Yusei Kikuchi

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Team: Seattle Mariners (majors)

Born: June 17, 1991 in Morioka, Japan jp

High School: Hanamaki Higashi (Iwate, Japan)

Debut: March 21, 2019 (Age 27-277d, 19,431st in MLB history)
vs. OAK 4.2 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2021 Contract Status: Signed thru 2021, 3 yrs/$43M (19-21) & 22-25 team option

Service Time (01/2021): 2.000 • Arb Eligible: 2022 • Free Agent: 2025

Full Name: Yusei Kikuchi

Pronunciation: \yoo-say kee-koo-chee\

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SUMMARY

2021

Career

WAR

0.3

1.1

W

L

ERA

3.75

5.30

G

GS

SV

IP

12.0

220.2

SO

179

WHIP

1.167

1.450

Summary of 42 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 12 go ahead

1 Tm
SEA	42

Platoon
vs RHB	34
vs LHB	8

Home/Road
Home	24
Away	18

Outs
0	18
1	13
2	11

14 Opps
LAA	8
OAK	5
HOU	5
KCR	4
DET	4
SDP	3
MIN	2
SFG	2
BOS	2
NYY	2
CHW	2
TEX	1
CLE	1
BAL	1

37 Batters
Manny Machado	2
Kole Calhoun	2
Nelson Cruz	2
Jorge Soler	2
John Hicks	2
Jose Trevino	1
Trey Mancini	1
Whit Merrifield	1
Yordan Álvarez	1
Matt Chapman	1
José Abreu	1
Adam Engel	1
Tommy La Stella	1
Franklin Barreto	1
Martin Maldonado	1
Jose Altuve	1
J.D. Martinez	1
Jake Marisnick	1
Buster Posey	1
Alex Bregman	1
Jose Ramirez	1
Xander Bogaerts	1
Khris Davis	1
Cesar Puello	1
Evan Longoria	1
Albert Pujols	1
Jake Rogers	1
Mark Canha	1
Fernando Tatis Jr.	1
Shohei Ohtani	1
Matt Olson	1
Aaron Judge	1
Brett Gardner	1
Mike Trout	1
Brian Goodwin	1
Hunter Dozier	1
Brandon Dixon	1

8 Parks
Safeco Fld	24
MinuteMaidPk	5
Angel Stad	4
Petco Pk	2
TargetFld	2
Comerica Pk	2
KauffmanStad	2
O.co Coliseum	1

Where Hit
7	19
9	10
78	5
8	4
89	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	11
1	9
5	8
4	6
3	4
6	2
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	12
2·HR gms	10
3·HR gms	2
4·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	32
1--	6
1-3	2
--3	1
-23	1

55 Runs
RISP	4
0 on	32
1 on	7
2 on	3
Any on	10

Inning
1	6
2	9
3	11
4	10
5	1
6	4
7	1

1-3	26
4-6	15
7-end	1

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	4
+2	5
+1	7
Tied	11
-1	6
-2	5
-3	1
-4..	2

Ahead	17
Tied	11
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	9
1-0	8
2-2	5
3-1	4
1-2	3
2-1	3
0-1	3
3-2	2
1-1	2
2-0	2
0-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
DH	8
1B	7
3B	7
C	5
CF	4
RF	4
SS	3
2B	2
LF	2

OrderPos
3rd	8
7th	6
2nd	6
4th	5
6th	5
5th	4
1st	3
8th	3
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	22
Low Lev	17

