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\

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.6

3.3

ERA

2.08

4.63

138

126

21.2

655.2

660

WHIP

1.154

1.376

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-15 / in Starts: 14-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2021 Pitching Game Log

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2021 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	42	2	Apr 2	SEA		SFG	L,3-6	GS-6		99	6.0	6	3	3	1	10	2	0	4.50	4.67	25	89	67	25	11	7	7	3	0	0	57			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.056	.97	-0.03%	-0.03			1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
2	43	8	Apr 10	SEA	@	MIN	W,4-3	GS-6		7	6.0	5	2	2	2	6	1	0	3.75	4.50	24	94	58	16	6	4	12	6	1	0	58			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.130	.87	0.07%	1.07			1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
3	44	14	Apr 16	SEA		HOU	W,6-5	GS-7		5	7.0	6	5	5	3	3	0	1	4.74	4.33	30	91	63	14	13	10	13	5	1	0	45			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.259	1.33	-0.19%	-1.53			1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
4	45	20	Apr 23	SEA	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-5	L(0-1)	6	4.2	6	5	5	3	1	2	0	5.70	5.49	22	94	55	14	10	11	7	4	0	0	30			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	-0.262	.96	-0.18%	-2.46			1b start a 1	5b 1-- 2 out d3
5	46	26	Apr 29	SEA	@	HOU	W,1-0	GS-7	W(1-1)	5	7.0	1	0	0	2	7	0	0	4.40	4.70	23	95	61	17	15	11	3	1	0	0	80			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.504	1.36	0.36%	3.69			1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
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
6	47	32	May 5	SEA		BAL	L,0-6	GS-7	L(1-2)	5	7.0	5	3	3	1	7	1	0	4.30	4.47	26	87	61	14	16	13	5	3	1	0	61			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.021	.79	-0.01%	0.47			1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
7	48	36	May 11	SEA	@	LAD	L,4-6	GS-7		5	6.1	6	3	3	1	11	1	0	4.30	4.15	26	106	71	17	16	6	8	4	0	0	59			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.205	1.11	0.13%	1.75			1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out a3
8	49	42	May 17	SEA		DET	L,1-4	GS-6	L(1-3)	5	6.0	3	3	3	4	8	2	0	4.32	4.47	25	96	60	17	17	3	10	4	1	0	58			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.098	.62	-0.06%	-0.03			1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
9	50	48	May 24	SEA	@	OAK	W,4-2	GS-7	W(2-3)	6	6.0	4	1	1	2	3	1	0	4.02	4.56	23	88	59	16	11	12	6	3	1	0	61			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.187	.77	0.10%	1.59			1b start a 1	7b 1-- 0 out a3
10	51	54	May 30	SEA		TEX	W,4-2	GS-7	W(3-3)	5	6.2	3	2	2	1	5	1	0	3.88	4.51	24	104	73	16	14	9	9	3	1	0	64			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	.70	0.193	.66	0.11%	1.24			1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a2
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
11	52	60	Jun 5	SEA	@	LAA	L,5-12	GS-5		5	4.0	6	4	3	0	8	2	0	4.05	4.58	18	64	48	14	8	3	7	4	0	0	44			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.156	.75	-0.09%	-1.48			1b start tie	5b -2- 0 out a2
12	53	66	Jun 12	SEA	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-7		6	7.0	3	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.67	4.41	26			17	14	12	5	5	0	0	74			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.357	.71	0.15%	3.65			1b start a 1	7b 3 out a4
13	54	72	Jun 18	SEA		TBR	W,5-1	GS-7	W(4-3)	5	7.0	4	1	1	3	6	0	0	3.46	4.26	28	103	66	19	13	12	7	2	2	0	68			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.158	.45	0.06%	2.47			1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
14	55	77	Jun 25	SEA	@	CHW	W,9-3	GS-6	W(5-3)	6	5.2	2	1	1	4	6	1	0	3.34	4.34	21	90	55	15	10	7	4	2	0	0	63			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	.95	0.200	.71	0.09%	1.74			1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a4
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
