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Daisuke Matsuzaka

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
Team: RedSox 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 6 yrs/$52M (07-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.000, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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2/01 BoSox Injection: Don’t Count Out Daisuke Matsuzaka Just Yet: Reports from Alex Speier of WEEI.com stating that Daisuke Matsuzaka...
1/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Daisuke Matsuzaka to long toss: Boston Red Sox SP Daisuke Matsuzaka (elbow) will play long toss...[+] Wednesday, Feb. 1, and throw another bullpen session Friday, Feb. 3, if he doesn't have any setbacks.
1/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Daisuke Matsuzaka throws: Boston Red Sox SP Daisuke Matsuzaka (elbow) threw off a mound...[+] for the first time since having Tommy John surgery. Matsuzaka threw off the mound 21 times, with his first 10 tosses coming with a catcher standing in front of home plate and his last 10 being pitches with the catcher crouching behind the plate.

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Fine Details · Last Updated Feb 6, 2012, 8:13PM

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #931. Dave Veres… #932. Jack Kramer… #933. Shawn Estes… #934. DAISUKE MATSUZAKA… #935. Al Smith… #936. Rick Camp… #937. Bob Harmon…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #931. Dave Veres… #932. Jack Kramer… #933. Shawn Estes… #934. DAISUKE MATSUZAKA… #935. Al Smith… #936. Rick Camp… #937. Bob Harmon…

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	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	204.2	191	100	100	25	80	1	201	13	5	874	108	1.324	8.4	1.1	3.5	8.8	2.51	RoY-4
2008	27	BOS-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.60	1	1	0	0	5.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	5	0	1	19		1.000	7.2	0.0	1.8	9.0	5.00	PAW · IL
2008	27	BOS	AL	18	3	.857	2.90	29	29	0	0	167.2	128	58	54	12	94	1	154	7	5	716	160	1.324	*6.9*	0.6	5.0	8.3	1.64	CYA-4
2009	28	BOS-min	AAA,Rk,AA	0	2	.000	3.86	6	6	0	0	21.0	18	9	9	3	9	0	23	2	1	91		1.286	7.7	1.3	3.9	9.9	2.56	PAW,RES,PRT · IL,GULF,EL
2009	28	BOS	AL	4	6	.400	5.76	12	12	0	0	59.1	81	38	38	10	30	1	54	2	8	283	82	1.871	12.3	1.5	4.6	8.2	1.80
2010	29	BOS-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	1.62	3	3	0	0	16.2	11	4	3	1	1	0	13	3	1	64		0.720	5.9	0.5	0.5	7.0	13.00	PAW · IL
2010	29	BOS	AL	9	6	.600	4.69	25	25	0	0	153.2	137	84	80	13	74	1	133	8	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	37.1	32	24	22	4	23	0	26	1	0	167	81	1.473	7.7	1.0	5.5	6.3	1.13
5 Seasons				49	30	.620	4.25	106	105	1	1	622.2	569	304	294	64	301	4	568	31	22	2704	108	1.397	8.2	0.9	4.4	8.2	1.89
162 Game Avg.				16	10	.620	4.25	34	34	0	0	201	183	98	95	21	97	1	183	10	7	871	108	1.397	8.2	0.9	4.4	8.2	1.89

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
2007	26	BOS	AL	204.2	32	100	133	10	1.1	33	3.2	$6,333,333	RoY-4
2008	27	BOS	AL	167.2	29	58	111	3	1.0	53	5.1	$8,333,333	CYA-4
2009	28	BOS	AL	59.1	12	38	41	0	1.0	3	0.3	$8,333,333
2010	29	BOS	AL	153.2	25	84	95	2	1.1	11	1.1	$8,333,333
2011	30	BOS	AL	37.1	7	24	23	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$10,333,333
5 Seasons				622.2	105	304	403	15	1.1	99	9.6	$41,666,665

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	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	4.2	7	3	3	0	3	3	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	9.2	12	6	6	1	2	9	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	5.1	3	2	2	0	3	5	1	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	5.0	8	3	3	0	3	5	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	11.0	9	5	5	3	6	11	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	35.2	39	19	19	4	17	33	1	4	163	1.570	9.8	1.0	4.3	8.3	1.94
2 ALDS							0	0		5.59	2	2	9.2	15	6	6	0	6	8	0	1	50	2.172	14.0	0.0	5.6	7.4	1.33
2 ALCS							2	1	.667	4.79	4	4	20.2	21	11	11	4	8	20	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	5.1	3	2	2	0	3	5	1	0	23	1.125	5.1	0.0	5.1	8.4	1.67

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	Pos	Awards
2007	26	BOS	AL	32	4	4	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	1	RoY-4
2008	27	BOS-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	PAW · IL
2008	27	BOS	AL	29	2	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	1	CYA-4
2009	28	BOS-min	AAA,Rk,AA	6	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	PAW,RES,PRT · IL,GULF,EL
2009	28	BOS	AL	12	2	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	1
2010	29	BOS-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	PAW · IL
2010	29	BOS	AL	25	5	4	2	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	169	2	1	1
5 Seasons				98	13	12	2	1	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	-12	2	1
162 Game Avg.				162	21	20	3	2	7	.167	.167	.167	.333	-12	3	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rroe	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2007	26	BOS	AL	4	-1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$6,333,333	1	RoY-4
2008	27	BOS	AL	2	-1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$8,333,333	1	CYA-4
2009	28	BOS	AL	2	-1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$8,333,333	1
2010	29	BOS	AL	5	0	-0	1	0.1	1	0.1	$8,333,333	1
4 Seasons				13	-3	-0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	$31,333,332

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2007	26	BOS	AL	WS	COL	W	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0

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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%	PO	Awards
2007	BOS	AL	26	P	32			204.2	34	11	23	0	3	1.000	-1	-1	1.50	1.06	.955	1.60	1.59					RoY-4
2008	BOS	AL	27	P	29			167.2	36	16	19	1	2	.972	1	1	1.88	1.21	.952	1.60	1.59					CYA-4
2009	BOS	AL	28	P	12			59.1	7	2	5	0	2	1.000	-2	-7	1.06	0.58	.953	1.53	1.51
2010	BOS	AL	29	P	25			153.2	22	8	12	2	2	.909	-1	-1	1.17	0.80	.953	1.63	1.61
2011	BOS	AL	30	P	8	7	0	37.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	-3	-16	0.48	0.25	.950	1.59	1.59	6	0	0%	0
	5 Seasons			P	106	7	0	622.2	101	37	61	3	9	.970	-6	-1	1.42	0.92	.953	1.60	1.58	6	0	0%	0
	5 Seasons			TOT	106	7	0	622.2	101	37	61	3	9	.970	-6	-11	1.42	0.92	.953	1.60	1.58	6	0	0%	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.

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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 (200th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 2008 AL 5.1 (5th)	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 34.55 (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 3.5 (4th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (731), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 19 (1104), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 17 (689), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 14 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

December 14, 2006: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from Seibu Lions (Japan Pacific).

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2007	26	Boston Red Sox	$6,333,333
2008	27	Boston Red Sox	$8,333,333
2009	28	Boston Red Sox	$8,333,333
2010	29	Boston Red Sox	$8,333,333
2011	30	Boston Red Sox	$10,333,333

2012	31	Boston Red Sox	$10,000,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$41,666,665	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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