Hideki Irabu
Hideki Irabu
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 240 lb.

Born: May 15, 1969 in Hyogo, Japan
High School: Chiba (Chiba, JP) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 10, 1997
Final Game: July 12, 2002
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1997 28 NYY AL 5 4 .556 7.09 13 9 0 0 0 0 53.1 69 47 42 15 20 0 56 1 3 4 246 63 1.669 11.6 2.5 3.4 9.5 2.80
1998 29 NYY AL 13 9 .591 4.06 29 28 0 2 1 0 173.0 148 78 78 27 76 1 126 9 1 6 732 109 1.295 7.7 1.4 4.0 6.6 1.66
1999 30 NYY AL 11 7 .611 4.84 32 27 2 2 1 0 169.1 180 98 91 26 46 0 133 6 0 7 733 98 1.335 9.6 1.4 2.4 7.1 2.89
2000 31 MON NL 2 5 .286 7.24 11 11 0 0 0 0 54.2 77 45 44 9 14 0 42 1 2 5 247 67 1.665 12.7 1.5 2.3 6.9 3.00
2001 32 MON NL 0 2 .000 4.86 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.2 22 9 9 3 3 0 18 0 0 0 74 92 1.500 11.9 1.6 1.6 9.7 6.00
2002 33 TEX AL 3 8 .273 5.74 38 2 26 0 0 16 47.0 51 30 30 11 16 2 30 1 0 3 204 83 1.426 9.8 2.1 3.1 5.7 1.88
6 Seasons 34 35 .493 5.15 126 80 28 4 2 16 514.0 547 307 294 91 175 3 405 18 6 25 2236 89 1.405 9.6 1.6 3.1 7.1 2.31
162 Game Avg. 11 12 .493 5.15 42 26 9 1 1 5 170 181 101 97 30 58 1 134 6 2 8 738 89 1.405 9.6 1.6 3.1 7.1 2.31
NYY (3 yrs) 29 20 .592 4.80 74 64 2 4 2 0 395.2 397 223 211 68 142 1 315 16 4 17 1711 95 1.362 9.0 1.5 3.2 7.2 2.22
MON (2 yrs) 2 7 .222 6.69 14 14 0 0 0 0 71.1 99 54 53 12 17 0 60 1 2 5 321 71 1.626 12.5 1.5 2.1 7.6 3.53
TEX (1 yr) 3 8 .273 5.74 38 2 26 0 0 16 47.0 51 30 30 11 16 2 30 1 0 3 204 83 1.426 9.8 2.1 3.1 5.7 1.88
AL (4 yrs) 32 28 .533 4.90 112 66 28 4 2 16 442.2 448 253 241 79 158 3 345 17 4 20 1915 94 1.369 9.1 1.6 3.2 7.0 2.18
NL (2 yrs) 2 7 .222 6.69 14 14 0 0 0 0 71.1 99 54 53 12 17 0 60 1 2 5 321 71 1.626 12.5 1.5 2.1 7.6 3.53

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1999 30 NYY AL ALCS W BOS 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 13 8 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 27 2.786 25.1 3.9 0.0 5.8
1 ALCS 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 13 8 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 27 2.786 25.1 3.9 0.0 5.8

