James Naile
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A 33-year-old right-handed pitcher for the KIA Tigers, signed by KIA in 2024. This is his 3rd season since a 2024 debut. This season, working mostly in starts: 13–7, a 3.49 ERA over 183.0 innings, 3.67 FIP and 4.35 WAR — 3rd of 18 qualified pitchers.
- Born
- 1993-02-08· 33
- Position
- Pitcher
- Bats / throws
- bats right, throws right
- Height · Weight
- 193 cm · 83 kg
- Draft
- Signed by KIA in 2024
- Debut
- 2024
Path미국 Alabama at Birmingham(대)
Percentile
Against the league
Percentile against every qualified pitcher in the league this season.
Workload
Pitches / inning
15.6
Pitches / batter
3.75
Fatigue index
116
100 is a league-typical workload. Above it, the arm is doing more work per out than the innings column suggests.
31 G
Pitching line
| IP | 183 | TBF | 760 |
| W | 13 | L | 7 |
| SV | 0 | HLD | 0 |
| H | 175 | HR | 13 |
| BB | 38 | HBP | 17 |
| SO | 156 | NP | 2,848 |
| R | 73 | ER | 71 |
| QS | 20 | BSV | 0 |
| CG | 0 | SHO | 0 |
Advanced
| ERA | 3.49 | FIP | 3.67 |
| E−F | −0.18 | WHIP | 1.16 |
| ERA+ | 133 | FIP+ | 127 |
| K/9 | 7.7 | BB/9 | 1.9 |
| HR/9 | 0.6 | K/BB | 4.11 |
| BABIP | .302 | LOB% | 74% |
| Opp AVG | .252 | WAR | 4.35 |
Nearest neighbours
Closest comparables
Nearest neighbours by standardised rate profile, not by reputation.
| Player | Team | IP | ERA | FIP | K% | BB% | HR/9 | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tolhurst | LG | 163 1/3 | 4.24 | 4.13 | 18.0% | 5.2% | 0.9 | 3.10 |
| Jeremy Beasley | Lotte | 147 | 4.96 | 3.72 | 24.1% | 6.7% | 0.8 | 3.41 |
| Won Tae-in | Samsung | 145 1/3 | 4.52 | 3.35 | 18.5% | 5.4% | 0.4 | 3.95 |
| Raul Alcantara | Kiwoom | 155 2/3 | 3.87 | 3.86 | 21.5% | 3.0% | 1.1 | 3.39 |
| Choi Min-seok | Doosan | 146 1/3 | 3.20 | 3.75 | 20.4% | 8.5% | 0.5 | 3.36 |
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.