Yuta Sugimoto
스기모토
A 26-year-old right-handed pitcher for the KT Wiz, joined KT in 2026. 2026 is his first season in the league. This season, working mostly in relief: 1–2, 0 saves and 25 holds, a 5.90 ERA over 71.7 innings, 4.42 FIP and 1.14 WAR.
- Born
- 2000-05-19· 26
- Position
- Pitcher
- Bats / throws
- bats right, throws right
- Height · Weight
- 182 cm · 90 kg
- Draft
- Joined KT in 2026
- Debut
- 2026
Path일본 오가키니혼대부고일본 니혼대
Percentile
Against the league
Percentile against every qualified pitcher in the league this season.
Workload
Pitches / inning
17.9
Pitches / batter
3.87
Fatigue index
103
100 is a league-typical workload. Above it, the arm is doing more work per out than the innings column suggests.
73 G
Pitching line
| IP | 71 2/3 | TBF | 331 |
| W | 1 | L | 2 |
| SV | 0 | HLD | 25 |
| H | 88 | HR | 8 |
| BB | 27 | HBP | 5 |
| SO | 69 | NP | 1,282 |
| R | 57 | ER | 47 |
| QS | 0 | BSV | 3 |
| CG | 0 | SHO | 0 |
Advanced
| ERA | 5.90 | FIP | 4.42 |
| E−F | +1.48 | WHIP | 1.60 |
| ERA+ | 79 | FIP+ | 105 |
| K/9 | 8.7 | BB/9 | 3.4 |
| HR/9 | 1.0 | K/BB | 2.56 |
| BABIP | .360 | LOB% | 58% |
| Opp AVG | .299 | WAR | 1.14 |
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 |
| Elier Rodriguez | Lotte | 159 2/3 | 4.28 | 4.34 | 26.8% | 8.1% | 1.3 | 2.68 |
| 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.