Ji Man Choi
1B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 1" 260LBS | Age: 32
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 305 258 36 59 11 0 .229 .348 .411 .759
2022 419 356 36 83 11 0 .233 .341 .388 .729
2023 117 104 12 17 6 0 .163 .239 .385 .624
8 Seasons 1,841 1,567 190 367 67 6 .234 .338 .426 .764
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .229 11 0 .759
2022 .233 11 0 .729
2023 .163 6 0 .624
8 Seasons .234 67 6 .764
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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 32 517 71 14 19.7 12.0 93.4 110.0 11.9 33.8 .237 .493 .267 .349 .467 59.2 29.9 8.5
Player 7776 1110 118 10.6 6.4 91.2 112.9 12.7 35.7 .237 .435 .329 .340 .408 44.9 25.9 13.1
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 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 40.8 31.0 21.1 7.0 53.5 25.4 21.1 0.0 32.4 19.7 19.7 8.5 19.7 12.0
Player 43.3 24.6 25.5 6.6 38.3 36.9 24.8 2.9 31.9 22.1 23.9 7.9 10.6 6.4
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 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-Seam Fastball -1.2 -2 157 30.4 34 .138 .414 .294 27.0 38.2 24.1 .184 .443 .324 62.5
2023 Slider -3.5 -3 77 14.9 15 .071 .071 .060 38.5 33.3 16.1 .213 .355 .225 50.0
2023 Cutter -0.6 0 63 12.2 15 .214 .500 .323 30.3 26.7 22.2 .207 .431 .297 40.0
2023 Changeup -2.8 -2 61 11.8 13 .083 .083 .123 26.1 15.4 7.4 .263 .394 .309 60.0
2023 Sinker -0.5 0 61 11.8 17 .267 .867 .447 21.4 17.6 20.0 .306 .858 .555 76.9
2023 Curveball -2.4 -1 53 10.3 13 .167 .333 .246 35.0 38.5 26.3 .269 .583 .381 57.1
2023 Sweeper -0.7 0 26 5.0 4 .000 .000 .175 45.5 50.0 22.2 .180 .205 .301 100.0
2023 Split-Finger 1.0 0 19 3.7 6 .400 .400 .417 41.7 16.7 16.7 .381 .435 .411 50.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -3 735 39.9 149 .189 .352 .311 36.0 33.6 21.6 .200 .358 .322 59.5
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 3.0 7 221 12.0 53 .364 .568 .469 18.9 15.1 14.0 .334 .689 .482 52.8
2022 Slider -0.2 0 209 11.4 57 .160 .360 .291 43.2 45.6 32.9 .170 .350 .279 58.3
2022 Curveball -2.2 -3 151 8.2 33 .188 .250 .206 31.1 30.3 26.3 .147 .188 .160 22.7
2022 Cutter -2.0 -2 111 6.0 29 .240 .280 .295 26.4 27.6 30.8 .284 .399 .353 47.1
2022 Sweeper 2.4 1 53 2.9 14 .333 .583 .436 29.4 35.7 25.0 .308 .470 .388 14.3
2022 Split-Finger 2.8 1 53 2.9 14 .308 .308 .371 36.4 35.7 20.8 .245 .294 .270 12.5
2022 Slurve -1.8 0 8 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball 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 0.3 1 185 14.5 49 .214 .310 .294 38.2 36.7 26.5 .178 .279 .266 33.3
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 3.8 3 71 5.6 18 .294 1.000 .533 25.7 27.8 23.8 .290 .872 .484 41.7
2021 Split-Finger -0.4 0 25 2.0 4 .250 .250 .225 58.3 50.0 20.0 .235 .309 .238 50.0
2021 Sweeper -3.6 0 7 0.5 -- -- -- 66.7 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 Slurve -0.5 0 4 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seam Fastball -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 Split-Finger -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-Seam Fastball 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 0.7 2 301 14.9 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 Split-Finger 1.1 0 44 2.2 11 .286 .286 .355 43.8 36.4 26.7 .184 .433 .351 50.0
2019 Sweeper -10.7 -1 11 0.5 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-Seam Fastball -1.0 -3 304 33.2 76 .210 .435 .340 17.4 11.8 10.1 .302 .596 .430 50.0
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 Slider -0.8 -1 140 15.3 30 .185 .333 .268 40.8 50.0 24.2 .139 .280 .229 25.0
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 Split-Finger 5.8 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 3.8 0 8 0.9 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .414 .425 .372 0.0
