Masahiro Tanaka

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: November 1, 1988 in Itami, Japan jp

High School: Komadai Tomakomai HS (Japan)

Debut: April 4, 2014 (Age 25-154d, 20,574th in major league history)
vs. TOR 7.0 IP, 6 H, 8 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, W

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

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Team Record in Appearances: 23-8 / in Starts: 23-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2016 Pitching Game Log

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2016 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	45	1	Apr 5	NYY		HOU	L,3-5	GS-6		99	5.2	4	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.18	4.56	22	87	51	14	8	11	6	4	0	0	56			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.065	1.00	0.04%	0.90	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out tie
2	46	6	Apr 12	NYY	@	TOR	W,3-2	GS-5		6	5.0	3	2	2	4	6	0	1	3.38	4.18	22	92	54	13	12	5	6	3	1	0	55			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.015	1.17	0.01%	0.59	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
3	47	11	Apr 17	NYY		SEA	W,4-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	4	7.0	6	3	2	0	6	0	0	3.06	3.09	27	93	65	13	17	16	5	2	0	0	61			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.14	0.121	.93	0.06%	0.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
4	48	16	Apr 23	NYY		TBR	W,3-2	GS-7		5	7.0	5	2	2	1	7	1	0	2.92	3.19	26	97	65	21	15	6	12	6	0	0	65			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.132	.81	0.07%	1.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
5	49	21	Apr 29	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-7		5	6.2	6	2	2	0	5	0	0	2.87	2.86	27	99	69	12	12	15	7	2	2	0	59			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	0.045	1.00	0.02%	1.43	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 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
6	50	26	May 5	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS-8		5	8.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.29	2.64	29	102	69	15	15	13	8	6	2	0	78			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.558	.77	0.24%	4.14	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
7	51	31	May 10	NYY		KCR	W,10-7	GS-7		4	7.0	7	6	6	0	4	3	0	3.11	3.38	28	79	56	18	7	12	12	6	2	0	43			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.330	.62	-0.12%	-2.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
8	52	36	May 15	NYY		CHW	W,7-5	GS-5		4	5.0	8	4	4	3	7	1	0	3.51	3.52	26	102	64	18	12	7	9	5	1	0	39			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.200	.74	-0.07%	-1.38	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
9	53	42	May 21	NYY	@	OAK	W,5-1	GS-7	W(2-0)	5	7.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.24	3.44	28	92	64	18	8	12	10	7	1	0	65			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.12	0.260	.80	0.11%	2.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
10	54	47	May 27	NYY	@	TBR	W,4-1	GS-7	W(3-0)	5	7.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.89	3.28	23	82	53	11	7	10	9	4	3	0	77			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.381	.71	0.18%	3.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
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
11	55	52	Jun 1	NYY	@	TOR	L,0-7	GS-6	L(3-1)	4	6.0	7	2	1	1	2	0	0	2.78	3.26	25	104	67	11	6	10	12	10	1	0	53			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.05	0.050	.84	0.02%	1.11	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
12	56	57	Jun 6	NYY		LAA	W,5-2	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.76	3.25	28	91	62	13	6	8	15	7	0	0	58			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	1	0	.82	0.095	.52	0.04%	1.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
13	57	62	Jun 11	NYY		DET	L,1-6	GS-7	L(3-2)	4	6.1	6	5	5	1	4	2	1	3.08	3.52	26	92	67	13	8	12	8	2	1	0	44			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.176	.88	-0.10%	-0.88	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d3
14	58	67	Jun 17	NYY	@	MIN	W,8-2	GS-8	W(4-2)	5	8.0	7	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.91	3.38	31	110	75	21	13	14	12	6	2	0	69			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.38	0.078	.26	0.03%	3.06	1b start a 4	8b 3 out a7
15	59	72	Jun 24	NYY		MIN	W,5-3	GS-6	W(5-2)	6	6.0	7	3	3	2	7	0	0	3.01	3.29	26	95	62	17	14	7	10	6	1	0	51			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.013	1.00	0.01%	0.14	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
