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Ha-Seong Kim

Braves
Number #7
Position SS
Bats R
Throws R
Age 31
Height 5' 10"
Weight 200 lbs
Birth Place Seoul, South Korea
Born Oct 17, 1995

Key Insights

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He puts the ball in play when the run is there to drive

With a runner in scoring position Kim averages 88.5 mph off the bat, against 83.5 with the bases empty.

17 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 73 without.
His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Kim's fly balls travel 231 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 400.

44 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.
The shape of his contact says what kind of hitter he is

Kim averages 19.2 degrees off the bat: 45.6% of his contact is in the air and 44.4% of it is on the ground.

90 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.
There is one part of the field he lives in

Kim hits it hardest to his pull side: 87.6 mph on average there, against 82.4 up the middle.

30 batted balls to his pull side, 39 up the middle.
He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Kim pulls 34.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 22.8%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

32 pulled, 39 up the middle and 21 the other way over 92 located batted balls.
Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Kim pulls 38.8% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 30.2% of it against left-handers.

49 batted balls against right-handers, 43 against left-handers.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Oct 17, 1995
Birth Place Seoul, South Korea
Height 5' 10"
Weight 200 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws R/R