Players · R · Pitcher · 2023
Hyun Jin Ryu
- Age
- 36
- B/T
- R/L
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 250 lb
- Born
- March 25, 1987 in Incheon, South Korea
- MLB debut
- April 2, 2013
- dbWAR
- 13.7 13 season(s)
- IP
- 52.0
- ERA
- 3.46
- FIP
- 4.91
- K/9
- 6.6
- FIP−
- 113 100 = avg
Hyun Jin Ryu was a starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2023 he struck out 38 batters over 52.0 innings across 11 appearances, 11 of them starts, going 3-3. His ERA of 3.46 was 20.1% lower than the league average of 4.33 — 7th of 16 on his team, and 146th of 550 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.91 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 21.1% of swings (10.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.0%. His 0.3 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2023.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | TOR | 11 | 11 | 52.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 20 | 38 | 14 | 3.46 | 4.91 | 1.29 | 6.6 | 2.4 | 80 | 113 | 0.3 | |
| 2022 | TOR | 6 | 6 | 27.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 5.67 | 4.78 | 1.33 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 143 | 120 | 0.1 | |
| 2021 | TOR | 31 | 31 | 169.0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 170 | 82 | 143 | 37 | 4.37 | 4.02 | 1.22 | 7.6 | 2.0 | 102 | 94 | 2.7 | |
| 2020 | TOR | 12 | 12 | 67.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 20 | 72 | 17 | 2.69 | 3.01 | 1.15 | 9.7 | 2.3 | 60 | 68 | 2.0 | |
| 2019 | LAD | 29 | 29 | 182.2 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 160 | 47 | 163 | 24 | 2.32 | 3.10 | 1.01 | 8.0 | 1.2 | 51 | 69 | 4.9 | |
| 2018 | LAD | 15 | 15 | 82.1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 18 | 89 | 15 | 1.97 | 3.00 | 1.01 | 9.7 | 1.6 | 47 | 72 | 2.0 | |
| 2017 | LAD | 25 | 24 | 126.2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 128 | 53 | 116 | 45 | 3.77 | 4.74 | 1.37 | 8.2 | 3.2 | 86 | 109 | 0.9 | |
| 2016 | LAD | 1 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11.57 | 5.50 | 2.14 | 7.7 | 3.9 | 276 | 131 | -0.0 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | TOR | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 50.0% | .000 | -1.1 | -116 | -0.0 | |
| 2019 | LAD | 28 | 67 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .157 | .218 | .235 | .078 | .259 | 6.0% | 34.3% | .204 | -6.8 | 20 | 0.3 | |
| 2018 | LAD | 15 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .269 | .321 | .308 | .038 | .538 | 6.7% | 43.3% | .284 | -0.8 | 80 | 0.4 | |
| 2017 | LAD | 21 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .133 | .235 | .167 | .033 | .333 | 7.9% | 47.4% | .199 | -4.0 | 14 | 0.2 | |
| 2016 | LAD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -124 | -0.0 |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 46 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 7 | .275 | .370 | .475 | .368 | 15.2% |
| vs RHB | 178 | 166 | 42 | 7 | 8 | 31 | .253 | .290 | .440 | .313 | 17.4% |
Pitch sequencing
What Hyun Jin Ryu throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 228 | 88.7 | 2,065 | 46.1% | 13.0% | 44 | .273 | 1.006 | |
| Changeup | 189 | 78.1 | 1,480 | 37.6% | 25.0% | 58 | .276 | .782 | |
| Cutter | 156 | 85.1 | 2,019 | 45.5% | 20.7% | 42 | .238 | .607 | |
| Curveball | 142 | 68.9 | 2,472 | 50.0% | 35.2% | 42 | .286 | .747 | |
| Sinker | 115 | 87.7 | 1,972 | 53.0% | 8.0% | 20 | .150 | .427 |
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Nearest 2023 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.