroes | 2.14 |
| Wins | Raúl Alcántara | Doosan Bears | 20 |
| Saves | Cho Sang-woo | Kiwoom Heroes | 33 |
| Holds | Ju Kwon | KT Wiz | 31 |
| Innings pitched | Odrisamer Despaigne | KT Wiz | 207.2 |
| Strikeouts | Dan Straily | Lotte Giants | 205 |
| WHIP | Dan Straily | Lotte Giants | 1.02 |

## Foreign hitters
### Foreign hitters

| Team | Player | Batting Average | Home Runs | RBI | Notes |
| Doosan Bears | José Miguel Fernández | .340 | 21 | 105 | KBO hits leader; Golden Glove Award |
| Hanwha Eagles | Jared Hoying | .194 | 4 | 14 | Released by the team |
| Hanwha Eagles | Brandon Barnes | .265 | 9 | 42 | Signed to replace Jared Hoying |
| Kia Tigers | Preston Tucker | .306 | 32 | 113 | |
| Kiwoom Heroes | Taylor Motter | .114 | 1 | 3 | Released by the team |
| Kiwoom Heroes | Addison Russell | .254 | 2 | 31 | Signed to replace Taylor Motter |
| KT Wiz | Mel Rojas Jr. | .349 | 47 | 135 | KBO League Most Valuable Player Award; HR and RBI leader; Golden Glove Award |
| LG Twins | Roberto Ramos | .278 | 38 | 86 | |
| Lotte Giants | Dixon Machado | .280 | 12 | 67 | |
| NC Dinos | Aaron Altherr | .271 | 31 | 108 | |
| Samsung Lions | Tyler Saladino | .280 | 6 | 27 | Waived due to injury |
| Samsung Lions | Daniel Palka | .209 | 8 | 23 | Signed to replace Tyler Saladino |
| SK Wyverns | Jamie Romak | .282 | 32 | 91 | |