Ji Man Choi
DH | B/T: L/R | 6' 1" 260LBS | Age: 32

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 32 32 3 4 2 2 0 .125 .125 .344 .469
8 Seasons 1756 1495 181 354 63 227 6 .237 .341 .427 .768
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2023 .125 2 2 0 .469
8 Seasons .237 63 227 6 .768

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 25 528 86 4 4.7 3.1 89.7 109.5 10.5 24.4 .197 .346 .267 .284 .304 38.4 20.9 12.4
2017 26 80 11 2 18.2 11.1 93.6 111.9 6.5 27.3 .247 .638 .414 .391 .514 45.5 27.8 11.1
2018 27 917 137 16 11.7 7.2 90.3 109.4 13.8 35.8 .236 .458 .367 .349 .419 43.1 24.9 11.8
2019 28 2020 309 35 11.3 7.2 91.2 110.1 12.8 37.9 .260 .492 .348 .365 .420 42.7 22.2 13.1
2020 29 595 89 3 3.4 2.1 89.0 109.9 15.7 30.3 .193 .303 .316 .276 .303 39.3 24.8 13.8
2021 30 1279 171 16 9.4 5.2 91.2 112.9 14.8 39.2 .237 .424 .334 .342 .420 46.8 28.5 14.8
2022 31 1840 236 28 11.9 6.7 92.2 111.1 10.6 37.3 .236 .413 .322 .337 .428 47.5 29.4 13.8
2023 32 135 17 5 29.4 15.6 92.8 110.0 9.2 35.3 .217 .546 .193 .319 .600 52.9 46.9 0.0
Player 7394 1056 109 10.3 6.2 91.1 112.9 12.7 35.8 .236 .434 .331 .339 .407 44.0 26.0 13.2
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 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 50.0 18.6 22.1 9.3 32.6 39.5 27.9 3.5 41.9 20.9 15.1 7.0 4.7 3.1
2017 63.6 18.2 18.2 0.0 45.5 27.3 27.3 0.0 45.5 18.2 18.2 0.0 18.2 11.1
2018 43.8 22.6 24.8 8.8 38.0 35.0 27.0 2.2 33.6 22.6 24.1 5.8 11.7 7.2
2019 41.4 26.9 27.8 3.9 33.3 42.7 23.9 2.9 31.4 23.0 24.3 7.1 11.3 7.2
2020 39.3 21.3 27.0 12.4 43.8 34.8 21.3 5.6 27.0 29.2 22.5 10.1 3.4 2.1
2021 40.4 24.0 27.5 8.2 37.4 35.7 26.9 3.5 26.3 25.1 25.1 10.5 9.4 5.2
2022 46.6 25.0 23.7 4.7 40.7 35.2 24.2 2.5 33.1 16.9 27.5 8.1 11.9 6.7
2023 41.2 29.4 17.6 11.8 58.8 35.3 5.9 0.0 41.2 17.6 11.8 0.0 29.4 15.6
Player 43.5 24.2 25.7 6.6 37.6 37.7 24.7 3.0 32.0 22.2 24.0 7.8 10.3 6.2
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 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 -2.2 -1 42 31.1 12 .167 .667 .333 21.4 50.0 37.5 .301 .857 .478 66.7
2023 Cutter -2.9 -1 28 20.7 5 .200 .200 .180 41.7 60.0 33.3 .039 .046 .037 0.0
2023 Slider -5.2 -1 21 15.6 4 .000 .000 .000 30.0 50.0 33.3 .137 .461 .248 50.0
2023 Changeup -1.9 0 13 9.6 2 .000 .000 .000 80.0 100.0 28.6 -- -- .000 --
2023 Sinker -9.5 -1 13 9.6 4 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .166 .185 .161 50.0
2023 Curveball -4.7 -1 12 8.9 4 .250 .500 .313 28.6 25.0 33.3 .480 1.093 .661 66.7
2023 Sweeper -3.6 0 6 4.4 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2022 4-Seamer -0.3 -2 739 40.2 150 .195 .366 .317 36.0 33.3 21.3 .205 .374 .329 60.0
2022 Changeup 1.8 5 299 16.3 67 .276 .448 .363 26.9 16.4 13.4 .306 .518 .409 41.7
2022 Sinker 2.7 6 221 12.0 53 .341 .523 .445 20.0 17.0 15.8 .315 .637 .457 51.4
