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)

Debut: March 21, 2019 (Age 27-277d, 21,814th in major league history)
vs. OAK 4.2 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

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

Service Time (01/2024): 5.000 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: Yusei Kikuchi

Nicknames: U Say

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

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

1.2

3.9

ERA

2.64

4.57

142

130

47.2

681.2

677

WHIP

1.049

1.360

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-18 / in Starts: 14-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2019 Pitching Game Log

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2019 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	2	Mar 21	SEA	@	OAK	W,5-4	GS-5		99	4.2	4	2	1	1	3	0	0	1.93	2.57	19	91	58	15	8	6	9	4	3	0	52			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.115	1.33	0.08%	1.15	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out a2
2	2	4	Mar 29	SEA		BOS	L,6-7	GS-6		7	6.0	4	3	2	0	5	2	0	2.53	4.43	22	86	55	21	8	7	10	2	2	0	59			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	1	.66	0.106	.70	0.07%	0.11	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
3	3	9	Apr 5	SEA	@	CHW	L,8-10	GS-5		6	5.0	7	6	4	1	4	0	0	4.02	3.72	24	93	59	11	10	13	6	4	0	0	36			1	0	0	23	3	0	0	1	0	2	.79	-0.306	.92	-0.21%	-3.29	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d2
4	4	14	Apr 10	SEA	@	KCR	W,6-5	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	3	1	3	2	0	4.15	4.64	23			13	3	8	11	3	2	0	52			3	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.066	1.00	0.05%	0.38	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a2
5	5	19	Apr 15	SEA		CLE	L,4-6	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	6.0	5	3	3	3	5	1	0	4.23	4.77	24	92	56	12	9	8	8	3	2	0	52			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.64	-0.076	.77	-0.05%	0.11	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
6	6	24	Apr 20	SEA	@	LAA	W,6-5	GS-5	W(1-1)	4	5.0	10	4	4	2	3	0	0	4.68	4.53	26	97	66	22	3	9	12	6	2	0	32			0	0	0	23	3	1	0	0	1	0	1.20	-0.112	1.54	-0.09%	-1.24	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a1
7	7	29	Apr 26	SEA		TEX	W,5-4	GS-1		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.54	4.37	3			2	3	1	0	0	0	0	55			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.049	.88	0.04%	0.52	1t start tie	1t 3 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	8	34	May 3	SEA	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-7		6	7.0	3	1	1	1	10	0	0	3.98	3.75	24	93	60	17	15	6	7	5	2	0	76			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.348	1.15	0.24%	3.02	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
9	9	39	May 8	SEA	@	NYY	W,10-1	GS-8	W(2-1)	4	7.2	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.54	3.61	27	106	74	20	7	10	13	4	2	0	71			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	.62	0.282	.68	0.19%	3.09	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 2 out a6
10	10	44	May 13	SEA		OAK	W,6-5	GS-7		4	6.0	5	3	3	2	5	3	0	3.64	4.21	25			21	7	8	10	4	0	0	53			0	1	1	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.044	.91	-0.02%	0.11	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out d2
11	11	49	May 19	SEA		MIN	W,7-4	GS-6	W(3-1)	5	6.0	5	3	1	2	6	0	1	3.43	4.06	26	93	57	11	12	8	9	3	3	0	58			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.26	-0.049	.82	-0.02%	0.11	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
12	12	54	May 25	SEA	@	OAK	L,5-6	GS-4	L(3-2)	5	3.1	10	5	4	1	1	1	1	3.82	4.28	20	74	45	12	3	7	10	6	2	0	22			1	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	-0.385	.59	-0.11%	-3.62	1b start tie	4b -2- 1 out d3
13	13	59	May 30	SEA		LAA	L,3-9	GS-4	L(3-3)	4	3.1	10	6	6	2	0	2	0	4.43	4.71	20	73	40	14	1	7	11	6	1	0	14			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	2	0	0	.96	-0.314	.25	-0.05%	-4.62	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d6
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	14	68	Jun 8	SEA	@	LAA	L,3-12	GS-4	L(3-4)	8	3.1	9	7	6	3	1	3	1	4.99	5.33	24	79	47	11	5	9	10	4	0	0	14			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	.91	-0.368	.11	-0.03%	-4.76	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d4
