Hisashi Iwakuma

Positions: Starting Pitcher and Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

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

High School: Horikoshi (Tokyo, Japan)

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\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.8

ERA

3.42

150

136

883.2

714

WHIP

1.143

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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
2001	20	-8.0	Kintetsu	JPPL	Fgn		4	2	.667	4.53	5.77	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
2002	21	-6.5	Kintetsu	JPPL	Fgn		8	7	.533	3.69	3.95	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
2003	22	-5.9	Kintetsu	JPPL	Fgn		15	10	.600	3.45	3.91	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
2004	23	-5.5	Kintetsu	JPPL	Fgn		15	2	.882	3.01	3.23	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
2005	24	-4.2	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		9	15	.375	4.99	5.58	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
2006	25	-2.9	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		1	2	.333	3.72	4.19	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
2007	26	-2.0	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		5	5	.500	3.40	4.70	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
2008	27	-1.1	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		21	4	.840	1.87	2.14	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
2009	28	0.2	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		13	6	.684	3.25	3.30	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
2010	29	0.7	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		10	9	.526	2.82	3.04	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
2011	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		6	7	.462	2.43	2.57	19	17	0	2	1	0	126.0	117	36	34	6	21	0	94	5	0	1	504	1.095	8.4	0.4	1.5	6.7	4.48
2011	30	1.8	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		6	7	.462	2.42	2.57	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
2011	30	3.2	Rakuten	JPEL	Fgn		0	0		2.57	2.57	2			0	0	0	7.0	11	2	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	33	1.857	14.1	0.0	2.6	5.1	2.00
2012	31	2.8	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	9	5	.643	3.16	3.52	30	16	6	0	0	2	125.1	117	49	44	17	43	3	101	3	0	5	519	1.277	8.4	1.2	3.1	7.3	2.35
2013	32	3.3	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	14	6	.700	2.66	2.83	33	33	0	0	0	0	219.2	179	69	65	25	42	4	185	2	0	10	866	1.006	7.3	1.0	1.7	7.6	4.40
2014	33	6.2	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	0	0		4.50	6.75	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
2014	33	4.5	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	15	9	.625	3.52	3.52	28	28	0	0	0	0	179.0	167	70	70	20	21	2	154	2	0	2	709	1.050	8.4	1.0	1.1	7.7	7.33
2015	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A-	SEA	1	0	1.000	1.35	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
2015	34	7.2	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	1	0	1.000	0.93	0.93	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	8	1	1	0	2	0	10	0	0	0	38	1.034	7.4	0.0	1.9	9.3	5.00
2015	34	12.7	Everett	NORW	A-	SEA	0	0		2.45	2.45	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	15	0.818	7.4	2.5	0.0	7.4
2015	34	5.7	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	9	5	.643	3.54	3.68	20	20	0	1	1	0	129.2	117	53	51	18	21	1	111	1	0	1	516	1.064	8.1	1.2	1.5	7.7	5.29
2016	35	6.4	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	16	12	.571	4.12	4.30	33	33	0	0	0	0	199.0	218	95	91	28	46	3	147	5	0	4	836	1.327	9.9	1.3	2.1	6.6	3.20
2017	36		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AAA	SEA	0	1	.000	6.00	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
2017	36	9.4	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	0	1	.000	18.00	18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	4	4	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	12	3.000	18.0	4.5	9.0	13.5	1.50
2017	36	12.9	Modesto	CALL	A+	SEA	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	13	0.250	2.3	0.0	0.0	9.0
2017	36	7.4	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	0	2	.000	4.35	4.65	6	6	0	0	0	0	31.0	27	16	15	7	12	0	16	2	0	1	128	1.258	7.8	2.0	3.5	4.6	1.33
2018	37	15.7	Everett	NORW	A-	SEA	0	0		3.00	3.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	11	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
2019	38	12.3	Yomiuri	JPEL	Fgn		0	0		0.00	0.00	2			0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
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 (6 seasons)					Majors		63	39	.618	3.42	3.59	150	136	6	1	1	2	883.2	825	352	336	115	185	13	714	15	0	23	3574	1.143	8.4	1.2	1.9	7.3	3.86
Minors (4 seasons)					Minors		1	1	.500	3.08	3.42	8	8	0	0	0	0	26.1	24	10	9	2	5	0	24	0	0	1	107	1.101	8.2	0.7	1.7	8.2	4.80
Foreign (12 seasons)					Foreign		107	69	.608	3.25	3.62	230	225	0	48	6	0	1550.0	1525	624	559	109	344	12	1181	58	2	23	6424	1.206	8.9	0.6	2.0	6.9	3.43
NPB (11 seasons)					NPB		107	69	.608	3.25	3.63	226	225	0	48	6	0	1541.0	1514	622	557	109	342	12	1175	58	2	23	6384	1.204	8.8	0.6	2.0	6.9	3.44
All Levels (19 Seasons)							171	109	.611	3.31	3.61	388	369	6	49	7	2	2460.0	2374	986	904	226	534	25	1919	73	2	47	10105	1.182	8.7	0.8	2.0	7.0	3.59

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		1	1	.500	4.02	4.60	4	4	0	0	0	0	15.2	18	8	7	1	4	0	15	0	0	0	68	1.404	10.3	0.6	2.3	8.6	3.75
A+ (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	13	0.250	2.3	0.0	0.0	9.0
A- (2 seasons)					Minors		0	0		2.70	2.70	3	3	0	0	0	0	6.2	5	2	2	1	1	0	5	0	0	1	26	0.900	6.8	1.4	1.4	6.8	5.00