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: 16-14 / in Starts: 16-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2017 Pitching Game Log

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2017 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	76	1	Apr 2	NYY	@	TBR	L,3-7	GS-3	L(0-1)	99	2.2	8	7	7	2	3	2	0	23.63	12.91	18	67	41	7	12	5	8	4	0	0	15			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	1	0	.81	-0.463	.87	-0.30%	-5.85	1b start tie	3b --3 2 out d5
2	77	5	Apr 8	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-5		5	5.0	6	3	3	4	5	0	2	11.74	7.59	26	92	57	10	15	7	8	4	2	0	44			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.79	-0.042	1.79	-0.03%	-0.44	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
3	78	10	Apr 14	NYY		STL	W,4-3	GS-7	W(1-1)	5	6.1	5	3	3	2	5	1	0	8.36	6.23	26	103	68	16	10	10	9	3	0	0	54			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.108	1.04	-0.06%	-0.62	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out a1
4	79	15	Apr 19	NYY		CHW	W,9-1	GS-7	W(2-1)	4	7.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	0	6.00	4.92	28	96	63	19	12	13	7	3	0	0	65			0	0	0	26	4	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.190	.78	0.13%	2.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
5	80	20	Apr 27	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-1)	7	9.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.20	4.19	29	97	72	19	8	17	9	4	2	0	84			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.708	1.45	0.56%	4.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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	81	25	May 2	NYY		TOR	W,11-5	GS-7	W(4-1)	4	6.1	8	4	4	0	4	2	0	4.46	4.51	26	91	62	17	10	10	12	7	1	0	45			0	1	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.141	.61	0.10%	0.28	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a5
7	82	30	May 8	NYY	@	CIN	W,10-4	GS-7	W(5-1)	5	7.0	10	4	3	1	6	1	0	4.36	4.38	31	112	77	18	16	13	11	6	1	0	48			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	3	0	2	1.15	0.126	1.37	0.09%	-0.34	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a3
8	83	35	May 14(2)	NYY		HOU	L,7-10	GS-2	L(5-2)	5	1.2	7	8	8	1	3	4	1	5.80	5.49	14	61	39	10	4	1	8	3	1	0	11			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.437	.89	-0.34%	-7.25	1t start tie	2t -2- 2 out d8
9	84	40	May 20	NYY	@	TBR	L,5-9	GS-4	L(5-3)	5	3.0	9	6	6	3	4	3	0	6.56	6.18	21			13	15	5	9	3	2	0	18			0	0	0	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.04	-0.538	1.51	-0.47%	-5.83	1b start tie	4b 1-3 0 out d3
10	85	45	May 26	NYY		OAK	L,1-4	GS-8	L(5-4)	5	7.1	5	1	1	0	13	0	0	5.86	5.31	27	111	76	16	25	4	10	6	1	0	77			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.460	1.48	0.37%	3.83	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out tie
11	86	50	May 31	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-10	GS-6	L(5-5)	4	5.2	9	7	7	2	4	1	0	6.34	5.29	27	103	60	14	7	9	12	5	1	0	25			0	0	0	25	4	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.307	1.16	-0.29%	-4.25	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out d4
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	87	55	Jun 6	NYY		BOS	L,4-5	GS-5	L(5-6)	5	5.0	5	5	5	1	2	3	0	6.55	5.70	21	62	44	15	3	9	9	4	0	0	38			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.255	1.22	-0.25%	-2.25	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
13	88	61	Jun 12	NYY	@	LAA	W,5-3	GS-7		5	6.2	4	3	1	2	8	1	0	6.07	5.51	27			13	14	9	8	5	0	0	64			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	0.159	1.57	0.13%	1.26	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out a1
14	89	66	Jun 17	NYY	@	OAK	L,2-5	GS-4	L(5-7)	4	4.0	8	5	5	1	10	3	0	6.34	5.68	22	82	54	8	18	4	7	3	0	0	35			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.342	1.48	-0.29%	-3.00	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
15	90	71	Jun 23	NYY		TEX	W,2-1	GS-8		5	8.0	3	0	0	2	9	0	0	5.74	5.30	27	100	69	14	22	10	6	3	0	0	83			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.573	1.76	0.51%	4.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
