Masahiro Tanaka

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 218lb (190cm, 98kg)

Born: November 1, 1988 in Itami, Japan jp

High School: Komadai Tomakomai HS (Japan)

Last Game: September 23, 2020 (Age 31-327d)
vs. TOR 4.0 IP, 8 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season

Agents: Excel Sports Management

Full Name: Masahiro Tanaka

Nicknames: Masa, Ma-kun or Tanaka Time

Pronunciation: \mah-sah-HE-ro tuh-na-ka\

Twitter: @t_masahiro18

Instagram: @masahiro_tanaka.official

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.3

ERA

3.74

174

173

1054.1

991

WHIP

1.130

2015 Player Pitching Game Log

2015 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2015-04-06	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Toronto Blue Jays	1-4	L	4.0	5	5	4	2	6	1	0	38	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	82	50	14	12	7	4	1	0
2	2015-04-12	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Boston Red Sox	1-5	W	5.0	4	4	3	3	4	1	0	46	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	23	97	60	25	5	5	11	4	3
3	2015-04-18	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Tampa Bay Rays	1-7	W	7.0	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	81	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	85	58	23	9	5	10	5	3
4	2015-04-23	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Detroit Tigers	1-7		6.1	3	1	1	2	6	0	0	67	21	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	24	94	60	14	11	5	11	3	1
		Player Moved from Maj-AL to AAA-IL
5	2015-05-21	AAA-IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders		Durham Bulls	1-3		3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	57	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	41	25	9	4	1	8	5	1
6	2015-05-27	AAA-IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	@	Pawtucket Red Sox	1-3		3.0	4	3	3	2	4	1	0	41	11	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	14	62	44	8	9	3	6	3	0
		Player Moved from AAA-IL to Maj-AL
7	2015-06-03	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Seattle Mariners	1-7	W	7.0	3	1	1	0	9	0	0	76	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	78	58	22	8	9	6	2	2
8	2015-06-09	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Washington Nationals	1-7	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	6	1	0	69	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	25	87	63	10	13	10	9	3	0
9	2015-06-15	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Miami Marlins	1-7	L	7.0	9	2	2	0	6	1	0	57	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	29	94	60	13	10	14	9	7	0
10	2015-06-21	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Detroit Tigers	1-5	L	5.0	10	7	5	2	6	3	0	27	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	90	65	15	16	7	13	3	1
11	2015-06-27	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Houston Astros	1-5		5.0	7	6	6	2	5	3	0	32	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	98	62	14	14	7	10	7	1
12	2015-07-03	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Tampa Bay Rays	1-6		6.0	6	3	3	1	5	0	0	52	20	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	23	96	69	18	14	10	7	3	0
13	2015-07-09	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Oakland Athletics	1-8	W	7.2	2	2	1	1	6	0	0	74	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	27	114	77	19	11	11	8	3	1
14	2015-07-17	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Seattle Mariners	1-7	W	7.0	5	3	3	2	7	2	0	60	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	103	63	12	12	10	9	4	0
15	2015-07-23	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Baltimore Orioles	1-8	W	7.2	5	3	3	0	7	3	0	64	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	101	77	17	17	5	16	4	5
16	2015-07-29	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Texas Rangers	1-6	L	6.0	9	4	4	3	3	0	0	38	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	28	103	64	16	10	13	10	8	0
17	2015-08-04	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Boston Red Sox	1-7	W	6.0	5	3	3	1	3	1	0	52	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	23	88	56	14	7	5	13	5	0
18	2015-08-09	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Toronto Blue Jays	1-6	L	6.0	3	2	2	0	5	2	0	63	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	20	80	51	9	14	6	8	2	0
19	2015-08-15	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-9	W	9.0	5	1	1	3	8	0	0	78	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	35	112	72	21	11	13	11	5	2
20	2015-08-21	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Cleveland Indians	1-7	L	6.0	7	4	3	1	3	1	1	46	25	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	27	107	67	12	9	15	7	4	1
21	2015-08-28	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Atlanta Braves	1-7	W	7.0	5	3	3	1	7	1	0	61	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	100	70	21	7	9	10	2	0
22	2015-09-02	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Boston Red Sox	1-7	W	6.1	6	4	4	1	5	1	0	49	24	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	26	92	66	20	7	7	13	7	1
23	2015-09-08	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Baltimore Orioles	1-8		8.0	6	1	1	1	10	1	0	75	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	30	104	69	12	20	10	9	5	3
24	2015-09-13	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Toronto Blue Jays	1-7	W	7.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	76	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	24	108	76	23	12	9	8	5	0
25	2015-09-18	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	New York Mets	1-6	L	6.0	5	2	2	0	4	2	0	58	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	82	59	18	10	11	8	4	2
26	2015-09-30	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Boston Red Sox	1-5		5.0	5	4	4	1	3	1	0	43	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	95	56	15	2	8	10	4	1