2018 Screwball 1.1 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball 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 Sinker -9.2 -1 11 13.8 6 .167 .167 .150 16.7 16.7 25.0 .220 .251 .209 40.0
2017 Split-Finger -6.3 -1 11 13.8 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 66.7 -- -- .000 --
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 5
2023 117 517 -2 -12 4 2 -8
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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 517 47.4 71.8 79.0 23.5 42.2 44.3 23.1 46.4 30.8 6.6 85.3
Player 7,776 47.0 67.5 78.4 20.4 47.3 42.4 26.0 42.5 29.1 7.1 80.5
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 71 31
2017 86 22
2018 70 27
2019 83 54 76 78 86 67 79 86 71 73 42 91 44 92 20 10
2020 7 4 3 11 27 6 12 53 70 47 36 85 18 79 7 10
2021 87 20 39 12
2022 72 29 61 70 84 54 84 93 73 88 9 96 9 96 8 77 3
2023 58 6
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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 7 6 50.0
2022 25.6 11 11.8 -1 5 12 4 36.4
2023 24.3 6 6.0 0 1 6 2 33.3
Player 24.4 71 71.4 0 31 62 26 36.6

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 12 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 6 5 5 5 7 5 7 6 5 5 5 7 6 5 7 7 8 5 5 7 5 6 8 8 5 5 7 7 6 6 5
Player 71 82 49 72 76 66 80 74 53 53 59 76 80 67 69 80 69 63 73 80 77 76 95 88 69 62 71 82 83 66 52
! 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 93.4 1.2
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 11.9 1.3
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 19.7 7.8
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 59.2 11.7
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 33.8 -3.5
xBA .197 .247 0.050 .236 -0.011 .260 0.024 .193 -0.067 .237 0.044 .236 -0.001 .237 0.001
BA .170 .267 0.097 .263 -0.004 .261 -0.002 .230 -0.031 .229 -0.001 .233 0.004 .163 -0.070
xwOBA .284 .391 0.107 .349 -0.042 .365 0.016 .276 -0.089 .342 0.066 .337 -0.005 .349 0.012
wOBA .267 .414 0.147 .367 -0.047 .348 -0.019 .316 -0.032 .334 0.018 .322 -0.012 .267 -0.055
xSLG .346 .638 0.292 .458 -0.180 .492 0.034 .303 -0.189 .424 0.121 .413 -0.011 .493 0.080
SLG .339 .733 0.394 .505 -0.228 .459 -0.046 .410 -0.049 .411 0.001 .388 -0.023 .385 -0.003
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 29.9 0.5
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 8.5 -5.3
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 46.4 4.7
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 30.8 -1.5
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 47.4 1.5
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 52.6 -1.5
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 23.5 3.6
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 23.1 -3.7
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 56.4 -0.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 122 16 13.1 .238 .333
2017 Shifts L 18 8 44.4 .409 .421
2018 Shifts L 220 109 49.5 .395 .338
2019 Shifts L 485 333 68.7 .275 .381
2020 Shifts L 132 83 62.9 .372 .282
2020 Shifts R 11 1 9.1 .356 .000
2021 Shifts L 303 249 82.2 .379 .327
2022 Shifts L 416 369 88.7 .333 .321
2023 Shades L 117 67 57.3 .205 .313
! 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 161 15.9 41.0% 4.3% 105 22.9 11.4% 21.0%
2017 20 16.3 30.0% 5.0% 20 23.4 0.0% 25.0%
2018 285 16.4 30.9% 3.2% 171 23.9 0.0% 25.1%
2019 594 18.8 16.7% 4.9% 376 25.2 0.0% 24.2%
2020 156 18.9 20.5% 6.4% 121 24.8 0.0% 24.8%
2021 367 20.2 9.0% 6.3% 238 25.3 1.3% 22.3%
2022 527 19.0 18.2% 7.6% 370 25.3 0.0% 22.2%
2023 135 15.5 44.4% 0.0% 88 19.0 8.0% 3.4%
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Statcast Rankings