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: 16-11 / in Starts: 16-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2018 Pitching Game Log

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2018 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	106	2	Mar 30	NYY	@	TOR	W,4-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	3	1	1	0	8	1	0	1.50	2.66	21	79	61	13	14	4	9	2	2	0	70			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.239	.90	0.16%	2.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
2	107	7	Apr 5	NYY		BAL	L,2-5	GS-7	L(1-1)	5	6.1	6	3	3	0	7	1	0	2.92	2.84	24	93	65	17	11	9	8	5	2	0	56			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.029	1.13	-0.02%	1.05	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d1
3	108	12	Apr 11	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-7	GS-5	W(2-1)	5	5.0	7	6	6	2	3	2	0	5.19	4.43	24	83	51	14	9	4	15	4	2	0	30			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.118	.66	-0.07%	-3.34	1b start a 4	5b 3 out a2
4	109	16	Apr 17	NYY		MIA	L,1-9	GS-5	L(2-2)	5	5.0	7	7	5	2	5	1	1	6.04	4.68	25	83	57	19	9	14	3	3	0	0	32			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	2	.66	-0.310	.63	-0.18%	-4.44	1t start tie	5t 3 out d7
5	110	21	Apr 23	NYY		MIN	W,14-1	GS-7	W(3-2)	5	6.2	3	1	1	2	5	0	1	4.97	4.30	26	91	55	13	17	6	12	4	2	0	67			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.200	.63	0.11%	2.34	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a4
6	111	26	Apr 28	NYY	@	LAA	W,11-1	GS-6	W(4-2)	4	6.0	2	1	1	2	9	1	0	4.37	4.13	22	88	59	18	14	6	5	1	2	0	71			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.045	.12	0.03%	2.01	1b start a 5	6b 3 out a9
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	112	31	May 3	NYY	@	HOU	W,6-5	GS-7		4	6.0	5	3	3	0	5	0	1	4.39	3.82	24	83	60	16	11	9	9	5	0	0	55			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.058	1.12	0.04%	1.19	1b start tie	7b 123 0 out a3
8	113	36	May 9	NYY		BOS	W,9-6	GS-6		5	5.1	8	4	4	2	3	2	0	4.66	4.30	24			12	9	9	10	6	0	0	37			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	.95	-0.101	1.49	-0.10%	-0.88	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out a2
9	114	41	May 15 susp	NYY	@	WSN	L,3-5	GS-5		5	5.0	4	3	3	0	2	1	0	4.73	4.37	19	72	49	11	11	8	9	5	0	0	49			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.054	.77	-0.04%	-0.44	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
10	115	45	May 21	NYY	@	TEX	W,10-5	GS-5	W(5-2)	5	5.0	3	4	4	4	3	2	1	4.95	4.88	22	76	43	12	11	12	2	0	0	0	44			2	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.112	1.24	-0.08%	-1.19	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
11	116	50	May 27	NYY		LAA	W,3-1	GS-6	W(6-2)	5	6.0	3	1	1	3	8	1	0	4.62	4.81	23	104	64	20	13	5	7	0	2	0	67			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.232	1.18	0.18%	2.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
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	117	55	Jun 2	NYY	@	BAL	W,8-5	GS-6	W(7-2)	5	5.1	8	4	4	1	7	3	0	4.79	5.10	24	97	69	14	19	6	10	3	2	0	42			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.027	1.18	-0.02%	-0.91	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a3
13	118	60	Jun 8	NYY	@	NYM	W,4-1	GS-5		5	5.0	1	1	1	1	8	1	0	4.58	4.96	16	75	46	12	9	3	4	1	1	0	68			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.101	.66	0.06%	1.22	1b start tie	5b 3 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
14	119	90	Jul 10	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS-5		31	4.1	6	3	3	2	5	1	0	4.68	4.98	22			11	12	7	8	2	1	0	42			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.165	.98	-0.09%	-0.76	1b start tie	5b --- 1 out tie
15	120	95	Jul 15	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS-7		4	6.1	6	2	2	1	5	1	0	4.54	4.91	25			14	8	9	10	7	0	0	57			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.119	1.05	0.06%	1.14	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out tie
16	121	99	Jul 24	NYY	@	TBR	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-2)	8	9.0	3	0	0	1	9	0	0	4.09	4.58	29			19	16	14	5	5	0	0	89			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.97	0.491	.80	0.24%	4.46	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
17	122	105	Jul 31	NYY		BAL	W,6-3	GS-6	W(9-2)	6	6.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	1	3.84	4.42	23	105	66	17	16	5	7	3	1	0	72			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.288	.64	0.12%	3.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out a6
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
18	123	110	Aug 5	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-5		4	4.2	6	1	1	1	9	1	0	3.76	4.34	21			14	14	6	5	3	0	0	56			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	0.096	.96	0.05%	1.32	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d1
19	124	115	Aug 10	NYY		TEX	L,7-12	GS-6	L(9-3)	4	5.0	6	6	6	3	2	3	0	4.08	4.70	24	96	64	14	8	8	11	2	0	0	30			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.253	.37	-0.08%	-3.44	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out d5
20	125	121	Aug 16	NYY		TBR	L,1-3	GS-6	L(9-4)	5	6.0	9	2	2	0	6	0	0	4.03	4.51	24	92	61	15	10	9	9	4	0	0	52			1	0	2	24	5	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.048	.33	0.01%	1.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
21	126	125	Aug 21	NYY	@	MIA	W,2-1	GS-6		4	6.0	4	1	1	1	4	1	0	3.90	4.51	21			12	13	8	8	4	2	0	63			0	0	1	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.183	.41	0.04%	1.73	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
22	127	131	Aug 27	NYY		CHW	L,2-6	GS-7	L(9-5)	5	7.0	10	4	4	1	7	0	1	3.97	4.37	32	98	71	18	16	11	12	5	1	0	47			0	1	0	29	4	0	0	0	1	0	1.42	-0.196	.67	-0.06%	-0.42	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
23	128	136	Sep 1	NYY		DET	W,2-1	GS-7	W(10-5)	4	7.0	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.83	4.24	29	96	67	17	15	10	12	6	1	0	64			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.39	0.324	.36	0.05%	2.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
24	129	141	Sep 7	NYY	@	SEA	W,4-0	GS-8	W(11-5)	5	8.0	3	0	0	0	10	0	0	3.61	4.04	27	102	74	19	16	12	5	2	0	0	86			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.303	.11	0.03%	3.84	1b start tie	8b 3 out a4
25	130	147	Sep 14	NYY		TOR	W,11-0	GS-6	W(12-5)	6	6.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	0	3.47	3.94	24	90	64	15	19	6	8	4	2	0	70			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.118	.05	0.01%	3.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out a9
26	131	152	Sep 20	NYY		BOS	L,6-11	GS-5		5	4.0	8	5	5	0	3	1	0	3.67	3.96	20			16	10	9	8	5	0	0	29			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.382	.15	-0.04%	-3.30	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out a2
27	132	158	Sep 26	NYY	@	TBR	L,7-8	GS-5	L(12-6)	5	4.0	6	4	3	1	4	1	1	3.75	4.01	20	80	52	13	9	5	9	5	0	0	39			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.36	-0.246	.15	-0.02%	-2.40	1b start a 3	5b 1-- 0 out d1
							16-11		W-L:12-6	4.9	156.0	141	68	65	35	159	25	7	3.75	4.01	635	1783	67%	23%	19%	0.97		22%	5%	0	55		---%	7	2	3	588	32	0	0	13	2	5	.90	0.852	.69	0.43%	12.62

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