Daisuke Matsuzaka

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 205lb (183cm, 92kg)

Born: September 13, 1980 in Tokyo, Japan jp

High School: Yokohama (Yokohama, Japan)

Last Game: September 25, 2014 (Age 34-012d)
vs. WSN 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2007 season

Agents: ISE Baseball • Previously: Scott Boras

Full Name: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Nicknames: Dice-K

Pronunciation: \DICE-kay maht-soo-ZAH-kah\

Twitter: @matsu_dice

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

2007 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.4

ERA

4.45

158

132

790.1

720

WHIP

1.402

2012 Player Pitching Game Log

2012 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2012-04-23	A+-CARL	Salem Red Sox		Wilmington Blue Rocks	1-4	L	4.0	6	3	3	0	3	2	0	41	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18					6	9	0	0
		Player Moved from A+-CARL to AA-EL
2	2012-04-28	AA-EL	Portland Sea Dogs		Reading Phillies	1-5		4.2	3	1	1	2	7	0	0	59	15	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	17	71	42	9	11	2	5	3	1
		Player Moved from AA-EL to AAA-IL
3	2012-05-07	AAA-IL	Pawtucket Red Sox		Rochester Red Wings	1-5		4.2	2	0	0	3	4	0	0	61	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	87	49	14	4	4	8	0	3
4	2012-05-12	AAA-IL	Pawtucket Red Sox		Columbus Clippers	1-6		5.1	7	5	5	1	5	2	2	38	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	24	90	54	16	4	4	11	4	2
5	2012-05-17	AAA-IL	Pawtucket Red Sox	@	Durham Bulls	1-7	L	6.2	7	5	4	0	3	2	1	45	25	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	28	95	64	16	3	10	14	7	2
6	2012-05-26	AAA-IL	Pawtucket Red Sox		Toledo Mud Hens	1-5		5.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	66	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	56	38	9	2	2	12	3	1
7	2012-05-31	AAA-IL	Pawtucket Red Sox		Norfolk Tides	1-6	L	5.1	2	1	1	0	4	1	0	64	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	17	76	51	13	6	4	9	2	1
8	2012-06-05	AAA-IL	Pawtucket Red Sox		Indianapolis Indians	1-2		1.1	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	44	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	40	22	10	4	2	3	2	0
		Player Moved from AAA-IL to Maj-AL
9	2012-06-09	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Washington Nationals	1-5	L	5.0	5	4	4	1	8	1	0	48	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	80	52	15	9	6	6	2	0
10	2012-06-15	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Chicago Cubs	1-6	L	6.0	4	3	3	3	3	0	1	52	22	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	26	93	62	18	9	8	10	3	2
11	2012-06-21	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Miami Marlins	1-6		5.1	4	4	4	1	4	1	0	47	20	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	21	101	70	14	6	7	9	2	0
12	2012-06-26	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Toronto Blue Jays	1-6		5.2	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	57	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	100	60	13	7	9	10	4	1
13	2012-07-02	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Oakland Athletics	1-2	L	1.0	4	5	5	2	0	2	0	23	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	28	16	4	0	2	5	1	1
		Player Moved from Maj-AL to AAA-IL
14	2012-07-30	AAA-IL	Pawtucket Red Sox	@	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees	1-3		2.1	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	51	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	47	30	9	9	5	2	0	0
15	2012-08-05	AAA-IL	Pawtucket Red Sox		Lehigh Valley IronPigs	1-4		3.0	5	4	1	1	3	0	1	41	14	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	75	49	9	10	3	9	5	1
16	2012-08-10	AAA-IL	Pawtucket Red Sox	@	Rochester Red Wings	1-5		4.2	5	2	2	2	3	1	0	47	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	20					6	9	1	2
17	2012-08-15	AAA-IL	Pawtucket Red Sox	@	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees	1-6	L	5.2	5	5	4	2	5	0	1	44	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	97	65	19	5	6	11	3	2
18	2012-08-21	AAA-IL	Pawtucket Red Sox		Rochester Red Wings	1-8	W	7.0	1	0	0	4	7	0	0	78	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	27	102	59	14	9	6	8	1	0
		Player Moved from AAA-IL to Maj-AL
19	2012-08-27	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Kansas City Royals	1-7	W	7.0	5	1	0	2	6	0	0	69	25	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	28	101	71	21	8	5	15	6	2
20	2012-09-02	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Oakland Athletics	1-4	L	3.2	7	6	6	4	4	2	0	23	17	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	22	97	56	14	8	2	11	4	0
21	2012-09-08	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox		Toronto Blue Jays	1-2	L	1.1	5	5	5	1	2	1	1	25	8	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	11	42	25	5	3	4	3	3	0
22	2012-09-14	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-6		5.1	3	4	4	3	5	0	1	48	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	98	60	17	6	10	4	1	0
23	2012-09-19	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	Tampa Bay Rays	1-4	L	3.0	9	5	5	1	2	2	0	22	17	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	18	63	35	7	5	6	9	3	0
24	2012-10-03	Maj-AL	Boston Red Sox	@	New York Yankees	1-3	L	2.1	6	5	5	1	2	2	0	26	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	43	27	7	3	4	7	1	2

