#27 Jung-ho Kang, Second Base, 33 yrs, Minnesota Twins

#27 Jung-ho Kang, Second Base, 33 yrs, Minnesota Twins
Saturday, 2/20/2021

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Jung-ho Kang

4/5/1987
33
South Korea
6"1
215

Second Base
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3.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 2,500,000
2021
9 Year(s), 0 Days (1548 total Days)
0 Day(s)
9 Year(s), 0 Days (1548 total Days)
17 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	8	7	8	7	6
Versus LHP	9	7	8	7	6
Versus RHP	7	7	8	7	5
Talent	8	7	9	8	6

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Pull Hitter

Fielding Ratings
1B : 9 (Range), .994 (Fielding Pct.)
2B : 9 (Range), .982 (Fielding Pct.)
3B : 9 (Range), .974 (Fielding Pct.)
SS : 8 (Range), .962 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 8
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

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Batting Stats 2021

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
Projected	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	.0

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
vs. RHP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Close/Late	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Scoring Position	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Pinch Hitting	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

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Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2012	154	558	143	42	4	18	94	98	55	22	3	159	1	0	.256	.345	.443	.787	CAL
2013	151	563	161	36	5	19	99	97	58	23	2	131	0	0	.286	.375	.469	.844	CAL,AL
2014	103	378	94	32	1	9	55	53	36	17	0	91	0	0	.249	.341	.410	.751	CAL
2015	136	476	121	21	1	17	78	80	50	24	3	115	0	0	.254	.353	.410	.762	CAL
2016	122	349	76	22	4	13	52	57	42	13	2	85	1	1	.218	.323	.415	.738	CAL MIN
2017	125	323	80	19	0	13	45	55	27	12	3	65	1	0	.248	.326	.427	.753	MIN
2018	154	535	150	39	1	25	105	92	65	18	4	135	0	0	.280	.375	.497	.872	MIN,AL
2019	155	517	138	31	3	22	98	79	61	18	6	140	0	0	.267	.360	.466	.827	MIN
2020	158	559	143	32	2	13	83	76	49	16	5	130	0	0	.256	.331	.390	.721	MIN
Total	1258	4258	1106	274	21	149	709	687	443	163	28	1051	3	1	.260	.350	.439	.789

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2005, A	136	464	118	18	4	31	80	61	73	97	2	2	.254	.339	.511	.850
2006, A	128	439	113	19	1	17	55	62	77	74	1	0	.257	.353	.421	.775
2007, A	13	51	15	0	2	5	13	14	8	14	0	0	.294	.371	.667	1.038
2007, AA	122	451	100	23	0	21	56	74	79	104	0	0	.222	.324	.412	.736
2008, AA	133	470	133	17	4	24	96	69	71	88	0	0	.283	.357	.489	.846
2009, AA	20	78	28	5	0	2	8	10	10	10	0	0	.359	.418	.500	.918
2009, AAA	99	339	99	19	4	22	79	79	58	86	0	1	.292	.372	.566	.938
2010, AAA	134	495	146	38	2	21	88	94	92	133	0	0	.295	.380	.507	.887
2011, AAA	133	502	146	32	1	27	105	103	96	108	0	0	.291	.385	.520	.905

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2011	12	45	13	1	0	0	7	5	1	11	0	0	.289	.304	.311	.615
2012	5	17	5	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	0	0	.294	.294	.294	.588
2013	12	38	12	4	0	1	2	6	7	9	0	0	.316	.422	.500	.922
2015	5	11	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	.091	.091	.182	.273
2017	4	16	8	5	0	0	2	5	2	2	0	0	.500	.556	.813	1.368
2018	17	61	10	3	0	3	12	6	4	15	0	0	.164	.215	.361	.576
Total	55	188	49	14	0	4	27	23	14	44	0	0	.261	.312	.399	.711

Fielding Stats 2021

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Player History

Signed as a free agent by Arizona on 2/14/2005 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year...
Injured on 6/27/2005 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks...
Injured on 9/1/2005 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days...
Injured on 6/20/2006 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week...
Traded from Arizona to California on 7/13/2009 (Going to ARI: LF Dayan Viciedo, RF Richard Hidalgo. Going to CAL: P Heath Bell, 3B Jung-ho Kang)...
Injured on 7/24/2009 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 3 days...
Injured on 7/11/2010 with a Fractured Nose, out for one week...
Injured on 4/21/2011 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks...
Hit first career homerun on 5/9/2012, off Huston Street (CHW)...
Hit first career homerun on 5/9/2012, off Edward Mujica (CHW)...
Hit first career homerun on 5/21/2012, off Ryan Rowland-Smith (BAL)...
Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game...
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Detroit on 9/16/2013...
Won Player of the Week award on 10/4/2013, hitting .423 with 5 HR, 13 RBI...
Injured on 4/2/2014 with a Broken Jaw, out for 4 weeks...
9/24/2014: Signed a contract extension with California, $2,300,000 per year, for 3 years.
Traded from California to Minnesota on 7/25/2016 (Going to CAL: SS Scott Kingery, RF Nick Plummer. Going to MIN: 2B Jung-ho Kang)...
10/11/2017: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $2,500,000 per year, for 4 years.
Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/23/2018, hitting .412 with 4 HR, 10 RBI...
Won World Series with Minnesota in 2018...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

OBP
2018 - .375 - 10th

RBI
2018 - 105 - 10th

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