What years did Hyun Jin Ryu play?

Hyun Jin Ryu played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2023.

Was Hyun Jin Ryu a pitcher?

Yes. Hyun Jin Ryu pitched in the major leagues, recording 78 wins and 934 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Hyun Jin Ryu hit?

Hyun Jin Ryu hit 1 career home run with 38 hits.

What teams did Hyun Jin Ryu play for?

Hyun Jin Ryu played for 2 teams: the Los Angeles Dodgers (2013–2014, 2016–2019) and the Toronto Blue Jays (2020–2023).

Did Hyun Jin Ryu win a Cy Young Award?

No. Hyun Jin Ryu did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Hyun Jin Ryu win?

Hyun Jin Ryu was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Hyun Jin Ryu's career stats?

In 186 games, Hyun Jin Ryu went 78-48 with a 3.27 ERA, 934 strikeouts, 1,055.1 innings pitched, and 1 saves. At the plate he had 38 hits and 1 home runs.

What was Hyun Jin Ryu's salary?

Hyun Jin Ryu's last recorded salary was $7,833,333, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $7,833,333, in 2016, and his lowest was $3,333,333, in 2013. The Salary History table lists each season from 2013 to 2016.

What position did Hyun Jin Ryu play?

Hyun Jin Ryu played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Hyun Jin Ryu and how much did he weigh?

Hyun Jin Ryu was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 250 pounds.

What was Hyun Jin Ryu's career ERA?

Hyun Jin Ryu finished with a 3.27 career ERA, going 78-48 with 934 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Hyun Jin Ryu have?

Hyun Jin Ryu recorded 934 career strikeouts.

Is Hyun Jin Ryu in the Hall of Fame?

No. Hyun Jin Ryu has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Hyun Jin Ryu

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2013-2023)

Hyun Jin Ryu was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2023 for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays, a span of 11 seasons. Across 186 career appearances, he went 78-48 with a 3.27 ERA and 934 strikeouts. He also batted .175 with 1 home runs. Hyun Jin Ryu was an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 17589.6.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 25, 2026

W–L 78–48

ERA 3.27

WHIP 1.18

SO 934

Pitcher PIV 17589.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / L
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 250 lb
Born: 3/25/1987 in Incheon, Incheon, South Korea
MLB Debut: 2013-04-02
Awards: All-Star

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Career Pitching Statistics

Hyun Jin Ryu — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
78	48	186	185	4	3	1	1055.1	1,013	384	116	236	934	3.27	17589.6

Career ERA 3.27 vs. league average 4.16 across their career seasons — 21.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Hyun Jin Ryu Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2013	LAN	NL	14	8	30	30	2	1	0	192.0	182	64	49	154	3.00	3.87 (+22%)	3118.1
2014	LAN	NL	14	7	26	26	0	0	0	152.0	152	57	29	139	3.38	3.74 (+10%)	4395.2
2016	LAN	NL	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.2	8	6	2	4	11.57	—	0.0
2017	LAN	NL	5	9	25	24	0	0	1	126.2	128	53	45	116	3.77	4.36 (+14%)	-1223.9
2018	LAN	NL	7	3	15	15	0	0	0	82.1	68	18	15	89	1.97	4.15 (+53%)	2399.1
2019	LAN	NL	14	5	29	29	1	1	0	182.2	160	47	24	163	2.32	4.51 (+49%)	6661.7
2020	TOR	AL	5	2	12	12	0	0	0	67.0	60	20	17	72	2.69	4.45 (+40%)	2446.9
2021	TOR	AL	14	10	31	31	1	1	0	169.0	170	82	37	143	4.37	4.27 (-2%)	1090.2
2022	TOR	AL	2	0	6	6	0	0	0	27.0	32	17	4	16	5.67	3.97 (-43%)	-547.3
2023	TOR	AL	3	3	11	11	0	0	0	52.0	53	20	14	38	3.46	4.33 (+20%)	-750.3
Career · 10 seasons			78	48	186	185	4	3	1	1,055.1	1,013	384	236	934	3.27	—	17,590

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Hyun Jin Ryu — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
188	217	19	38	8	1	1	12	0	12	96	.175	.222	.235	.457	-590

Career AVG .175 vs. league average .250 across their career seasons — 29.9% below league average.