16	91	76	Jun 28	NYY	@	CHW	W,12-3	GS-6	W(6-7)	4	6.0	6	2	2	2	5	0	1	5.56	5.14	26	101	63	16	16	13	5	4	0	0	55			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.28	0.060	1.86	0.05%	1.07	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a6
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	92	81	Jul 3	NYY		TOR	W,6-3	GS-7	W(7-7)	4	7.0	5	1	1	1	8	0	1	5.25	4.90	27	111	72	15	20	8	9	4	3	0	70			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.324	1.64	0.28%	2.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
18	93	86	Jul 9	NYY		MIL	L,3-5	GS-5	L(7-8)	5	4.1	6	5	5	1	5	2	1	5.47	5.04	21	83	51	10	14	6	8	2	2	0	35			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.252	.89	-0.21%	-2.22	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d1
19	94	90	Jul 16(2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-3	GS-8	L(7-9)	6	7.2	8	3	3	0	9	1	0	5.33	4.86	30	112	76	20	16	13	8	4	0	0	60			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.61	-0.013	1.11	-0.01%	1.19	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out d3
20	95	96	Jul 22	NYY	@	SEA	L,5-6	GS-6		5	6.0	7	4	4	0	6	2	1	5.37	4.92	26			12	13	10	9	3	1	0	48			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.178	1.08	-0.17%	-0.99	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
21	96	101	Jul 28	NYY		TBR	W,6-1	GS-8	W(8-9)	5	8.0	2	1	1	0	14	1	0	5.09	4.69	26			16	19	5	7	2	1	0	88			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.343	1.06	0.40%	3.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
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	97	106	Aug 2	NYY		DET	L,0-2	GS-6	L(8-10)	4	6.0	6	2	1	1	7	0	0	4.93	4.53	25	100	64	8	20	7	10	5	1	0	60			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.076	1.44	0.08%	1.30	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
23	98	112	Aug 9	NYY	@	TOR	W,11-5	GS-5		6	4.0	2	3	2	5	2	1	0	4.92	4.67	20	88	53	12	7	4	8	4	3	0	45			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.30	-0.089	2.12	-0.09%	-1.26	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out a3
24	99	124	Aug 22	NYY	@	DET	W,13-4	GS-7	W(9-10)	12	7.0	6	3	3	0	4	1	0	4.86	4.63	25	90	64	18	10	8	13	8	0	0	57			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.29	0.126	.47	0.12%	0.74	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a8
25	100	129	Aug 27	NYY		SEA	W,10-1	GS-7	W(10-10)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	10	0	0	4.69	4.44	28	99	64	18	15	11	6	4	0	0	70			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	.63	0.070	1.14	0.08%	2.85	1t start tie	7t 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
26	101	135	Sep 2	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	GS-8	W(11-10)	5	7.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.54	4.39	27	97	66	17	12	14	8	3	2	0	64			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.249	2.12	0.29%	2.45	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a4
27	102	140	Sep 8	NYY	@	TEX	L,5-11	GS-5	L(11-11)	5	4.0	8	7	7	0	7	1	0	4.82	4.35	20	81	54	13	11	8	5	2	0	0	25			0	0	0	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.433	1.83	-0.45%	-4.18	1b start tie	5b -23 0 out tie
28	103	146	Sep 14	NYY		BAL	W,13-5	GS-7	W(12-11)	5	7.0	8	2	2	2	8	2	0	4.73	4.40	31	102	74	14	27	8	13	6	2	0	59			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	.37	0.099	.48	0.08%	1.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out a11
29	104	153	Sep 22	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-8	GS-6	L(12-12)	7	5.2	6	8	7	3	6	3	0	4.94	4.56	27	95	64	16	11	10	8	2	0	0	30			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.268	.55	-0.12%	-4.91	1b start a 1	6b --- 2 out d7
30	105	160	Sep 29	NYY		TOR	W,4-0	GS-7	W(13-12)	6	7.0	3	0	0	0	15	0	0	4.74	4.34	23	103	68	21	22	4	4	3	1	0	86			1	0	1	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.362	.14	0.04%	3.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
							16-14		W-L:13-12	5.0	178.1	180	100	94	41	194	35	7	4.74	4.34	752	2439	66%	18%	17%	1.00		23%	5%	0	52		---%	4	3	1	700	42	0	1	15	2	5	.90	0.341	1.23	0.23%	-4.26

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