Yusei Kikuchi

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 210lb (183cm, 95kg)

Team: Toronto Blue Jays (majors)

Born: June 17, 1991 in Morioka, Japan jp

High School: Hanamaki Higashi (Iwate, Japan)

Debut: March 21, 2019 (Age 27-277d, 21,814th in major league history)
vs. OAK 4.2 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 3 yrs/$36M (22-24)

Service Time (01/2024): 5.000 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: Yusei Kikuchi

Nicknames: U Say

Pronunciation: \YOU-say key-KOO-chee\

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.8

3.4

ERA

2.28

4.61

139

127

27.2

661.2

664

WHIP

1.084

1.371

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-19 / in Starts: 6-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 4

2022 Pitching Game Log

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2022 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
1	71	5	Apr 12	TOR	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	3.1	5	3	2	2	2	1	0	5.40	7.61	16	84	49	10	6	5	7	3	0	0	40			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.179	.90	-0.12%	-1.96	3.30	10.00	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d3
2	72	11	Apr 19	TOR	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS-5		6	5.0	3	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.24	5.27	21	91	58	12	8	11	4	4	0	0	57			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.34	0.167	1.48	0.11%	1.56	11.65	21.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
3	73	16	Apr 24	TOR	@	HOU	L,7-8	GS-4		4	3.2	3	4	2	5	4	1	0	3.75	6.28	20	77	44	9	7	4	7	2	1	0	42			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.255	1.51	-0.18%	-2.21	7.45	17.00	1b start tie	4b --- 2 out d3
4	74	21	Apr 29	TOR		HOU	L,7-11	GS-3		4	2.2	4	4	4	3	4	1	0	5.52	6.66	15	66	39	5	11	3	5	3	0	0	35			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.20	-0.317	1.41	-0.22%	-2.90	1.80	8.00	1t start tie	3t -2- 2 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
5	75	26	May 4	TOR		NYY	W,2-1	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	6.0	3	1	1	1	7	1	0	4.35	5.72	21	78	54	16	12	9	4	1	1	0	68			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.238	1.53	0.18%	1.81	27.10	46.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
6	76	31	May 10	TOR	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-6		5	5.1	2	2	2	3	7	0	0	4.15	5.00	21	89	54	16	12	5	6	2	1	0	60			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.167	1.25	0.12%	1.73	19.00	31.00	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 1 out a3
7	77	36	May 16	TOR		SEA	W,6-2	GS-6	W(2-1)	5	6.0	1	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.38	4.55	22	90	55	15	10	5	8	2	3	0	73			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.323	.96	0.17%	2.81	27.10	46.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
8	78	41	May 22	TOR		CIN	L,2-3	GS-5		5	4.1	2	2	2	3	7	0	1	3.47	4.32	19	86	49	14	9	2	6	2	1	0	55			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.024	1.15	-0.01%	-0.15	16.15	28.00	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out tie
9	79	46	May 28	TOR	@	LAA	W,6-5	GS-5		5	5.0	9	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.48	4.06	25			12	10	9	11	8	0	0	44			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.029	1.32	-0.02%	0.44	9.25	21.00	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
10	80	51	Jun 3	TOR		MIN	L,3-9	GS-5	L(2-2)	5	4.2	7	4	4	0	6	3	0	3.91	4.55	19	67	48	4	11	4	9	5	0	0	40			0	0	1	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	.78	-0.232	.83	-0.15%	-1.97	10.30	20.00	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d1
11	81	56	Jun 8	TOR	@	KCR	L,4-8	GS-1		4	0.2	2	3	3	4	2	0	0	4.44	4.70	8	45	24	4	8	1	1	0	1	0	34			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.276	1.34	-0.16%	-3.27	-4.10	-1.00	1b start tie	1b 123 2 out d3
12	82	61	Jun 14	TOR		BAL	L,5-6	GS-5	L(2-3)	5	4.0	5	4	4	4	4	2	0	4.80	5.16	20	68	41	7	10	5	7	1	0	0	36			0	1	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.312	.91	-0.17%	-2.13	3.60	12.00	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out d1
13	83	66	Jun 19	TOR		NYY	W,10-9	GS-4		4	4.0	3	3	3	2	5	2	2	4.94	5.53	17	80	45	11	13	2	6	2	1	0	47			0	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.146	1.14	-0.08%	-1.13	8.80	18.00	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
14	84	71	Jun 25	TOR	@	MIL	L,4-5	GS-3	L(2-4)	5	2.0	6	5	2	1	5	2	1	5.08	5.83	15	69	43	12	7	2	6	4	0	0	34			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.302	.82	-0.15%	-4.01	5.70	15.00	1b start tie	3b --- 0 out d5
