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)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2023 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 3 yrs/$36M (22-24)

Service Time (01/2023): 4.000 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: Yusei Kikuchi

Nicknames: U Say

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

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SUMMARY

2023

Career

WAR

0.2

1.1

ERA

4.47

4.96

113

101

56.1

522.2

502

WHIP

1.402

1.422

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2010	19	-7.1	Seibu	JPEL	Fgn		1	1	.500	0.00	1.13	2			0	0	0	8.0	3	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	30	0.750	3.4	0.0	3.4	2.3	0.67
2011	20		3 Teams	3 Lgs	Fgn		8	7	.533	3.74	3.94	26	14	0	3	0	0	134.2	145	59	56	13	34	0	81	7	0	6	577	1.329	9.7	0.9	2.3	5.4	2.38
2011	20	-6.8	Seibu	JPEL	Fgn		3	4	.429	3.07	3.07	11			1	0	0	55.2	54	19	19	5	16	0	35	3	0	2	234	1.257	8.7	0.8	2.6	5.7	2.19
2011	20	-8.2	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		4	1	.800	4.14	4.31	10	9	0	2	0	0	54.1	63	26	25	6	8	0	24	3	0	1	231	1.307	10.4	1.0	1.3	4.0	3.00
2011-12	20	-5.5	Melbourne	AUBL	Fgn		1	2	.333	4.38	5.11	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.2	28	14	12	2	10	0	22	1	0	3	112	1.541	10.2	0.7	3.6	8.0	2.20
2012	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		5	8	.385	3.71	4.37	24	12	1	0	0	1	123.2	119	60	51	8	40	0	92	4	0	6	529	1.286	8.7	0.6	2.9	6.7	2.30
2012	21	-7.1	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		4	3	.571	3.10	3.76	14	12	1	0	0	1	81.1	75	34	28	5	25	0	57	1	0	3	339	1.230	8.3	0.6	2.8	6.3	2.28
2012	21	-6.2	Seibu	JPEL	Fgn		1	5	.167	4.89	5.53	10			0	0	0	42.1	44	26	23	3	15	0	35	3	0	3	190	1.394	9.4	0.6	3.2	7.4	2.33
2013	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		9	4	.692	2.11	2.51	19	17	0	3	3	0	111.0	83	31	26	5	46	0	94	4	0	2	456	1.162	6.7	0.4	3.7	7.6	2.04
2013	22	-5.8	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		9	4	.692	1.92	2.33	17	17	0	3	3	0	108.0	79	28	23	5	44	0	92	3	0	2	441	1.139	6.6	0.4	3.7	7.7	2.09
2013	22	-4.6	Seibu	JPEL	Fgn		0	0		9.00	9.00	2			0	0	0	3.0	4	3	3	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	15	2.000	12.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	1.00
2014	23	-4.6	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		5	11	.313	3.54	3.93	23	23	0	1	0	0	139.2	133	61	55	9	78	0	111	5	1	7	615	1.511	8.6	0.6	5.0	7.2	1.42
2015	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		9	10	.474	2.61	2.98	27	21	0	0	0	0	148.0	104	49	43	9	60	1	142	3	1	5	599	1.108	6.3	0.5	3.6	8.6	2.37
2015	24	-3.6	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		9	10	.474	2.84	3.25	23	21	0	0	0	0	133.0	97	48	42	9	55	1	122	2	1	5	542	1.143	6.6	0.6	3.7	8.3	2.22
2015	24	-2.8	Seibu	JPEL	Fgn		0	0		0.60	0.60	4			0	0	0	15.0	7	1	1	0	5	0	20	1	0	0	57	0.800	4.2	0.0	3.0	12.0	4.00
2016	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		12	7	.632	2.52	3.12	24			2	0	0	150.0	120	52	42	8	67	0	143	2	0	3	619	1.247	7.2	0.5	4.0	8.6	2.13
2016	25	-2.7	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		12	7	.632	2.58	3.21	22			2	0	0	143.0	117	51	41	7	67	0	127	2	0	3	595	1.287	7.4	0.4	4.2	8.0	1.90
2016	25	-1.8	Seibu	JPEL	Fgn		0	0		1.29	1.29	2			0	0	0	7.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	16	0	0	0	24	0.429	3.9	1.3	0.0	20.6
2017	26	-1.7	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		16	6	.727	1.97	2.35	26	26	0	6	4	0	187.2	122	49	41	16	49	0	217	6	0	6	735	0.911	5.9	0.8	2.3	10.4	4.43
2018	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		14	5	.737	3.04	3.37	24			1	0	0	165.2	128	62	56	17	45	1	157	4	0	7	666	1.044	7.0	0.9	2.4	8.5	3.49
2018	27	-0.6	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		14	4	.778	3.08	3.24	23			1	0	0	163.2	124	59	56	16	45	1	153	4	0	7	654	1.033	6.8	0.9	2.5	8.4	3.40
2018	27	0.9	Seibu	JPEL	Fgn		0	1	.000	0.00	13.50	1			0	0	0	2.0	4	3	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	12	2.000	18.0	4.5	0.0	18.0
2019	28	-0.4	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	6	11	.353	5.46	6.07	32	32	0	1	1	0	161.2	195	109	98	36	50	0	116	6	1	5	721	1.515	10.9	2.0	2.8	6.5	2.32
2020	29	0.8	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	2	4	.333	5.17	5.17	9	9	0	0	0	0	47.0	41	27	27	3	20	0	47	0	0	3	194	1.298	7.9	0.6	3.8	9.0	2.35
2021	30	1.5	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	7	9	.438	4.41	4.70	29	29	0	0	0	0	157.0	145	82	77	27	62	0	163	5	0	6	666	1.318	8.3	1.5	3.6	9.3	2.63
2022	31	4.0	Buffalo	IL	AAA	TOR	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	18	1.000	3.6	0.0	5.4	7.2	1.33
2022	31	2.6	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	6	7	.462	5.19	5.99	32	20	4	0	0	1	100.2	93	67	58	23	58	0	124	9	0	3	454	1.500	8.3	2.1	5.2	11.1	2.14
2023	32	3.1	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	6	2	.750	4.47	4.63	11	11	0	0	0	0	56.1	60	29	28	15	19	0	52	1	0	3	242	1.402	9.6	2.4	3.0	8.3	2.74
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (5 seasons)					Majors		27	33	.450	4.96	5.41	113	101	4	1	1	1	522.2	534	314	288	104	209	0	502	21	1	20	2277	1.422	9.2	1.8	3.6	8.6	2.40
Minors (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	18	1.000	3.6	0.0	5.4	7.2	1.33
Foreign (9 seasons)					Foreign		79	59	.572	2.85	3.27	195	113	1	16	7	1	1168.1	957	424	370	85	422	2	1039	35	2	42	4826	1.180	7.4	0.7	3.3	8.0	2.46
NPB (8 seasons)					NPB		73	46	.613	2.77	3.17	158	108	1	15	7	1	1010.2	810	356	311	73	371	2	903	26	2	34	4152	1.169	7.2	0.7	3.3	8.0	2.43
All Levels (14 Seasons)							107	92	.538	3.49	3.92	309	215	5	17	8	2	1696.0	1493	738	658	189	634	2	1545	56	3	62	7121	1.254	7.9	1.0	3.4	8.2	2.44