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1997 28 NYY AL 13 246 222 47 69 13 2 15 9 2 20 56 .311 .367 .590 .957 .353 131 2 1 1 2 0
1998 29 NYY AL 29 732 635 78 148 22 3 27 16 9 76 126 .233 .321 .405 .726 .248 257 11 9 6 6 1
1999 30 NYY AL 32 733 675 98 180 26 4 26 19 4 46 133 .267 .317 .433 .750 .296 292 6 6 2 4 0
2000 31 MON NL 11 247 227 45 77 13 2 9 12 1 14 42 .339 .377 .533 .910 .382 121 5 1 3 2 0
2001 32 MON NL 3 74 70 9 22 4 0 3 4 1 3 18 .314 .338 .500 .838 .380 35 0 0 0 1 0
2002 33 TEX AL 38 204 183 30 51 11 1 11 7 1 16 30 .279 .337 .530 .867 .278 97 5 1 2 2 2
6 Seasons 126 2236 2012 307 547 89 12 91 67 18 175 405 .272 .333 .464 .797 .297 933 29 18 14 17 3
162 Game Avg. 42 738 664 101 181 29 4 30 22 6 58 134 .272 .333 .464 .797 .297 308 10 6 5 6 1
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1997 28 NYY AL 13 9 5 3 1 3 0 5 4 .556 0 1 0 0 2 22% 41 65 24 7 3 0 5 7.3 8.0 4.9 79 5 3 1 0 108
1998 29 NYY AL 29 28 13 9 6 1 3 16 12 .571 2 3 2 1 17 61% 53 81 8 18 3 0 14 5.0 5.4 6.1 95 5 8 13 1 121
1999 30 NYY AL 32 27 11 7 9 1 1 18 9 .667 4 4 2 1 14 52% 48 83 19 16 4 0 12 7.5 8.1 5.9 94 6 8 11 2 128
2000 31 MON NL 11 11 2 5 4 0 1 5 6 .455 1 3 0 0 6 55% 40 61 5 5 4 0 8 5.7 4.7 5.0 77 3 7 1 0 100
2001 32 MON NL 3 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 1 33% 48 58 40 1 1 0 3 1.7 3.0 5.6 96 0 3 0 0 99
2002 33 TEX AL 38 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 40 47 33 6 3 1 1 3.5 5.4 5.5 89 0 2 0 0 95
6 Seasons 126 80 31 28 21 5 6 44 36 .550 8 11 4 2 40 50% 48 83 5 53 18 1 43 6.0 6.4 5.7 90 19 31 26 3 128
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1997 28 NYY AL 13 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 0.848 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 3 0 7.3 42
1998 29 NYY AL 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.933 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 32
1999 30 NYY AL 32 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.864 0 0 5 2 0 3 0 5 3 1 3 0 6.8 33
2002 33 TEX AL 38 36 26 3 6 20 16 4 80% 22 2 14 4 29% 9 2.036 26 5 5 24 8 4 6 30 5 6 6 13 3.0 17
4 Seasons 112 46 28 3 7 20 16 4 80% 23 3 14 4 29% 1.013 27 8 11 29 9 8 6 40 12 7 13 13 3.8 21

