Player profileSep 11 · 7:21
Kim Do-yeong's player profile
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The youngest 30–30 season in league history, in 2024, and the most valuable player of a champion. His percentile bars and nearest comparables are on the platform's profile.
Kim Do-yeong
김도영
In 2024, at twenty, he became the youngest player in KBO history to go 30–30, finished at 38 home runs and 40 steals, and was voted most valuable player of a champion. The league's most complete young hitter.
A 23-year-old right-handed-hitting infielder for the KIA Tigers, drafted by KIA in 2022 as its first-round territorial pick. This is his 5th season since a 2022 debut. This season: .308/.413/.647 in 593 plate appearances, 45 home runs, 11 steals, a 187 wRC+ and 8.59 WAR — 1st of 48 qualified hitters.
- Born
- 2003-10-02· 23
- Position
- Infielder· 3B
- Bats / throws
- bats right, throws right
- Height · Weight
- 183 cm · 85 kg
- Draft
- Drafted by KIA in 2022 as its first-round territorial pick
- Debut
- 2022
Path광주대성초광주동성중광주동성고
Percentile
Against the league
Percentile against every qualified hitter in the league this season.
wOBA.463
wRC+187
ISO.339
BB%14.3%
K%17.4%
BABIP.306
WAR8.59
135 G
Batting line
| PA | 593 | AB | 496 |
| H | 153 | 2B | 29 |
| 3B | 2 | HR | 45 |
| R | 120 | RBI | 118 |
| BB | 85 | IBB | 11 |
| HBP | 7 | SO | 103 |
| SB | 11 | CS | 1 |
| GDP | 8 | SF | 5 |
| AVG | .308 | OBP | .413 |
| SLG | .647 | OPS | 1.060 |
Advanced
| wOBA | .463 | wRC+ | 187 |
| OPS+ | 179 | ISO | .339 |
| BABIP | .306 | BB/K | 0.83 |
| wRAA | +66.6 | wRC | 142.9 |
| Baserunning | +1.8 | SB% | 92% |
| WAR | 8.59 | PA/HR | 13.2 |
Fielding
| Innings | 992 | Positions | 3B |
| PO | 95 | A | 207 |
| E | 10 | DP | 22 |
| FPCT | .968 |
Nearest neighbours
Closest comparables
Nearest neighbours by standardised rate profile, not by reputation.
| Player | Team | PA | wOBA | ISO | BB% | K% | wRC+ | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Dean | LG | 640 | .468 | .304 | 12.7% | 14.8% | 191 | 7.90 |
| Yonathan Perlaza | Hanwha | 558 | .409 | .204 | 16.3% | 18.6% | 147 | 4.30 |
| Hilliard | KT | 639 | .428 | .288 | 10.2% | 27.4% | 161 | 6.13 |
| Koo Ja-wook | Samsung | 497 | .464 | .210 | 13.3% | 14.3% | 188 | 6.38 |
| Lewin Diaz | Samsung | 625 | .401 | .205 | 11.7% | 15.7% | 141 | 3.93 |
WAR here is Moneyball Labs' own estimate: offence from wRAA, a steals-only baserunning term, the standard positional adjustment, and no fielding component beyond position. It is honest about what it does not measure.
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