Daisuke Matsuzaka
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 13, 1980 in Tokyo, Japan
High School: Yokohama (Yokohama, JP) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 2007
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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
2007 26 BOS AL 15 12 .556 4.40 32 32 0 1 0 0 204.2 191 100 100 25 80 1 201 13 0 5 874 108 1.324 8.4 1.1 3.5 8.8 2.51 RoY-4
2008 27 BOS AL 18 3 .857 2.90 29 29 0 0 0 0 167.2 128 58 54 12 94 1 154 7 0 5 716 159 1.324 6.9 0.6 5.0 8.3 1.64 CYA-4
2009 28 BOS AL 4 6 .400 5.76 12 12 0 0 0 0 59.1 81 38 38 10 30 1 54 2 0 8 283 82 1.871 12.3 1.5 4.6 8.2 1.80
3 Seasons 37 21 .638 4.00 73 73 0 1 0 0 431.2 400 196 192 47 204 3 409 22 0 18 1873 117 1.399 8.3 1.0 4.3 8.5 2.00
162 Game Avg. 17 10 .638 4.00 34 34 0 0 0 0 201 186 91 89 22 95 1 190 10 0 8 872 117 1.399 8.3 1.0 4.3 8.5 2.00

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
2007 26 BOS AL ALDS W LAA 0 0 5.79 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 7 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 24 2.143 13.5 0.0 5.8 5.8 1.00
2007 26 BOS AL ALCS W CLE 1 1 .500 5.59 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.2 12 6 6 1 2 0 9 0 0 2 42 1.448 11.2 0.9 1.9 8.4 4.50
2007 26 BOS AL WS W COL 1 0 1.000 3.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 3 2 2 0 3 0 5 1 0 0 23 1.125 5.1 0.0 5.1 8.4 1.67
2008 27 BOS AL ALDS W LAA 0 0 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 8 3 3 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 26 2.200 14.4 0.0 5.4 9.0 1.67
2008 27 BOS AL ALCS L TBR 1 0 1.000 4.09 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 9 5 5 3 6 0 11 0 0 1 48 1.364 7.4 2.5 4.9 9.0 1.83
2 Seasons (5 Series) 3 1 .750 4.79 7 7 0 0 0 0 35.2 39 19 19 4 17 0 33 1 0 4 163 1.570 9.8 1.0 4.3 8.3 1.94
2 ALDS 0 0 5.59 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.2 15 6 6 0 6 0 8 0 0 1 50 2.172 14.0 0.0 5.6 7.4 1.33
2 ALCS 2 1 .667 4.79 4 4 0 0 0 0 20.2 21 11 11 4 8 0 20 0 0 3 90 1.403 9.1 1.7 3.5 8.7 2.50
1 WS 1 0 1.000 3.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 3 2 2 0 3 0 5 1 0 0 23 1.125 5.1 0.0 5.1 8.4 1.67

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
2007 26 BOS AL 32 874 776 100 191 42 3 25 18 7 80 201 .246 .326 .405 .731 .301 314 17 13 3 2 1
2008 27 BOS AL 29 716 608 58 128 29 2 12 15 5 94 154 .211 .321 .324 .645 .260 197 13 7 3 4 1
2009 28 BOS AL 12 283 249 38 81 20 1 10 7 0 30 54 .325 .401 .534 .935 .382 133 4 2 1 1 1
3 Seasons 73 1873 1633 196 400 91 6 47 40 12 204 409 .245 .335 .394 .730 .298 644 34 22 7 7 3
162 Game Avg. 34 872 761 91 186 42 3 22 19 6 95 190 .245 .335 .394 .730 .298 300 16 10 3 3 1
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
2007 26 BOS AL 32 32 15 12 5 5 6 17 15 .531 2 1 1 0 18 56% 53 82 13 12 6 0 19 5.1 5.1 6.4 108 1 6 19 6 129
2008 27 BOS AL 29 29 18 3 8 7 0 23 6 .793 1 5 0 0 14 48% 56 83 11 10 3 0 16 5.7 6.1 5.8 100 3 6 20 0 118
2009 28 BOS AL 12 12 4 6 2 2 1 5 7 .417 0 1 0 0 3 25% 43 68 20 7 2 0 8 4.4 5.1 4.9 92 2 4 6 0 115
3 Seasons 73 73 37 21 15 14 7 45 28 .616 3 7 1 0 35 48% 53 83 11 29 11 0 43 5.2 5.5 5.9 102 6 16 45 6 129
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

