Jung Ho Kang
3B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 210LBS | Age: 37
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 370 318 45 81 21 3 .255 .354 .513 .867
2018 6 6 0 2 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .666
2019 185 172 15 29 10 0 .169 .222 .395 .617
4 Seasons 1,028 917 120 233 46 8 .254 .331 .466 .797
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .255 21 3 .867
2018 .333 0 0 .666
2019 .169 10 0 .617
4 Seasons .254 46 8 .797
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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%
2015 28 1881 323 31 9.6 6.6 90.5 113.1 7.1 33.1 .280 .474 .356 .361 .426 46.4 21.2 6.0
2016 29 1523 241 20 8.3 5.4 90.3 110.9 11.0 29.0 .250 .479 .369 .361 .414 39.8 21.4 9.7
2018 31 23 5 0 0.0 0.0 87.3 95.1 12.7 40.0 .309 .340 .293 .288 .346 20.0 16.7 0.0
2019 32 719 113 13 11.5 7.0 92.2 114.5 13.7 32.7 .216 .429 .256 .294 .407 46.0 32.4 5.9
Player 4146 682 64 9.4 6.2 90.7 114.5 9.6 31.7 .258 .466 .342 .348 .418 43.8 23.2 7.3
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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
2015 50.8 13.6 30.7 5.0 41.5 37.5 20.7 2.2 39.6 16.1 26.3 5.6 9.6 6.6
2016 44.0 24.5 25.7 5.8 39.8 37.3 22.4 2.9 30.7 21.2 21.6 8.3 8.3 5.4
2018 40.0 20.0 40.0 0.0 60.0 0.0 40.0 0.0 40.0 20.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2019 40.7 23.9 27.4 8.0 52.2 35.4 12.4 1.8 35.4 29.2 16.8 5.3 11.5 7.0
Player 46.6 19.2 28.4 5.7 42.8 36.8 20.1 2.3 35.8 20.1 23.2 6.5 9.4 6.2
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 %
2019 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -2 210 29.2 57 .173 .346 .292 27.8 26.3 25.9 .236 .465 .325 51.4
2019 Slider -1.9 -3 155 21.6 32 .067 .267 .197 36.1 21.9 13.7 .192 .320 .245 34.8
2019 Sinker -0.1 0 125 17.4 36 .242 .515 .399 26.8 30.6 32.4 .263 .471 .338 54.5
2019 Curveball 1.5 1 97 13.5 25 .250 .625 .374 50.0 52.0 35.1 .217 .525 .318 45.5
2019 Changeup -1.1 -1 76 10.6 17 .125 .500 .276 44.2 47.1 36.4 .170 .505 .294 37.5
2019 Cutter -8.5 -4 46 6.4 14 .077 .077 .064 39.1 28.6 26.7 .123 .188 .139 40.0
2019 Sweeper 1.3 0 6 0.8 3 .333 .333 .300 50.0 33.3 50.0 .317 .452 .330 50.0
2019 Split-Finger 7.2 0 3 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 Slurve -15.7 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Slider -1.3 0 8 34.8 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .020 .024 .021 0.0
2018 Sinker 7.4 1 8 34.8 2 .500 .500 .450 25.0 0.0 0.0 .518 .563 .484 0.0
2018 Cutter -8.4 0 4 17.4 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 100.0 .112 .123 .101 0.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball 19.1 0 2 8.7 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .573 .646 .538 100.0
2018 Curveball 1.9 0 1 4.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 467 1,881 1 2 11 9 22
2016 369 1,522 10 -13 11 9 18
2019 185 719 0 -15 4 2 -9
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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 %
2015 1,881 51.5 60.2 82.7 23.2 53.3 43.4 22.9 42.3 25.0 7.2 76.5
2016 1,523 51.5 57.9 82.2 22.5 60.2 44.8 20.0 40.7 23.7 7.2 71.8
2018 23 47.8 54.5 83.3 16.7 50.0 34.8 16.7 34.8 25.0 8.7 50.0
2019 719 48.0 68.1 74.5 30.2 42.5 44.1 29.7 48.4 35.9 6.5 72.3
Player 4,146 50.8 60.6 81.0 24.2 53.1 44.0 23.1 42.7 26.7 7.1 73.9
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 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
2015 86 85 84 79 82 76 86 82 92 95 32 29 26 87 47
2016 85 38 79 84 83 39 66 73 80 66 36 72 40 87 29 88
2019 95 32
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 24.1 21 17.6 3 7 12 8 38.1
2019 24.3 10 9.2 1 4 1 8 80.0
Player 24.1 31 26.8 4 11 13 16 51.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 21 20 12 18 19 17 19 16 14 14 18 20 18 15 18 18 13 16 19 20 16 17 22 20 19 16 17 24 19 20 15
2019 10 10 8 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 12 10 9 8 10 9 8 9 10 9 8 9 10 10 8 9 12 10 9 8
Player 31 30 20 27 28 26 28 24 23 23 27 32 28 24 26 28 22 24 28 30 25 25 31 30 29 24 26 36 29 29 23
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.5 -- -0.2 ↓ -- -- 87.3 -- 92.2 4.9 ↑
Launch Angle 7.1 -- 3.9 ↑ -- -- 12.7 -- 13.7 1.0 ↑
Barrel % 9.6 -- -1.3 ↓ -- -- 0.0 -- 11.5 11.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 46.4 -- -6.6 ↓ -- -- 20.0 -- 46.0 26.0 ↑
Sweet Spot % 33.1 -- -4.1 ↓ -- -- 40.0 -- 32.7 -7.3 ↓
xBA .280 -- -0.030 ↓ -- -- .309 -- .216 -0.093 ↓
BA .287 -- -0.032 ↓ -- -- .333 -- .169 -0.164 ↓
xwOBA .361 -- 0.000 -- -- .288 -- .294 0.006 ↑
wOBA .356 -- 0.013 ↑ -- -- .293 -- .256 -0.037 ↓
xSLG .474 -- 0.005 ↑ -- -- .340 -- .429 0.089 ↑
SLG .461 -- 0.052 ↑ -- -- .333 -- .395 0.062 ↑
K% 21.2 -- 0.2 ↑ -- -- 16.7 -- 32.4 15.7 ↑
BB% 6.0 -- 3.7 ↑ -- -- 0.0 -- 5.9 5.9 ↑
Swing % 42.3 -- -1.6 ↓ -- -- 34.8 -- 48.4 13.6 ↑
Whiff% 25.0 -- -1.3 ↓ -- -- 25.0 -- 35.9 10.9 ↑
In Zone % 51.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 47.8 -- 48.0 0.2 ↑
Out of Zone % 48.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 52.2 -- 52.0 -0.2 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 23.2 -- -0.7 ↓ -- -- 16.7 -- 30.2 13.5 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 22.9 -- -2.9 ↓ -- -- 16.7 -- 29.7 13.0 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 59.7 -- 0.3 ↑ -- -- 33.3 -- 62.2 28.9 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 344 37 10.8 .378 .282
2018 Shifts R 6 0 0.0 .293
2019 Shifts R 185 32 17.3 .247 .299
! 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 %
2015 603 16.0 40.5% 4.0% 327 23.8 10.4% 21.7%
2016 425 16.6 36.5% 5.9% 326 23.2 7.7% 19.0%
2018 12 13.9 50.0% 0.0% 1 19.8 0.0% 0.0%
2019 207 16.0 36.7% 0.5% 114 21.7 1.8% 3.5%
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