Ha-Seong Kim
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 9" 168LBS | Age: 28
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 298 267 27 54 8 6 .202 .270 .352 .622
2022 582 517 58 130 11 12 .251 .325 .383 .708
2023 626 538 84 140 17 38 .260 .351 .398 .749
3 Seasons 1,506 1,322 169 324 36 56 .245 .325 .383 .708
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .202 8 6 .622
2022 .251 11 12 .708
2023 .260 17 38 .749
3 Seasons .245 36 56 .708
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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%
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
Player 6269 1049 45 4.3 3.0 86.5 112.3 14.6 34.3 .240 .353 .312 .302 .327 30.0 19.6 9.8
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 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
Player 41.2 23.5 24.9 10.4 44.2 36.6 19.2 5.2 30.8 29.3 24.1 5.9 4.3 3.0
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 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 %
2023 4-Seamer -0.2 -2 964 35.4 191 .240 .474 .382 21.3 23.6 14.2 .224 .393 .341 39.6
2023 Slider 0.9 5 549 20.1 135 .282 .371 .315 22.2 23.0 15.8 .235 .316 .262 15.5
2023 Sinker 0.1 0 528 19.4 135 .279 .387 .385 10.2 15.6 18.1 .297 .434 .375 34.8
2023 Curveball 0.7 1 182 6.7 41 .300 .325 .289 12.9 12.2 7.1 .248 .290 .245 22.9
2023 Changeup 0.3 0 168 6.2 43 .195 .341 .251 19.8 23.3 16.9 .229 .344 .265 25.8
2023 Cutter -2.6 -4 163 6.0 36 .167 .167 .229 12.2 13.9 13.2 .234 .274 .289 7.7
2023 Sweeper 2.0 2 102 3.7 26 .286 .571 .452 13.9 11.5 8.6 .192 .270 .279 5.3
2023 Splitter 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 .142 0.0
2022 4-Seamer 0.1 1 824 34.9 188 .222 .399 .329 22.0 22.9 16.4 .219 .395 .327 39.3
2022 Slider 0.0 0 503 21.3 119 .248 .349 .308 26.4 18.5 12.9 .225 .320 .273 24.7
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 -0.8 -1 175 7.4 46 .171 .293 .211 16.7 8.7 7.0 .194 .264 .218 22.5
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 0.4 0 39 1.7 9 .111 .444 .222 21.4 33.3 23.1 .166 .392 .236 33.3
2022 Splitter 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-Seamer -1.6 -7 448 37.9 112 .155 .299 .251 21.6 22.3 17.5 .180 .284 .256 33.8
2021 Slider -2.1 -5 240 20.3 56 .135 .231 .198 34.6 39.3 23.2 .169 .245 .209 35.5
2021 Sinker 1.5 3 204 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 .243 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 -9.7 -2 16 1.4 6 .000 .000 .000 42.9 66.7 57.1 .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 Splitter -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
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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
Player 6,269 53.0 58.3 84.6 22.8 68.2 44.0 24.3 41.6 19.0 8.6 67.2
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 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 83 83 73
2022 42 55 30 23 57 25 14 10 54 12 76 57 84 73 79 94 68
2023 32 32 13 11 70 22 11 7 39 3 63 86 91 90 79 96 64
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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 13.3 4 6 15 3 17.6
Player 21.0 36 33.6 2 15 33 11 30.6

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 5 10 9 16 16 19 9 13 9 17 18 11 9 17 13 14 9 13 18 12 13 20 14 9 11 13 18 14 19 11
Player 36 21 30 25 39 38 48 23 28 26 34 42 32 30 36 36 34 27 33 37 34 35 44 37 25 28 35 45 37 39 31
! 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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.7 86.7 0.0 86.2 -0.5 ↓
Launch Angle 13.6 16.1 2.5 ↑ 13.6 -2.5 ↓
Barrel % 4.5 4.2 -0.3 ↓ 4.2 0.0
Hard Hit % 31.8 32.4 0.6 ↑ 26.7 -5.7 ↓
Sweet Spot % 31.3 34.0 2.7 ↑ 36.1 2.1 ↑
xBA .209 .250 0.041 ↑ .245 -0.005 ↓
BA .202 .251 0.049 ↑ .260 0.009 ↑
xwOBA .265 .309 0.044 ↑ .313 0.004 ↑
wOBA .270 .313 0.043 ↑ .330 0.017 ↑
xSLG .309 .368 0.059 ↑ .359 -0.009 ↓
SLG .352 .383 0.031 ↑ .398 0.015 ↑
K% 23.8 17.2 -6.6 ↓ 19.8 2.6 ↑
BB% 7.4 8.8 1.4 ↑ 12.0 3.2 ↑
Swing % 44.5 43.3 -1.2 ↓ 38.9 -4.4 ↓
Whiff% 21.6 19.1 -2.5 ↓ 17.7 -1.4 ↓
In Zone % 55.0 51.9 -3.1 ↓ 53.1 1.2 ↑
Out of Zone % 45.0 48.1 3.1 ↑ 46.9 -1.2 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 24.2 24.9 0.7 ↑ 20.4 -4.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 31.6 24.9 -6.7 ↓ 20.3 -4.6 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 68.7 62.0 -6.7 ↓ 57.8 -4.2 ↓
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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 581 130 22.4 .336 .237
2023 Shades R 618 48 7.8 .322 .446
! 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%
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