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Hisashi Iwakuma

Hisashi Iwakuma

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: April 12, 1981 in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
High School: Horikoshi (Tokyo, JP) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 2012 (Age 31)   vs. CHW 4.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER
Team: Mariners 2012-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed (team option), 2 yrs/$14M (13-14) & 15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.000, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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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
2012 31 SEA AL 9 5 .643 3.16 30 16 6 0 0 2 125.1 117 49 44 17 43 3 101 3 0 5 519 118 1.277 8.4 1.2 3.1 7.3 2.35
2013 32 SEA AL 7 2 .778 2.06 15 15 0 0 0 0 100.1 72 26 23 10 17 1 90 1 0 3 380 175 0.887 6.5 0.9 1.5 8.1 5.29
2 Yrs 16 7 .696 2.67 45 31 6 0 0 2 225.2 189 75 67 27 60 4 191 4 0 8 899 138 1.103 7.5 1.1 2.4 7.6 3.18
162 Game Avg. 14 6 .696 2.67 40 28 5 0 0 2 202 169 67 60 24 54 4 171 4 0 7 804 138 1.103 7.5 1.1 2.4 7.6 3.18

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2012 31 SEA AL 125.1 30 16 49 3.52 4.71 0.12 0.05 88.8 4.12 8 0.9 .5 -0.2 2.0 21 .530 .506 $1,500,000
2013 32 SEA AL 100.1 15 15 26 2.33 4.37 -0.61 0.17 91.3 4.71 24 2.9 -0.1 3.8 36 .693 .518 $6,500,000
2 Seasons 225.2 45 31 75 2.99 4.56 -0.21 0.10 89.9 4.38 32 3.8 .5 -0.3 5.8 57 .584 .510 $8,000,000

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2012 31 SEA AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2013 32 SEA AL 15 0 1
2 Yrs 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2012 31 SEA AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,500,000 1
1 Season 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,500,000

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2012 SEA AL 31 P 30 16 0 125.1 18 7 10 1 1 .944 0 0 1.22 0.57 .954 1.57 1.56 10 7 41% 25% 0
2013 SEA AL 32 P 15 15 0 100.1 22 4 17 1 1 .955 4 8 1.88 1.40 .966 1.62 1.61 3 1 25% 24% 0
2 Seasons P 45 31 0 225.2 40 11 27 2 2 .950 4 3 1.52 0.84 .960 1.60 1.58 13 8 38% 25% 0
2 Seasons TOT 45 31 0 225.2 40 11 27 2 2 .950 4 21 1.52 0.84 .960 1.60 1.58 13 8 38% 25% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2013 AL  3.8 (4th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2013 AL  3.8 (2nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2013 AL  2.06 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
2013 AL  7 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2013 AL  .778 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2013 AL  0.887 (1st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2013 AL  6.459 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2013 AL  1.525 (5th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2013 AL  100.3 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2013 AL  90 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
2013 AL  15 (1st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2013 AL  5.294 (3rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2013 AL  175 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2013 AL  19 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2013 AL  2.1 (2nd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2013 AL  20.16 (2nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2013 AL  2.3 (3rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2013 AL  2.0 (3rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2013 AL  2.4 (2nd)

Assists as P s c a p y
2013 AL  17 (3rd)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (857), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 23 (991), Average HOFer ≈ 185
JAWS Starting Pitcher (1143rd), 5.8 career WAR/5.8 7yr-peak WAR/5.8 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.2 7yr-peak WAR/61.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Mike Dorgan (984)
  7. Jack Jones (984)
  8. Limb McKenry (984)
  9. Danny Richardson (981)
  10. Karl Spooner (980)
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  5. Hal Smith (968)
  6. Peaches Davis (968)
  7. Roger Wolff (963)
  8. Hank Gornicki (962)
  9. Elmer Brown (961)
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Transactions

  • January 5, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
  • October 29, 2012: Granted Free Agency.
  • November 2, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
201231Seattle Mariners$1,500,000contracts
201332Seattle Mariners$6,500,000
201433Seattle Mariners$6,500,000
201534Seattle Mariners*$7,000,000$7M Team Option, $1M Buyout
Earliest Arb Eligible: 2015, Earliest Free Agent: 2018
Career to date (may be incomplete)$8,000,000Does not include future salaries
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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