Yang Hyeon-jong
양현종
A 38-year-old left-handed pitcher for the KIA Tigers, drafted by KIA in 2007, first round, 1st overall. This is his 20th season since a 2007 debut. This season, working mostly in starts: 12–6, a 4.19 ERA over 124.7 innings, 5.22 FIP and 0.94 WAR.
- Born
- 1988-03-01· 38
- Position
- Pitcher
- Bats / throws
- bats left, throws left
- Height · Weight
- 183 cm · 91 kg
- Draft
- Drafted by KIA in 2007, first round, 1st overall
- Debut
- 2007
Path학강초광주동성중광주동성고KIA텍사스
Percentile
Against the league
Percentile against every qualified pitcher in the league this season.
Workload
Pitches / inning
17.3
Pitches / batter
3.88
Fatigue index
113
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
| IP | 124 2/3 | TBF | 555 |
| W | 12 | L | 6 |
| SV | 0 | HLD | 0 |
| H | 122 | HR | 15 |
| BB | 58 | HBP | 3 |
| SO | 85 | NP | 2,151 |
| R | 66 | ER | 58 |
| QS | 2 | BSV | 0 |
| CG | 0 | SHO | 0 |
Advanced
| ERA | 4.19 | FIP | 5.22 |
| E−F | −1.03 | WHIP | 1.44 |
| ERA+ | 111 | FIP+ | 89 |
| K/9 | 6.1 | BB/9 | 4.2 |
| HR/9 | 1.1 | K/BB | 1.47 |
| BABIP | .272 | LOB% | 72% |
| Opp AVG | .252 | WAR | 0.94 |
Nearest neighbours
Closest comparables
Nearest neighbours by standardised rate profile, not by reputation.
| Player | Team | IP | ERA | FIP | K% | BB% | HR/9 | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toda | NC | 145 | 5.03 | 5.08 | 16.7% | 8.1% | 1.3 | 1.31 |
| Kim Jin-uk | Lotte | 144 1/3 | 4.12 | 4.70 | 19.6% | 8.1% | 1.1 | 1.88 |
| Koo Chang-mo | NC | 163 | 4.03 | 4.51 | 19.0% | 6.9% | 1.1 | 2.44 |
| Na Kyun-an | Lotte | 149 2/3 | 4.27 | 4.41 | 19.7% | 6.6% | 1.1 | 2.39 |
| Park Se-woong | Lotte | 147 1/3 | 4.64 | 4.25 | 19.1% | 8.0% | 0.7 | 2.60 |
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.