
Kim Jae-yoon
김재윤
Drafted as a catcher, moved to the mound, and closed for KT's 2021 champions before signing with Samsung. The saves column measures the role; the FIP column measures the pitcher.
A 36-year-old right-handed pitcher for the Samsung Lions, drafted by KT in 2015 in the expansion draft, 13th pick. This is his 18th season since a 2009 debut. This season, working mostly in relief: 7–5, 35 saves and 0 holds, a 3.22 ERA over 64.3 innings, 3.75 FIP and 1.47 WAR.
- Born
- 1990-09-16· 36
- Position
- Pitcher
- Bats / throws
- bats right, throws right
- Height · Weight
- 185 cm · 91 kg
- Draft
- Drafted by KT in 2015 in the expansion draft, 13th pick
- Debut
- 2009
Path서울도곡초휘문중휘문고KT
Percentile
Against the league
Percentile against every qualified pitcher in the league this season.
Workload
Pitches / inning
16.5
Pitches / batter
4.07
Fatigue index
93
100 is a league-typical workload. Above it, the arm is doing more work per out than the innings column suggests.
64 G
Pitching line
| IP | 64 1/3 | TBF | 261 |
| W | 7 | L | 5 |
| SV | 35 | HLD | 0 |
| H | 44 | HR | 5 |
| BB | 25 | HBP | 1 |
| SO | 65 | NP | 1,061 |
| R | 24 | ER | 23 |
| QS | 0 | BSV | 5 |
| CG | 0 | SHO | 0 |
Advanced
| ERA | 3.22 | FIP | 3.75 |
| E−F | −0.54 | WHIP | 1.07 |
| ERA+ | 145 | FIP+ | 124 |
| K/9 | 9.1 | BB/9 | 3.5 |
| HR/9 | 0.7 | K/BB | 2.60 |
| BABIP | .236 | LOB% | 73% |
| Opp AVG | .189 | WAR | 1.47 |
Nearest neighbours
Closest comparables
Nearest neighbours by standardised rate profile, not by reputation.
| Player | Team | IP | ERA | FIP | K% | BB% | HR/9 | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Oller | KIA | 178 | 3.13 | 3.73 | 25.1% | 8.6% | 0.7 | 4.12 |
| Choi Min-seok | Doosan | 146 1/3 | 3.20 | 3.75 | 20.4% | 8.5% | 0.5 | 3.36 |
| Jeremy Beasley | Lotte | 147 | 4.96 | 3.72 | 24.1% | 6.7% | 0.8 | 3.41 |
| James Naile | KIA | 183 | 3.49 | 3.67 | 20.5% | 5.0% | 0.6 | 4.35 |
| Kim Jin-uk | Lotte | 144 1/3 | 4.12 | 4.70 | 19.6% | 8.1% | 1.1 | 1.88 |
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.