
Kim Gi-joon
김기준
A 22-year-old right-handed pitcher for the Lotte Giants, drafted by Lotte in 2023, fourth round, 33rd overall. 2026 is his first season in the league. This season, working mostly in relief: 0–0, a 1.17 ERA over 7.7 innings, 2.12 FIP and 0.31 WAR.
- Born
- 2004-04-16· 22
- Position
- Pitcher
- Bats / throws
- bats right, throws right
- Height · Weight
- 188 cm · 90 kg
- Draft
- Drafted by Lotte in 2023, fourth round, 33rd overall
- Debut
- 2026
Path대해초대구중경북고
Percentile
Against the league
Percentile against every qualified pitcher in the league this season.
Workload
Pitches / inning
15.5
Pitches / batter
3.72
Fatigue index
74
100 is a league-typical workload. Above it, the arm is doing more work per out than the innings column suggests.
8 G
Pitching line
| IP | 7 2/3 | TBF | 32 |
| W | 0 | L | 0 |
| SV | 0 | HLD | 0 |
| H | 10 | HR | 0 |
| BB | 1 | HBP | 0 |
| SO | 7 | NP | 119 |
| R | 1 | ER | 1 |
| QS | 0 | BSV | 0 |
| CG | 0 | SHO | 0 |
Advanced
| ERA | 1.17 | FIP | 2.12 |
| E−F | −0.94 | WHIP | 1.43 |
| ERA+ | 397 | FIP+ | 220 |
| K/9 | 8.2 | BB/9 | 1.2 |
| HR/9 | 0.0 | K/BB | 7.00 |
| BABIP | .417 | LOB% | 91% |
| Opp AVG | .323 | WAR | 0.31 |
Nearest neighbours
Closest comparables
Nearest neighbours by standardised rate profile, not by reputation.
| Player | Team | IP | ERA | FIP | K% | BB% | HR/9 | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won Tae-in | Samsung | 145 1/3 | 4.52 | 3.35 | 18.5% | 5.4% | 0.4 | 3.95 |
| Ko Young-pyo | KT | 172 2/3 | 3.28 | 3.21 | 25.9% | 3.1% | 0.8 | 4.94 |
| Kwak Bin | Doosan | 161 | 2.24 | 2.81 | 30.4% | 6.0% | 0.6 | 5.27 |
| James Naile | KIA | 183 | 3.49 | 3.67 | 20.5% | 5.0% | 0.6 | 4.35 |
| Jeremy Beasley | Lotte | 147 | 4.96 | 3.72 | 24.1% | 6.7% | 0.8 | 3.41 |
Pitcher WAR is built from FIP, so it credits strikeouts, walks and home runs and stays neutral on everything the defence touched. Relief innings are not leverage-weighted, which understates a closer.