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2019-03-29	Xander Bogaerts	BOS	@	SEA	behind 0-2	t 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	6	9%	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	2	2019-03-29	J.D. Martinez	BOS	@	SEA	behind 2-6	t 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	DH	4%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
3	3	3	1	2019-04-10	Hunter Dozier	KCR		SEA	tied 1-1	b 2	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	7	5	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
4	4	4	2	2019-04-10	Jorge Soler	KCR		SEA	behind 2-3	b 3	2	---	5,(3-1) BC.B.BX	1	4	DH	12%	51%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
5	5	5	1	2019-04-15	Jose Ramirez	CLE	@	SEA	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	5	8%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
6	6	6	1	2019-05-13	Mark Canha	OAK	@	SEA	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	6,(3-2) BFCBBX	1	6	7	10%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
7	7	7	2	2019-05-13	Khris Davis	OAK	@	SEA	tied 1-1	t 6	1	---	4,(0-2) CFFX	1	4	DH	17%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
8	8	8	3	2019-05-13	Matt Olson	OAK	@	SEA	ahead 2-1	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	3	12%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
9	9	9	1	2019-05-25	Matt Chapman	OAK		SEA	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	3	5	10%	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
10	10	10	1	2019-05-30	Kole Calhoun	LAA	@	SEA	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	7	9	9%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
11	11	11	2	2019-05-30	Cesar Puello	LAA	@	SEA	ahead 3-0	t 3	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	7	7%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	12	1	2019-06-08	Tommy La Stella	LAA		SEA	ahead 3-2	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	5	10%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
13	13	13	2	2019-06-08	Mike Trout	LAA		SEA	ahead 4-2	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	8	7%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	14	3	2019-06-08	Shohei Ohtani	LAA		SEA	ahead 5-2	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	DH	5%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
15	15	15	1	2019-06-13	Nelson Cruz	MIN		SEA	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	4,(1-2) CCBX	1	3	DH	11%	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
16	16	16	1	2019-06-18	Jorge Soler	KCR	@	SEA	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	4	DH	9%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
17	17	17	2	2019-06-18	Whit Merrifield	KCR	@	SEA	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	-23	5,(3-1) BFBBX	3	1	3	8%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Lopez Scores; Hamilton Scores
18	18	18	1	2019-06-23	Trey Mancini	BAL	@	SEA	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	2	3	10%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
19	19	19	1	2019-07-05	Franklin Barreto	OAK	@	SEA	behind 0-1	t 3	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	9	4	11%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	20	1	2019-07-14	Kole Calhoun	LAA		SEA	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	7,(2-2) BFBFFFX	1	6	9	10%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
21	21	21	1	2019-07-21	Albert Pujols	LAA	@	SEA	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	3	11%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	22	2	2019-07-21	Brian Goodwin	LAA	@	SEA	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	7	9	20%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Pujols Scores
23	23	23	1	2019-07-26	Brandon Dixon	DET	@	SEA	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	4,(1-2) FFBX	1	5	3	11%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24	24	24	2	2019-07-26	John Hicks	DET	@	SEA	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	10%	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
25	25	25	1	2019-08-02	Yordan Álvarez	HOU		SEA	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	DH	10%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
26	26	26	2	2019-08-02	Jake Marisnick	HOU		SEA	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	1--	5,(2-2) BFCBX	2	9	8	16%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Diaz Scores
27	27	27	3	2019-08-02	Martin Maldonado	HOU		SEA	ahead 3-0	b 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	6%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	28	4	2019-08-02	Jose Altuve	HOU		SEA	ahead 4-0	b 4	2	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	2	4	6%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Springer Scores
29	29	29	1	2019-08-07	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SDP	@	SEA	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	6,(3-2) BBBCSX	1	1	6	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
30	30	30	1	2019-08-13	John Hicks	DET		SEA	behind 1-3	b 4	0	---	7,(2-2) CSBFFBX	1	6	3	11%	44%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
31	31	31	2	2019-08-13	Jake Rogers	DET		SEA	behind 2-3	b 4	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	2	20%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Demeritte Scores
32	32	32	1	2019-08-27	Aaron Judge	NYY	@	SEA	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	9	15%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); LeMahieu Scores
33	33	33	2	2019-08-27	Brett Gardner	NYY	@	SEA	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	1-3	3,(2-0) BBX	3	5	8	10%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Torres Scores; Sanchez Scores
34	34	34	1	2019-09-07	Alex Bregman	HOU		SEA	behind 0-1	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	6	17%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
35	35	35	1	2019-09-13	José Abreu	CHW	@	SEA	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	5,(2-2) BSBSX	1	3	3	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
36	36	36	2	2019-09-13	Adam Engel	CHW	@	SEA	ahead 4-3	t 3	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	8	10%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	2020-08-27 (2)	Manny Machado	SDP		SEA	behind 0-6	b 1	2	---	5,(1-2) CSFBX	1	3	5	3%	8%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
38	38	2	1	2020-09-04	Jose Trevino	TEX	@	SEA	behind 0-3	t 5	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	5	2	8%	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
39	39	3	1	2020-09-18	Manny Machado	SDP		SEA	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	1-3	5,(2-2) S>SBBX	3	2	5	18%	91%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Cronenworth Scores; Grisham Scores
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	2021-04-02	Buster Posey	SFG	@	SEA	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	11%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
41	41	2	2	2021-04-02	Evan Longoria	SFG	@	SEA	behind 1-3	t 6	1	1--	2,(0-1) SX	2	4	5	24%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Solano Scores
42	42	3	1	2021-04-10	Nelson Cruz	MIN		SEA	behind 0-2	b 3	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	DH	19%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Garlick Scores

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