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Daisuke Matsuzaka
Daisuke Matsuzaka

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 5, 2007

Born September 13, 1980 in Tokyo, Japan

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2007 26 BOS AL  15  12  32  32   1   0   0  0  204.7  191  100  100  25   80  201  13   5   874   1   0  4.40  4.74  108 1.324 RoY-4
 2008 27 BOS AL  11   1  17  17   0   0   0  0   95.7   70   31   28   5   60   83   4   4   415   0   0  2.63  4.36  166 1.359
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL% .667  26  13  49  49   1   0   0  0  300.3  261  131  128  30  140  284  17   9  1289   1   0  3.84  4.62  120 1.335
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    18   9  34  34   0   0   0  0  208.3  181   90   88  20   97  197  11   6   894   0   0  3.84  4.62  120 1.335
 Career High     15  12  32  32   1   0   0  0  204.7  191  100  100  25   80  201  13   5   874   1   0  2.63  4.74  166 1.324

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2007 26 BOS AL   2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0 RoY-4
 2008 27 BOS AL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons        3    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        324    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0 216  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High      2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2                           0   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2007 26 BOS AL    4    4    0   0.0   112| .000  .278| .000  .346| .000  .434| .000  .781|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 2008 27 BOS AL    2    2    0   0.0   108| .000  .272| .000  .342| .000  .424| .000  .765|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons         6    6    0   0.0   111| .000  .276| .000  .345| .000  .431| .000  .776|-100  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2007 26 BOS AL P 32 11 23 0 3 1.000 .955 1.06 0.42 1.49 1.60 32 204.7 2008 27 BOS AL P 17 7 13 0 0 1.000 .957 1.18 0.45 1.88 1.67 17 95.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2007 26 BOS AL P 32 11 23 0 3 1.000 .955 1.06 0.42 1.49 1.60 32 204.7 2008 27 BOS AL P 17 7 13 0 0 1.000 .957 1.18 0.45 1.88 1.67 17 95.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 49 18 36 0 3 1.000 .956 1.10 0.43 1.62 1.62 49 300.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 49 18 36 0 3 1.000 .956 1.10 0.43 1.62 1.63 49 300
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2007   ALDS  BOS LAA     W   1   1   5.79  0  0  0  0   4.2   7   3   3   3 
        ALCS  BOS CLE     W   2   2   5.59  1  1  0  0   9.2  12   6   2   9 
        WS    BOS COL     W   1   1   3.38  1  0  0  0   5.1   3   2   3   5 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Ser      3-0   4   4   5.03  2  1  0  0  19.2  22  11   8  17 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2007   WS    BOS COL     W   1   3   0   1  0  0  0   2   0   1  .333  .333  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Wins
2008 AL-11-5

Won-Loss %
2008 AL-.917-1

Hits Allowed/9IP
2007 AL-8.40-9

Strikeouts/9IP
2007 AL-8.84-6

Strikeouts
2007 AL-201-6

Home Runs Allow.
2007 AL-25-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
2007 AL-80-6
2008 AL-60-2

Earned Runs Allow.
2007 AL-100-6

Hit Batsmen
2007 AL-13-4

     

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (549) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 13 (1297) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 10.0 (899) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

December 14, 2006: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Seibu Lions (Japan Pacific).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2007Boston Red Sox$6,333,333
Career (may be incomplete)$6,333,333

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Daisuke Matsuzaka's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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