Ji Hwan Bae

Bats L Throws R6'1" 185 lbBorn 1999 Daegu, South KoreaDebut 2022Team MIL

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 70.0FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal -0.09 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	122	109	27	5	1	2	11	29	6	0.250	0.321	0.362	0.683	0.112	0.304	23.8	8.8	88.3	0.20
2027	135	121	29	5	1	2	11	33	6	0.241	0.311	0.354	0.665	0.113	0.296	24.1	8.4	83.9	0.15

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 25

His ten closest age-25 comparables averaged 68 HIT+ the next season; 6 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Dan Briggs	1978	53.0	74.0	254
2	Bob Spence	1971	53.5	did not play
3	Ray Knode	1926	71.3	did not play
4	Bobo Osborne	1961	53.2	78.6	92
5	Dick Kryhoski	1950	70.2	105.1	455
6	Eddie Onslow	1918	60.0	did not play
7	Lewin Diaz	2022	51.1	did not play
8	Rocky Nelson	1950	59.9	65.9	232
9	Frank Tepedino	1973	70.9	43.9	181
10	Julio Becquer	1957	51.9	38.5	176

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			135		29	5	1	2		6	11	33	0.241	0.311	0.354	0.665	83.9
2026*	MIL	4	4	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	1	0.500	0.667	0.500	1.167	252.6
2025	PIT	13	25	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	5	9	0.050	0.240	0.050	0.290	4.4
2024	PIT	29	81	11	14	2	0	0	6	6	6	24	0.189	0.247	0.216	0.463	30.4
2023	PIT	111	371	54	77	17	2	2	32	24	30	92	0.231	0.296	0.311	0.608	68.1
2022	PIT	10	37	5	11	3	0	0	6	3	2	6	0.333	0.405	0.424	0.830	142.0
Career		163	514	74	103	22	2	2	44	37	43	131	0.223	0.294	0.293	0.586	64.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	4			0.0	0.0	28.6	50.0	0.193	0.195	0.361
2025	25	88.3	10.2	18.2	36.4	41.7	32.8	0.115	0.278	0.268	28.6
2024	81	87.3	2.4	11.8	37.3	31.8	27.2	0.214	0.348	0.278	29.0
2023	371	88.1	1.1	2.0	36.8	25.4	28.7	0.220	0.294	0.266	29.7
2022	37	83.2	4.4	0.0	22.2	20.3	19.0	0.250	0.280	0.286	29.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	PIT	OF	9	60	11	0	0	0	1.000
2024	PIT	OF	27	191	58	1	0	1	1.000
2024	PIT	2B	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.1
2023	PIT	2B	64	465	70	116	7	21	0.964	-4.3
2023	PIT	OF	62	337	95	0	2	0	0.979
2023	PIT	SS	3	24	2	4	1	0	0.857	-0.0
2022	PIT	OF	6	48	9	0	2	0	0.818
2022	PIT	2B	4	35	8	11	0	2	1.000	-1.4

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Bat	371	5 HR, 36 SB	0.257	0.728
2025	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	305	1 HR, 23 SB	0.292	0.804
2024	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	293	7 HR, 14 SB	0.341	0.937
2023	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	39	1 HR, 2 SB	0.344	0.993
2022	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	473	8 HR, 30 SB	0.289	0.792
2021	AA	Altoona Curve	Bat	365	7 HR, 20 SB	0.278	0.772
2019	A	Greensboro Grasshoppers	Bat	380	0 HR, 31 SB	0.323	0.833
2018	Rk	GCL Pirates	Bat	152	0 HR, 10 SB	0.271	0.711

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.900	0.350	0.900	0.350
2025	0.000	0.209	0.175	0.176
2024	0.129	0.258	0.275	0.210
2023	0.285	0.290	0.273	0.302
2022	0.200	0.450	0.350	0.539

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.