2015 Player Pitching Splits

2015 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	26	634	593	69	132	35	3	26	2	1	29	145	.223	.256	.423	.680	.246	251	7	1	1	9	0

Home	15	358	336	42	74	18	2	17	1	1	15	80	.220	.253	.438	.690	.235	147	5	1	1	4	0
Away	11	276	257	27	58	17	1	9	1	0	14	65	.226	.261	.405	.666	.261	104	2	0	0	5	0

April	4	90	80	10	14	5	0	2	1	0	7	24	.175	.236	.313	.549	.214	25	0	0	1	2	0
May	2	25	22	3	6	2	0	1	1	0	2	6	.273	.320	.500	.820	.313	11	0	0	0	1	0
June	5	129	125	17	34	6	1	8	0	0	4	32	.272	.295	.528	.823	.306	66	2	0	0	0	0
July	5	134	124	15	27	7	1	5	0	1	7	28	.218	.256	.411	.667	.237	51	2	0	0	2	0
August	5	132	122	13	25	5	1	5	0	0	6	26	.205	.242	.385	.628	.213	47	2	1	0	3	0
September	5	124	120	11	26	10	0	5	0	0	3	29	.217	.234	.425	.659	.241	51	1	0	0	1	0

As Starter	26	634	593	69	132	35	3	26	2	1	29	145	.223	.256	.423	.680	.246	251	7	1	1	9	0

vs RHB as RHP	26	336	316		69	21	0	12			15	72	.218	.253	.399	.652	.242	126	4	1	0	4	0
vs LHB as RHP	26	298	277		63	14	3	14			14	73	.227	.260	.451	.711	.251	125	3	0	1	5	0

Bases Empty	26	436	422		92	27	3	20			13	106	.218	.241	.438	.680	.243	185	0	0	0	0	0
Runners On	26	198	171		40	8	0	6			16	39	.234	.289	.386	.675	.252	66	7	1	1	9	0

vs. Younger Batters	26	204	193		45	11	3	9			8	38	.233	.260	.461	.721	.242	89	5	0	0	3	0
vs. Older Batters	26	430	400		87	24	0	17			21	107	.218	.255	.405	.660	.248	162	2	1	1	6	0

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	12	7	.632	3.54	26	26	0	160.0	132	69	63	26	29	0	145	1	0	0	634	1.006	8.2	5.00

Home	7	4	.636	3.59	15	15	0	90.1	74	42	36	17	15	0	80	1	0	0	358	0.985	8.0	5.33
Away	5	3	.625	3.49	11	11	0	69.2	58	27	27	9	14	0	65	0	0	0	276	1.034	8.4	4.64

April	2	1	.667	3.22	4	4	0	22.1	14	10	8	2	7	0	24	0	0	0	90	0.940	9.7	3.43
May	0	0		4.50	2	2	0	6.0	6	3	3	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	25	1.333	9.0	3.00
June	2	2	.500	4.35	5	5	0	31.0	34	17	15	8	4	0	32	0	0	0	129	1.226	9.3	8.00
July	3	1	.750	3.67	5	5	0	34.1	27	15	14	5	7	0	28	0	0	0	134	0.990	7.3	4.00
August	3	2	.600	3.18	5	5	0	34.0	25	13	12	5	6	0	26	1	0	0	132	0.912	6.9	4.33
September	2	1	.667	3.06	5	5	0	32.1	26	11	11	5	3	0	29	0	0	0	124	0.897	8.1	9.67

As Starter	12	7	.632	3.54	26	26	0	160.0	132	69	63	26	29	0	145	1	0	0	634	1.006	8.2	5.00

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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