Hideki Irabu

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 240lb (193cm, 108kg)

Born: May 5, 1969 in Hirara, Japan jp

Died: July 27, 2011 in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Jinsei Gakuen HS (Japan)

Debut: July 10, 1997 (Age 28-066d, 14,699th in MLB history)
vs. DET 6.2 IP, 5 H, 9 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: July 12, 2002 (Age 33-068d)
vs. MIN 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1997 season

Agents: Don Nomura

Full Name: Hideki Irabu

Pronunciation: \hi-deck-EE EE-rah-boo\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.5

W

L

ERA

5.15

G

126

GS

SV

IP

514.0

SO

405

WHIP

1.405

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1988	19	LOT	Fgn	2	5	.286	3.89	14	6	6	0	0	1	39.1	30	19	17	7	18	0	21	1	1	1	162			1.220	6.9	1.6	4.1	4.8	1.17	LOT JPPL
1989	20	LOT	Fgn	0	2	.000	3.53	33	2	27	0	0	9	51.0	37	20	20	1	27	0	50	2	0	6	211			1.255	6.5	0.2	4.8	8.8	1.85	LOT JPPL
1990	21	LOT	Fgn	8	5	.615	3.78	34	11	18	4	0	0	123.2	110	58	52	6	72	1	102	7	2	12	544			1.472	8.0	0.4	5.2	7.4	1.42	LOT JPPL
1991	22	LOT	Fgn	3	8	.273	6.88	24	16	3	2	0	0	100.2	110	78	77	20	70	0	78	1	1	10	471			1.788	9.8	1.8	6.3	7.0	1.11	LOT JPPL
1992	23	LOT	Fgn	0	5	.000	3.86	28	4	5	0	0	0	77.0	78	38	33	2	37	0	55	1	1	4	336			1.494	9.1	0.2	4.3	6.4	1.49	LOT JPPL
1993	24	LOT	Fgn	8	7	.533	3.10	32	14	9	6	0	1	142.1	125	59	49	11	58	0	160	6	1	6	592			1.286	7.9	0.7	3.7	10.1	2.76	LOT JPPL
1994	25	LOT	Fgn	15	10	.600	3.04	27	26	1	16	1	0	207.1	170	77	70	16	94	2	239	6	2	13	870			1.273	7.4	0.7	4.1	10.4	2.54	LOT JPPL
1995	26	LOT	Fgn	11	11	.500	2.53	28	27	1	9	2	0	203.0	156	70	57	9	72	1	239	9	1	11	835			1.123	6.9	0.4	3.2	10.6	3.32	LOT JPPL
1996	27	LOT	Fgn	12	6	.667	2.40	23	23	0	3	0	0	157.1	108	56	42	7	59	0	167	3	4	7	639			1.061	6.2	0.4	3.4	9.6	2.83	LOT JPPL
1997	28	NYY-min	AAA,AA,A+	4	1	.800	1.96	8	8	0	1	1	0	46.0	36	12	10	2	5	0	49	0	8	2	171			0.891	7.0	0.4	1.0	9.6	9.80	CLB,NCH,TAM IL,EL,FLOR
1997	28	NYY	AL	5	4	.556	7.09	13	9	0	0	0	0	53.1	69	47	42	15	20	0	56	1	3	4	246	64	5.85	1.669	11.6	2.5	3.4	9.5	2.80
1998	29	NYY	AL	13	9	.591	4.06	29	28	0	2	1	0	173.0	148	79	78	27	76	1	126	9	1	6	732	109	5.19	1.295	7.7	1.4	4.0	6.6	1.66
1999	30	NYY	AL	11	7	.611	4.84	32	27	2	2	1	0	169.1	180	98	91	26	46	0	133	6	0	7	733	97	4.48	1.335	9.6	1.4	2.4	7.1	2.89
2000	31	MON-min	A+,AAA	1	1	.500	1.88	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.1	12	3	3	2	3	0	15	0	0	0	57			1.047	7.5	1.3	1.9	9.4	5.00	JUP,OTT FLOR,IL
2000	31	MON	NL	2	5	.286	7.24	11	11	0	0	0	0	54.2	77	45	44	9	14	0	42	1	2	5	247	67	4.56	1.665	12.7	1.5	2.3	6.9	3.00
2001	32	MON-min	AAA,A+	1	2	.333	4.02	7	7	0	0	0	0	31.1	27	15	14	3	10	0	30	3	1	4	131			1.181	7.8	0.9	2.9	8.6	3.00	OTT,JUP IL,FLOR
2001	32	MON	NL	0	2	.000	4.86	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.2	22	9	9	3	3	0	18	0	0	0	74	93	3.77	1.500	11.9	1.6	1.6	9.7	6.00
2002	33	TEX	AL	3	8	.273	5.74	38	2	26	0	0	16	47.0	51	30	30	11	16	2	30	1	0	3	204	83	5.81	1.426	9.8	2.1	3.1	5.7	1.88
2003	34	HAN	Fgn	13	8	.619	3.85	27	27	0	3	0	0	173.0	186	77	74	24	47	0	164	6	0	4	730			1.347	9.7	1.2	2.4	8.5	3.49	HAN JPCL
2004	35	HAN	Fgn	0	2	.000	13.11	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.2	26	19	17	5	4	0	7	1	1	0	62			2.571	20.1	3.9	3.1	5.4	1.75	HAN JPCL
2009	40	LBE	Ind	5	3	.625	3.58	10	10	0	0	0	0	65.1	62	34	26	4	19	0	66	1	0	8	278			1.240	8.5	0.6	2.6	9.1	3.47	LBE GOBL
6 Yrs				34	35	.493	5.15	126	80	28	4	2	16	514.0	547	308	294	91	175	3	405	18	6	25	2236	89	4.97	1.405	9.6	1.6	3.1	7.1	2.31
162 Game Avg.				11	12	.493	5.15	42	26	9	1	1	5	170	181	102	97	30	58	1	134	6	2	8	738	89	4.97	1.405	9.6	1.6	3.1	7.1	2.31

NYY (3 yrs)				29	20	.592	4.80	74	64	2	4	2	0	395.2	397	224	211	68	142	1	315	16	4	17	1711	95	4.97	1.362	9.0	1.5	3.2	7.2	2.22
MON (2 yrs)				2	7	.222	6.69	14	14	0	0	0	0	71.1	99	54	53	12	17	0	60	1	2	5	321	71	4.38	1.626	12.5	1.5	2.1	7.6	3.53
TEX (1 yr)				3	8	.273	5.74	38	2	26	0	0	16	47.0	51	30	30	11	16	2	30	1	0	3	204	83	5.81	1.426	9.8	2.1	3.1	5.7	1.88

AL (4 yrs)				32	28	.533	4.90	112	66	28	4	2	16	442.2	448	254	241	79	158	3	345	17	4	20	1915	93	5.06	1.369	9.1	1.6	3.2	7.0	2.18
NL (2 yrs)				2	7	.222	6.69	14	14	0	0	0	0	71.1	99	54	53	12	17	0	60	1	2	5	321	71	4.38	1.626	12.5	1.5	2.1	7.6	3.53

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Hideki Irabu

SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

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