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Kodai Senga

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 202lb (185cm, 91kg)

Team: New York Mets (majors, 60-day IL)

Born: January 30, 1993 in Gamagori, Japan jp

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2023 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2027, 5 yrs/$75M (23-27) & 28 team option

Service Time (01/2024): 1.000 • Arb Eligible: 2028 • Free Agent: 2029

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: Kodai Senga

Pronunciation: \KO-die\

Twitter: @kodaisenga

Instagram: @kodai_senga_

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.1

4.6

ERA

3.38

2.99

5.1

171.2

211

WHIP

0.563

1.200

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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
2012	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		7	4	.636	1.68	2.24	23	2	0	1	1	0	112.2	80	28	21	2	56	0	84	4	2	5	469	1.207	6.4	0.2	4.5	6.7	1.50
2012	19	-7.9	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		7	3	.700	1.33	1.75	21			1	1	0	108.0	73	21	16	2	48	0	83	4	2	5	440	1.120	6.1	0.2	4.0	6.9	1.73
2012	19	-9.1	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		0	1	.000	9.64	13.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.2	7	7	5	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	29	3.214	13.5	0.0	15.4	1.9	0.13
2013	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		1	4	.200	2.31	2.47	53	0	12	0	0	1	58.1	32	16	15	1	26	0	87	1	1	10	238	0.994	4.9	0.2	4.0	13.4	3.35
2013	20	-7.8	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		1	4	.200	2.40	2.56	51	0	12	0	0	1	56.1	32	16	15	1	26	0	85	1	1	10	232	1.030	5.1	0.2	4.2	13.6	3.27
2013	20	-7.2	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		0	0		0.00	0.00	2			0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2014	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		1	1	.500	1.80	1.80	21	0	5	0	0	1	25.0	17	5	5	0	5	0	31	1	0	1	97	0.880	6.1	0.0	1.8	11.2	6.20
2014	21	-6.6	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		1	1	.500	1.99	1.99	19	0	5	0	0	0	22.2	17	5	5	0	5	0	28	1	0	1	90	0.971	6.8	0.0	2.0	11.1	5.60
2014	21	-6.2	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		0	0		0.00	0.00	2			0	0	1	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.6
2015	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		11	3	.786	1.67	2.17	20	3	0	2	1	0	108.0	63	26	20	3	38	0	117	1	0	4	425	0.935	5.3	0.3	3.2	9.8	3.08
2015	22	-4.5	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		9	2	.818	2.00	2.52	16			2	1	0	85.2	54	24	19	3	28	0	96	1	0	4	340	0.957	5.7	0.3	2.9	10.1	3.43
2015	22	-5.6	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		2	1	.667	0.40	0.81	4	3	0	0	0	0	22.1	9	2	1	0	10	0	21	0	0	0	85	0.851	3.6	0.0	4.0	8.5	2.10
2016	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		13	3	.813	2.49	2.69	26			3	0	0	177.0	127	53	49	16	57	0	186	7	1	7	711	1.040	6.5	0.8	2.9	9.5	3.26
2016	23	-4.7	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		12	3	.800	2.61	2.77	25			3	0	0	169.0	125	52	49	16	53	0	181	6	1	7	681	1.053	6.7	0.9	2.8	9.6	3.42
2016	23	-3.8	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		1	0	1.000	0.00	1.13	1			0	0	0	8.0	2	1	0	0	4	0	5	1	0	0	30	0.750	2.3	0.0	4.5	5.6	1.25
2017	24	-3.7	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		13	4	.765	2.64	2.96	22	22	0	0	0	0	143.0	107	47	42	15	46	0	151	2	0	6	572	1.070	6.7	0.9	2.9	9.5	3.28
2018	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		13	7	.650	3.45	3.58	23			1	1	0	146.0	121	58	56	21	61	0	169	5	0	7	606	1.247	7.5	1.3	3.8	10.4	2.77