16	60	77	Jun 29	NYY		TEX	W,9-7	GS-6		4	6.0	8	6	6	1	7	1	0	3.35	3.30	27	110	76	19	15	8	11	6	1	0	38			0	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	.70	-0.325	.43	-0.12%	-2.86	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
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
17	61	83	Jul 5	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-0	GS-8	W(6-2)	5	7.2	6	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.12	3.21	29	103	71	17	11	9	13	4	1	0	72			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.56	0.207	.35	0.08%	3.68	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a8
18	62	88	Jul 10	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-7	GS-5		4	4.2	10	7	3	2	5	1	0	3.23	3.28	26	92	61	15	7	8	11	7	2	0	27			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.032	.71	0.01%	-4.35	1b start tie	5b --- 2 out a4
19	63	91	Jul 17	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	GS-6	W(7-2)	6	6.0	3	1	1	1	7	1	0	3.15	3.29	22	87	58	16	8	2	12	6	0	0	68			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.226	.44	0.08%	2.14	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
20	64	96	Jul 22	NYY		SFG	W,3-2	GS-6		4	6.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.00	3.27	24	83	55	15	11	6	12	6	2	0	66			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	0.341	.95	0.14%	3.14	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
21	65	101	Jul 27	NYY	@	HOU	L,1-4	GS-5	L(7-3)	4	5.0	7	4	4	2	4	1	0	3.16	3.35	24	94	56	15	8	9	9	4	4	0	39			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.192	.81	-0.11%	-1.61	1b start tie	5b 3 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
22	66	106	Aug 2	NYY	@	NYM	L,1-7	GS-7	L(7-4)	5	6.1	8	7	6	0	4	2	0	3.40	3.47	27	93	64	16	8	10	13	6	2	0	35			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.138	.35	-0.06%	-2.83	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out d5
23	67	111	Aug 7	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	GS-7	W(8-4)	4	6.0	6	1	1	0	8	0	0	3.32	3.34	25	101	76	14	13	10	7	4	0	0	64			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.275	.55	0.09%	2.51	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out a3
24	68	116	Aug 13	NYY		TBR	W,8-4	GS-7	W(9-4)	5	7.0	5	4	4	0	8	2	0	3.40	3.40	26	79	58	15	9	6	12	4	2	0	59			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.020	.71	-0.01%	-0.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
25	69	121	Aug 19	NYY	@	LAA	W,7-0	GS-8	W(10-4)	5	7.2	5	0	0	0	9	0	0	3.24	3.28	28	100	68	19	7	10	9	4	1	0	78			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.258	.27	0.08%	3.37	1b start a 1	8b 1-3 2 out a7
26	70	126	Aug 24	NYY	@	SEA	W,5-0	GS-7	W(11-4)	4	7.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.11	3.23	26	106	69	20	11	11	9	6	0	0	69			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.345	.60	0.13%	3.41	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a4
27	71	131	Aug 30	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-4	GS-5		5	5.0	4	2	2	0	4	1	0	3.12	3.26	18	71	49	14	7	5	9	3	2	0	55			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.71	0.109	.49	0.05%	0.59	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
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
28	72	136	Sep 5	NYY		TOR	W,5-3	GS-7	W(12-4)	5	6.1	7	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.11	3.26	27	105	62	18	12	6	14	9	3	0	52			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.185	.84	0.09%	2.12	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a4
29	73	141	Sep 10	NYY		TBR	W,5-1	GS-8	W(13-4)	4	7.1	5	1	1	0	10	1	1	3.04	3.23	28	102	74	15	20	10	7	5	0	0	74			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.337	1.70	0.35%	2.64	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
30	74	146	Sep 15	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	1	3	0	0	0	2.97	3.28	28	93	61	18	4	18	7	1	3	0	62			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	0	.89	0.247	1.51	0.25%	2.77	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a4
31	75	151	Sep 21	NYY	@	TBR	W,11-5	GS-6	W(14-4)	5	6.0	7	4	4	2	5	4	0	3.07	3.51	26	99	68	21	10	7	12	3	0	0	45			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.54	0.058	.28	0.02%	-1.11	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a4
							23-8		W-L:14-4	4.6	199.2	179	75	68	36	165	22	3	3.07	3.51	805	2935	67%	17%	11%	0.95		26%	7%	0	57		---%	7	3	0	759	34	2	0	10	3	8	.91	3.052	.74	1.59%	29.84

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