Daisuke Matsuzaka

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 205lb (183cm, 92kg)

Born: September 13, 1980 in Tokyo, Japan jp

High School: Yokohama (Yokohama, Japan)

Debut: April 5, 2007 (Age 26-204d, 19,048th in major league history)
vs. KCR 7.0 IP, 6 H, 10 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: September 25, 2014 (Age 34-012d)
vs. WSN 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2007 season

Agents: ISE Baseball • Previously: Scott Boras

Full Name: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Nicknames: Dice-K

Pronunciation: \DICE-kay maht-soo-ZAH-kah\

Twitter: @matsu_dice

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2007 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.4

ERA

4.45

158

132

790.1

720

WHIP

1.402

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Team Record in Appearances: 23-6 / in Starts: 23-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2008 Pitching Game Log

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2008 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	33	1	Mar 25	BOS	@	OAK	W,6-5	GS-5		99	5.0	2	2	2	5	6	1	1	3.60	6.93	23	95	51	13	13	5	6	2	1	0	56			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.017	.84	-0.01%	0.51	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
2	34	3	Apr 1	BOS	@	OAK	W,2-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	6	6.2	2	1	1	0	9	1	0	2.31	4.33	21	96	61	19	13	6	6	1	2	0	75			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.315	.91	0.20%	2.40	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out a1
3	35	8	Apr 8	BOS		DET	W,5-0	GS-7	W(2-0)	6	6.2	4	0	0	4	7	0	0	1.47	3.79	27	108	62	18	15	6	10	4	2	0	69			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.342	.97	0.20%	3.74	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a5
4	36	13	Apr 13	BOS		NYY	W,8-5	GS-5	W(3-0)	4	5.0	5	4	4	6	2	0	0	2.70	4.25	25	116	62	18	3	3	14	4	5	0	37			2	0	0	18	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.00	0.032	1.13	0.02%	-1.14	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
5	37	18	Apr 18	BOS		TEX	W,11-3	GS-6	W(4-0)	4	5.1	5	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.14	4.42	23	101	62	16	6	6	11	3	2	0	48			1	0	0	20	4	0	0	0	1	0	.75	0.096	.86	0.07%	0.12	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out a6
6	38	29	Apr 30	BOS		TOR	W,2-1	GS-7		11	7.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.52	4.11	25	111	69	19	11	9	10	6	1	0	75			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.469	1.22	0.37%	4.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	39	34	May 5	BOS	@	DET	W,6-3	GS-5	W(5-0)	4	5.0	2	1	1	8	1	0	0	2.43	4.53	25	109	60	19	4	2	14	5	4	0	52			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.202	1.47	0.16%	1.72	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
8	40	39	May 10	BOS	@	MIN	W,5-2	GS-7	W(6-0)	4	7.0	6	2	2	3	7	0	0	2.45	4.22	29	96	63	20	12	5	14	8	1	0	61			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.171	1.77	0.14%	1.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
9	41	44	May 17(1)	BOS		MIL	W,5-3	GS-7	W(7-0)	6	6.2	7	2	0	2	6	1	1	2.15	4.27	30	103	66	22	13	7	14	2	2	0	60			0	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	.90	0.172	1.14	0.13%	1.74	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a2
10	42	50	May 22	BOS		KCR	W,11-8	GS-6	W(8-0)	4	5.2	6	3	3	6	7	0	0	2.40	4.23	29	118	67	20	10	8	8	2	3	0	46			1	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.040	1.50	0.03%	0.08	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out a2
11	43	55	May 27	BOS	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS-4		4	4.0	4	3	2	0	2	0	0	2.53	4.10	18	65	46	13	4	8	8	4	0	0	46			1	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	1	.74	-0.140	1.01	-0.12%	-0.95	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	44	77	Jun 21	BOS		STL	L,3-9	GS-2	L(8-1)	24	1.0	6	7	7	3	1	1	0	3.46	4.39	12	48	24	4	2	1	7	3	0	0	11			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.358	1.24	-0.28%	-5.28	1t start tie	2t 123 0 out d4