2022 Slider -0.2 0 215 11.7 58 .157 .353 .286 42.6 46.6 33.3 .167 .344 .274 58.3
2022 Curveball -2.2 -3 152 8.3 34 .182 .242 .200 30.6 29.4 26.3 .160 .206 .173 21.7
2022 Cutter -2.0 -2 111 6.0 29 .240 .280 .295 26.4 27.6 30.8 .284 .399 .353 47.1
2022 Splitter 3.3 2 52 2.8 13 .333 .333 .400 33.3 30.8 17.4 .266 .318 .291 12.5
2022 Sweeper 3.4 1 43 2.3 12 .400 .700 .508 33.3 33.3 25.0 .312 .487 .404 16.7
2022 Slurve -1.8 0 8 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seamer 0.8 4 504 39.4 116 .258 .433 .369 28.9 24.1 19.3 .266 .430 .362 46.4
2021 Sinker -0.2 0 190 14.9 46 .171 .229 .300 14.8 17.4 17.4 .214 .297 .333 48.1
2021 Slider 0.2 0 190 14.9 51 .205 .295 .282 37.7 37.3 27.1 .170 .266 .256 32.0
2021 Changeup 0.1 0 165 12.9 47 .175 .400 .307 47.9 38.3 31.6 .197 .428 .327 50.0
2021 Curveball 1.5 2 122 9.5 24 .273 .409 .329 35.3 33.3 20.5 .300 .560 .389 71.4
2021 Cutter 4.5 3 66 5.2 16 .333 1.133 .600 26.5 25.0 21.1 .329 .988 .545 45.5
2021 Splitter -0.4 0 25 2.0 4 .250 .250 .225 58.3 50.0 20.0 .235 .309 .238 50.0
2021 Sweeper -3.8 0 7 0.5 -- -- -- 66.7 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 Slurve -0.5 0 4 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seamer -2.1 -4 197 33.1 56 .191 .340 .295 34.0 35.7 29.0 .117 .217 .224 35.7
2020 Changeup 1.1 1 99 16.6 23 .273 .455 .328 31.3 13.0 11.5 .244 .372 .284 36.8
2020 Sinker -0.5 0 79 13.3 21 .222 .333 .320 20.7 19.0 21.1 .306 .445 .378 50.0
2020 Slider 3.3 2 74 12.4 17 .286 .643 .400 28.1 23.5 14.3 .151 .260 .260 36.4
2020 Curveball -0.4 0 71 11.9 7 .400 .800 .557 29.2 0.0 0.0 .487 .589 .532 60.0
2020 Cutter 0.5 0 38 6.4 8 .333 .667 .400 11.8 12.5 7.1 .213 .330 .281 33.3
2020 Splitter -1.7 -1 31 5.2 9 .125 .125 .178 64.7 33.3 37.5 .159 .237 .230 40.0
2020 Sweeper -16.4 -1 6 1.0 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 50.0 .060 .063 .056 0.0
2019 4-Seamer 1.0 8 773 38.3 178 .255 .511 .397 20.7 19.7 15.6 .266 .574 .418 46.7
2019 Changeup -0.3 -1 330 16.3 78 .217 .478 .331 36.4 20.5 17.4 .276 .505 .355 38.2
2019 Slider 0.8 2 303 15.0 78 .279 .500 .370 22.6 23.1 16.5 .244 .453 .339 39.2
2019 Curveball 2.0 4 213 10.5 44 .366 .439 .399 25.6 22.7 14.1 .315 .463 .354 38.7
2019 Sinker -1.4 -3 207 10.2 60 .288 .442 .355 13.3 13.3 18.2 .285 .504 .374 53.3
2019 Cutter -2.0 -3 130 6.4 29 .200 .240 .240 41.8 48.3 31.8 .162 .259 .229 16.7
2019 Splitter 1.1 0 44 2.2 11 .286 .286 .355 43.8 36.4 26.7 .184 .433 .351 50.0
2019 Sweeper -14.5 -1 9 0.4 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 33.3 33.3 .080 .084 .072 50.0
2019 Slurve -8.7 -1 9 0.4 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 66.7 28.6 .009 .009 .010 0.0
2018 4-Seamer -1.0 -3 304 33.2 76 .210 .435 .340 17.4 11.8 10.1 .302 .596 .430 50.0
2018 Slider -0.9 -1 146 15.9 31 .179 .321 .260 40.0 48.4 24.2 .135 .272 .223 23.1
2018 Sinker 5.2 7 143 15.6 40 .471 1.000 .629 19.1 15.0 18.8 .356 .801 .517 57.1
