Ha-Seong Kim
SS | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 9" 168LBS | Age: 28
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 582 517 58 130 11 12 .251 .325 .383 .708
2023 626 538 84 140 17 38 .260 .351 .398 .749
2024 166 142 22 30 5 8 .211 .315 .373 .688
4 Seasons 1,672 1,464 191 354 41 64 .242 .324 .382 .706
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .251 11 12 .708
2023 .260 17 38 .749
2024 .211 5 8 .688
4 Seasons .242 41 64 .706
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2021 25 1183 201 9 4.5 3.0 86.7 112.3 13.6 31.3 .209 .309 .270 .265 .305 31.8 23.8 7.4
2022 26 2359 424 18 4.2 3.1 86.7 109.4 16.1 34.0 .250 .368 .313 .309 .330 32.4 17.2 8.8
2023 27 2727 424 18 4.2 2.9 86.2 108.5 13.6 36.1 .245 .359 .330 .313 .335 26.7 19.8 12.0
2024 28 689 114 7 6.1 4.2 87.0 107.1 17.1 39.5 .237 .357 .303 .308 .324 33.3 18.1 13.3
Player 6958 1163 52 4.5 3.1 86.5 112.3 14.8 34.8 .239 .353 .311 .302 .327 30.3 19.4 10.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 41.8 21.4 23.9 12.9 46.8 37.8 15.4 4.5 34.8 30.3 19.9 6.0 4.5 3.0
2022 40.8 22.9 25.9 10.4 45.3 35.4 19.3 6.1 29.5 28.5 24.8 6.1 4.2 3.1
2023 41.3 25.2 24.3 9.2 42.0 37.3 20.8 4.7 30.2 29.5 25.5 5.7 4.2 2.9
2024 36.8 28.1 22.8 12.3 36.0 33.3 30.7 5.3 29.8 34.2 20.2 4.4 6.1 4.2
Player 40.8 24.0 24.7 10.6 43.4 36.3 20.3 5.2 30.7 29.8 23.7 5.8 4.5 3.1
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -1 188 27.3 51 .231 .385 .353 23.5 21.6 15.5 .279 .466 .406 58.6
2024 Sinker -1.6 -3 175 25.4 44 .214 .333 .256 8.8 20.5 16.7 .195 .244 .213 27.3
2024 Slider -0.5 -1 116 16.8 18 .188 .375 .289 26.3 11.1 6.5 .333 .512 .399 21.4
2024 Cutter 2.4 1 47 6.8 12 .364 .727 .479 11.8 16.7 28.6 .315 .489 .372 55.6
2024 Changeup 11.1 5 45 6.5 15 .231 .538 .346 10.0 0.0 0.0 .279 .412 .326 21.4
2024 Curveball -0.5 0 43 6.2 7 .143 .143 .129 14.3 14.3 5.9 .086 .155 .102 0.0
2024 Sweeper -3.5 -1 41 6.0 8 .000 .000 .000 20.0 25.0 15.4 .098 .129 .096 0.0
2024 Split-Finger 0.1 0 24 3.5 5 .000 .000 .140 14.3 40.0 14.3 .022 .069 .169 0.0
2024 Slurve -5.5 0 8 1.2 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 -1 964 35.4 192 .247 .481 .389 21.0 22.4 13.7 .231 .400 .348 38.9
2023 Slider 0.6 3 529 19.4 133 .270 .361 .306 23.4 23.3 16.9 .229 .310 .257 15.8
2023 Sinker 0.1 0 523 19.2 132 .275 .385 .382 10.8 16.7 19.0 .291 .430 .370 36.0
2023 Curveball 0.8 2 182 6.7 40 .308 .333 .296 13.0 12.5 7.1 .254 .297 .251 23.5
2023 Changeup 0.1 0 169 6.2 44 .190 .333 .245 19.8 25.0 18.3 .224 .335 .259 25.8
2023 Cutter -2.0 -3 166 6.1 37 .188 .188 .228 11.4 13.5 12.5 .232 .270 .272 7.1
2023 Sweeper 1.9 2 123 4.5 29 .304 .565 .461 10.9 10.3 6.3 .220 .298 .309 4.8
2023 Split-Finger 2.2 1 50 1.8 11 .364 .545 .391 19.2 27.3 12.0 .329 .402 .317 25.0
2023 Slurve -3.9 -1 15 0.6 4 .250 .250 .225 20.0 25.0 16.7 .155 .158 .141 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 1 824 34.9 188 .222 .399 .329 22.0 22.9 16.4 .219 .395 .327 39.3
2022 Slider 0.1 1 498 21.1 117 .252 .355 .313 26.6 18.8 12.9 .228 .324 .276 25.3
2022 Sinker -0.4 -2 428 18.1 121 .278 .352 .325 11.1 13.2 19.0 .289 .376 .335 32.6
2022 Changeup 1.5 3 203 8.6 46 .304 .478 .336 15.6 13.0 9.8 .275 .371 .281 35.0
2022 Curveball -1.3 -2 171 7.2 45 .150 .275 .195 15.7 8.9 7.1 .179 .247 .205 23.1
2022 Cutter 2.6 4 139 5.9 36 .394 .455 .403 11.5 13.9 11.9 .367 .452 .388 35.7
2022 Sweeper 0.9 0 48 2.0 12 .167 .417 .242 22.2 25.0 21.4 .201 .383 .251 22.2
2022 Split-Finger 0.4 0 24 1.0 10 .222 .222 .250 13.3 10.0 9.1 .356 .412 .373 37.5
2022 Slurve 2.3 0 13 0.6 3 .000 .000 .467 0.0 0.0 0.0 .295 .317 .556 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -7 449 38.0 112 .155 .299 .251 21.6 22.3 17.5 .180 .284 .256 33.8
