Junichi Tazawa

Junichi Tazawa

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 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
Team: RedSox 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$920k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.163, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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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-min	AA,AAA	9	7	.563	2.55	20	20	0	0	0	0	109.1	87	35	31	8	27	0	94	4	2	4	435		1.043	7.2	0.7	2.2	7.7	3.48	PRT,PAW · EL,IL
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-min	AA,A+,AAA	4	4	.500	4.61	22	8	2	0	0	0	56.2	54	29	29	8	16	0	59	5	0	3	241		1.235	8.6	1.3	2.5	9.4	3.69	PRT,SAL,PAW · EL,CARL,IL
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	79	1.333	9.0	3.0	3.0	12.0	4.00
2012	26	BOS-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.13	13	0	3	0	0	1	23.0	23	13	8	1	5	0	31	0	1	2	99		1.217	9.0	0.4	2.0	12.1	6.20	PAW · IL
2012	26	BOS	AL	0	0		0.00	5	0	4	0	0	1	6.1	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	27		0.789	7.1	0.0	0.0	5.7
3 Yrs				2	3	.400	5.97	14	4	7	0	0	1	34.2	51	25	23	5	10	0	21	5	0	0	170	78	1.760	13.2	1.3	2.6	5.5	2.10
162 Game Avg.				8	11	.400	5.97	53	15	26	0	0	4	131	193	94	87	19	38	0	79	19	0	0	642	78	1.760	13.2	1.3	2.6	5.5	2.10

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
2009	23	BOS	AL	25.1	6	4	23	8.17	4.83	-0.15	0.07	108.2	5.47	-8	-0.7	1.2	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.384	.496	$

2011	25	BOS	AL	3.0	3	0	2	6.00	4.76	0.18	-0.36	110.8	4.68	-0	-0.0	.2	0.0	0.0	-0	.484	.500	$1,500,000
2012	26	BOS	AL	6.1	5	0	0	0.00	4.45	0.71	-0.33	109.1	3.72	3	0.3	.2	-0.1	0.2	3	.558	.502	$
3 Seasons				34.2	14	4	25	6.49	4.76	0.03	-0.04	108.6	5.08	-6	-0.5	.4	-0.2	-0.3	-1	.468	.499	$1,500,000

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	5	27	25	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.200	.259	.200	.459	.238	5	0	2	0	0	0	2
3 Yrs				14	170	152	25	51	11	1	5	2	0	10	21	.336	.388	.520	.908	.357	79	1	5	0	3	0	4
162 Game Avg.				53	642	574	94	193	42	4	19	8	0	38	79	.336	.388	.520	.908	.357	298	4	19	0	11	0	15
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.406	.732	.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	-7.4	-0.7	131	-0.6	1.8	-2.4	.86	-1.1	0.4	-8.6	-0.8	0.86	-12.1	1	0	1

2011	25	BOS	AL	-0.3	-0.0	13	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.05	-0.1	0.4	-0.0	-0.0	0.05	0.0	0	0	2
2012	26	BOS	AL	3.0	0.3	29	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.16	0.1	-0.2	2.1	0.2	0.16	2.2	0	0	5
3 Yrs				-4.7	-0.4	173	-0.6	1.9	-2.5	.68	-1.2	0.3	-6.6	-0.6	0.68	-9.9	1	0	8

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%	50	100	-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%	1^stIP	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	.050	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	2	1	1	1	0	3.0	18
2012	26	BOS	AL	5	5	4	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	6	2	33%	8	.163	0	0	5	2	0	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	3.8	21
3 Yrs				14	10	7	0	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	9	2	22%		.689	1	0	8	3	1	6	5	5	6	3	6	2	4.4	28

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	27	59%	0.0%	14.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0%	0.62	0.56	78%	29%	0.0%	15%	2	0	0%
3 Yrs				170	48%	2.9%	12.4%	5.9%	10.0%	33%	0.32	0.37	76%	29%	5.5%	8%	33	1	3%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	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	27	104	3.85	71	68%	24%	24%	23%	30%	76%	0%	52%	69%	74%	0%	0	0	26%	7	1	0	50%	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				170	656	3.86	409	62%	24%	11%	32%	33%	76%	0%	48%	85%	64%	4%	6	5	25%	43	14	2	33%	3	1	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	27	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	11	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				170	51	4	1	5	0	7	5	0	1	4	11	5	2	45%	4	0	0	72	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	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	25.1	43	23	21	4	9	13	3	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	25.1	43	23	21	4	9	13	3	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	28.1	46	25	23	5	10	17	3	143	64	1.976	14.6	1.6	3.2	5.4	1.70	64
2012	26	2	3	.400	5.97	14	4	7	1	34.2	51	25	23	5	10	21	5	170	78	1.760	13.2	1.3	2.6	5.5	2.10	78

Neutralized Pitching

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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	0	0		0.00	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0.000	0.0	0.0	5.6		0.0	5
3 Yrs		0	2	.000	5.50	36.0	45	24	22	5	10	22	5	1.528	11.3		5.5	2.20	1.3	14

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