Ji Hwan Bae
CF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 11" 185LBS | Age: 24
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 37 33 5 11 0 3 .333 .405 .424 .829
2023 371 334 54 77 2 24 .231 .296 .311 .607
2024 26 24 5 5 0 2 .208 .269 .208 .477
3 Seasons 434 391 64 93 2 29 .238 .304 .315 .619
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .333 0 3 .829
2023 .231 2 24 .607
2024 .208 0 2 .477
3 Seasons .238 2 29 .619
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Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2022 22 120 27 0 0.0 0.0 83.2 108.0 4.4 25.9 .244 .270 .370 .280 .279 22.2 16.2 5.4
2023 23 1506 247 5 2.0 1.3 88.1 110.2 1.1 24.3 .222 .293 .272 .264 .307 36.8 24.8 8.1
2024 24 102 17 1 5.9 3.8 89.8 108.1 -2.2 35.3 .255 .337 .224 .289 .361 52.9 26.9 7.7
Player 1728 291 6 2.1 1.4 87.7 110.2 1.2 25.1 .226 .294 .277 .267 .308 36.4 24.2 7.8
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.4 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
2022 59.3 11.1 22.2 7.4 29.6 25.9 44.4 18.5 44.4 14.8 22.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
2023 61.5 12.1 22.3 4.0 25.1 39.3 35.6 7.7 48.2 14.6 22.3 4.5 2.0 1.3
2024 64.7 0.0 35.3 0.0 41.2 35.3 23.5 11.8 52.9 0.0 29.4 0.0 5.9 3.8
Player 61.5 11.3 23.0 4.1 26.5 37.8 35.7 8.9 48.1 13.7 22.7 3.8 2.1 1.4
MLB 44.6 23.6 24.8 7.0 37.1 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 Sinker 4.0 1 29 28.4 11 .300 .300 .391 23.5 18.2 28.6 .278 .344 .310 62.5
2024 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 -1 26 25.5 4 .000 .000 .000 41.7 75.0 33.3 .017 .019 .016 0.0
2024 Changeup 3.5 1 17 16.7 4 .250 .250 .225 11.1 0.0 0.0 .400 .476 .376 50.0
2024 Curveball -5.3 -1 14 13.7 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 33.3 25.0 .320 .645 .407 100.0
2024 Cutter -3.1 0 6 5.9 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 -- .295 .300 .483 0.0
2024 Slider 8.3 0 6 5.9 2 .500 .500 .450 25.0 50.0 50.0 .207 .220 .186 0.0
2024 Slurve -1.3 0 4 3.9 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -2 565 37.5 124 .272 .359 .349 20.9 19.4 16.8 .252 .334 .322 45.7
2023 Sinker -2.6 -6 237 15.7 48 .213 .255 .235 12.6 20.8 14.9 .207 .243 .209 32.4
2023 Slider 0.1 0 182 12.1 45 .225 .350 .272 35.6 28.9 18.3 .211 .282 .248 44.8
2023 Curveball -1.9 -3 159 10.6 33 .156 .156 .145 37.0 39.4 26.5 .171 .251 .180 30.0
2023 Cutter 0.2 0 139 9.2 40 .278 .361 .344 19.4 25.0 24.4 .211 .291 .263 30.8
2023 Changeup -0.2 0 134 8.9 45 .214 .405 .310 24.7 15.6 15.9 .259 .368 .298 31.4
2023 Sweeper 0.4 0 56 3.7 24 .174 .174 .208 50.0 50.0 36.4 .178 .203 .218 27.3
2023 Split-Finger -2.9 -1 25 1.7 8 .125 .125 .113 36.4 37.5 33.3 .186 .223 .176 20.0
2023 Slurve 0.0 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 0 58 48.3 19 .353 .412 .376 18.8 10.5 20.0 .231 .253 .267 26.7
2022 Sinker 6.3 1 19 15.8 7 .500 .500 .486 12.5 28.6 33.3 .263 .284 .309 50.0
2022 Curveball 3.7 1 14 11.7 4 .000 .000 .400 20.0 25.0 33.3 .118 .138 .263 0.0
2022 Cutter -5.5 -1 12 10.0 3 .000 .000 .000 14.3 33.3 33.3 .160 .162 .147 0.0
2022 Slider 0.1 0 9 7.5 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .388 .488 .380 0.0
2022 Changeup 16.0 1 8 6.7 2 .500 1.000 .625 50.0 0.0 0.0 .464 .507 .431 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 37 120 -1 -1 3 1 2
2023 371 1,506 -9 -15 8 6 -11
2024 26 102 -2 2 0 0 1
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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 %
2022 120 52.5 76.2 70.8 19.3 100.0 40.0 45.9 49.2 18.6 9.2 90.9
2023 1,506 49.0 67.2 80.2 28.8 56.6 42.0 38.3 47.6 24.3 7.7 75.0
2024 102 52.9 70.4 84.2 25.0 58.3 36.3 34.6 49.0 22.0 12.7 84.6
Player 1,728 49.5 68.1 79.7 27.9 58.6 41.6 38.7 47.8 23.7 8.1 77.1
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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
Bat
Speed
Swing
Length
2022 40 90
2023 1 10 1 1 9 1 2 25 60 25 32 44 55 43 97 55 69
2024 42 63
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 21.5 2 2.5 -1 1 3 1 50.0
Player 21.5 2 2.5 -1 1 3 1 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 2 1 2 4 3 2 3 1 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 2
Player 2 1 2 4 3 2 3 1 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 2
! 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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 83.2 88.1 4.9 89.8 1.7
Launch Angle 4.4 1.1 -3.3 -2.2 -3.3
Barrel % 0.0 2.0 2.0 5.9 3.9
Hard Hit % 22.2 36.8 14.6 52.9 16.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 25.9 24.3 -1.6 35.3 11.0
xBA .244 .222 -0.022 .255 0.033
BA .333 .231 -0.102 .208 -0.023
xwOBA .280 .264 -0.016 .289 0.025
wOBA .370 .272 -0.098 .224 -0.048
xSLG .270 .293 0.023 .337 0.044
SLG .424 .311 -0.113 .208 -0.103
K% 16.2 24.8 8.6 26.9 2.1
BB% 5.4 8.1 2.7 7.7 -0.4
Swing % 49.2 47.6 -1.6 49.0 1.4
Whiff% 18.6 24.3 5.7 22.0 -2.3
In Zone % 52.5 49.0 -3.5 52.9 3.9
Out of Zone % 47.5 51.0 3.5 47.1 -3.9
Out of Zone Swing % 19.3 28.8 9.5 25.0 -3.8
First Pitch Swing % 45.9 38.3 -7.6 34.6 -3.7
First Pitch Strike % 73.0 66.3 -6.7 73.1 6.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 37 2 5.4 .391 .000
2023 Shades L 371 39 10.5 .281 .198
2024 Shades L 25 9 36.0 .154 .274
! 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 %
2022 33 15.3 48.5% 0.0% 19 22.4 0.0% 0.0%
2023 455 15.6 40.9% 0.4% 214 19.1 3.7% 0.5%
2024 29 16.1 37.9% 0.0% 17 18.8 5.9% 5.9%
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