Junichi Tazawa

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 200lb (180cm, 90kg)

Born: June 6, 1986 in Yokohama, Japan jp

High School: School of Commerce (Yokohama, Japan)

Last Game: September 30, 2018 (Age 32-116d)
vs. OAK 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2012 season

Agents: CAA Sports

Full Name: Junichi Tazawa

Nicknames: Taz

Pronunciation: \joo-NEE-chee tah-ZAH-wah\

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2013 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.2

ERA

4.12

388

395.1

374

WHIP

1.320

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2009	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	BOS	9	7	.563	2.55	2.88	20	20	0	0	0	0	109.1	87	35	31	8	27	0	94	4	2	4	435	1.043	7.2	0.7	2.2	7.7	3.48
2009	23	-3.9	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	2	.000	2.38	3.18	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.1	7	4	3	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	41	0.706	5.6	0.0	0.8	4.8	6.00
2009	23	-1.2	Portland	EL	AA	BOS	9	5	.643	2.57	2.85	18	18	0	0	0	0	98.0	80	31	28	8	26	0	88	3	2	4	394	1.082	7.3	0.7	2.4	8.1	3.38
2009	23	-5.1	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	2	3	.400	7.46	8.17	6	4	1	0	0	0	25.1	43	23	21	4	9	0	13	3	0	0	130	2.053	15.3	1.4	3.2	4.6	1.44

2011	25		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-A+-AAA	BOS	4	4	.500	4.61	4.61	22	8	2	0	0	0	56.2	54	29	29	8	16	0	59	5	0	3	241	1.235	8.6	1.3	2.5	9.4	3.69
2011	25	-1.7	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	1	1	.500	2.51	2.51	8	0	0	0	0	0	14.1	14	4	4	1	3	0	19	0	0	0	58	1.186	8.8	0.6	1.9	11.9	6.33
2011	25	0.4	Portland	EL	AA	BOS	3	2	.600	4.70	4.70	8	2	2	0	0	0	23.0	20	12	12	3	7	0	27	2	0	3	99	1.174	7.8	1.2	2.7	10.6	3.86
2011	25	2.1	Salem	CARL	A+	BOS	0	1	.000	6.05	6.05	6	6	0	0	0	0	19.1	20	13	13	4	6	0	13	3	0	0	84	1.345	9.3	1.9	2.8	6.1	2.17
2011	25	-3.2	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	0	0		6.00	6.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	13	1.333	9.0	3.0	3.0	12.0	4.00
2012	26	-1.2	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	3	2	.600	2.55	3.83	25	0	8	0	0	4	42.1	34	18	12	2	17	0	56	0	1	3	179	1.205	7.2	0.4	3.6	11.9	3.29
2012	26	-2.2	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	1	1	.500	1.43	1.43	37	0	13	0	0	1	44.0	37	7	7	1	5	0	45	2	0	0	172	0.955	7.6	0.2	1.0	9.2	9.00
2013	27	-1.7	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	5	4	.556	3.16	3.29	71	0	10	0	0	0	68.1	70	25	24	9	12	1	72	1	1	3	284	1.200	9.2	1.2	1.6	9.5	6.00
2014	28	-0.5	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	4	3	.571	2.86	3.29	71	0	12	0	0	0	63.0	58	23	20	5	17	1	64	0	0	5	261	1.190	8.3	0.7	2.4	9.1	3.76
2015	29	0.7	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	2	7	.222	4.14	4.30	61	0	13	0	0	3	58.2	65	28	27	5	13	1	56	1	1	9	247	1.330	10.0	0.8	2.0	8.6	4.31
2016	30	1.4	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	3	2	.600	4.17	4.17	53	0	5	0	0	0	49.2	47	23	23	9	14	1	54	1	0	4	208	1.228	8.5	1.6	2.5	9.8	3.86
2017	31		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-A+-AAA	MIA	0	1	.000	7.20	7.20	5	1	2	0	0	1	5.0	6	4	4	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	21	1.200	10.8	1.8	0.0	14.4
2017	31	4.4	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	MIA	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2017	31	6.8	Jacksonville	SOUL	AA	MIA	0	1	.000	18.00	18.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	5	4	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	11	2.500	22.5	4.5	0.0	22.5
2017	31	7.9	Jupiter	FLOR	A+	MIA	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0
2017	31	2.6	MIA	NL	Maj	MIA	3	5	.375	5.69	5.69	55	0	8	0	0	0	55.1	55	35	35	8	22	4	38	2	0	2	238	1.392	8.9	1.3	3.6	6.2	1.73
2018	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	DET	0	2	.000	8.36	9.64	14	0	6	0	0	2	14.0	21	15	13	2	7	0	15	0	1	1	68	2.000	13.5	1.3	4.5	9.6	2.14
2018	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	MIA	1	1	.500	7.07	7.71	31	0	10	0	0	0	28.0	35	24	22	7	16	3	28	0	0	1	134	1.821	11.3	2.3	5.1	9.0	1.75
2018	32	5.8	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	0	1	.000	9.39	10.57	7	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	11	9	8	1	5	0	10	0	0	0	38	2.087	12.9	1.2	5.9	11.7	2.00
2018	32	5.4	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	0	1	.000	7.11	8.53	7	0	3	0	0	2	6.1	10	6	5	1	2	0	5	0	1	1	30	1.895	14.2	1.4	2.8	7.1	2.50
2018	32	3.8	MIA	NL	Maj	MIA	1	1	.500	9.00	9.45	22	0	8	0	0	0	20.0	28	21	20	6	13	3	24	0	0	0	99	2.050	12.6	2.7	5.9	10.8	1.85
2018	32	3.4	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	0	0		2.25	3.38	9	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	7	3	2	1	3	0	4	0	0	1	35	1.250	7.9	1.1	3.4	4.5	1.33
2019	33		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-Rk	CIN	1	1	.500	4.15	6.23	22	1	5	0	0	1	21.2	23	15	10	3	7	0	17	1	0	3	94	1.385	9.6	1.2	2.9	7.1	2.43
2019	33	6.3	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	1	0	1.000	4.00	6.00	19	0	5	0	0	1	18.0	20	12	8	2	6	0	17	1	0	2	78	1.444	10.0	1.0	3.0	8.5	2.83
2019	33	6.8	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	10	0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.00
2019	33	12.4	Reds	ARIZ	Rk	CIN	0	1	.000	27.00	40.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3.000	27.0	13.5	0.0	0.0

