Jang Hyun-sik
장현식
A 31-year-old right-handed pitcher for the LG Twins, drafted by NC in 2013, first round, 9th overall. This is his 14th season since a 2013 debut, by way of NC → Police (military service) → NC → KIA. This season, working mostly in relief: 7–3, 2 saves and 7 holds, a 4.02 ERA over 53.7 innings, 4.32 FIP and 0.91 WAR.
- Born
- 1995-02-24· 31
- Position
- Pitcher
- Bats / throws
- bats right, throws right
- Height · Weight
- 181 cm · 91 kg
- Draft
- Drafted by NC in 2013, first round, 9th overall
- Debut
- 2013
Path신도초서울이수중서울고NC경찰NCKIA
Percentile
Against the league
Percentile against every qualified pitcher in the league this season.
Workload
Pitches / inning
16.4
Pitches / batter
3.83
Fatigue index
90
100 is a league-typical workload. Above it, the arm is doing more work per out than the innings column suggests.
32 G
Pitching line
| IP | 53 2/3 | TBF | 230 |
| W | 7 | L | 3 |
| SV | 2 | HLD | 7 |
| H | 61 | HR | 5 |
| BB | 17 | HBP | 1 |
| SO | 39 | NP | 882 |
| R | 24 | ER | 24 |
| QS | 0 | BSV | 3 |
| CG | 0 | SHO | 0 |
Advanced
| ERA | 4.02 | FIP | 4.32 |
| E−F | −0.29 | WHIP | 1.45 |
| ERA+ | 116 | FIP+ | 108 |
| K/9 | 6.5 | BB/9 | 2.9 |
| HR/9 | 0.8 | K/BB | 2.29 |
| BABIP | .333 | LOB% | 76% |
| Opp AVG | .289 | WAR | 0.91 |
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 |
| Koo Chang-mo | NC | 163 | 4.03 | 4.51 | 19.0% | 6.9% | 1.1 | 2.44 |
| 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 |
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.