Choi Ji-gwang
최지광
A 28-year-old right-handed pitcher for the Samsung Lions, drafted by Samsung in 2017, first round, 9th overall. This is his 10th season since a 2017 debut, by way of Samsung → Sangmu. This season, working mostly in relief: 4–0, 1 saves and 8 holds, a 2.45 ERA over 22.0 innings, 3.01 FIP and 0.68 WAR.
- Born
- 1998-03-13· 28
- Position
- Pitcher
- Bats / throws
- bats right, throws right
- Height · Weight
- 173 cm · 85 kg
- Draft
- Drafted by Samsung in 2017, first round, 9th overall
- Debut
- 2017
Path감천초대신중부산고삼성상무
Percentile
Against the league
Percentile against every qualified pitcher in the league this season.
Workload
Pitches / inning
17.3
Pitches / batter
3.97
Fatigue index
86
100 is a league-typical workload. Above it, the arm is doing more work per out than the innings column suggests.
25 G
Pitching line
| IP | 22 | TBF | 96 |
| W | 4 | L | 0 |
| SV | 1 | HLD | 8 |
| H | 20 | HR | 0 |
| BB | 7 | HBP | 3 |
| SO | 21 | NP | 381 |
| R | 8 | ER | 6 |
| QS | 0 | BSV | 2 |
| CG | 0 | SHO | 0 |
Advanced
| ERA | 2.45 | FIP | 3.01 |
| E−F | −0.55 | WHIP | 1.23 |
| ERA+ | 190 | FIP+ | 155 |
| K/9 | 8.6 | BB/9 | 2.9 |
| HR/9 | 0.0 | K/BB | 3.00 |
| BABIP | .308 | LOB% | 73% |
| Opp AVG | .235 | WAR | 0.68 |
Nearest neighbours
Closest comparables
Nearest neighbours by standardised rate profile, not by reputation.
| Player | Team | IP | ERA | FIP | K% | BB% | HR/9 | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won Tae-in | Samsung | 145 1/3 | 4.52 | 3.35 | 18.5% | 5.4% | 0.4 | 3.95 |
| Choi Min-seok | Doosan | 146 1/3 | 3.20 | 3.75 | 20.4% | 8.5% | 0.5 | 3.36 |
| James Naile | KIA | 183 | 3.49 | 3.67 | 20.5% | 5.0% | 0.6 | 4.35 |
| Kwak Bin | Doosan | 161 | 2.24 | 2.81 | 30.4% | 6.0% | 0.6 | 5.27 |
| Jeremy Beasley | Lotte | 147 | 4.96 | 3.72 | 24.1% | 6.7% | 0.8 | 3.41 |
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.