Yusei Kikuchi

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 210lb (183cm, 95kg)

Team: Toronto Blue Jays (majors)

Born: June 17, 1991 in Morioka, Japan jp

High School: Hanamaki Higashi (Iwate, Japan)

Debut: March 21, 2019 (Age 27-277d, 21,814th in major league history)
vs. OAK 4.2 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 3 yrs/$36M (22-24)

Service Time (01/2024): 5.000 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: Yusei Kikuchi

Nicknames: U Say

Pronunciation: \YOU-say key-KOO-chee\

SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.8

3.4

ERA

2.94

4.62

140

128

33.2

667.2

667

WHIP

1.158

1.372

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2022 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2022 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 12	TOR	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS	16	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
2	11 (5)	Apr 19	TOR	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS	21	5.0	0	5	0	5	0
3	16 (4)	Apr 24	TOR	@	HOU	L,7-8	GS	20	3.2	1	1	0	2	0
4	21 (4)	Apr 29	TOR		HOU	L,7-11	GS	15	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	26 (4)	May 4	TOR		NYY	W,2-1	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	31 (4)	May 10	TOR	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	21	5.1	1	0	0	1	0
7	36 (4)	May 16	TOR		SEA	W,6-2	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	41 (4)	May 22	TOR		CIN	L,2-3	GS	19	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
9	46 (4)	May 28	TOR	@	LAA	W,6-5	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	51 (4)	Jun 3	TOR		MIN	L,3-9	GS	19	4.2	0	2	0	2	0
11	56 (4)	Jun 8	TOR	@	KCR	L,4-8	GS	8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
12	61 (4)	Jun 14	TOR		BAL	L,5-6	GS	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	66 (4)	Jun 19	TOR		NYY	W,10-9	GS	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	71 (4)	Jun 25	TOR	@	MIL	L,4-5	GS	15	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	76 (4)	Jun 30	TOR		TBR	W,4-1	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	82 (5)	Jul 5	TOR	@	OAK	L,3-5	GS	14	2.1	0	1	0	1	1
17	99 (16)	Jul 28	TOR		DET	W,5-3	GS	18	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	104 (4)	Aug 3	TOR	@	TBR	L,2-3	GS	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	109 (4)	Aug 8	TOR	@	BAL	L,4-7	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	114 (4)	Aug 15	TOR		BAL	L,3-7	GS	19	3.1	0	0	1	1	0
21	117 (2)	Aug 18	TOR	@	NYY	W,9-2		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	121 (3)	Aug 23	TOR	@	BOS	W,9-3		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
23	124 (2)	Aug 26	TOR		LAA	L,0-12		13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	126 (1)	Aug 28	TOR		LAA	L,3-8	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	131 (4)	Sep 3	TOR	@	PIT	W,4-1		12	2.1	1	0	0	1	0
26	135 (3)	Sep 6	TOR	@	BAL	L,6-9		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
27	139 (3)	Sep 11	TOR	@	TEX	L,1-4		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	145 (5)	Sep 16	TOR		BAL	W,6-3		8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	153 (7)	Sep 25	TOR	@	TBR	W,7-1	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	156 (2)	Sep 28	TOR		NYY	L,3-8	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
31	157	Sep 30	TOR		BOS	W,9-0	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	162 (4)	Oct 5 (2)	TOR	@	BAL	W,5-1		5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
							32gm		100.2	4	11	1	16	1