2018	25	-2.6	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		13	7	.650	3.51	3.64	22			1	1	0	141.0	116	57	55	21	58	0	163	5	0	5	584	1.234	7.4	1.3	3.7	10.4	2.81
2018	25	-0.6	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		0	0		1.80	1.80	1			0	0	0	5.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	6	0	0	2	22	1.600	9.0	0.0	5.4	10.8	2.00
2019	26	-1.4	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		13	8	.619	2.79	2.99	26			2	2	0	180.1	134	60	56	19	75	1	227	8	1	4	752	1.159	6.7	0.9	3.7	11.3	3.03
2020	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		11	7	.611	2.20	2.75	20			1	0	0	131.0	95	40	32	4	59	0	159	3	0	5	541	1.176	6.5	0.3	4.1	10.9	2.69
2020	27	-0.7	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		11	6	.647	2.16	2.75	18			1	0	0	121.0	90	37	29	4	57	0	149	2	0	5	503	1.215	6.7	0.3	4.2	11.1	2.61
2020	27	1.5	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		0	1	.000	2.70	2.70	2			0	0	0	10.0	5	3	3	0	2	0	10	1	0	0	38	0.700	4.5	0.0	1.8	9.0	5.00
2021	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		10	4	.714	2.67	2.83	18			0	0	0	111.1	81	35	33	2	36	0	116	2	1	9	447	1.051	6.5	0.2	2.9	9.4	3.22
2021	28	0.3	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		10	3	.769	2.66	2.66	13			0	0	0	84.2	60	25	25	2	27	0	90	2	0	7	340	1.028	6.4	0.2	2.9	9.6	3.33
2021	28	2.0	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		0	1	.000	2.70	3.38	5			0	0	0	26.2	21	10	8	0	9	0	26	0	1	2	107	1.125	7.1	0.0	3.0	8.8	2.89
2022	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		11	6	.647	1.89	2.25	23			1	0	0	148.0	104	37	31	7	50	0	159	3	2	2	581	1.041	6.3	0.4	3.0	9.7	3.18
2022	29	1.4	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		11	6	.647	1.94	2.31	22			1	0	0	144.0	103	37	31	7	49	0	156	3	2	2	568	1.056	6.4	0.4	3.1	9.8	3.18
2022	29	3.0	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		0	0		0.00	0.00	1			0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	13	0.500	2.3	0.0	2.3	6.8	3.00
2023	30	0.8	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	12	7	.632	2.98	3.25	29	29	0	0	0	0	166.1	126	60	55	17	77	0	202	5	1	14	694	1.220	6.8	0.9	4.2	10.9	2.62
2024	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	NYM	0	0		3.86	3.86	5	5	0	0	0	0	14.0	12	6	6	1	8	0	15	0	0	3	61	1.429	7.7	0.6	5.1	9.6	1.88
2024	31	4.0	Syracuse	IL	AAA	NYM	0	0		4.76	4.76	4	4	0	0	0	0	11.1	12	6	6	1	8	0	9	0	0	3	52	1.765	9.5	0.8	6.4	7.1	1.13
2024	31	8.0	Brooklyn	SALL	A+	NYM	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	9	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.3
2024	31	1.9	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	1	0	1.000	3.38	3.38	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	2	2	2	1	1	0	9	1	0	0	20	0.563	3.4	1.7	1.7	15.2	9.00
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 (2 seasons)					Majors		13	7	.650	2.99	3.25	30	30	0	0	0	0	171.2	128	62	57	18	78	0	211	6	1	14	714	1.200	6.7	0.9	4.1	11.1	2.71
Minors (1 season)					Minors		0	0		3.86	3.86	5	5	0	0	0	0	14.0	12	6	6	1	8	0	15	0	0	3	61	1.429	7.7	0.6	5.1	9.6	1.88
Foreign (11 seasons)					Foreign		104	51	.671	2.42	2.72	275	27	17	11	5	2	1340.2	961	405	360	90	509	1	1486	37	8	60	5439	1.096	6.5	0.6	3.4	10.0	2.92
NPB (11 seasons)					NPB		87	44	.664	2.59	2.85	224	27	17	8	3	1	1089.0	800	345	313	85	414	1	1252	30	5	47	4436	1.115	6.6	0.7	3.4	10.3	3.02
All Levels (13 Seasons)							117	58	.669	2.49	2.79	310	62	17	11	5	2	1526.1	1101	473	423	109	595	1	1712	43	9	77	6214	1.111	6.5	0.6	3.5	10.1	2.88

AAA (1 season)					Minors		0	0		4.76	4.76	4	4	0	0	0	0	11.1	12	6	6	1	8	0	9	0	0	3	52	1.765	9.5	0.8	6.4	7.1	1.13
A+ (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	9	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.3