15	15	72	Jun 13	SEA	@	MIN	L,5-10	GS-5		4	5.0	6	1	1	2	4	1	0	4.78	5.34	23	92	62	15	9	8	9	5	2	0	53			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.15	0.142	.12	0.01%	1.74	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
16	16	77	Jun 18	SEA		KCR	L,0-9	GS-5	L(3-5)	4	5.0	9	6	6	2	5	2	0	5.15	5.48	25	97	55	12	13	8	10	5	1	0	28			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.280	.04	-0.01%	-3.41	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
17	17	82	Jun 23	SEA		BAL	W,13-3	GS-6	W(4-5)	4	6.0	5	3	3	5	3	1	0	5.11	5.58	26	94	56	14	8	7	11	6	0	0	48			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	2	0	0	.62	-0.042	.04	0.00%	0.11	1t start tie	6t 3 out a9
18	18	87	Jun 29	SEA	@	HOU	L,5-6	GS-5		5	5.0	6	5	3	3	5	0	1	5.12	5.47	26	94	58	10	10	8	9	5	3	0	41			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.02	-0.245	.07	-0.01%	-2.15	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	19	92	Jul 5	SEA		OAK	L,2-5	GS-7	L(4-6)	5	7.0	4	3	2	1	5	1	0	4.94	5.37	25	95	66	18	15	7	12	5	0	0	63			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.070	.02	0.00%	0.63	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
20	20	97	Jul 14	SEA	@	LAA	L,3-6	GS-5		8	4.0	2	3	3	4	3	1	0	5.01	5.47	18	87	50	16	7	5	6	2	0	0	45			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.20	1b start a 1	5b 12- 0 out a2
21	21	102	Jul 21	SEA		LAA	L,3-9	GS-5	L(4-7)	6	5.0	9	7	7	1	3	2	0	5.37	5.58	25	74	48	13	2	10	11	2	3	0	23			0	0	0	23	3	1	0	0	1	0	.53	-0.280	.00	0.00%	-4.41	1t start tie	5t 3 out d7
22	22	107	Jul 26	SEA		DET	W,3-2	GS-7		4	6.2	7	2	2	0	4	2	0	5.21	5.60	25			11	9	10	11	7	0	0	56			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	.71	0.060	.00	0.00%	1.26	1t start tie	7t --3 2 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	23	112	Aug 2	SEA	@	HOU	L,2-10	GS-4	L(4-8)	6	4.0	9	6	6	0	1	4	0	5.49	5.94	21	77	51	17	2	10	10	4	2	0	21			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.253	.00	0.00%	-3.72	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
24	24	116	Aug 7	SEA		SDP	W,3-2	GS-5		4	5.0	4	1	1	3	8	1	0	5.34	5.88	22	94	54	10	14	4	7	2	3	0	60			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.182	.00	0.00%	1.60	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
25	25	120	Aug 13	SEA	@	DET	W,11-6	GS-4		5	3.1	9	5	5	1	3	2	0	5.56	5.99	20			11	4	11	5	4	0	0	24			0	0	0	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.387	.00	0.00%	-3.24	1b start tie	4b -23 1 out d1
26	26	125	Aug 18	SEA	@	TOR	W,7-0	SHO	W(5-8)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	8	0	0	5.19	5.71	29			15	11	5	15	5	4	0	90			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.65	0.331	.00	0.00%	4.82	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
27	27	133	Aug 27	SEA		NYY	L,0-7	GS-4	L(5-9)	8	4.0	8	5	5	3	1	2	0	5.36	5.88	23	95	59	16	9	8	11	7	1	0	24			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.272	.00	0.00%	-2.92	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	28	138	Sep 1	SEA	@	TEX	W,11-3	GS-5	W(6-9)	4	5.0	6	3	3	0	1	0	1	5.36	5.79	21	79	48	8	5	13	6	3	0	0	44			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.068	.00	0.00%	0.07	1b start a 4	5b 3 out a4
29	29	143	Sep 7	SEA	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS-6		5	5.0	5	1	1	2	5	1	0	5.24	5.77	22	92	60	18	5	5	10	5	2	0	56			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.097	.00	0.00%	1.45	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out tie
30	30	148	Sep 13	SEA		CHW	L,7-9	GS-3	L(6-10)	5	2.1	10	5	5	1	1	2	0	5.46	5.90	16	60	40	13	5	6	8	4	0	0	17			0	1	1	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.397	.00	0.00%	-3.72	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out d2
31	31	153	Sep 19	SEA	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS-4		5	4.0	8	4	4	1	1	0	0	5.55	5.84	21	67	42	8	5	11	8	7	0	0	30			0	0	0	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.155	.00	0.00%	-1.95	1b start tie	4b 3 out tie
32	32	158	Sep 25	SEA		HOU	L,0-3	GS-6	L(6-11)	5	6.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	1	5.46	5.71	26	103	69	17	13	4	17	6	2	0	56			1	0	0	25	4	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.053	.00	0.00%	1.11	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
							14-18		W-L:6-11	5.1	161.2	195	109	98	50	116	36	6	5.46	5.71	721	2277	63%	19%	11%	0.82		25%	8%	0	45		---%	8	3	2	660	41	6	0	15	5	8	.91	-2.134	.37	0.06%	-21.44

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