Career OBP .222 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — 30.4% below league average.

Career SLG .235 vs. league average .410 across their career seasons — 42.7% below league average.

Career OPS .457 vs. league average .729 across their career seasons — 37.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Hyun Jin Ryu Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2013	LAN	NL	30	58	5	12	3	1	0	5	2	23	.207	.253 (-18%)	.317 (-27%)	.396 (-26%)	.714 (-26%)	-252.4
2014	LAN	NL	26	47	4	7	2	0	0	2	1	17	.149	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	LAN	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	LAN	NL	25	30	3	4	1	0	0	0	3	18	.133	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	LAN	NL	16	26	4	7	1	0	0	2	2	13	.269	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	LAN	NL	30	51	3	8	1	0	1	3	4	23	.157	.252 (-38%)	.322 (-32%)	.434 (-46%)	.757 (-40%)	-337.3
2020	TOR	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	TOR	AL	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	TOR	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	TOR	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 10 seasons			188	217	19	38	8	1	1	12	12	96	.175	—	—	—	—	-590

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Hyun Jin Ryu — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
9	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	.200

Playoff Batting by Year

Hyun Jin Ryu — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	H	RBI	SO	AVG
2020	ALWC1	TOR	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2019	NLDS1	LAN	1	2	0	0	2	.000
2018	NLCS	LAN	2	2	1	0	0	.500
2018	NLDS2	LAN	1	3	1	0	0	.333
2018	WS	LAN	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2014	NLDS2	LAN	1	1	0	0	1	.000
2013	NLCS	LAN	1	2	0	0	1	.000
2013	NLDS2	LAN	1	0	0	1	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Hyun Jin Ryu — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	3	9	9	0	41.2	49	21	9	35	4.54

Playoff Pitching by Year

Hyun Jin Ryu — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2020	ALWC1	TOR	0	1	1	1	1.2	8	3	1	3	16.20
2019	NLDS1	LAN	1	0	1	1	5.0	4	2	2	3	3.60
2018	NLCS	LAN	0	1	2	2	7.1	13	7	2	7	8.59
2018	NLDS2	LAN	1	0	1	1	7.0	4	0	0	8	0.00
2018	WS	LAN	0	1	1	1	4.2	6	4	1	5	7.71
2014	NLDS2	LAN	0	0	1	1	6.0	5	1	1	4	1.50
2013	NLCS	LAN	1	0	1	1	7.0	3	0	1	4	0.00
2013	NLDS2	LAN	0	0	1	1	3.0	6	4	1	1	12.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Hyun Jin Ryu — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	94	98	12	21	1	6	.214
Away	94	119	7	17	0	6	.143

Pitching — Home / Away

Hyun Jin Ryu — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	93	541.2	530	190	110	491	3.16
Away	93	513.2	483	194	126	443	3.40

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Hyun Jin Ryu — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2023-09-30	TOR	TBR	—	3.0	7	2	2	0	1	0
2023-09-23	TOR	TBR	—	4.1	7	5	5	3	2	3
2023-09-17	TOR	BOS	—	4.2	6	0	0	2	2	0
2023-09-12	TOR	TEX	L	6.0	5	3	3	1	5	1
2023-09-06	TOR	OAK	L	5.0	5	2	2	1	5	1
2023-09-01	TOR	COL	—	5.0	4	2	2	2	3	1
2023-08-26	TOR	CLE	W	5.0	4	3	2	0	5	2
2023-08-20	TOR	CIN	W	5.0	4	2	0	1	7	0
2023-08-13	TOR	CHC	W	5.0	2	2	0	2	3	0
2023-08-07	TOR	CLE	—	4.0	0	0	0	1	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Hyun Jin Ryu — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	186	185	30	132	2	8

Season-by-Season Fielding

Hyun Jin Ryu — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2013	LAN	P	30	30	8	29	0	3
2014	LAN	P	26	26	7	25	1	3
2016	LAN	P	1	1	0	2	0	0
2017	LAN	P	25	24	3	13	1	2
2018	LAN	P	15	15	2	7	0	0
2019	LAN	P	29	29	7	29	0	0
2020	TOR	P	12	12	1	5	0	0
2021	TOR	P	31	31	1	10	0	0
2022	TOR	P	6	6	0	2	0	0
2023	TOR	P	11	11	1	10	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Hyun Jin Ryu Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	186

Awards & Honors

Hyun Jin Ryu — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2020	All-MLB Team - Second Team	SP
2019	All-MLB Team - Second Team	SP
2019	Pitcher of the Month	May
2019	Player of the Week	Week of 2019-05-11

Salary History

Hyun Jin Ryu's recorded salaries total $15,499,666 over 3 seasons, 2013 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Ryu's career ran from 2013 to 2023. His seasons after 2016 are not included.

