Hisashi Iwakuma

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

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

High School: Horikoshi (Tokyo, Japan)

Debut: April 20, 2012 (Age 31-008d, 17,766th in MLB history)
vs. CHW 4.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: May 3, 2017 (Age 36-021d)
vs. LAA 5.0 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2012 season

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: Hisashi Iwakuma

Nicknames: Kuma

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

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.9

W

L

ERA

3.42

G

150

GS

136

SV

IP

883.2

SO

714

WHIP

1.143

10/20 The Yomiuri Giants announced yesterday that veteran right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma will retire at the conclusion of the current Nippon Professional Baseball season. Shoulder problems have kept Iwakuma off
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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	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	1	128	97	6.42	1.258	7.8	2.0	3.5	4.6	1.33
2018	37	SEA-min	A-	0	0		3.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	11			1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00	EVR NORW
6 Yrs				63	39	.618	3.42	150	136	6	1	1	2	883.2	825	352	336	115	185	13	714	15	23	3574	111	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	5	850	111	3.86	1.143	8.4	1.2	1.9	7.3	3.86

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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