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Daisuke Matsuzaka    \DICE-kay maht-soo-ZAH-kah\

Daisuke Matsuzaka (Dice-K)

Position: Pitcher
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 (Age 26)
Team: RedSox 2007-2012
2013 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.000, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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Other SR Links: Olympics at Sports-Reference.com

Standard Pitching

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 5 716 160 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 81 1.871 12.3 1.5 4.6 8.2 1.80
2010 29 BOS AL 9 6 .600 4.69 25 25 0 0 0 0 153.2 137 84 80 13 74 1 133 8 0 4 664 93 1.373 8.0 0.8 4.3 7.8 1.80
2011 30 BOS AL 3 3 .500 5.30 8 7 1 0 0 0 37.1 32 24 22 4 23 0 26 1 0 0 167 82 1.473 7.7 1.0 5.5 6.3 1.13
2012 31 BOS AL 1 7 .125 8.28 11 11 0 0 0 0 45.2 58 43 42 11 20 0 41 3 0 3 215 52 1.708 11.4 2.2 3.9 8.1 2.05
6 Yrs 50 37 .575 4.52 117 116 1 1 0 0 668.1 627 347 336 75 321 4 609 34 0 25 2919 101 1.418 8.4 1.0 4.3 8.2 1.90
162 Game Avg. 15 11 .575 4.52 34 34 0 0 0 0 195 183 101 98 22 94 1 178 10 0 7 852 101 1.418 8.4 1.0 4.3 8.2 1.90

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
2007 26 BOS AL 204.2 32 32 100 4.40 5.04 0.06 0.19 103.8 5.38 21 2.1 -0.1 4.1 45 .566 .513 $6,333,333 RoY-4
2008 27 BOS AL 167.2 29 29 58 3.11 4.77 0.12 0.18 105.7 5.12 34 3.7 -0.1 5.3 56 .629 .523 $8,333,333 CYA-4
2009 28 BOS AL 59.1 12 12 38 5.76 5.01 -0.12 0.20 106.2 5.66 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.4 6 .490 .499 $8,333,333
2010 29 BOS AL 153.2 25 25 84 4.92 4.50 0.16 0.16 104.9 4.73 -5 -0.5 -0.1 1.0 12 .481 .497 $8,333,333
2011 30 BOS AL 37.1 8 7 24 5.79 4.33 0.21 0.14 102.3 4.36 -6 -0.6 2.3 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .426 .496 $10,333,333
2012 31 BOS AL 45.2 11 11 43 8.47 4.28 0.31 0.16 104.3 4.32 -21 -1.9 -0.0 -1.4 -16 .329 .488 $10,000,000
6 Seasons 668.1 117 116 347 4.67 4.76 0.11 0.18 104.7 5.06 22 2.8 2.3 -0.4 9.2 101 .524 .503 $51,666,665

Postseason Pitching

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 Yrs (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*

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 ROE
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 4
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 4
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 1
2010 29 BOS AL 25 664 571 84 137 38 0 13 25 7 74 133 .240 .331 .375 .706 .286 214 8 8 3 8 1 6
2011 30 BOS AL 8 167 143 24 32 3 0 4 6 0 23 26 .224 .335 .329 .664 .248 47 1 1 0 0 0 0
2012 31 BOS AL 11 215 189 43 58 11 2 11 11 0 20 41 .307 .377 .561 .938 .336 106 1 3 0 3 0 0
6 Yrs 117 2919 2536 347 627 143 8 75 82 19 321 609 .247 .338 .399 .736 .295 1011 44 34 10 18 4 15
162 Game Avg. 34 852 740 101 183 42 2 22 24 6 94 178 .247 .338 .399 .736 .295 295 13 10 3 5 1 4
MLB Averages .260 .328 .411 .739 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2007 26 BOS AL 11.1 1.1 899 1.8 17.5 -15.7 1.08 1.3 0.5 18.3 1.8 1.08 13.4 0 0 0
2008 27 BOS AL 30.6 3.2 739 3.2 13.5 -10.3 1.00 2.3 0.9 33.9 3.4 1.00 27.3 0 0 0
2009 28 BOS AL -5.6 -0.5 296 -0.4 5.2 -5.6 1.03 -1.2 0.8 -5.7 -0.5 1.03 -13.0 0 0 0
2010 29 BOS AL -4.3 -0.4 700 -1.2 11.7 -12.8 1.05 0.3 -1.4 -5.5 -0.5 1.05 2.0 0 0 0
2011 30 BOS AL -3.8 -0.4 173 -0.6 2.4 -3.0 .96 0.2 -0.8 -4.1 -0.4 0.96 0.9 1 0 0
2012 31 BOS AL -17.6 -1.6 229 -2.1 3.1 -5.1 .91 -1.4 -0.9 -21.2 -1.9 0.91 -14.5 0 0 0
6 Yrs 10.3 1.3 3036 0.8 53.4 -52.6 1.03 1.4 -0.6 15.7 1.8 1.03 16.2 1 0 0

