Kwang Hyun Kim
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 195LBS | Age: 35
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 3 0 1.62 8 7 1 39 24 1.03
2021 7 7 3.46 27 21 1 106.2 80 1.28
2 Seasons 10 7 2.97 35 28 2 145.2 104 1.22
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 8 3-0 1.62 39 24 1.03
2021 27 7-7 3.46 106.2 80 1.28
2 Seasons 35 10-7 2.97 145.2 104 1.22
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2020 31 613 118 5 4.2 3.2 87.1 111.3 7.8 31.4 .255 .381 .251 .300 .328 31.4 15.6 7.8 1.61 3.79
2021 32 1784 329 23 7.0 5.1 88.0 111.7 9.2 32.5 .252 .417 .300 .323 .355 35.9 17.7 8.6 3.46 4.45
Player 2397 447 28 6.3 4.6 87.8 111.7 8.8 32.2 .253 .408 .287 .317 .348 34.7 17.2 8.4
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.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Kim relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(41.0%) ,
Slider
(37.6%) ,
Changeup
(11.8%) ,
Curveball
(8.9%) ,
Sinker
(0.8%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2020 50.0 19.5 26.3 4.2 39.0 34.7 26.3 7.6 33.9 25.4 24.6 4.2 4.2 3.2
2021 48.0 24.0 21.9 6.1 38.9 38.3 22.8 4.0 37.7 23.1 22.5 5.8 7.0 5.1
Player 48.5 22.8 23.0 5.6 38.9 37.4 23.7 4.9 36.7 23.7 23.0 5.4 6.3 4.6
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.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2021 Sinker STL L 14 89.0 18.1 -6.3 -26 8.2 -6.0 -42
2021 Slider STL L 671 83.5 34.8 -3.2 -8 5.2 -0.7 -12
2021 Changeup STL L 210 80.4 29.3 -4.9 -14 11.2 -2.2 -16
2021 Curveball STL L 158 69.6 65.9 -3.1 -5 6.0 -6.3 -51
2021 4-Seam Fastball STL L 731 89.1 18.7 -1.0 -6 0.7 -5.4 -88
2020 4-Seam Fastball STL L 298 89.9 18.3 -1.1 -6 0.4 -6.2 -94
2020 Slider STL L 191 83.2 36.5 -2.5 -6 5.3 -0.6 -10
2020 Changeup STL L 52 80.3 28.6 -5.4 -16 10.7 -2.6 -19
2020 Curveball STL L 72 70.2 63.2 -5.7 -8 5.1 -6.3 -55
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 3 731 41.0 176 .295 .442 .371 10.1 6.8 7.6 .298 .476 .368 41.5
2021 Slider 1.3 8 671 37.6 181 .205 .304 .276 27.4 28.7 19.3 .212 .370 .295 36.4
2021 Changeup -1.0 -2 210 11.8 61 .246 .456 .339 27.7 14.8 21.4 .240 .430 .314 25.0
2021 Curveball 0.2 0 158 8.9 27 .192 .269 .219 36.0 25.9 19.4 .266 .369 .293 21.1
2021 Sinker 4.4 1 14 0.8 5 .000 .000 .000 16.7 0.0 0.0 .204 .249 .196 20.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 2.6 8 298 48.6 71 .182 .303 .280 13.1 12.7 11.5 .253 .386 .304 33.3
2020 Slider 0.8 2 191 31.2 60 .228 .333 .280 20.6 23.3 16.3 .237 .342 .271 27.9
2020 Curveball -1.7 -1 72 11.7 10 .375 .875 .555 21.1 0.0 0.0 .448 .796 .560 37.5
2020 Changeup 4.1 2 52 8.5 11 .000 .000 .000 36.4 9.1 11.1 .220 .253 .206 30.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Changeup 209 80.4 92 16.6 11:15 10:30 45
2021 Curveball 158 69.6 66 14.0 4:30 5:00 -30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 721 89.1 84 14.9 11:30 12:00 -30
2021 Sinker 14 89.0 88 17.8 11:30 11:00 30
2021 Slider 662 83.5 38 6.6 1:00 2:15 -75
2020 Changeup 52 80.3 93 16.8 11:15 10:30 45
2020 Curveball 71 70.3 61 11.9 4:30 5:00 -30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 277 89.8 84 14.8 11:45 12:00 -15
2020 Slider 179 83.2 35 6.1 1:30 2:30 -60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 170 689 3 11 -2 -2 10
2021 450 1,784 12 25 -18 -9 10
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2020 613 48.3 63.5 90.4 28.4 63.3 45.5 56.5 45.4 18.3 5.5 82.4
2021 1,784 45.9 65.1 83.9 26.2 62.5 42.5 60.4 44.1 21.6 7.4 75.0
Player 2,397 46.5 64.7 85.6 26.8 62.7 43.3 59.4 44.4 20.8 6.9 76.5
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2020 63 34 57 74 53 56 84 71 84 8 60 4 56 11 31 10 85
2021 35 31 38 44 37 34 61 68 70 12 46 17 31 6 28 11 85
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2020 21.8 3 3.9 -1 4 5 0 0.0
2021 24.4 12 12.7 -1 4 12 5 41.7
Player 23.8 15 16.6 -2 8 17 5 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2020 3 6 7 3 5 2 5 2 4 1 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 6 5 2 7 5 3 2 2 4 6 7 4 3
2021 12 17 11 14 13 12 14 15 6 8 10 16 12 10 15 15 14 12 15 13 12 11 18 14 11 10 16 13 12 10 12
Player 15 23 18 17 18 14 19 17 10 9 13 21 15 13 18 18 17 16 21 18 14 18 23 17 13 12 20 19 19 14 15
! 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 2020 2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 89.9 89.1 -0.8 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 80.3 80.4 0.1 ↑
Breaking Velocity 79.6 80.9 1.3 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.1 88.0 0.9 ↑
Launch Angle 7.8 9.2 1.4 ↑
Barrel % 4.2 7.0 2.8 ↑
Hard Hit % 31.4 35.9 4.5 ↑
Sweet Spot % 31.4 32.5 1.1 ↑
xBA .255 .252 -0.003 ↓
BA .197 .242 0.045 ↑
xwOBA .300 .323 0.023 ↑
wOBA .251 .300 0.049 ↑
xSLG .381 .417 0.036 ↑
SLG .324 .373 0.049 ↑
K% 15.6 17.7 2.1 ↑
BB% 7.8 8.6 0.8 ↑
Swing % 45.4 44.1 -1.3 ↓
Whiff% 18.3 21.6 3.3 ↑
In Zone % 48.3 45.9 -2.4 ↓
Out of Zone % 51.7 54.1 2.4 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 28.4 26.2 -2.2 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 20.1 27.7 7.6 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 56.5 60.4 3.9 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2020 Shifts 152 .251 122 15 12.3 30 13 43.3
2021 Shifts 439 .288 339 51 15.0 100 36 36.0
! 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 %
2020 209 14.3 58.4% 1.9% 90 23.1 2.2% 3.3%
2021 546 14.1 60.8% 1.1% 327 22.6 1.2% 7.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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