2018 Changeup -1.8 -2 124 13.5 29 .222 .370 .260 55.8 41.4 44.4 .158 .258 .242 56.3
2018 Curveball -0.5 -1 114 12.4 16 .200 .400 .278 29.6 18.8 10.3 .171 .236 .209 16.7
2018 Cutter 2.1 1 40 4.4 11 .250 .375 .386 43.8 36.4 25.0 .189 .225 .320 0.0
2018 Splitter 5.9 2 31 3.4 13 .333 .417 .358 42.1 30.8 26.7 .089 .161 .151 25.0
2018 Slurve -4.2 0 11 1.2 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 50.0 20.0 .053 .102 .069 0.0
2018 Sweeper 23.9 0 2 0.2 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 0.0 .793 .816 .714 0.0
2018 Screwball 1.2 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seamer 7.0 2 32 40.0 7 .500 2.000 .771 15.4 14.3 10.0 .317 1.142 .561 50.0
2017 Changeup -2.0 0 14 17.5 3 .333 .667 .417 42.9 33.3 16.7 .372 1.167 .626 50.0
2017 Splitter -6.2 -1 11 13.8 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 66.7 -- -- .000 --
2017 Sinker -9.2 -1 11 13.8 6 .167 .167 .150 16.7 16.7 25.0 .220 .251 .209 40.0
2017 Curveball 2.3 0 9 11.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 Slider 1.2 0 3 3.8 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 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 128 524 -8 -4 3 3 -7
2018 220 917 -1 -9 8 6 3
2019 508 2,141 -5 -21 23 11 7
2020 193 806 -6 -6 6 5 0
2021 312 1,306 1 -10 8 9 9
2022 423 1,876 -2 -17 15 9 6
2023 32 135 -1 -4 0 0 -5
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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 528 48.9 63.2 87.7 18.5 60.0 43.6 22.5 40.3 18.8 6.8 72.2
2017 80 42.5 58.8 75.0 28.3 46.2 45.0 16.7 41.3 36.4 5.0 50.0
2018 917 46.5 65.3 78.8 20.0 45.9 42.4 26.4 41.0 29.5 7.1 72.3
2019 2,020 47.1 68.3 81.4 20.4 51.8 41.3 26.7 43.0 25.3 7.3 83.7
2020 595 48.7 67.9 78.2 22.3 38.2 43.7 24.3 44.5 31.7 6.2 78.4
2021 1,279 47.3 68.3 74.1 19.3 47.7 41.8 27.5 42.5 31.7 8.0 80.4
2022 1,840 45.9 67.5 75.3 19.9 44.4 42.8 26.8 41.7 32.3 7.0 83.7
2023 135 50.4 76.5 78.8 29.9 50.0 44.4 31.3 53.3 29.2 3.7 100.0
Player 7,394 47.0 67.4 78.4 20.3 47.8 42.3 26.3 42.4 28.9 7.1 80.4
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 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 71 31
2017 86 22
2018 70 28
2019 83 54 76 78 87 67 80 86 71 72 42 91 44 92 22 10
2020 7 4 3 11 27 6 12 53 70 47 36 85 18 79 7 10
2021 87 21 38 10
2022 72 29 61 70 84 54 84 93 73 88 9 96 9 96 8 76 3
2023 63 3
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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 22.1 5 4.5 1 3 4 1 20.0
2017 23.7 2 2.5 -1 0 2 1 50.0
2018 23.8 10 11.0 -1 6 9 3 30.0
2019 24.1 20 19.6 0 7 20 7 35.0
2020 24.3 5 4.3 1 4 2 2 40.0
2021 25.0 12 11.7 0 5 8 5 41.7
2022 25.6 11 11.8 -1 5 12 4 36.4
2023 26.4 2 2.4 0 0 2 1 50.0
Player 24.5 67 67.8 -1 30 59 24 35.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 5 5 3 6 6 4 5 5 3 5 4 6 4 4 5 5 2 5 3 5 4 2 5 5 6 4 5 7 4 4 3