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1997 28 NYY AL 246 54% 6.1% 22.8% 8.1% 12.2% 44% 0.63 0.80 62% 25% 16.7% 11% 32 2 6%
1998 29 NYY AL 732 53% 3.7% 17.2% 10.4% 7.1% 35% 0.64 0.82 67% 20% 10.4% 16% 139 11 8%
1999 30 NYY AL 733 54% 3.6% 18.1% 6.3% 7.6% 31% 0.53 0.66 71% 23% 8.4% 12% 134 6 4%
2000 31 MON NL 247 40% 3.6% 17.0% 5.7% 9.7% 31% 0.66 1.33 72% 32% 9.5% 11% 45 5 11%
2001 32 MON NL 74 57% 4.1% 24.3% 4.1% 9.5% 32% 0.72 0.72 68% 21% 13.0% 21% 12 0 0%
2002 33 TEX AL 204 50% 5.4% 14.7% 7.8% 11.3% 45% 1.14 1.87 71% 21% 18.3% 9% 45 5 11%
6 Seasons 2236 52% 4.1% 18.1% 7.8% 8.6% 35% 0.64 0.86 69% 23% 10.9% 13% 407 29 7%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1997 28 NYY AL 246 880 3.58 553 63% 26% 17% 26% 31% 74% 0% 46% 77% 56% 4% 9 7 17% 43 27 1 25% 10 2 0 0 0
1998 29 NYY AL 732 2688 3.67 1618 60% 26% 14% 28% 32% 74% 0% 45% 82% 47% 6% 43 26 16% 120 80 12 21% 19 16 0 0 0
1999 30 NYY AL 733 2696 3.68 1708 63% 24% 15% 29% 32% 76% 0% 48% 80% 53% 4% 31 17 19% 136 85 15 17% 16 14 0 0 0
2000 31 MON NL 247 851 3.45 552 65% 25% 15% 26% 34% 75% 0% 49% 80% 57% 6% 16 10 17% 43 31 3 26% 8 6 0 0 0
2001 32 MON NL 74 287 3.88 191 67% 26% 15% 31% 28% 74% 0% 49% 80% 46% 1% 1 1 28% 21 15 0 28% 2 0 0 0 0
2002 33 TEX AL 204 788 3.86 487 62% 27% 13% 28% 32% 73% 3% 45% 83% 52% 5% 11 6 21% 43 26 2 10% 5 3 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2236 8190 3.66 5109 62% 25% 15% 28% 32% 75% 0% 47% 80% 51% 5% 111 67 18% 406 264 33 20% 60 41 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1997 28 NYY AL 246 69 10 3 15 0 4 6 9 7 8 14 8 4 57% 3 4 0 81 9 2 82% 8 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 12 0
1998 29 NYY AL 732 148 32 2 27 1 11 9 18 11 16 35 21 6 60% 5 6 0 250 16 9 64% 14 9 2 0 0 0 3 0 16 0
1999 30 NYY AL 733 180 5 2 26 0 4 9 17 14 12 41 21 11 51% 6 7 0 262 19 4 83% 16 4 3 0 0 0 3 1 14 0
2000 31 MON NL 247 77 4 1 9 0 1 4 5 8 1 18 11 2 61% 0 5 0 87 12 1 92% 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2001 32 MON NL 74 22 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 5 3 0 60% 0 0 0 31 4 1 80% 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
2002 33 TEX AL 204 51 3 1 11 0 8 8 3 7 4 11 6 3 55% 2 3 0 79 7 1 88% 7 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
6 Seasons 2236 547 54 9 91 1 29 37 54 49 42 124 70 26 56% 16 25 0 790 67 18 79% 59 16 8 2 0 0 10 3 64 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1997 28 5 4 .556 7.09 13 9 0 0 0 0 53.1 69 47 42 15 20 0 56 1 3 4 246 63 1.669 11.6 2.5 3.4 9.5 2.80 63
1998 29 18 13 .581 4.77 42 37 0 2 1 0 226.1 217 125 120 42 96 1 182 10 4 10 978 93 1.383 8.6 1.7 3.8 7.2 1.90 93
1999 30 29 20 .592 4.80 74 64 2 4 2 0 395.2 397 223 211 68 142 1 315 16 4 17 1711 95 1.362 9.0 1.5 3.2 7.2 2.22 95
2000 31 31 25 .554 5.10 85 75 2 4 2 0 450.1 474 268 255 77 156 1 357 17 6 22 1958 90 1.399 9.5 1.5 3.1 7.1 2.29 90
2001 32 31 27 .534 5.09 88 78 2 4 2 0 467.0 496 277 264 80 159 1 375 17 6 22 2032 90 1.403 9.6 1.5 3.1 7.2 2.36 90
2002 33 34 35 .493 5.15 126 80 28 4 2 16 514.0 547 307 294 91 175 3 405 18 6 25 2236 89 1.405 9.6 1.6 3.1 7.1 2.31 89

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1997 28 1 4 .200 7.10 52.0 69 46 41 15 20 55 1 1.712 11.9 3.5 9.5 2.75 2.6 13
1998 29 8 10 .444 4.23 166.0 149 87 78 27 77 121 9 1.361 8.1 4.2 6.6 1.57 1.5 29
1999 30 8 10 .444 4.55 168.0 177 94 85 26 45 132 6 1.321 9.5 2.4 7.1 2.93 1.4 32
2000 31 2 4 .333 6.17 54.0 71 41 37 8 13 41 1 1.556 11.8 2.2 6.8 3.15 1.3 11
2001 32 0 1 .000 4.24 17.0 21 9 8 3 3 18 0 1.412 11.1 1.6 9.5 6.00 1.6 3
2002 33 2 3 .400 5.28 46.0 49 30 27 11 15 29 1 1.391 9.6 2.9 5.7 1.93 2.2 38
6 Seasons 21 32 .396 4.94 503.0 536 307 276 90 173 396 18 1.410 9.6 7.1 2.29 1.6 126

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1998 AL  7.699 (3rd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1999 AL  2.445 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1999 AL  7.069 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1999 AL  1 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1999 AL  2.891 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1819), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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