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%
2007 26 BOS AL 874 49% 2.9% 23.0% 9.2% 8.0% 37% 0.63 0.92 63% 20% 8.4% 15% 178 17 10%
2008 27 BOS AL 716 53% 1.7% 21.5% 13.1% 6.0% 34% 0.63 0.78 62% 20% 5.2% 17% 138 13 9%
2009 28 BOS AL 283 60% 3.5% 19.1% 10.6% 11.0% 38% 0.53 0.68 66% 20% 9.3% 16% 67 4 6%
3 Seasons 1873 52% 2.5% 21.8% 10.9% 7.7% 36% 0.62 0.83 63% 20% 7.4% 16% 383 34 9%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

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
2007 26 BOS AL 874 3471 3.97 2206 64% 27% 18% 29% 26% 73% 0% 46% 76% 61% 4% 36 26 26% 224 131 12 30% 34 9 0 0 0
2008 27 BOS AL 716 2900 4.05 1760 61% 28% 18% 29% 26% 72% 0% 44% 76% 60% 6% 43 25 22% 155 80 11 18% 20 17 0 0 0
2009 28 BOS AL 283 1103 3.90 683 62% 28% 15% 29% 29% 72% 0% 45% 80% 56% 5% 14 4 28% 80 44 3 24% 7 9 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1873 7474 3.99 4649 62% 27% 17% 29% 27% 73% 0% 45% 76% 60% 5% 93 55 25% 459 255 26 25% 61 35 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

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
2007 26 BOS AL 874 191 16 0 25 1 32 11 14 8 17 49 27 9 55% 4 5 0 321 18 7 72% 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2008 27 BOS AL 716 128 10 4 12 0 18 5 7 7 5 34 13 11 38% 4 5 0 278 15 5 75% 13 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2009 28 BOS AL 283 81 8 0 10 0 8 5 5 6 4 12 5 3 42% 1 8 0 126 7 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
3 Seasons 1873 400 34 4 47 1 58 21 26 21 26 95 45 23 47% 9 18 0 725 40 12 77% 38 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2007 26 15 12 .556 4.40 32 32 0 1 0 0 204.2 191 100 100 25 80 1 201 13 0 5 874 108 1.324 8.4 1.1 3.5 8.8 2.51 108
2008 27 33 15 .688 3.72 61 61 0 1 0 0 372.1 319 158 154 37 174 2 355 20 0 10 1590 126 1.324 7.7 0.9 4.2 8.6 2.04 126
2009 28 37 21 .638 4.00 73 73 0 1 0 0 431.2 400 196 192 47 204 3 409 22 0 18 1873 117 1.399 8.3 1.0 4.3 8.5 2.00 117

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
2007 26 11 11 .500 4.14 200.0 184 102 92 24 77 196 13 1.305 8.3 3.5 8.8 2.55 1.1 32
2008 27 12 6 .667 2.78 165.0 124 57 51 12 91 152 7 1.303 6.8 5.0 8.3 1.67 0.7 29
2009 28 2 4 .333 5.43 58.0 78 39 35 10 29 53 2 1.845 12.1 4.5 8.2 1.83 1.6 12
3 Seasons 25 21 .543 3.79 423.0 386 198 178 46 197 401 22 1.378 8.2 8.5 2.04 1.0 73

* 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

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2008-AL--4--7%
0.07 Career Shares (185th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 AL--2.899--3rd

Wins s c a p y
2008 AL--18--4th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2008 AL--.857--2nd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 AL--8.399--9th
2008 AL--6.871--1st

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 AL--8.839--6th
2008 AL--8.266--5th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2007 AL--201--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
2007 AL--25--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2007 AL--80--6th
2008 AL--94--1st

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL--.644--4th

Earned Runs s c a p y
2007 AL--100--6th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2009 AL--8--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2007 AL--13--4th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 AL--159--2nd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 2 (731), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 19 (1111), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (672), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  5. Chad Billingsley (959)
  6. Joe Saunders (959)
  7. Bill Stemmeyer (959)
  8. Arlie Pond (957)
  9. Jon Lester (955)
  10. James Shields (955)
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  1. Monte Weaver (984)
  2. Joe Cowley (972)
  3. Chris Young (963)
  4. Clay Bryant (963)
  5. Ray Washburn (961)
  6. Roy Parmelee (961)
  7. Joe Saunders (959)
  8. Pat Rapp (958)
  9. La Marr Hoyt (957)
  10. Kevin Tapani (957)
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  2. Monte Weaver (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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