2012 Player Pitching Splits

2012 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	24	466	413	70	109	15	4	19	15	2	39	92	.264	.336	.458	.793	.293	189	7	8	0	5	0

Home	14	270	243	30	55	9	1	8	9	2	20	62	.226	.293	.370	.663	.267	90	4	4	0	3	0
Away	10	196	170	40	54	6	3	11	6	0	19	30	.318	.395	.582	.977	.328	99	3	4	0	2	0

April	2	35	33	4	9	1	1	2	0	1	2	10	.273	.314	.546	.860	.333	18	1	0	0	0	0
May	5	106	96	11	19	1	1	5	2	1	5	18	.198	.257	.385	.643	.189	37	3	3	0	1	0
June	5	100	91	13	22	4	1	2	7	0	8	22	.242	.310	.374	.684	.299	34	0	1	0	0	0
July	2	20	17	5	8	1	0	2	0	0	3	3	.471	.550	.882	1.432	.500	15	1	0	0	0	0
August	5	118	103	12	21	4	0	1	2	0	11	24	.204	.288	.272	.560	.250	28	1	2	0	2	0
September	4	73	60	20	24	3	1	5	4	0	9	13	.400	.480	.733	1.213	.432	44	1	2	0	2	0
October	1	14	13	5	6	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	.462	.500	1.000	1.500	.444	13	0	0	0	0	0

As Starter	24	466	413	70	109	15	4	19	15	2	39	92	.264	.336	.458	.793	.293	189	7	8	0	5	0

vs RHB as RHP	24	238	209		53	9	2	8			19	45	.254	.332	.431	.763	.283	90	4	7	0	3	0
vs LHB as RHP	23	228	204		56	6	2	11			20	47	.275	.339	.485	.825	.304	99	3	1	0	2	0

Bases Empty	24	281	258		66	10	4	10			18	63	.256	.317	.442	.759	.303	114	0	5	0	0	0
Runners On	24	185	155		43	5	0	9			21	29	.277	.364	.484	.848	.279	75	7	3	0	5	0

vs. Younger Batters	24	407	359		91	13	3	14			35	83	.254	.329	.423	.753	.288	152	5	8	0	5	0
vs. Older Batters	14	59	54		18	2	1	5			4	9	.333	.379	.685	1.065	.325	37	2	0	0	0	0

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	2	11	.154	5.47	24	24	0	105.1	109	70	64	19	39	0	92	8	0	0	466	1.405	7.9	2.36

Home	2	4	.333	3.62	14	14	0	64.2	55	30	26	8	20	0	62	4	0	0	270	1.160	8.6	3.10
Away	0	7	.000	8.41	10	10	0	40.2	54	40	38	11	19	0	30	4	0	0	196	1.795	6.6	1.58

April	0	1	.000	4.15	2	2	0	8.2	9	4	4	2	2	0	10	0	0	0	35	1.269	10.4	5.00
May	0	2	.000	3.33	5	5	0	27.0	19	11	10	5	5	0	18	3	0	0	106	0.889	6.0	3.60
June	0	2	.000	5.01	5	5	0	23.1	22	13	13	2	8	0	22	1	0	0	100	1.286	8.5	2.75
July	0	1	.000	13.50	2	2	0	3.1	8	5	5	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	20	3.300	8.1	1.00
August	2	1	.667	2.30	5	5	0	27.1	21	12	7	1	11	0	24	2	0	0	118	1.171	7.9	2.18
September	0	3	.000	13.50	4	4	0	13.1	24	20	20	5	9	0	13	2	0	0	73	2.475	8.8	1.44
October	0	1	.000	19.29	1	1	0	2.1	6	5	5	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	14	3.000	7.7	2.00

As Starter	2	11	.154	5.47	24	24	0	105.1	109	70	64	19	39	0	92	8	0	0	466	1.405	7.9	2.36

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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