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Portrait of ByungHo Park

ByungHo Park DH

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
2 244 .191 .275 .409 82 -0.1
Birth Date7-10-1986
Height6' 1"
Weight220 lbs
Age37 years, 9 months, 15 days
BatsR
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2016 MIN 29 62 244 41 9 1 12 21 80 5 1 0 .191 .275 .409 82 -4.7 0.7 0.2 -0.1
Career622444191122180510.191.275.40982-4.70.70.2-0.1

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
2016 MIN MLB AL 62 244 .254 .315 .418 .230 112 -6.8 6.9 -4.4 82 7 0.2 0.7 -4.7 -0.1
2016 ROC AAA INT 31 128 .243 .301 .373 .216 100 3 3.6 -2.3 115 0 0.0 -0.4 0.6 0.2
2017 ROC AAA INT 111 455 .255 .320 .383 .332 97 -4.4 13.5 -8.6 99 0 4.7 -2.8 -0.2 0.6

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
2016 MIN MLB AL 244 215 28 41 9 1 12 88 24 21 80 1 0 .191 .275 .409 .219 3 0
2016 ROC AAA INT 128 116 18 26 5 0 10 61 19 6 32 0 0 .224 .297 .526 .302 0 0
2017 ROC AAA INT 455 419 48 106 22 2 14 174 60 28 130 0 0 .253 .308 .415 .162 2 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2016 1040 0.4827 0.4587 0.6436 0.6554 0.2751 0.7386 0.4324 0.3564 0.0000
Career10400.48270.45870.64360.65540.27510.73860.43240.35640.0000

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2020 MIN $
2019 MIN $
2018 MIN $
2017 MIN $2,750,000
2016 MIN $2,750,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$5,500,000
2 yrTotal$5,500,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 90 dAlan Nero3 years/$2.5M (2022-24)

Details
  • 3 years/$2.5M (2022-24). Signed by KT Wiz 12/28/21.
  • 2019-21: Kiwoom of KBO.
  • 2018: Nexen of KBO.
  • 4 years/$12M (2016-19), plus 2020 club option. Signed by Minnesota 12/1/15. 16:$2.75M, 17:$2.75M, 18:$3M, 19:$3M, 20:$6.5M club option ($0.5M buyout). DFA by Minnesota 2/3/17. Send outright to Triple-A 2/8/17. Signed by Nexen Heroes of Korea 11/17, forfeiting $6.5M remaining on contract with Minnesota.
  • Minnesota won negotiating rights 11/9/15 with bid of $12.85M after Park was posted by Nexen Heroes of the Korean Baseball Organization.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2016-03-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)Projections vary pretty wildly for Byung-ho Park, so I was curious to get your take. Do you think he can hit enough to capitalize on his big-time power?
(Matt from DC)		I don't know, I have the same question. No doubt about the power, but really hard to guess how it plays. (Harry Pavlidis)
2016-01-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)It seems like Byung-ho Park has 70+ raw power, but there understandably remains uncertainty about his ability to adjust and make contact in the show. He was near-top or really good in the KBO in walk rate, strikeout rate, and ISO (but so was Eric Thames). 20HR seems like a good baseline, but is 30 HRs too much to dream on?
(Jimmy from Texas)		That's a great question. I really don't know if it's fair to answer that question. From what I've seen, I think 20-25 is pretty likely if he hits enough to play everyday. The difference in pitching in the MLB and the KBO is just so different in terms of quality/need to make adjustments, though. I think we'll get a better idea in Spring Training. Sorry to answer your question with a non-answer. (Christopher Crawford)


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