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Masato Yoshii

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

Debut April 5, 1998
  vs. PIT 7.0 IP, 3 H, 7 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W
Final Game September 11, 2002
Born April 20, 1965 in Osaka, Japan

Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets in 1998. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1998 33 NYM NL   6   8  29  29   1   0   0  0  171.7  166   79   75  22   53  117   6   5   724   5   1  3.93  4.19  107 1.276
 1999 34 NYM NL  12   8  31  29   1   0   1  0  174.0  168   86   85  25   58  105   6   1   723   3   0  4.40  4.43  101 1.299
 2000 35 COL NL   6  15  29  29   0   0   0  0  167.3  201  112  109  32   53   88   2   2   726   5   1  5.86  5.80   99 1.518
 2001 36 MON NL   4   7  42  11   0   0   4  0  113.0  127   65   60  18   26   63   5   4   493   2   0  4.78  4.45   93 1.354
 2002 37 MON NL   4   9  31  20   1   0   4  0  131.3  143   66   60  15   32   74   4   5   553   2   0  4.11  4.24  103 1.332
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .405  32  47 162 118   3   0   9  0  757.3  805  408  389 112  222  447  23  17  3219  17   2  4.62  4.65  101 1.356
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  11  39  28   0   0   2  0  183.7  195   99   94  27   53  108   5   4   781   4   0  4.62  4.65  101 1.356
 Career High     12  15  42  29   1   0   4  0  174.0  201  112  109  32   58  117   6   5   726   5   1  3.93  5.80  107 1.276

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1998 33 NYM NL  27   48    3    3   1  0   0    3   0  0   3  27  .063  .118  .083  -45    4   8   0   0   0   0
 1999 34 NYM NL  29   55    1    9   0  0   0    2   0  1   0  16  .164  .164  .164  -16    9   6   0   0   0   3
 2000 35 COL NL  27   50    4    9   1  0   1    8   1  0   2  13  .180  .212  .260    8   13  12   0   0   0   3
 2001 36 MON NL  39   16    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   7  .125  .176  .125  -20    2   2   0   0   0   0
 2002 37 MON NL  29   35    2    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   3  13  .057  .154  .086  -35    3   5   0   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      151  204   10   25   3  0   1   13   1  1   9  76  .123  .164  .152  -20   31  33   0   0   1   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        219   11   27   3  0   1   14   1  1  10  82  .123  .164  .152  -20   33  35   0   0   1   9
 Career High     39   55    4    9   1  0   1    8   1  1   3  27                          13  12   0   0   1   3
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1998 33 NYM NL   59   53    1   0.5   107| .063  .268| .118  .338| .083  .422| .201  .760| -45  .016 -10.3  -1.0   0%
 1999 34 NYM NL   61   56    1   0.5   114| .164  .273| .164  .348| .164  .440| .328  .788| -16  .012  -9.9  -0.9   0%
 2000 35 COL NL   64   56    3   1.4   137| .180  .301| .212  .382| .260  .492| .472  .874|   8  .083  -8.4  -0.8 100%
 2001 36 MON NL   19   16    1   1.7   112| .125  .270| .176  .341| .125  .442| .301  .783| -20  .118  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 2002 37 MON NL   44   40    1   0.7   110| .057  .269| .154  .344| .086  .429| .240  .772| -35  .027  -7.2  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       247  221    7   0.8   117| .123  .278| .164  .353| .152  .447| .316  .799| -20  .036 -38.8  -3.7  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1998 33 NYM NL P 29 14 20 3 2 .919 .960 1.17 0.54 1.78 1.85 29 171.7 1999 34 NYM NL P 31 7 10 0 1 1.000 .950 0.55 0.48 0.88 1.72 29 174.0 2000 35 COL NL P 29 16 20 0 2 1.000 .963 1.24 0.48 1.94 1.74 29 167.3 2001 36 MON NL P 42 5 18 3 1 .885 .958 0.55 0.46 1.83 1.75 11 113.0 2002 37 MON NL P 31 9 19 0 3 1.000 .962 0.90 0.48 1.92 1.83 20 131.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1998 33 NYM NL P 29 14 20 3 2 .919 .960 1.17 0.54 1.78 1.85 29 171.7 1999 34 NYM NL P 31 7 10 0 1 1.000 .950 0.55 0.48 0.88 1.72 29 174.0 2000 35 COL NL P 29 16 20 0 2 1.000 .963 1.24 0.48 1.94 1.74 29 167.3 2001 36 MON NL P 42 5 18 3 1 .885 .958 0.55 0.46 1.83 1.75 11 113.0 2002 37 MON NL P 31 9 19 0 3 1.000 .962 0.90 0.48 1.92 1.83 20 131.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 162 51 87 6 9 .958 .960 0.85 0.49 1.64 1.78 118 757.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 162 51 87 6 9 .958 .960 0.85 0.49 1.64 1.78 118 757
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1999   NLDS  NYM ARI     W   1   1   6.75  0  0  0  0   5.1   6   4   0   3 
        NLCS  NYM ATL     L   2   2   4.70  0  1  0  0   7.2   9   4   3   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      1-1   3   3   5.54  0  1  0  0  13    15   8   3   7 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1999   NLDS  NYM ARI     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  NYM ATL     L   2   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   3   5   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
2000 NL-12-9

Home Runs Allow.
2000 NL-32-6

Losses
2000 NL-15-6

Earned Runs Allow.
2000 NL-109-9

HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1321) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

January 13, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

January 14, 2000: Traded by the New York Mets to the Colorado Rockies for Lariel Gonzalez and Bobby Jones.

March 28, 2001: Released by the Colorado Rockies.

April 13, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1998New York Mets$1,075,000
1999New York Mets$2,000,000
2000Colorado Rockies$3,000,000
2002Montreal Expos$300,000
Career (may be incomplete)$6,375,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Masato Yoshii's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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