2021	35	7.0	Wei Chuan	CPBL	Fgn		4	4	.500	3.56	3.86	58	0		0	0	30	60.2	67	26	24	2	14	3	36	3	0	4	256	1.335	9.9	0.3	2.1	5.3	2.57
2022	36	6.2	Durango	MEX	Ind		2	1	.667	12.08	14.92	13	0	9	0	0	3	12.2	24	21	17	3	4	3	11	1	1	2	67	2.211	17.1	2.1	2.8	7.8	2.75
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (9 seasons)					Majors		21	26	.447	4.12	4.33	388	4	74	0	0	4	395.1	413	190	181	49	109	11	374	10	2	24	1687	1.320	9.4	1.1	2.5	8.5	3.43
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		17	17	.500	3.58	4.19	108	30	23	0	0	8	249.0	225	116	99	24	74	0	249	10	4	14	1038	1.201	8.1	0.9	2.7	9.0	3.36
Foreign (2 seasons)					Foreign		6	5	.545	5.03	5.77	71	0	9	0	0	33	73.1	91	47	41	5	18	6	47	4	1	6	323	1.486	11.2	0.6	2.2	5.8	2.61
All Levels (12 Seasons)							44	48	.478	4.03	4.43	567	34	106	0	0	45	717.2	729	353	321	78	201	17	670	24	7	44	3048	1.296	9.1	1.0	2.5	8.4	3.33

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		5	7	.417	3.46	4.59	71	2	20	0	0	8	104.0	97	53	40	7	35	0	114	2	2	7	437	1.269	8.4	0.6	3.0	9.9	3.26
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		12	8	.600	3.22	3.44	29	20	3	0	0	0	123.0	105	47	44	12	33	0	120	5	2	7	504	1.122	7.7	0.9	2.4	8.8	3.64
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		0	1	.000	5.48	5.48	7	7	0	0	0	0	21.1	21	13	13	4	6	0	15	3	0	0	91	1.266	8.9	1.7	2.5	6.3	2.50
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	27.00	40.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3.000	27.0	13.5	0.0	0.0
Fgn (1 season)					Foreign		4	4	.500	3.56	3.86	58	0		0	0	30	60.2	67	26	24	2	14	3	36	3	0	4	256	1.335	9.9	0.3	2.1	5.3	2.57
Ind (1 season)					Foreign		2	1	.667	12.08	14.92	13	0	9	0	0	3	12.2	24	21	17	3	4	3	11	1	1	2	67	2.211	17.1	2.1	2.8	7.8	2.75