Hyun Soo Kim
LF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 2" 210LBS | Age: 35
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 346 305 36 92 6 1 .302 .382 .420 .802
2017 239 212 20 49 1 0 .231 .307 .292 .599
2 Seasons 585 517 56 141 7 1 .273 .351 .368 .719
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .302 6 1 .802
2017 .231 1 0 .599
2 Seasons .273 7 1 .719
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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%
2016 28 1392 255 13 5.1 3.8 90.5 111.8 6.5 30.2 .273 .423 .352 .345 .359 36.5 14.7 10.4
2017 29 986 168 6 3.6 2.5 88.7 109.2 9.7 35.7 .264 .383 .268 .318 .354 36.3 19.3 9.2
Player 2378 423 19 4.5 3.3 89.8 111.8 7.8 32.4 .269 .407 .318 .334 .357 36.4 16.6 9.9
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
2016 52.9 17.6 25.5 3.9 38.4 31.0 30.2 0.8 41.6 18.4 27.8 4.7 5.1 3.8
2017 48.2 20.8 27.4 3.6 31.5 39.3 29.2 4.2 34.5 21.4 30.4 5.4 3.6 2.5
Player 51.1 18.9 26.2 3.8 35.7 34.3 29.8 2.1 38.8 19.6 28.8 5.0 4.5 3.3
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 %
2017 4-Seamer -0.4 -1 395 40.1 88 .247 .325 .306 21.3 26.1 19.2 .254 .388 .327 44.4
2017 Sinker -1.4 -2 174 17.6 48 .244 .293 .296 7.7 4.2 6.3 .311 .449 .380 37.5
2017 Changeup -2.9 -3 119 12.1 32 .100 .100 .106 20.0 15.6 19.2 .199 .264 .212 19.2
2017 Curveball 2.1 2 104 10.5 18 .353 .471 .378 10.0 5.6 2.8 .393 .532 .413 50.0
2017 Slider -0.2 0 87 8.8 21 .333 .500 .407 24.2 33.3 21.9 .254 .448 .351 45.5
2017 Cutter -3.4 -2 69 7.0 19 .167 .167 .179 17.2 21.1 22.2 .246 .303 .261 14.3
2017 Splitter -2.3 -1 22 2.2 6 .333 .333 .300 41.7 33.3 18.2 .314 .381 .303 50.0
2017 Knuckleball -9.0 -1 7 0.7 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .085 .095 .077 0.0
2017 Slurve -4.9 0 4 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 50.0 .040 .048 .037 0.0
2017 Forkball -9.9 0 3 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .079 .095 .073 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 350 1,410 -6 -5 13 7 8
2017 237 985 -9 -15 9 6 -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 %
2016 1,392 48.9 59.6 87.7 20.5 74.0 45.4 20.8 39.7 15.4 7.0 77.3
2017 986 49.3 66.3 84.2 19.0 69.5 43.8 23.1 42.3 18.5 8.1 87.5
Player 2,378 49.1 62.4 86.1 19.9 72.2 44.7 21.7 40.7 16.7 7.4 81.9
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
2016 72 75 52 39 85 21 35 76 84 48 80 79 89 95 42
2017 69 37
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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 20.1 6 7.5 -2 8 3 5 83.3
2017 19.9 1 2.1 -1 0 3 0 0.0
Player 20.0 7 9.6 -3 8 6 5 71.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 7 6 7 11 7 7 7 8 6 6 6 7 7 8 9 10 7 8 7 12 8 8 5
2017 1 3 1 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 3 1 2 3 2 0
Player 7 10 8 9 8 8 11 10 7 7 9 13 10 10 10 11 9 8 9 8 10 10 12 13 10 11 8 14 11 10 5
! 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 2016 2017 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.5 88.7 -1.8 ↓
Launch Angle 6.5 9.7 3.2 ↑
Barrel % 5.1 3.6 -1.5 ↓
Hard Hit % 36.5 36.3 -0.2 ↓
Sweet Spot % 30.2 35.7 5.5 ↑
xBA .273 .264 -0.009 ↓
BA .302 .231 -0.071 ↓
xwOBA .345 .318 -0.027 ↓
wOBA .352 .268 -0.084 ↓
xSLG .423 .383 -0.040 ↓
SLG .420 .292 -0.128 ↓
K% 14.7 19.3 4.6 ↑
BB% 10.4 9.2 -1.2 ↓
Swing % 39.7 42.3 2.6 ↑
Whiff% 15.4 18.5 3.1 ↑
In Zone % 48.9 49.3 0.4 ↑
Out of Zone % 51.1 50.7 -0.4 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 20.5 19.0 -1.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 20.8 23.1 2.3 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 59.0 53.4 -5.6 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 338 102 30.2 .314 .413
2017 Shifts L 237 27 11.4 .269 .266
! 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 %
2016 483 16.6 36.6% 2.7% 247 23.7 6.1% 21.1%
2017 301 16.2 37.2% 2.3% 192 21.6 3.6% 7.8%
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