Hyun Jin Ryu — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	LAN	NL	$7,833,333
2014	LAN	NL	$4,333,000
2013	LAN	NL	$3,333,333
Total recorded salary (partial)			$15,499,666

Award Voting History

Hyun Jin Ryu — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2020	Cy Young Award	AL	3rd	51.0	210	0
2020	Most Valuable Player	AL	13th	4.0	420	0
2019	Cy Young Award	NL	2nd	88.0	210	1
2019	Most Valuable Player	NL	19th	3.0	420	0
2013	Rookie of the Year	NL	4th	10.0	150	0

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Hyun Jin Ryu: the record in brief

Hyun Jin Ryu's entire major league record comes from the period beginning April 2, 2013. By club, Ryu's seasons break down as the Los Angeles Dodgers (2013 through 2019) and the Toronto Blue Jays (2020 through 2023). Listed as a pitcher, Ryu hit right-handed while throwing left-handed. The recorded size is 6'3" and 250 pounds. Ryu was born on March 25, 1987, in Incheon, Incheon, South Korea.

Across 186 games (185 starts), Ryu recorded 78 wins against 48 losses with a 3.27 ERA. The totals include 934 strikeouts. Against a 4.16 league ERA for the same years, Ryu was 21.3% better. 2013 brought Ryu a season-high 14 wins. Ryu struck out 163 batters in 2019, a career high. In 2019, one of the busiest seasons, Ryu posted a 2.32 ERA; the league figure that year was 4.51. Ryu's career Pitcher PIV, which scores run prevention against each season's league, is 17,589.6.

Frequently Asked Questions about Hyun Jin Ryu

What years did Hyun Jin Ryu play?: Hyun Jin Ryu played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2023.
Was Hyun Jin Ryu a pitcher?: Yes. Hyun Jin Ryu pitched in the major leagues, recording 78 wins and 934 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Hyun Jin Ryu hit?: Hyun Jin Ryu hit 1 career home run with 38 hits.
What teams did Hyun Jin Ryu play for?: Hyun Jin Ryu played for 2 teams: the Los Angeles Dodgers (2013–2014, 2016–2019) and the Toronto Blue Jays (2020–2023).
Did Hyun Jin Ryu win a Cy Young Award?: No. Hyun Jin Ryu did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Hyun Jin Ryu win?: Hyun Jin Ryu was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Hyun Jin Ryu's career stats?: In 186 games, Hyun Jin Ryu went 78-48 with a 3.27 ERA, 934 strikeouts, 1,055.1 innings pitched, and 1 saves. At the plate he had 38 hits and 1 home runs.
How much did Hyun Jin Ryu earn in his career?: Hyun Jin Ryu's recorded salaries total $15,499,666 over 3 seasons, 2013 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Ryu's career ran from 2013 to 2023. His seasons after 2016 are not included.
What was Hyun Jin Ryu's salary?: Hyun Jin Ryu's last recorded salary was $7,833,333, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $7,833,333, in 2016, and his lowest was $3,333,333, in 2013. The Salary History table lists each season from 2013 to 2016.
What position did Hyun Jin Ryu play?: Hyun Jin Ryu played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Hyun Jin Ryu and how much did he weigh?: Hyun Jin Ryu was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 250 pounds.
What was Hyun Jin Ryu's career ERA?: Hyun Jin Ryu finished with a 3.27 career ERA, going 78-48 with 934 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Hyun Jin Ryu have?: Hyun Jin Ryu recorded 934 career strikeouts.
Is Hyun Jin Ryu in the Hall of Fame?: No. Hyun Jin Ryu has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.