2021 Slider -2.1 -5 237 20.0 56 .135 .231 .198 35.0 39.3 23.4 .169 .245 .209 35.5
2021 Sinker 1.5 3 203 17.2 58 .353 .451 .413 10.8 13.8 16.7 .258 .298 .289 31.8
2021 Changeup -1.1 -1 94 7.9 21 .200 .350 .257 20.6 9.5 5.4 .304 .445 .340 22.2
2021 Curveball -0.3 0 75 6.3 24 .250 .667 .377 18.9 20.8 17.2 .199 .376 .244 36.8
2021 Cutter 2.0 1 68 5.7 13 .333 .583 .415 16.1 30.8 18.2 .336 .590 .417 25.0
2021 Sweeper -8.5 -2 19 1.6 6 .000 .000 .000 37.5 66.7 50.0 .099 .116 .093 0.0
2021 Slurve -3.4 0 14 1.2 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .420 .486 .546 0.0
2021 Split-Finger -1.2 0 13 1.1 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 20.0 .036 .043 .036 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 297 1,183 -14 -9 6 5 -12
2022 630 2,537 -16 -7 17 10 4
2023 624 2,727 -23 -7 25 8 3
2024 162 689 -4 -7 8 3 0
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2021 1,183 55.0 61.1 82.4 24.2 62.8 43.2 31.6 44.5 21.6 9.0 68.9
2022 2,359 51.9 60.4 85.8 24.9 66.7 43.0 24.9 43.3 19.1 8.3 71.9
2023 2,727 53.1 55.1 84.6 20.4 72.4 45.1 20.3 38.9 17.7 8.6 62.4
2024 689 53.7 53.2 83.8 19.1 78.7 47.0 28.5 37.4 17.4 7.8 70.4
Player 6,958 53.1 57.8 84.5 22.5 69.0 44.3 24.7 41.2 18.9 8.5 67.5
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2021 85 84 83 73
2022 42 55 31 23 58 25 14 10 54 12 76 57 84 73 79 94 68
2023 32 32 14 11 70 22 11 7 39 3 63 86 91 90 79 96 64
2024 47 40 31 27 69 60 39 23 40 23 70 89 87 92 80 85 72
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 21.6 8 6.8 1 2 4 4 50.0
2022 20.9 11 13.6 -3 7 14 4 36.4
2023 20.8 17 13.4 4 7 13 4 23.5
2024 24.4 5 4.7 0 2 4 1 20.0
Player 21.4 41 38.5 3 18 35 13 31.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 8 8 7 5 8 6 8 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 8 6 6 8 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 8 7 8 7 8
2022 11 8 13 11 15 16 21 9 10 11 12 18 15 15 13 15 14 12 12 12 15 14 16 15 10 11 14 20 15 13 12
2023 17 7 9 9 16 16 19 9 13 11 17 18 11 9 16 13 14 9 13 18 12 13 20 15 9 11 13 18 14 19 11
2024 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 6 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 4 5 5 5 6 5 5
Player 41 26 34 29 44 43 53 27 33 32 39 48 36 34 40 40 38 31 38 42 39 40 49 44 29 33 40 50 43 44 36
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.7 86.7 0.0 86.2 -0.5 87.0 0.8
Launch Angle 13.6 16.1 2.5 13.6 -2.5 17.1 3.5
Barrel % 4.5 4.2 -0.3 4.2 0.0 6.1 1.9
Hard Hit % 31.8 32.4 0.6 26.7 -5.7 33.3 6.6
Sweet Spot % 31.3 34.0 2.7 36.1 2.1 39.5 3.4
xBA .209 .250 0.041 .245 -0.005 .237 -0.008
BA .202 .251 0.049 .260 0.009 .211 -0.049
xwOBA .265 .309 0.044 .313 0.004 .308 -0.005
wOBA .270 .313 0.043 .330 0.017 .303 -0.027
xSLG .309 .368 0.059 .359 -0.009 .357 -0.002
SLG .352 .383 0.031 .398 0.015 .373 -0.025
K% 23.8 17.2 -6.6 19.8 2.6 18.1 -1.7
BB% 7.4 8.8 1.4 12.0 3.2 13.3 1.3
Swing % 44.5 43.3 -1.2 38.9 -4.4 37.4 -1.5
Whiff% 21.6 19.1 -2.5 17.7 -1.4 17.4 -0.3
In Zone % 55.0 51.9 -3.1 53.1 1.2 53.7 0.6
Out of Zone % 45.0 48.1 3.1 46.9 -1.2 46.3 -0.6
Out of Zone Swing % 24.2 24.9 0.7 20.4 -4.5 19.1 -1.3
First Pitch Swing % 31.6 24.9 -6.7 20.3 -4.6 28.5 8.2
First Pitch Strike % 68.7 62.0 -6.7 57.8 -4.2 62.4 4.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts R 297 61 20.5 .272 .263
2022 Shifts R 582 130 22.3 .335 .237
2023 Shades R 618 48 7.8 .322 .446
2024 Shades R 152 4 2.6 .310 .349
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2021 331 18.1 18.7% 2.7% 232 23.7 1.7% 9.5%
2022 732 17.6 25.0% 2.0% 450 22.5 1.6% 9.1%
2023 906 15.3 46.1% 0.4% 514 19.1 4.9% 1.0%
2024 208 15.6 43.8% 0.5% 113 19.0 1.8% 0.9%
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