15	85	76	Jun 30	TOR		TBR	W,4-1	GS-6	W(3-4)	4	6.0	4	1	1	1	8	1	0	4.74	5.57	22	80	50	10	11	7	6	4	0	0	67			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.243	.94	0.14%	1.81	28.50	49.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
16	86	82	Jul 5	TOR	@	OAK	L,3-5	GS-3	L(3-5)	4	2.1	2	4	4	5	0	0	2	5.12	5.80	14	54	24	9	4	6	1	1	0	0	32			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.33	-0.334	1.11	-0.17%	-3.17	-8.15	-5.00	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d1
17	87	99	Jul 28	TOR		DET	W,5-3	GS-5	W(4-5)	22	5.0	2	1	1	1	5	1	0	4.89	5.70	18	67	46	11	10	5	7	1	2	0	63			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.143	.74	0.08%	1.34	21.45	33.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
18	88	104	Aug 3	TOR	@	TBR	L,2-3	GS-4		5	4.0	3	2	2	1	5	0	1	4.86	5.50	17	74	44	10	11	4	6	3	1	0	52			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.46	-0.062	1.33	-0.03%	-0.18	12.00	21.00	1b start a 1	4b 3 out tie
19	89	109	Aug 8	TOR	@	BAL	L,4-7	GS-6	L(4-6)	4	5.0	6	5	5	3	4	3	0	5.13	5.86	22	84	52	15	4	7	8	3	1	0	36			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.56	-0.321	.61	-0.21%	-3.03	3.85	12.00	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d3
20	90	114	Aug 15	TOR		BAL	L,3-7	GS-4	L(4-7)	6	3.1	4	6	3	3	3	1	0	5.25	5.94	19	80	50	11	9	6	7	2	1	0	34			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.421	1.24	-0.32%	-4.49	3.30	10.00	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out d3
21	91	117	Aug 18	TOR	@	NYY	W,9-2	8-8		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.18	5.90	5	17	10	3	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.003	.22	0.00%	0.48	5.05	9.00	8b --- 0 out a7	8b 3 out a7
22	92	121	Aug 23	TOR	@	BOS	W,9-3	7-7		4	0.2	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	5.25	5.99	6	28	10	2	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.010	.20	-0.01%	-1.27	-0.90	2.00	7b --- 0 out a8	7b 123 2 out a7
23	93	124	Aug 26	TOR		LAA	L,0-12	6-8		2	3.0	3	3	3	1	6	2	0	5.38	6.09	13	55	36	8	12	2	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.002	.02	0.00%	-1.59	10.35	18.00	6t --- 0 out d7	8t 3 out d10
24	94	126	Aug 28	TOR		LAA	L,3-8	9-GF		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.36	6.05	1	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.75	2.75	4.00	9t 123 2 out d6	9t end d 6
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
25	95	131	Sep 3	TOR	@	PIT	W,4-1	3-5		5	2.1	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	5.32	5.90	12	39	27	8	5	2	4	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.062	1.35	-0.04%	-0.43	10.25	19.00	3b --- 0 out tie	5b 12- 1 out tie
26	96	135	Sep 6	TOR	@	BAL	L,6-9	6-6		2	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.38	5.86	4	11	8	1	3	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.100	1.04	-0.09%	-0.75	0.30	2.00	6b --- 1 out d1	6b 3 out d2
27	97	139	Sep 11	TOR	@	TEX	L,1-4	2-4		4	2.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	0	5.46	5.91	11	43	25	5	5	3	4	2	1	0		1	0	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.139	.56	-0.08%	-1.57	3.50	9.00	2b 1-- 2 out d1	4b 123 2 out d3
28	98	145	Sep 16	TOR		BAL	W,6-3	4-5	BW(5-7)	4	2.0	2	2	2	0	4	1	0	5.53	5.90	8	38	23	10	3	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.164	.94	-0.11%	-1.06	11.30	18.00	4t --- 0 out a1	5t 3 out d1
29	99	153	Sep 25	TOR	@	TBR	W,7-1	9-GF		8	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	5.48	5.89	5	21	15	5	4	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.002	.06	0.00%	0.45	5.05	9.00	9b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
30	100	156	Sep 28	TOR		NYY	L,3-8	9-GF		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.44	5.85	2	6	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.002	.02	0.00%	0.65	3.50	5.00	9t -2- 1 out d5	9t end d 5
31	101	157	Sep 30	TOR		BOS	W,9-0	7-GF	S(1)	1	3.0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	5.27	5.70	11	45	34	6	14	3	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.003	.01	0.00%	1.41	15.55	24.00	7t --- 0 out a8	9t end a 9
32	102	162	Oct 5(2)	TOR	@	BAL	W,5-1	6-7	W(6-7)	4	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.19	5.62	5	18	13	3	5	0	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.203	.00	0.00%	1.35	11.75	17.00	6b 12- 1 out tie	7b 3 out a2
							13-19		W-L:6-7,Sv:1,BSv:1	4.1	100.2	93	67	58	58	124	23	9	5.19	5.62	454	1756	61%	15%	14%	0.80		26%	6%	0	47	7	0%	1	3	1	383	21	3	0	7	3	3	.98	-2.192	1.00	-1.52%	-20.69	286.50	548.00

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