Biographical

Portrait of Kwang Hyun Kim

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA
0 0 0.00
Birth Date7-2-1988
Height6' 2"
Weight195 lbs
Age35 years, 10 months, 5 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP

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 GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

Injury History  —  No longer being updated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
2021 SLN $4,000,000
2020 SLN $4,000,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$8,000,000
2 yrTotal$8,000,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 0 dBoggs & Associates2 years/$8M (2020-21)

Details
  • 2 years/$8M (2020-21). Signed by St. Louis as a free agent 12/16/19. 20:$4M, 21:$4M. May earn additional $1.5M annually in performance bonuses. May not be demoted to minor leagues without permission.
  • 2007-19: SK Wyverns of Korea.

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2020-01-24 13:00:00 (link to chat)Any fast moving arms say after pick 50 in a FYPD?
(Brandon from MO)
Depends on the FYPD, but fast moving arms in that range include Ethan Small, the imports (Kwang-hyun Kim and Shun Yamaguchi), Tommy Henry, Ryan Jansen, TJ Sikkema, Matt Canterino, among others. (Jesse Roche)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

A Collaboration between BrooksBaseball.net and Baseball Prospectus - Pitch classifications provided by Pitch Info LLC


Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Kwang Hyun Kim threw 2,694 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2020 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Slider (84mph) and Fourseam Fastball (91mph), also mixing in a Curve (72mph) and Change (79mph).