15	56	82	Jul 1	SEA	@	TOR	W,7-2	GS-7	W(6-3)	5	7.0	5	1	1	1	6	1	0	3.18	4.30	25	100	64	17	15	12	6	4	0	0	68			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	.72	0.221	.68	0.13%	2.80			1b start a 2	7b 3 out a4
16	57	87	Jul 7	SEA		NYY	L,4-5	GS-5	L(6-4)	5	5.0	8	5	5	3	5	1	0	3.48	4.36	26	94	61	15	6	6	12	7	0	0	33			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.305	.64	-0.18%	-2.52			1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
17	58	93	Jul 17	SEA	@	LAA	L,4-9	GS-5	L(6-5)	9	5.0	9	7	7	1	7	2	0	3.92	4.45	25	83	60	10	13	5	12	7	1	0	27			0	0	0	24	5	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.291	.69	-0.18%	-4.32			1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
18	59	98	Jul 23	SEA		OAK	W,4-3	GS-6		5	6.0	6	3	3	1	12	2	0	3.95	4.42	23	95	68	16	16	4	6	2	0	0	59			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.020	1.13	0.01%	-0.03			1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
19	60	103	Jul 28	SEA		HOU	L,4-11	GS-5	L(6-6)	4	5.0	7	4	3	2	7	1	0	4.01	4.41	25	101	72	17	15	8	8	5	0	0	44			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.175	1.35	-0.14%	-1.52			1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
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
20	61	108	Aug 3	SEA	@	TBR	W,4-2	GS-6	W(7-6)	5	6.0	6	2	1	2	5	1	0	3.89	4.42	25	92	59	15	8	7	11	7	1	0	57			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.138	1.32	0.09%	0.94			1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
21	62	113	Aug 8	SEA	@	NYY	W,2-0	GS-5		4	5.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	1	3.73	4.37	23	97	57	11	13	6	7	4	1	0	62			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.285	.85	0.12%	2.61			1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
22	63	118	Aug 14	SEA		TOR	W,9-3	GS-5		5	4.1	5	3	3	4	5	1	1	3.82	4.47	23	97	54	8	9	8	5	1	0	0	42			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.43	-0.113	1.17	-0.06%	-0.92			1t start tie	5t -23 1 out tie
23	64	123	Aug 20	SEA	@	HOU	L,3-12	GS-3	L(7-7)	5	2.2	7	7	7	3	2	3	0	4.22	4.78	18	72	43	14	6	6	7	2	0	0	15			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.337	.74	-0.30%	-5.87			1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out d7
24	65	128	Aug 26	SEA		KCR	L,4-6	GS-6		5	5.0	4	4	4	1	3	0	1	4.33	4.72	20	65	43	9	7	9	6	5	0	0	45			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.024	1.29	0.02%	-0.36			1t start tie	6t 123 0 out a3
25	66	133	Aug 31	SEA		HOU	W,4-0	GS-7		4	7.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	1	4.12	4.65	26	95	60	17	8	7	12	4	2	0	71			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.33	0.441	.90	0.18%	3.47			1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
Sept				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
26	67	138	Sep 6	SEA	@	HOU	L,2-11	GS-2	L(7-8)	5	1.2	3	6	4	4	0	1	0	4.32	4.81	12	42	19	8	0	2	6	3	0	0	25			0	1	1	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.342	2.03	-0.45%	-5.28			1b start tie	2b -2- 2 out d6
27	68	143	Sep 12	SEA		ARI	L,4-5	GS-5		5	5.0	6	1	1	1	8	0	0	4.23	4.67	21	76	54	16	11	10	2	2	0	0	58			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.148	1.68	0.11%	1.48			1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
28	69	148	Sep 18	SEA	@	KCR	L,1-8	GS-3	L(7-9)	5	3.0	8	3	3	0	3	0	0	4.32	4.60	17	86	54	8	11	5	9	3	0	0	34			2	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.154	.43	-0.04%	-1.39			1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
29	70	153	Sep 23	SEA	@	OAK	W,6-5	GS-3		4	3.0	3	3	3	4	3	0	0	4.41	4.61	16	72	40	9	9	2	7	5	0	0	40			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	.93	-0.164	.59	-0.06%	-1.51			1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
							14-15		W-L:7-9	5.2	157.0	145	82	77	62	163	27	5	4.41	4.61	666	2468	65%	17%	13%	0.99		25%	3%	0	52		---%	4	3	1	597	28	2	0	17	1	2	.95	0.478	.94	-0.25%	-0.31

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