Junichi Tazawa    \joo-NEESH-ee tah-ZAH-wah\

Junichi Tazawa

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 6, 1986 in Yokohama, Japan
High School: School of Commerce (Yokohama, JP)
Signed
as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox in 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 7, 2009 (Age 23)
Team: RedSox 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$815k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.086, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Nez Balelo) [*]
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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
2009 23 BOS AL 2 3 .400 7.46 6 4 1 0 0 0 25.1 43 23 21 4 9 0 13 3 0 0 130 63 2.053 15.3 1.4 3.2 4.6 1.44
2011 25 BOS AL 0 0 6.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 13 80 1.333 9.0 3.0 3.0 12.0 4.00
2012 26 BOS AL 1 1 .500 1.43 37 0 13 0 0 1 44.0 37 7 7 1 5 0 45 2 0 0 172 302 0.955 7.6 0.2 1.0 9.2 9.00
2013 27 BOS AL 3 2 .600 2.66 21 0 5 0 0 0 20.1 20 6 6 3 3 0 25 1 1 1 82 171 1.131 8.9 1.3 1.3 11.1 8.33
4 Yrs 6 6 .500 3.50 67 4 21 0 0 1 92.2 103 38 36 9 18 0 87 6 1 1 397 128 1.306 10.0 0.9 1.7 8.4 4.83
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .500 3.50 64 4 20 0 0 1 89 99 36 34 9 17 0 83 6 1 1 380 128 1.306 10.0 0.9 1.7 8.4 4.83

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
2009 23 BOS AL 25.1 6 4 23 8.17 4.83 -0.15 0.07 109.3 5.53 -8 -0.7 1.2 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .386 .496 $450,000
2011 25 BOS AL 3.0 3 0 2 6.00 4.76 0.18 -0.36 111.7 4.72 -0 -0.0 .2 0.0 0.0 -0 .485 .500 $1,500,000
2012 26 BOS AL 44.0 37 0 7 1.43 4.67 0.26 -0.35 105.8 4.31 14 1.5 .9 -0.2 1.8 19 .541 .509 $920,000
2013 27 BOS AL 20.1 21 0 6 2.66 4.55 0.08 -0.33 106.1 4.40 4 0.4 1.4 0.0 0.6 6 .519 .502 $815,000
4 Seasons 92.2 67 4 38 3.69 4.69 0.10 -0.23 107.0 4.67 10 1.2 1.1 -0.2 2.0 20 .518 .502 $3,685,000

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
2009 23 BOS AL 6 130 115 23 43 9 1 4 1 0 9 13 .374 .423 .574 .997 .386 66 1 3 0 3 0 2
2011 25 BOS AL 3 13 12 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 .250 .308 .667 .974 .286 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 26 BOS AL 37 172 163 7 37 7 1 1 4 1 5 45 .227 .257 .301 .558 .305 49 3 2 1 1 0 2
2013 27 BOS AL 21 82 76 6 20 3 1 3 1 2 3 25 .263 .293 .447 .740 .340 34 1 1 0 2 0 0
4 Yrs 67 397 366 38 103 21 3 9 6 3 18 87 .281 .321 .429 .750 .341 157 5 6 1 6 0 4
162 Game Avg. 64 380 351 36 99 20 3 9 6 3 17 83 .281 .321 .429 .750 .341 150 5 6 1 6 0 4
MLB Averages .257 .324 .406 .730 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2009 23 BOS AL -7.6 -0.7 131 -0.6 1.8 -2.4 .86 -1.2 0.4 -8.7 -0.8 0.86 -12.2 1 0 1
2011 25 BOS AL -0.3 -0.0 13 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .05 -0.1 0.4 -0.1 -0.0 0.05 -0.1 0 0 2
2012 26 BOS AL 13.8 1.4 178 0.5 1.9 -1.4 .60 1.2 -0.4 9.3 0.9 0.60 13.7 10 6 20
2013 27 BOS AL 4.2 0.4 85 0.4 2.3 -1.9 1.36 0.1 0.2 6.4 0.6 1.36 1.7 10 5 5
4 Yrs 10.1 1.1 407 0.3 6.0 -5.7 .83 0.1 0.3 6.9 0.8 0.83 3.2 21 11 28

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
2009 23 BOS AL 6 4 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 1 25% 36.5 56 7 1 0 1 1 7.7 7.5 5.0 95 0 4 0 0 99
1 Yr 6 4 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 1 25% 36 56 7 1 0 1 1 7.7 7.5 5.0 95 0 4 0 0 99
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 101 -13 4.4 4.4 5.9 96

