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: 4-7 / in Starts: 4-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2012 Pitching Game Log

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2012 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	107	59	Jun 9	BOS		WSN	L,2-4	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	5	4	4	1	8	1	0	7.20	3.09	20	80	52	15	9	4	6	2	0	1	48			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.174	.66	-0.09%	-1.42	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
2	108	64	Jun 15	BOS	@	CHC	L,0-3	GS-6	L(0-2)	5	6.0	4	3	3	3	3	0	1	5.73	3.64	26	93	62	18	9	9	10	3	2	0	52			3	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.129	.59	-0.06%	-0.12	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
3	109	69	Jun 21	BOS		MIA	W,6-5	GS-6		5	5.1	4	4	4	1	4	1	0	6.06	3.95	21	101	70	14	6	7	9	2	0	0	47			3	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.222	.68	-0.11%	-1.18	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out d1
4	110	74	Jun 26	BOS		TOR	W,5-1	GS-6		4	5.2	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	4.91	3.41	24	100	60	13	7	8	10	4	1	0	57			0	0	1	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.148	.91	0.09%	1.59	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out d1
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
5	111	80	Jul 2	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-6	GS-2	L(0-3)	5	1.0	4	5	5	2	0	2	0	6.65	4.79	9	28	16	4	0	2	5	1	1	0	23			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.386	.95	-0.25%	-4.51	1b start a 1	2b 12- 0 out d3
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
6	112	129	Aug 27	BOS		KCR	W,5-1	GS-7	W(1-3)	55	7.0	5	1	0	2	6	0	0	5.10	4.19	28	101	71	21	8	5	15	6	2	0	69			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	0.269	.02	0.00%	2.61	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
Sep/Oct				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	113	135	Sep 2	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-6	GS-4	L(1-4)	5	3.2	7	6	6	4	4	2	0	6.15	4.97	22	97	56	14	8	3	11	4	0	0	23			2	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	.49	-0.314	.00	0.00%	-4.70	1b start tie	4b -23 2 out d6
8	114	140	Sep 8	BOS		TOR	L,2-9	GS-2	L(1-5)	5	1.1	5	5	5	1	2	1	1	7.20	5.32	11	42	25	5	3	4	3	3	0	0	25			1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	.81	-0.343	.00	0.00%	-4.51	1t start tie	2t 1-- 1 out d5
9	115	145	Sep 14	BOS	@	TOR	W,8-5	GS-6		5	5.1	3	4	4	3	5	0	1	7.14	5.08	22	98	60	17	6	9	4	1	0	0	48			0	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.093	.00	0.00%	-0.91	1b start tie	6b --3 1 out a2
10	116	150	Sep 19	BOS	@	TBR	L,3-13	GS-4	L(1-6)	4	3.0	9	5	5	1	2	2	0	7.68	5.52	18	63	35	7	5	6	9	3	0	0	22			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	-0.491	.00	0.00%	-4.20	1b start a 1	4b -2- 0 out d2
11	117	162	Oct 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-14	GS-3	L(1-7)	13	2.1	6	5	5	1	2	2	0	8.28	5.94	14	43	27	7	3	4	7	1	2	0	26			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.348	.00	0.00%	-3.99	1b start a 1	3b 1-- 1 out d4
							4-7		W-L:1-7	4.8	45.2	58	43	42	20	41	11	3	8.28	5.94	215	846	63%	16%	8%	0.69		20%	5%	1	40		---%	11	0	1	189	11	2	0	1	3	0	.91	-2.083	.34	-0.42%	-21.35

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