Kim Young-woo
김영우
A 21-year-old right-handed pitcher for the LG Twins, drafted by LG in 2025, first round, 10th overall. This is his 2nd season since a 2025 debut. This season, working mostly in relief: 3–0, 0 saves and 5 holds, a 4.17 ERA over 45.3 innings, 3.97 FIP and 0.93 WAR.
- Born
- 2005-01-14· 21
- Position
- Pitcher
- Bats / throws
- bats right, throws right
- Height · Weight
- 185 cm · 90 kg
- Draft
- Drafted by LG in 2025, first round, 10th overall
- Debut
- 2025
Path양원초(서대문구리틀)신월중서울고
Percentile
Against the league
Percentile against every qualified pitcher in the league this season.
Workload
Pitches / inning
16.8
Pitches / batter
3.77
Fatigue index
89
100 is a league-typical workload. Above it, the arm is doing more work per out than the innings column suggests.
51 G
Pitching line
| IP | 45 1/3 | TBF | 202 |
| W | 3 | L | 0 |
| SV | 0 | HLD | 5 |
| H | 50 | HR | 3 |
| BB | 18 | HBP | 0 |
| SO | 37 | NP | 761 |
| R | 21 | ER | 21 |
| QS | 0 | BSV | 1 |
| CG | 0 | SHO | 0 |
Advanced
| ERA | 4.17 | FIP | 3.97 |
| E−F | +0.20 | WHIP | 1.50 |
| ERA+ | 112 | FIP+ | 117 |
| K/9 | 7.3 | BB/9 | 3.6 |
| HR/9 | 0.6 | K/BB | 2.06 |
| BABIP | .326 | LOB% | 74% |
| Opp AVG | .281 | WAR | 0.93 |
Nearest neighbours
Closest comparables
Nearest neighbours by standardised rate profile, not by reputation.
| Player | Team | IP | ERA | FIP | K% | BB% | HR/9 | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choi Min-seok | Doosan | 146 1/3 | 3.20 | 3.75 | 20.4% | 8.5% | 0.5 | 3.36 |
| Park Se-woong | Lotte | 147 1/3 | 4.64 | 4.25 | 19.1% | 8.0% | 0.7 | 2.60 |
| Jeremy Beasley | Lotte | 147 | 4.96 | 3.72 | 24.1% | 6.7% | 0.8 | 3.41 |
| Tolhurst | LG | 163 1/3 | 4.24 | 4.13 | 18.0% | 5.2% | 0.9 | 3.10 |
| Lim Chan-kyu | LG | 169 2/3 | 4.46 | 4.27 | 14.0% | 5.6% | 0.7 | 2.97 |
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.