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Kwak Bin
Doosan BearsStarting pitcherNo. 47The homegrown ace

Kwak Bin

곽빈

Doosan's first-round pick in 2018 and, after an arm injury cost him most of his first years, the front of its rotation. The strikeout rate is the story: it puts him among the league's best domestic starters.

Born
1999-05-28· 27
Bats / throws
bats right, throws right
Height · Weight
187 cm · 95 kg
Draft
18 두산 1차
Debut
2018

Path서울학동초자양중배명고

Percentile

Against the league

Percentile against every qualified pitcher in the league this season.

ERA2.26
FIP2.84
K%29.8%
BB%6.2%
HR/90.6
WHIP1.06
WAR5.03

Workload

Pitches / inning

16.6

Pitches / batter

4.12

Fatigue index

117

100 is a league-typical workload. Above it, the arm is doing more work per out than the innings column suggests.

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Pitching line

IP155TBF625
W11L7
SV0HLD0
H125HR10
BB39HBP5
SO186NP2,575
R44ER39
QS19BSV0
CG0SHO0

Advanced

ERA2.26FIP2.84
E−F−0.58WHIP1.06
ERA+206FIP+164
K/910.8BB/92.3
HR/90.6K/BB4.77
BABIP.299LOB%81%
Opp AVG.218WAR5.03

Nearest neighbours

Closest comparables

Nearest neighbours by standardised rate profile, not by reputation.

PlayerTeamIPERAFIPK%BB%HR/9WAR
Adam OllerKIA141 1/32.993.5127.0%8.2%0.73.60
Ko Young-pyoKT139 2/33.803.3525.6%3.4%0.93.80
James NaileKIA152 2/33.663.8119.7%4.7%0.73.41
Choi Min-seokDoosan133 2/32.693.8320.6%9.3%0.52.96
TolhurstLG134 1/34.224.0119.0%5.6%0.82.72

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.