Hisashi Iwakuma

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Team: Seattle Mariners (majors, 60-day DL)

Born: April 12, 1981 in Higashi Yamato, Japan jp

High School: Horikoshi (Tokyo, Japan)

Debut: April 20, 2012 (Age 31-008d, 17,765th in MLB history)
vs. CHW 4.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2012 season

2017 Contract Status: Signed thru 2017, 2 yrs/$26M (16-17) & 18 team option

Service Time (01/2017): 5.000 • Free Agent: 2018

Agents: Wasserman Media Group

Full Name: Hisashi Iwakuma

Nicknames: Kuma

Pronunciation: \he-sash-ee ee-wah-kuma\

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

2017

Career

WAR

0.4

16.8

W

L

ERA

4.35

3.42

G

150

GS

136

SV

IP

31.0

883.2

SO

714

WHIP

1.258

1.143

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
2001	20	KSU	Fgn	4	2	.667	4.53	9	8	0	1	1	0	43.2	46	28	22	3	13	0	25	3	0	1	192			1.351	9.5	0.6	2.7	5.2	1.92	KSU JPPL
2002	21	KSU	Fgn	8	7	.533	3.69	23	23	0	2	0	0	141.1	132	62	58	10	42	2	131	8	1	4	594			1.231	8.4	0.6	2.7	8.3	3.12	KSU JPPL
2003	22	KSU	Fgn	15	10	.600	3.45	27	27	0	11	0	0	195.2	201	85	75	19	48	2	149	3	0	2	809			1.273	9.2	0.9	2.2	6.9	3.10	KSU JPPL
2004	23	KSU	Fgn	15	2	.882	3.01	21	21	0	7	1	0	158.2	149	57	53	13	30	2	123	8	0	0	647			1.128	8.5	0.7	1.7	7.0	4.10	KSU JPPL
2005	24	TOH	Fgn	9	15	.375	4.99	27	27	0	9	0	0	182.1	218	113	101	19	40	3	124	6	0	7	796			1.415	10.8	0.9	2.0	6.1	3.10	TOH JPPL
2006	25	TOH	Fgn	1	2	.333	3.72	6	6	0	2	0	0	38.2	43	18	16	4	12	0	16	1	0	0	169			1.422	10.0	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.33	TOH JPPL
2007	26	TOH	Fgn	5	5	.500	3.40	16	16		0	0	0	90.0	95	47	34	6	23	0	84	2	0	0	388			1.311	9.5	0.6	2.3	8.4	3.65	TOH JPPL
2008	27	TOH	Fgn	21	4	.840	1.87	28	28		5	2	0	201.2	161	48	42	3	36	1	159	4	0	4	787			0.977	7.2	0.1	1.6	7.1	4.42	TOH JPPL
2009	28	TOH	Fgn	13	6	.684	3.25	24	24		5	0	0	169.0	179	62	61	15	43	1	121	6	0	3	710			1.314	9.5	0.8	2.3	6.4	2.81	TOH JPPL
2010	29	TOH	Fgn	10	9	.526	2.82	28	28	0	4	1	0	201.0	184	68	63	11	36	1	153	12	1	1	821			1.095	8.2	0.5	1.6	6.9	4.25	TOH JPPL
2011	30	TOH	Fgn	6	7	.462	2.42	17	17	0	2	1	0	119.0	106	34	32	6	19	0	90	5	0	1	471			1.050	8.0	0.5	1.4	6.8	4.74	TOH JPPL
2012	31	SEA	AL	9	5	.643	3.16	30	16	6	0	0	2	125.1	117	49	44	17	43	3	101	3	0	5	519	121	4.35	1.277	8.4	1.2	3.1	7.3	2.35
2013	32	SEA	AL	14	6	.700	2.66	33	33	0	0	0	0	219.2	179	69	65	25	42	4	185	2	0	10	866	138	3.44	1.006	7.3	1.0	1.7	7.6	4.40	AS,CYA-3,MVP-19
2014	33	SEA-min	AAA	0	0		4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	18			1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	4.5		TAC PCL
2014	33	SEA	AL	15	9	.625	3.52	28	28	0	0	0	0	179.0	167	70	70	20	21	2	154	2	0	2	709	103	3.25	1.050	8.4	1.0	1.1	7.7	7.33
2015	34	SEA-min	AAA,A-	1	0	1.000	1.35	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.1	11	2	2	1	2	0	13	0	0	1	53			0.975	7.4	0.7	1.4	8.8	6.50	TAC,EVR PCL,NORW
2015	34	SEA	AL	9	5	.643	3.54	20	20	0	1	1	0	129.2	117	53	51	18	21	1	111	1	0	1	516	108	3.74	1.064	8.1	1.2	1.5	7.7	5.29
2016	35	SEA	AL	16	12	.571	4.12	33	33	0	0	0	0	199.0	218	95	91	28	46	3	147	5	0	4	836	98	4.27	1.327	9.9	1.3	2.1	6.6	3.20
2017	36	SEA-min	A+,AAA	0	1	.000	6.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	4	4	1	2	0	7	0	0	0	25			1.167	7.5	1.5	3.0	10.5	3.50	MOD,TAC CALL,PCL
2017	36	SEA	AL	0	2	.000	4.35	6	6	0	0	0	0	31.0	27	16	15	7	12	0	16	2	0	1	128	99	6.40	1.258	7.8	2.0	3.5	4.6	1.33
6 Yrs				63	39	.618	3.42	150	136	6	1	1	2	883.2	825	352	336	115	185	13	714	15	0	23	3574	112	3.86	1.143	8.4	1.2	1.9	7.3	3.86
162 Game Avg.				15	9	.618	3.42	36	32	1	0	0	0	210	196	84	80	27	44	3	170	4	0	5	850	112	3.86	1.143	8.4	1.2	1.9	7.3	3.86

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Hisashi Iwakuma

SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

All-Star Pitching

Batting Against -- Pitching *

Win Probability *

Starting Pitching *

Reliever Pitching *

Ratio Pitching *

Pitch Summary -- Pitching *

Baserunning & Situational Stats *

Cumulative Pitching

Neutralized Pitching

* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

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