Ha-Seong Kim

Bats R Throws R5'9" 168 lbBorn 1995 Bucheon, South KoreaDebut 2021Team ATLContract 1 y/$20M (26) 2026: $20,000,000

Awards: Rawlings NL Gold Glove

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 95.6FIELD+ 100.1 at SSTotal 0.51 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	253	219	53	10	1	6	28	46	9	0.244	0.333	0.387	0.720	0.143	0.319	18.3	11.1	101.7	0.84
2027	196	171	39	8	1	5	20	39	6	0.229	0.313	0.360	0.673	0.132	0.300	20.0	10.3	87.3	0.31

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 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 97 HIT+ the next season; 9 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	Chris Stynes	2002	92.7	81.0	502
2	Frank LaPorte	1909	106.6	99.4	487
3	Lew Fonseca	1928	94.8	140.3	643
4	Joe Crede	2007	90.2	97.6	373
5	Tim Beckham	2019	99.1	did not play
6	Kurt Abbott	1998	88.8	57.2	305
7	Wil Cordero	2001	95.0	100.5	184
8	Dylan Moore	2022	102.0	106.2	165
9	Aledmys Diaz	2020	107.5	95.1	319
10	Woody English	1935	98.4	94.9	232

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			196		39	8	1	5		6	20	39	0.229	0.313	0.360	0.673	87.3
2026*	ATL	31	85	5	5	0	0	0		1	9	23	0.066	0.165	0.066	0.230	-26.8
2025	ATL	48	191	19	40	4	0	5	17	6	16	39	0.234	0.304	0.345	0.649	83.6
2024	SD	121	470	60	94	16	3	11	47	22	58	77	0.233	0.330	0.370	0.700	97.3
2023	SD	152	626	84	140	23	0	17	60	38	75	124	0.260	0.351	0.398	0.749	112.4
2022	SD	150	582	58	130	29	3	11	59	12	51	100	0.251	0.325	0.383	0.708	109.2
2021	SD	117	298	27	54	12	2	8	34	6	22	71	0.202	0.270	0.352	0.622	72.9
Career		588	2167	248	458	84	8	52	217	84	222	411	0.242	0.324	0.377	0.701	100.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	85	85.2	19.0	3.9	22.6	20.9	24.5	0.144	0.199	0.207	27.5
2025	191	89.7	15.7	5.2	43.3	15.5	21.2	0.242	0.356	0.297	27.6
2024	470	87.9	15.1	4.8	35.4	16.1	18.7	0.245	0.359	0.319	28.3
2023	626	86.2	13.6	4.3	26.7	17.8	20.5	0.242	0.362	0.313	28.5
2022	582	86.7	16.1	4.3	32.4	19.1	24.9	0.250	0.382	0.314	28.4
2021	298	86.7	13.6	4.5	31.8	21.6	24.2	0.205	0.312	0.265	28.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	ATL	SS	43	361	50	81	0	15	1.000	+1.4
2025	TB	2B	5	43	12	15	0	7	1.000	-0.8
2024	SD	SS	121	1047	145	263	11	64	0.974	-4.4
2023	SD	2B	106	857	166	269	4	57	0.991	+10.7
2023	SD	3B	32	253	19	53	1	5	0.986	+1.1
2023	SD	SS	20	153	13	44	2	11	0.966	-2.1
2022	SD	SS	131	1092	120	327	8	59	0.982	-1.0
2022	SD	3B	24	171	16	32	0	4	1.000	-0.6
2021	SD	SS	35	260	37	91	4	25	0.970	+6.6
2021	SD	3B	23	166	13	41	1	5	0.982	+1.5
2021	SD	2B	21	148	23	45	0	8	1.000	+5.3

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	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	74	0 HR, 3 SB	0.219	0.621
2025	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	91	0 HR, 6 SB	0.208	0.602

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.104	0.159	0.114	0.146
2025	0.317	0.279	0.226	0.348
2024	0.327	0.320	0.293	0.349
2023	0.402	0.323	0.340	0.353
2022	0.339	0.311	0.307	0.334
2021	0.299	0.275	0.313	0.251

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

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2022	12	43	8	8	3	0	0	3	1	6	14	0.186	0.286	0.256	0.542
Career	12	43	8	8	3	0	0	3	1	6	14	0.186	0.286	0.256	0.542