2017 2 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 1 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 1
2018 10 11 9 11 12 10 11 11 8 8 9 12 14 9 9 14 10 9 10 13 13 11 15 13 10 10 10 13 15 11 9
2019 20 28 11 19 20 16 22 21 13 12 13 19 26 20 17 19 19 14 23 22 24 24 26 27 21 19 14 23 28 16 11
2020 5 4 3 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 3
2021 12 14 10 10 12 11 13 13 9 9 11 12 10 10 12 15 10 12 15 12 11 13 15 14 11 9 13 11 10 12 12
2022 11 12 7 12 12 12 15 11 8 8 10 11 14 13 12 13 13 11 11 13 14 14 17 14 9 9 14 13 14 11 8
2023 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 2
Player 67 79 45 69 72 62 76 70 50 50 56 72 76 64 65 76 64 61 71 76 74 72 90 83 66 59 67 78 79 63 49
! 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 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.7 93.6 3.9 90.3 -3.3 91.2 0.9 89.0 -2.2 91.2 2.2 92.2 1.0 92.8 0.6
Launch Angle 10.5 6.5 -4.0 13.8 7.3 12.8 -1.0 15.7 2.9 14.8 -0.9 10.6 -4.2 9.2 -1.4
Barrel % 4.7 18.2 13.5 11.7 -6.5 11.3 -0.4 3.4 -7.9 9.4 6.0 11.9 2.5 29.4 17.5
Hard Hit % 38.4 45.5 7.1 43.1 -2.4 42.7 -0.4 39.3 -3.4 46.8 7.5 47.5 0.7 52.9 5.4
Sweet Spot % 24.4 27.3 2.9 35.8 8.5 37.9 2.1 30.3 -7.6 39.2 8.9 37.3 -1.9 35.3 -2.0
xBA .197 .247 0.050 .236 -0.011 .260 0.024 .193 -0.067 .237 0.044 .236 -0.001 .217 -0.019
BA .170 .267 0.097 .263 -0.004 .261 -0.002 .230 -0.031 .229 -0.001 .233 0.004 .125 -0.108
xwOBA .284 .391 0.107 .349 -0.042 .365 0.016 .276 -0.089 .342 0.066 .337 -0.005 .319 -0.018
wOBA .267 .414 0.147 .367 -0.047 .348 -0.019 .316 -0.032 .334 0.018 .322 -0.012 .193 -0.129
xSLG .346 .638 0.292 .458 -0.180 .492 0.034 .303 -0.189 .424 0.121 .413 -0.011 .546 0.133
SLG .339 .733 0.394 .505 -0.228 .459 -0.046 .410 -0.049 .411 0.001 .388 -0.023 .344 -0.044
K% 20.9 27.8 6.9 24.9 -2.9 22.2 -2.7 24.8 2.6 28.5 3.7 29.4 0.9 46.9 17.5
BB% 12.4 11.1 -1.3 11.8 0.7 13.1 1.3 13.8 0.7 14.8 1.0 13.8 -1.0 0.0 -13.8
Swing % 40.3 41.3 1.0 41.0 -0.3 43.0 2.0 44.5 1.5 42.5 -2.0 41.7 -0.8 53.3 11.6
Whiff% 18.8 36.4 17.6 29.5 -6.9 25.3 -4.2 31.7 6.4 31.7 0.0 32.3 0.6 29.2 -3.1
In Zone % 48.9 42.5 -6.4 46.5 4.0 47.1 0.6 48.7 1.6 47.3 -1.4 45.9 -1.4 50.4 4.5
Out of Zone % 51.1 57.5 6.4 53.5 -4.0 52.9 -0.6 51.3 -1.6 52.7 1.4 54.1 1.4 49.6 -4.5
Out of Zone Swing % 18.5 28.3 9.8 20.0 -8.3 20.4 0.4 22.3 1.9 19.3 -3.0 19.9 0.6 29.9 10.0
First Pitch Swing % 22.5 16.7 -5.8 26.4 9.7 26.7 0.3 24.3 -2.4 27.5 3.2 26.8 -0.7 31.3 4.5
First Pitch Strike % 47.3 33.3 -14.0 56.8 23.5 61.7 4.9 61.8 0.1 59.7 -2.1 57.2 -2.5 53.1 -4.1
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2016 L 122 8 6.6 .240 .407
2017 L 18 6 33.3 .398 .445
2018 L 220 72 32.7 .370 .361
2019 L 485 280 57.7 .309 .377
2020 L 132 64 48.5 .356 .272
2020 R 11 1 9.1 .356 .000
2021 L 303 232 76.6 .357 .330
2022 L 416 349 83.9 .415 .304
2023 L 32 0 0.0 .193

Pitch Tempo