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
2009 23 BOS AL 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 .862 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 8.0 60
2011 25 BOS AL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 9 .049 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 3.0 18
2012 26 BOS AL 37 37 13 1 1 1 1 0 100% 6 5 26 10 38% 7 .600 10 6 20 11 4 22 14 23 13 12 14 10 3.6 18
2013 27 BOS AL 21 21 5 3 2 2 0 2 0% 11 9 11 1 9% 7 1.361 10 5 5 12 3 6 6 15 2 5 3 5 2.9 15
4 Yrs 67 63 21 4 4 3 1 2 33% 17 14 40 11 28% .825 21 11 28 24 8 31 22 41 18 18 20 15 3.5 18

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%
2009 23 BOS AL 130 44% 3.1% 10.0% 6.9% 10.8% 33% 0.29 0.34 78% 30% 5.5% 8% 31 1 3%
2011 25 BOS AL 13 69% 7.7% 30.8% 7.7% 23.1% 100% 0.14 0.25 54% 25% 14.3% 0% 0 0
2012 26 BOS AL 172 61% 0.6% 26.2% 2.9% 5.2% 24% 0.95 1.24 69% 24% 1.8% 10% 17 3 18%
2013 27 BOS AL 82 41% 3.7% 30.5% 3.7% 8.5% 35% 0.51 0.62 61% 32% 9.7% 11% 16 1 6%
4 Yrs 397 52% 2.3% 21.9% 4.5% 8.3% 32% 0.55 0.70 70% 28% 5.4% 9% 64 5 8%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.8% 8.4% 7.6% 33% 0.81 1.09 69% 19% 7.7% 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
2009 23 BOS AL 130 498 3.83 306 61% 23% 8% 35% 34% 77% 0% 48% 90% 63% 5% 6 5 25% 33 11 2 31% 2 1 0 0 0
2011 25 BOS AL 13 54 4.15 32 59% 34% 19% 22% 25% 66% 0% 39% 71% 46% 0% 0 0 23% 3 2 0 25% 1 0 0 0 0
2012 26 BOS AL 172 656 3.81 459 70% 22% 22% 30% 26% 78% 0% 55% 71% 67% 2% 4 3 31% 54 27 5 24% 9 1 0 0 0
2013 27 BOS AL 82 316 3.85 210 66% 26% 22% 27% 25% 74% 0% 49% 71% 61% 2% 2 2 32% 26 12 3 20% 5 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 397 1524 3.84 1007 66% 23% 18% 31% 28% 77% 0% 51% 77% 64% 3% 12 10 29% 116 52 10 24% 17 2 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 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
2009 23 BOS AL 130 43 2 1 4 0 7 4 0 1 3 11 5 2 45% 2 0 0 57 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2011 25 BOS AL 13 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 26 BOS AL 172 37 9 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 100% 2 0 0 55 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2013 27 BOS AL 82 20 1 0 3 0 3 1 2 1 2 4 2 1 50% 0 1 0 35 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
4 Yrs 397 103 12 1 9 0 13 7 2 3 6 18 10 3 56% 4 1 0 151 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
MLB Averages 52% 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+
2009 23 2 3 .400 7.46 6 4 1 0 0 0 25.1 43 23 21 4 9 0 13 3 0 0 130 63 2.053 15.3 1.4 3.2 4.6 1.44 63
2010 24 2 3 .400 7.46 6 4 1 0 0 0 25.1 43 23 21 4 9 0 13 3 0 0 130 63 2.053 15.3 1.4 3.2 4.6 1.44 63
2011 25 2 3 .400 7.31 9 4 3 0 0 0 28.1 46 25 23 5 10 0 17 3 0 0 143 65 1.976 14.6 1.6 3.2 5.4 1.70 65
2012 26 3 4 .429 3.73 46 4 16 0 0 1 72.1 83 32 30 6 15 0 62 5 0 0 315 120 1.355 10.3 0.7 1.9 7.7 4.13 120
2013 27 6 6 .500 3.50 67 4 21 0 0 1 92.2 103 38 36 9 18 0 87 6 1 1 397 128 1.306 10.0 0.9 1.7 8.4 4.83 128

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
2009 23 0 2 .000 7.20 25.0 42 22 20 4 9 13 3 2.040 15.1 3.2 4.7 1.44 1.4 6
2011 25 0 0 6.00 3.0 3 2 2 1 1 4 0 1.333 9.0 3.0 12.0 4.00 3.0 3
2012 26 3 1 .750 1.50 42.0 38 8 7 1 5 43 2 1.024 8.1 1.1 9.2 8.60 0.2 37
2013 27 1 1 .500 2.84 19.0 20 7 6 3 3 24 1 1.211 9.5 1.4 11.4 8.00 1.4 21
4 Yrs 4 4 .500 3.54 89.0 103 39 35 9 18 84 6 1.360 10.4 8.5 4.67 0.9 67

* 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.

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