Starting Pitching*

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 3 1 1 0 18 56% 53.2 82 13 12 6 0 19 5.1 5.1 6.4 109 1 5 20 6 129
2008 27 BOS AL 29 29 18 3 8 7 0 23 6 .793 3 5 0 0 14 48% 56.4 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% 42.8 68 20 7 2 0 8 4.4 5.1 4.9 92 2 4 6 0 115
2010 29 BOS AL 25 25 9 6 10 2 1 15 10 .600 4 4 0 0 10 40% 50.5 81 16 21 6 0 15 5.6 5.0 6.1 105 0 6 19 0 115
2011 30 BOS AL 8 7 3 2 2 1 0 4 3 .571 0 1 0 0 2 29% 48.7 86 12 5 3 1 4 6.6 6.9 5.2 91 1 3 3 0 115
2012 31 BOS AL 11 11 1 7 3 0 1 4 7 .364 1 2 0 0 2 18% 40.0 69 22 10 2 0 9 3.4 3.5 4.2 77 4 4 3 0 101
6 Yrs 117 116 50 36 30 17 9 68 48 .586 11 14 1 0 49 42% 51 86 11 65 22 1 71 5.2 5.3 5.8 100 11 28 71 6 129
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 101 -13 4.5 4.6 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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
2011 30 BOS AL 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .962 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 20
1 Yr 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .962 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 20

Ratio Pitching*

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 51% 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 47% 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 40% 3.5% 19.1% 10.6% 11.0% 38% 0.53 0.68 66% 20% 9.3% 16% 67 4 6%
2010 29 BOS AL 664 44% 2.0% 20.0% 11.1% 7.7% 37% 0.51 0.62 65% 22% 5.3% 15% 126 8 6%
2011 30 BOS AL 167 38% 2.4% 15.6% 13.8% 4.2% 22% 0.46 0.43 68% 15% 5.9% 15% 37 1 3%
2012 31 BOS AL 215 49% 5.1% 19.1% 9.3% 11.2% 41% 0.67 0.83 65% 20% 13.9% 11% 38 1 3%
6 Yrs 2919 46% 2.6% 20.9% 11.0% 7.7% 36% 0.58 0.74 64% 20% 7.3% 15% 584 44 8%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 877 3478 3.97 2208 63% 27% 18% 29% 26% 73% 0% 46% 76% 61% 4% 36 26 26% 224 131 12 30% 34 9 -3 0 0
2008 27 BOS AL 717 2904 4.05 1762 61% 28% 18% 29% 26% 72% 0% 44% 76% 60% 6% 43 25 22% 155 80 11 18% 20 17 -1 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
2010 29 BOS AL 667 2619 3.93 1647 63% 27% 15% 31% 27% 73% 0% 46% 80% 57% 5% 31 18 25% 169 105 9 29% 27 12 -3 0 0
2011 30 BOS AL 167 657 3.93 400 61% 27% 14% 30% 29% 73% 0% 44% 81% 56% 5% 8 7 21% 35 20 1 27% 3 1 0 0 0
2012 31 BOS AL 215 846 3.93 534 63% 25% 13% 33% 28% 75% 0% 47% 82% 54% 5% 10 6 27% 58 39 3 22% 6 4 0 0 0
6 Yrs 2926 11607 3.97 7234 62% 27% 16% 30% 27% 73% 0% 45% 78% 58% 5% 142 86 25% 721 419 39 25% 97 52 -7 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
2010 29 BOS AL 664 137 13 4 13 0 23 7 6 6 7 39 23 7 59% 6 4 2 243 25 7 78% 22 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 18 0
2011 30 BOS AL 167 32 3 0 4 0 4 1 3 3 1 5 3 0 60% 0 0 0 65 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 31 BOS AL 215 58 7 1 11 0 7 3 8 3 8 21 12 3 57% 0 3 0 66 11 0 100% 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
6 Yrs 2919 627 57 9 75 1 92 32 43 33 42 160 83 33 52% 15 25 2 1099 82 19 81% 76 18 6 1 0 0 1 0 55 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

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
2010 29 46 27 .630 4.18 98 98 0 1 0 0 585.1 537 280 272 60 278 4 542 30 0 22 2537 110 1.392 8.3 0.9 4.3 8.3 1.95 110
2011 30 49 30 .620 4.25 106 105 1 1 0 0 622.2 569 304 294 64 301 4 568 31 0 22 2704 108 1.397 8.2 0.9 4.4 8.2 1.89 108
2012 31 50 37 .575 4.52 117 116 1 1 0 0 668.1 627 347 336 75 321 4 609 34 0 25 2919 101 1.418 8.4 1.0 4.3 8.2 1.90 101

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 4.12 201.0 183 102 92 24 77 197 12 1.294 8.2 3.4 8.8 2.56 1.1 32
2008 27 12 6 .667 2.73 165.0 123 56 50 12 90 152 7 1.291 6.7 4.9 8.3 1.69 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
2010 29 6 10 .375 4.93 148.0 138 90 81 13 75 128 8 1.439 8.4 4.6 7.8 1.71 0.8 25
2011 30 1 3 .250 5.35 37.0 32 24 22 4 23 26 1 1.486 7.8 5.6 6.3 1.13 1.0 8
2012 31 1 3 .250 8.40 45.0 58 47 42 11 20 40 3 1.733 11.6 4.0 8.0 2.00 2.2 11
6 Yrs 33 37 .471 4.43 654.0 612 358 322 74 314 596 33 1.416 8.4 8.2 1.90 1.0 117

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (207th)

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
2008 AL  5.3 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 AL  2.90 (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)
2010 AL  74 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL  0.644 (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  160 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2008 AL  31 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2008 AL  3.2 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)s c a p y
2008 AL  33.87 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)s c a p y
2008 AL  2.3 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)s c a p y
2008 AL  3.4 (4th)


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 - 2 (753), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 19 (1125), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (703), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (849), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (905th), 9.2 career WAR/9.2 7yr-peak WAR/9.2 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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