Masato Yoshii
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: April 20, 1965 in Osaka, Japan
High School: Minoshima (Wakayama, JP)
Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets in 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1998
Final Game: September 11, 2002
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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
1998 33 NYM NL 6 8 .429 3.93 29 29 0 1 0 0 171.2 166 79 75 22 53 5 117 6 1 5 724 107 1.276 8.7 1.2 2.8 6.1 2.21
1999 34 NYM NL 12 8 .600 4.40 31 29 1 1 0 0 174.0 168 86 85 25 58 3 105 6 0 1 723 101 1.299 8.7 1.3 3.0 5.4 1.81
2000 35 COL NL 6 15 .286 5.86 29 29 0 0 0 0 167.1 201 112 109 32 53 5 88 2 1 2 726 99 1.518 10.8 1.7 2.9 4.7 1.66
2001 36 MON NL 4 7 .364 4.78 42 11 4 0 0 0 113.0 127 65 60 18 26 2 63 5 0 4 493 93 1.354 10.1 1.4 2.1 5.0 2.42
2002 37 MON NL 4 9 .308 4.11 31 20 4 1 0 0 131.1 143 66 60 15 32 2 74 4 0 5 553 103 1.332 9.8 1.0 2.2 5.1 2.31
5 Seasons 32 47 .405 4.62 162 118 9 3 0 0 757.1 805 408 389 112 222 17 447 23 2 17 3219 101 1.356 9.6 1.3 2.6 5.3 2.01
162 Game Avg. 8 11 .405 4.62 39 29 2 1 0 0 184 196 99 94 27 54 4 109 6 0 4 782 101 1.356 9.6 1.3 2.6 5.3 2.01
NYM (2 yrs) 18 16 .529 4.17 60 58 1 2 0 0 345.2 334 165 160 47 111 8 222 12 1 6 1447 104 1.287 8.7 1.2 2.9 5.8 2.00
MON (2 yrs) 8 16 .333 4.42 73 31 8 1 0 0 244.1 270 131 120 33 58 4 137 9 0 9 1046 98 1.342 9.9 1.2 2.1 5.0 2.36
COL (1 yr) 6 15 .286 5.86 29 29 0 0 0 0 167.1 201 112 109 32 53 5 88 2 1 2 726 99 1.518 10.8 1.7 2.9 4.7 1.66

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
1999 34 NYM NL NLDS W ARI 0 0 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 6 4 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 22 1.125 10.1 3.4 0.0 5.1
1999 34 NYM NL NLCS L ATL 0 1 .000 4.70 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 9 4 4 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 35 1.565 10.6 0.0 3.5 4.7 1.33
1 Season (2 Series) 0 1 .000 5.54 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.0 15 8 8 2 3 1 7 0 0 0 57 1.385 10.4 1.4 2.1 4.8 2.33
1 NLDS 0 0 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 6 4 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 22 1.125 10.1 3.4 0.0 5.1
1 NLCS 0 1 .000 4.70 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 9 4 4 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 35 1.565 10.6 0.0 3.5 4.7 1.33

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1998 33 NYM NL 29 722 650 79 166 40 2 22 15 3 53 117 .255 .316 .425 .740 .280 276 15 6 9 4 5
1999 34 NYM NL 31 723 646 86 168 44 7 25 11 5 58 105 .260 .324 .466 .790 .274 301 21 6 7 6 3
2000 35 COL NL 29 726 656 112 201 41 7 32 13 5 53 88 .306 .357 .537 .893 .311 352 18 2 8 7 5
2001 36 MON NL 42 493 455 65 127 18 3 18 13 0 26 63 .279 .323 .451 .774 .289 205 8 5 4 3 2
2002 37 MON NL 31 552 507 66 143 27 1 15 5 4 32 74 .282 .327 .428 .755 .303 217 18 4 4 5 2
5 Seasons 162 3216 2914 408 805 170 20 112 57 17 222 447 .276 .330 .464 .793 .291 1351 80 23 32 25 17
162 Game Avg. 39 781 708 99 196 41 5 27 14 4 54 109 .276 .330 .464 .793 .291 328 19 6 8 6 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1998 33 NYM NL 29 29 6 8 15 0 3 13 16 .448 4 5 1 0 15 52% 52 77 16 17 9 0 19 3.8 3.9 5.9 89 6 12 6 1 127
1999 34 NYM NL 31 29 12 8 9 1 2 16 13 .552 2 5 1 0 20 69% 51 75 11 20 7 0 20 5.3 5.9 5.9 90 9 11 9 0 119
2000 35 COL NL 29 29 6 15 8 3 4 11 18 .379 4 1 0 0 11 38% 43 72 9 15 8 0 11 5.2 5.9 5.8 91 7 12 10 0 117
2001 36 MON NL 42 11 2 7 2 1 2 3 8 .273 0 0 0 0 4 36% 42 65 17 13 2 2 5 4.8 2.8 5.0 79 4 6 1 0 104
2002 37 MON NL 31 20 4 8 8 2 4 8 12 .400 3 3 1 0 9 45% 50 73 21 17 8 0 9 4.8 5.0 5.4 75 12 5 3 0 109
5 Seasons 162 118 30 46 42 7 15 51 67 .432 13 14 3 0 59 50% 48 77 9 82 34 2 64 4.7 5.0 5.7 86 38 46 29 1 127
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1999 34 NYM NL 31 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0.888 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 35
2001 36 MON NL 42 31 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 4 27% 6 0.763 3 7 21 7 2 22 7 24 22 2 22 0 5.6 26
2002 37 MON NL 31 11 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 10 4 40% 2 0.842 2 3 6 3 0 8 5 6 7 1 7 2 6.5 34
3 Seasons 104 44 9 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 27 10 37% 0.839 6 10 28 11 3 30 13 31 30 3 30 2 5.9 29

