2017 KBO League
League	KBO League
Sport	Baseball
Duration	March 31 – October 3
Number of games	144 per team
Number of teams	10
Total attendance	8,400,688
Regular Season
Season champions	Kia Tigers
Season MVP	Yang Hyeon-jong (Kia)
Postseason
Wild Card champions	NC Dinos
Wild Card runners-up	SK Wyverns
Semi-playoffs champions	NC Dinos
Semi-playoffs runners-up	Lotte Giants
Playoffs champions	Doosan Bears
Playoffs runners-up	NC Dinos
Korean Series
Champions	Kia Tigers
Runners-up	Doosan Bears
Finals MVP	Yang Hyeon-jong (Kia)
KBO League seasons
← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 KBO League season was the 36th season in the history of the KBO League.

Standings

Rank	Team	W	L	D	Pct.	GB	Postseason
1	KIA Tigers	87	56	1	.608	--	Korean Series
2	Doosan Bears	84	57	3	.596	2.0	Playoff
3	Lotte Giants	80	62	2	.563	6.5	Semi-playoff
4	NC Dinos	79	62	3	.560	7.0	Wild Card
5	SK Wyverns	75	68	1	.524	12.0
6	LG Twins	69	72	3	.489	17.0	Did not qualify
7	Nexen Heroes	69	73	2	.486	17.5
8	Hanwha Eagles	61	81	2	.430	25.5
9	Samsung Lions	55	84	5	.396	30.0
10	KT Wiz	50	94	0	.347	37.5

Source^[1]

League Leaders

Foreign players

Each team can sign up to three foreign players. Due to the high proportion of pitchers signed in previous years, beginning in 2014 the league has mandated that at least one of the foreign players must be a position player.

Team	Player	Position	In KBO since	Salary	Notes
Samsung Lions	Anthony Ranaudo	Pitcher	2017	$1,050,000
	Zach Petrick	Pitcher	2017	$450,000
	Darin Ruf	Infielder	2017	$1,100,000
NC Dinos	Jeff Manship	Pitcher	2017	$1,600,000
	Eric Hacker	Pitcher	2014	$600,000
	Xavier Scruggs	Infielder	2017	$700,000
Doosan Bears	Dustin Nippert	Pitcher	2011	$2,100,000	KBO All-Star
	Michael Bowden	Pitcher	2016	$1,100,000
	Nick Evans	Infielder	2016	$680,000	KBO All-Star
Nexen Heroes	Sean O'Sullivan	Pitcher	2017	$1,100,000	Released
	Andy Van Hekken	Pitcher	2016	$900,000
	Danny Dorn	Outfielder	2016	$650,000	Released
	Jake Brigham	Pitcher	2017	$500,000	Signed to replace Sean O'Sullivan
	Michael Choice	Outfielder	2017	$200,000	Signed to replace Danny Dorn
SK Wyverns	Merrill Kelly	Pitcher	2015	$850,000	KBO All-Star
	Scott Diamond	Pitcher	2017	$600,000
	Danny Worth	Infielder	2017	$700,000	Released
	Jamie Romak	Infielder	2017	$500,000	Signed to replace Danny Worth
Hanwha Eagles	Alexi Ogando	Pitcher	2017	$1,300,000
	Carlos Villanueva	Pitcher	2017	$1,000,000
	Wilin Rosario	Infielder	2016	$1,500,000	KBO All-Star
Kia Tigers	Héctor Noesí	Pitcher	2016	$1,700,000
	Pat Dean	Pitcher	2017	$700,000
	Roger Bernadina	Outfielder	2017	$750,000	KBO All-Star
Lotte Giants	Nick Additon	Pitcher	2017	$350,000
	Brooks Raley	Pitcher	2015	$850,000	KBO All-Star
	Parker Markel	Pitcher	2017	$500,000
	Andy Burns	Infielder	2017	$600,000
LG Twins	Henry Sosa	Pitcher	2012	$500,000
	Luis Jimenez	Infielder	2015	$700,000	Released
	David Huff	Pitcher	2016	$1,000,000
	James Loney	Infielder	2016	$250,000	signed to replace Luis Jimenez
KT Wiz	Ryan Feierabend	Pitcher	2015	$350,000	KBO All-Star
	Donn Roach	Pitcher	2017	$650,000
	Johnny Monell	Infielder	2017	$450,000	Released

Foreign hitters

Team	Player	Batting average	Home runs	RBI	Notes
Doosan Bears	Nick Evans	.297	26	90	KBO All-Star
Hanwha Eagles	Wilin Rosario	.339	37	111	KBO All-Star
Kia Tigers	Roger Bernadina	.320	27	111	32 stolen bases; KBO All-Star, KBO runs scored leader, Golden Glove Award
KT Wiz	Mel Rojas Jr.	.301	18	56
LG Twins	Luis Jiménez	.276	7	30
Lotte Giants	Andy Burns	.303	15	57
NC Dinos	Xavier Scruggs	.300	35	111
Nexen Heroes	Danny Dorn	.140	1	2	Released by the team
	Michael Choice	.307	17	42	Signed to replace Danny Dorn
Samsung Lions	Darin Ruf	.315	31	124	KBO RBI leader
SK Wyverns	Danny Worth	.111	0	0	Released by the team
	Jamie Romak	.242	31	64	Signed to replace Danny Worth

Postseason

Wild Card

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

NC Dinos won the series, 2–0.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 5	SK Wyverns 5 – NC Dinos 10	Masan Baseball Stadium	3:44	9,926[4]

Semi-playoff

NC Dinos won the series, 3–2.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 8	NC Dinos 9 – Lotte Giants 2 (11)	Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium	4:45	26,000[5]
2	October 9	NC Dinos 0 – Lotte Giants 1	Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium	3:17	25,169[6]
3	October 11	Lotte Giants 6 – NC Dinos 13	Masan Baseball Stadium	4:04	11,000[7]
4	October 13	Lotte Giants 7 – NC Dinos 1	Masan Baseball Stadium	2:47	11,000[8]
5	October 15	NC Dinos 9 – Lotte Giants 0	Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium	3:59	25,938[9]

Playoff

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