13	45	82	Jun 27	BOS	@	HOU	W,6-1	GS-5	W(9-1)	5	5.0	2	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.21	4.32	20	87	54	13	7	6	7	1	2	0	64			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.250	1.60	0.21%	2.47	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	46	87	Jul 2	BOS	@	TBR	L,6-7	GS-5		4	5.0	2	1	1	5	5	0	0	3.12	4.31	22	101	55	14	11	5	7	2	1	0	59			3	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.189	2.18	0.22%	1.70	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a3
15	47	92	Jul 7	BOS		MIN	W,1-0	GS-8		4	7.1	6	0	0	3	5	0	1	2.84	4.23	30	108	71	20	10	8	13	4	4	0	68			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.402	2.32	0.46%	3.59	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out tie
16	48	97	Jul 13	BOS		BAL	W,2-1	GS-6	W(10-1)	5	6.0	4	0	0	5	7	0	1	2.65	4.20	27	115	68	17	12	9	5	1	2	0	66			1	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.366	2.26	0.38%	3.43	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
17	49	102	Jul 22	BOS	@	SEA	W,4-2	GS-8	W(11-1)	8	7.1	5	2	2	3	6	0	0	2.63	4.08	29	99	61	14	10	9	11	5	3	0	63			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.214	1.55	0.22%	1.56	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 1 out a2
18	50	107	Jul 28	BOS		LAA	L,5-7	GS-6	L(11-2)	5	5.0	7	6	6	2	3	2	0	3.04	4.29	23	91	59	16	6	5	13	4	2	0	30			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.21	-0.373	2.16	-0.40%	-3.14	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	51	112	Aug 3	BOS		OAK	W,5-2	GS-6	W(12-2)	5	6.0	4	2	2	2	8	1	0	3.04	4.26	23	105	68	18	17	3	10	0	1	0	62			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	.89	0.220	1.70	0.25%	1.43	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
20	52	117	Aug 9	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-2	GS-8	W(13-2)	5	8.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	1	2.90	4.21	29	106	65	16	8	12	9	3	3	0	71			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	4	0	1	1.17	0.276	2.46	0.35%	3.44	1b start tie	8b 3 out a5
21	53	122	Aug 14	BOS		TEX	W,10-0	GS-7	W(14-2)	4	7.0	6	0	0	5	5	0	0	2.74	4.19	28	115	66	23	9	9	9	3	0	0	65			0	2	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	.52	0.127	.80	0.12%	4.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a9
22	54	126	Aug 19	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-2	GS-5	W(15-2)	4	5.0	6	2	2	5	6	0	0	2.77	4.17	26	105	60	18	9	7	8	3	1	0	48			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	0.073	2.47	0.08%	0.70	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a4
23	55	130	Aug 24	BOS	@	TOR	W,6-5	GS-6		4	6.0	8	5	5	1	8	2	0	2.98	4.22	26	105	66	17	12	6	11	7	1	0	43			0	0	0	25	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.12	-0.325	2.32	-0.41%	-1.89	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
24	56	134	Aug 29	BOS		CHW	W,8-0	GS-8	W(16-2)	4	8.0	2	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.82	4.11	27	104	65	15	10	9	9	2	0	0	83			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.368	1.46	0.41%	4.57	1t start tie	8t 3 out a7
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	57	139	Sep 3	BOS		BAL	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	4	4	3	4	7	0	0	2.88	4.05	27	112	73	16	19	6	10	3	1	0	53			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	.73	-0.125	.53	-0.06%	-0.57	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
26	58	144	Sep 9	BOS		TBR	L,4-5	GS-6		5	5.0	8	3	3	4	5	0	1	2.97	4.06	28	102	61	16	6	11	7	2	2	0	40			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.29	-0.089	.23	-0.01%	-0.54	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d1
27	59	150	Sep 15	BOS	@	TBR	W,13-5	GS-5	W(17-2)	5	5.0	3	1	1	2	7	1	1	2.93	4.08	21	101	62	20	8	3	8	3	1	0	62			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.065	.02	0.00%	1.70	1b start a 4	5b 3 out a11
28	60	155	Sep 21	BOS	@	TOR	W,3-0	GS-7	W(18-2)	5	7.0	2	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.80	4.00	25	109	69	19	14	4	13	1	4	0	77			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.377	.03	0.01%	3.63	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a3
29	61	161	Sep 28(1)	BOS		NYY	L,2-6	GS-4	L(18-3)	6	4.0	4	3	3	2	5	1	0	2.90	4.03	18	73	46	13	5	5	6	2	1	0	45			2	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.103	.00	0.00%	-0.71	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
							23-6		W-L:18-3	4.8	167.2	128	58	54	94	154	12	7	2.90	4.03	716	2904	61%	17%	10%	0.66		20%	11%	0	56		---%	15	5	0	608	29	2	1	13	4	4	1.00	3.236	1.35	2.72%	33.87

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