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

Born: September 13, 1980 in Tokyo, Japan (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 1 5 .167 8.23 8 8 0 0 0 0 35.0 59 32 32 8 18 1 34 1 0 7 177 56 2.200 15.2 2.1 4.6 8.7 1.89
3 Seasons 34 20 .630 4.11 69 69 0 1 0 0 407.1 378 190 186 45 192 3 389 21 0 17 1767 114 1.399 8.4 1.0 4.2 8.6 2.03
162 Game Avg. 17 10 .630 4.11 34 34 0 0 0 0 201 186 94 92 22 95 1 192 10 0 8 871 114 1.399 8.4 1.0 4.2 8.6 2.03

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

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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
2007 26 BOS AL 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-4
2008 27 BOS AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-4
2009 28 BOS AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
3 Seasons 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 324 324 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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
1 WS 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2007 BOS AL 26 P 32 32 204.2 34 11 23 0 3 1.000 1.50 1.06 .953 1.60 0.42 RoY-4
2008 BOS AL 27 P 29 29 167.2 36 16 19 1 2 .972 1.88 1.21 .950 1.60 0.42 CYA-4
2009 BOS AL 28 P 8 8 35.0 5 1 4 0 2 1.000 1.29 0.63 .960 1.65 0.44
3 Seasons P 69 69 407.1 75 28 46 1 7 .987 1.64 1.07 .952 1.60 0.42
3 Seasons TOT 69 69 407.1 75 28 46 1 7 .987 1.64 1.07 .939 1.60 0.42

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--7--3rd

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 (736), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 19 (1113), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (668), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  8. Pat Rapp (958)
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Transactions

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

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2007Boston Red Sox$6,333,333
2008Boston Red Sox$8,333,333
Career (may be incomplete)$14,666,666
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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