Kim Taek-yeon
김택연
A 21-year-old right-handed pitcher for the Doosan Bears, drafted by Doosan in 2024, first round, 2nd overall. This is his 3rd season since a 2024 debut. This season, working mostly in relief: 3–3, 4 saves and 13 holds, a 2.54 ERA over 56.7 innings, 4.33 FIP and 0.96 WAR.
- Born
- 2005-06-03· 21
- Position
- Pitcher
- Bats / throws
- bats right, throws right
- Height · Weight
- 181 cm · 88 kg
- Draft
- Drafted by Doosan in 2024, first round, 2nd overall
- Debut
- 2024
Path동막초상인천중인천고
Percentile
Against the league
Percentile against every qualified pitcher in the league this season.
Workload
Pitches / inning
18.4
Pitches / batter
4.35
Fatigue index
102
100 is a league-typical workload. Above it, the arm is doing more work per out than the innings column suggests.
55 G
Pitching line
| IP | 56 2/3 | TBF | 240 |
| W | 3 | L | 3 |
| SV | 4 | HLD | 13 |
| H | 37 | HR | 7 |
| BB | 30 | HBP | 3 |
| SO | 73 | NP | 1,045 |
| R | 17 | ER | 16 |
| QS | 0 | BSV | 5 |
| CG | 0 | SHO | 0 |
Advanced
| ERA | 2.54 | FIP | 4.33 |
| E−F | −1.79 | WHIP | 1.18 |
| ERA+ | 183 | FIP+ | 108 |
| K/9 | 11.6 | BB/9 | 4.8 |
| HR/9 | 1.1 | K/BB | 2.43 |
| BABIP | .236 | LOB% | 88% |
| Opp AVG | .182 | WAR | 0.96 |
Nearest neighbours
Closest comparables
Nearest neighbours by standardised rate profile, not by reputation.
| Player | Team | IP | ERA | FIP | K% | BB% | HR/9 | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elier Rodriguez | Lotte | 159 2/3 | 4.28 | 4.34 | 26.8% | 8.1% | 1.3 | 2.68 |
| Adam Oller | KIA | 178 | 3.13 | 3.73 | 25.1% | 8.6% | 0.7 | 4.12 |
| Kim Jin-uk | Lotte | 144 1/3 | 4.12 | 4.70 | 19.6% | 8.1% | 1.1 | 1.88 |
| Choi Min-seok | Doosan | 146 1/3 | 3.20 | 3.75 | 20.4% | 8.5% | 0.5 | 3.36 |
| Koo Chang-mo | NC | 163 | 4.03 | 4.51 | 19.0% | 6.9% | 1.1 | 2.44 |
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.