Hong Min-kyu
홍민규
A 20-year-old right-handed pitcher for the KIA Tigers, drafted by Doosan in 2025, third round, 26th overall. This is his 2nd season since a 2025 debut. This season, working mostly in relief: 1–2, a 7.59 ERA over 21.3 innings, 4.49 FIP and 0.32 WAR.
- Born
- 2006-09-11· 20
- Position
- Pitcher
- Bats / throws
- bats left, throws right
- Height · Weight
- 183 cm · 87 kg
- Draft
- Drafted by Doosan in 2025, third round, 26th overall
- Debut
- 2025
Path서울논현초(용산구리틀)대원중야탑고
Percentile
Against the league
Percentile against every qualified pitcher in the league this season.
Workload
Pitches / inning
16.8
Pitches / batter
3.51
Fatigue index
83
100 is a league-typical workload. Above it, the arm is doing more work per out than the innings column suggests.
17 G
Pitching line
| IP | 21 1/3 | TBF | 102 |
| W | 1 | L | 2 |
| SV | 0 | HLD | 0 |
| H | 28 | HR | 2 |
| BB | 10 | HBP | 0 |
| SO | 18 | NP | 358 |
| R | 18 | ER | 18 |
| QS | 0 | BSV | 0 |
| CG | 0 | SHO | 0 |
Advanced
| ERA | 7.59 | FIP | 4.49 |
| E−F | +3.10 | WHIP | 1.78 |
| ERA+ | 61 | FIP+ | 104 |
| K/9 | 7.6 | BB/9 | 4.2 |
| HR/9 | 0.8 | K/BB | 1.80 |
| BABIP | .361 | LOB% | 57% |
| Opp AVG | .311 | WAR | 0.32 |
Nearest neighbours
Closest comparables
Nearest neighbours by standardised rate profile, not by reputation.
| Player | Team | IP | ERA | FIP | K% | BB% | HR/9 | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Se-woong | Lotte | 147 1/3 | 4.64 | 4.25 | 19.1% | 8.0% | 0.7 | 2.60 |
| Na Kyun-an | Lotte | 149 2/3 | 4.27 | 4.41 | 19.7% | 6.6% | 1.1 | 2.39 |
| Kim Jin-uk | Lotte | 144 1/3 | 4.12 | 4.70 | 19.6% | 8.1% | 1.1 | 1.88 |
| Koo Chang-mo | NC | 163 | 4.03 | 4.51 | 19.0% | 6.9% | 1.1 | 2.44 |
| Toda | NC | 145 | 5.03 | 5.08 | 16.7% | 8.1% | 1.3 | 1.31 |
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.