Lions captain Koo Ja-wook voted Korean Series MVP after playing through injury
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After leading the Samsung Lions to their first Korean baseball title in a dozen years Sunday while playing through a hamstring injury, captain Koo Ja-wook was voted the MVP of the Korean Series. Koo earned 72 out of 97 votes from the media following the Lions’ 12-1 victory over the KT Wiz in the title-clinching Game 5 of the Korean Series at Daegu Samsung Lions Park in the southeastern city of Daegu. In five games, Koo batted .500/.565/.850 with a home run, two doubles, one triple, six RBIs and five runs scored. Koo, 33, won the regular-season batting title with a .371 average but he missed the last dozen days of the campaign due to hamstring issues. He was still not back to full health when the Lions’ postseason began in the penultimate round on Oct. 26 against the Kia Tigers, but Koo, normally an outfielder, ended up playing every game of that five-game set as designated hitter. Koo only batted 3-for-20 with zero extra-base hit in that series. However, with his health improving, Koo found his groove in the Korean Series. Koo homered in the series opener last Tuesday as part of a two-hit g
