Sung Young-tak
성영탁
A 22-year-old right-handed pitcher for the KIA Tigers, drafted by KIA in 2024, tenth round, 96th overall. This is his 2nd season since a 2025 debut. This season, working mostly in relief: 3–3, 13 saves and 7 holds, a 3.47 ERA over 57.0 innings, 4.20 FIP and 1.04 WAR.
- Born
- 2004-07-28· 22
- Position
- Pitcher
- Bats / throws
- bats right, throws right
- Height · Weight
- 180 cm · 89 kg
- Draft
- Drafted by KIA in 2024, tenth round, 96th overall
- Debut
- 2025
Path동주초(부산서구리틀)개성중부산고
Percentile
Against the league
Percentile against every qualified pitcher in the league this season.
Workload
Pitches / inning
15.5
Pitches / batter
3.65
Fatigue index
86
100 is a league-typical workload. Above it, the arm is doing more work per out than the innings column suggests.
60 G
Pitching line
| IP | 57 | TBF | 243 |
| W | 3 | L | 3 |
| SV | 13 | HLD | 7 |
| H | 57 | HR | 5 |
| BB | 17 | HBP | 1 |
| SO | 41 | NP | 886 |
| R | 28 | ER | 22 |
| QS | 0 | BSV | 3 |
| CG | 0 | SHO | 0 |
Advanced
| ERA | 3.47 | FIP | 4.20 |
| E−F | −0.73 | WHIP | 1.30 |
| ERA+ | 134 | FIP+ | 111 |
| K/9 | 6.5 | BB/9 | 2.7 |
| HR/9 | 0.8 | K/BB | 2.41 |
| BABIP | .291 | LOB% | 69% |
| Opp AVG | .257 | WAR | 1.04 |
Nearest neighbours
Closest comparables
Nearest neighbours by standardised rate profile, not by reputation.
| Player | Team | IP | ERA | FIP | K% | BB% | HR/9 | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lim Chan-kyu | LG | 169 2/3 | 4.46 | 4.27 | 14.0% | 5.6% | 0.7 | 2.97 |
| Tolhurst | LG | 163 1/3 | 4.24 | 4.13 | 18.0% | 5.2% | 0.9 | 3.10 |
| Ariel Jurado | Samsung | 150 | 3.54 | 4.33 | 15.4% | 4.9% | 1.0 | 2.52 |
| Koo Chang-mo | NC | 163 | 4.03 | 4.51 | 19.0% | 6.9% | 1.1 | 2.44 |
| James Naile | KIA | 183 | 3.49 | 3.67 | 20.5% | 5.0% | 0.6 | 4.35 |
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.