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1998 33 NYM NL 724 45% 3.1% 16.2% 7.3% 8.9% 39% 0.71 0.96 71% 23% 8.4% 16% 115 15 13%
1999 34 NYM NL 723 46% 3.5% 14.5% 8.0% 10.5% 45% 0.58 0.89 72% 21% 8.4% 14% 115 21 18%
2000 35 COL NL 726 47% 4.4% 12.1% 7.3% 11.0% 40% 0.54 0.90 75% 30% 10.5% 13% 116 18 16%
2001 36 MON NL 493 42% 3.7% 12.8% 5.3% 7.9% 31% 0.82 1.05 76% 21% 10.5% 16% 91 8 9%
2002 37 MON NL 553 45% 2.7% 13.4% 5.8% 7.8% 30% 0.83 1.24 77% 25% 7.2% 10% 99 18 18%
5 Seasons 3219 45% 3.5% 13.9% 6.9% 9.4% 38% 0.67 0.98 74% 24% 9.0% 14% 536 80 15%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
1998 33 NYM NL 724 2551 3.52 1644 64% 23% 16% 28% 33% 77% 2% 50% 79% 59% 5% 33 18 20% 147 85 6 31% 22 10 0 0 0
1999 34 NYM NL 723 2691 3.72 1690 63% 22% 13% 32% 33% 78% 1% 49% 83% 56% 4% 29 22 20% 141 71 10 30% 14 4 0 0 0
2000 35 COL NL 726 2628 3.62 1632 62% 19% 13% 32% 36% 81% 2% 50% 84% 55% 6% 40 24 19% 135 74 10 11% 12 10 0 0 0
2001 36 MON NL 493 1679 3.41 1088 65% 19% 13% 32% 37% 81% 1% 53% 85% 59% 3% 17 7 19% 96 50 8 25% 8 8 0 0 0
2002 37 MON NL 553 1868 3.38 1215 65% 22% 13% 28% 36% 78% 1% 51% 83% 57% 3% 16 9 23% 125 75 9 23% 11 5 0 0 0
5 Seasons 3219 11417 3.55 7269 64% 21% 14% 30% 35% 79% 2% 50% 83% 57% 4% 135 80 20% 644 355 43 25% 67 37 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1998 33 NYM NL 724 166 41 3 22 0 5 10 12 13 9 37 19 5 51% 7 5 1 257 15 3 83% 15 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 0
1999 34 NYM NL 723 168 7 1 25 0 6 14 11 13 12 31 16 6 52% 3 1 0 232 11 5 69% 9 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
2000 35 COL NL 726 201 7 2 32 1 14 18 14 10 22 46 24 4 52% 4 2 0 243 13 5 72% 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2001 36 MON NL 493 127 19 3 18 0 11 11 7 13 5 23 14 5 61% 8 4 1 183 13 0 100% 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2002 37 MON NL 553 143 11 1 15 0 9 10 5 5 10 32 23 2 72% 8 5 0 182 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
5 Seasons 3219 805 85 10 112 1 45 63 49 54 58 169 96 22 57% 30 17 2 1097 57 17 77% 54 17 3 0 0 0 2 0 68 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1998 33 6 8 .429 3.93 29 29 0 1 0 0 171.2 166 79 75 22 53 5 117 6 1 5 724 107 1.276 8.7 1.2 2.8 6.1 2.21 107
1999 34 18 16 .529 4.17 60 58 1 2 0 0 345.2 334 165 160 47 111 8 222 12 1 6 1447 104 1.287 8.7 1.2 2.9 5.8 2.00 104
2000 35 24 31 .436 4.72 89 87 1 2 0 0 513.0 535 277 269 79 164 13 310 14 2 8 2173 102 1.363 9.4 1.4 2.9 5.4 1.89 102
2001 36 28 38 .424 4.73 131 98 5 2 0 0 626.0 662 342 329 97 190 15 373 19 2 12 2666 100 1.361 9.5 1.4 2.7 5.4 1.96 100
2002 37 32 47 .405 4.62 162 118 9 3 0 0 757.1 805 408 389 112 222 17 447 23 2 17 3219 101 1.356 9.6 1.3 2.6 5.3 2.01 101

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
1998 33 9 9 .500 3.88 167.0 165 80 72 22 53 114 6 1.305 8.9 2.9 6.1 2.15 1.2 29
1999 34 8 10 .444 4.20 167.0 161 87 78 24 56 101 6 1.299 8.7 3.0 5.4 1.80 1.3 31
2000 35 9 9 .500 4.08 170.0 170 86 77 27 45 89 2 1.265 9.0 2.4 4.7 1.98 1.4 29
2001 36 5 7 .417 4.46 113.0 124 62 56 18 25 63 5 1.319 9.9 2.0 5.0 2.52 1.4 42
2002 37 7 7 .500 4.14 126.0 140 64 58 15 31 71 4 1.357 10.0 2.2 5.1 2.29 1.1 31
5 Seasons 38 42 .475 4.13 743.0 760 379 341 106 210 438 23 1.306 9.2 5.3 2.09 1.3 162

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
2000 NL  32 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
2000 NL  15 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2000 NL  109 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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