SS · 2026

Ha-Seong Kim

Age: 31
B/T: R/R
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 200 lb
Number: #7

Born: October 17, 1995 in Bucheon, Republic of Korea
MLB debut: April 1, 2021
Salary, 2026: $20M

dbWAR: 1.9
PA: 84
AVG: .067
OBP: .167
SLG: .067
wRC+: -31

Ha-Seong Kim is a shortstop for the Atlanta Braves. In 2026 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 3 RBIs, notching 5 hits across 84 plate appearances in 25 games. His batting average was .067, 72.6% lower than the league average of .244. He reached base at a .167 clip and slugged .067, for an OPS of .233, 67.6% lower than the league mark of .719. He averaged 84.9 mph off the bat, hit 22.0% of balls in play at 95 mph or better and made contact on 78.9% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -31 wRC+ puts his offence 131% below average. That comes to -0.9 dbWAR — -13.1 runs with the bat, +0.1 on the bases, +1.1 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.

League context

Percentile among qualified batters, 2026.

wRC+-31

wOBA.131

ISO.000

BB%10.7%

WAR-.9

How the WAR is built

Runs above replacement, 2026. These four terms sum to -9.1 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.

BattingBaserunningPositionReplacement

WAR by season

Platoon splits

How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.

Batting by the hand the pitcher throws with, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHP	44	40	2	0	4	13	.050	.136	.050	.106	29.5%
vs RHP	40	35	3	0	5	10	.086	.200	.086	.157	25.0%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2026.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2026.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .243.

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	25	84	5	0	3	1	9	23	.067	.167	.067	.000	.096	10.7%	27.4%	.131	-13.1	-31	-0.9
2025	48	191	40	5	17	6	16	39	.234	.304	.345	.111	.271	8.4%	20.4%	.291	-3.9	83	0.5
2024	121	470	94	11	47	22	58	77	.233	.330	.370	.136	.261	12.3%	16.4%	.311	-0.3	100	2.3

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How these are computed

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.