Masahiro Tanaka

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 218lb (190cm, 98kg)

Born: November 1, 1988 in Itami, Japan jp

High School: Komadai Tomakomai HS (Japan)

Debut: April 4, 2014 (Age 25-154d, 20,574th in major league history)
vs. TOR 7.0 IP, 6 H, 8 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: September 23, 2020 (Age 31-327d)
vs. TOR 4.0 IP, 8 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season

Agents: Excel Sports Management

Full Name: Masahiro Tanaka

Nicknames: Masa, Ma-kun or Tanaka Time

Pronunciation: \mah-sah-HE-ro tuh-na-ka\

Twitter: @t_masahiro18

Instagram: @masahiro_tanaka.official

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.3

ERA

3.74

174

173

1054.1

991

WHIP

1.130

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-9 / in Starts: 15-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2015 Pitching Game Log

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2015 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	21	1	Apr 6	NYY		TOR	L,1-6	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	4.0	5	5	4	2	6	1	0	9.00	4.88	20	82	50	14	12	8	4	1	0	0	38			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	.68	-0.286	.71	-0.18%	-3.04	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
2	22	6	Apr 12	NYY		BOS	W,14-4	GS-5	W(1-1)	5	5.0	4	4	3	3	4	1	0	7.00	5.47	23	97	60	25	5	5	11	4	3	0	46			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	1	.43	0.017	.37	0.01%	-1.55	1t start tie	5t 3 out a6
3	23	11	Apr 18	NYY	@	TBR	W,9-0	GS-7	W(2-1)	5	7.0	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	3.94	3.45	23	85	58	23	9	5	10	5	3	0	81			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.344	.85	0.19%	3.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out a9
4	24	16	Apr 23	NYY	@	DET	W,2-1	GS-7		4	6.1	3	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.22	3.09	24	94	60	14	11	5	11	3	1	0	67			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	1	0	.93	0.134	.96	0.08%	1.48	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out tie
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
5	25	54	Jun 3	NYY	@	SEA	W,3-1	GS-7	W(3-1)	40	7.0	3	1	1	0	9	0	0	2.76	2.49	23	78	58	22	8	8	6	2	2	0	76			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.92	0.293	1.23	0.23%	2.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
6	26	58	Jun 9	NYY		WSN	W,6-1	GS-7	W(4-1)	5	7.0	5	1	1	0	6	1	0	2.48	2.64	25	87	63	10	13	10	9	3	0	0	69			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.312	1.42	0.26%	2.44	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
7	27	63	Jun 15	NYY	@	MIA	L,1-2	GS-7	L(4-2)	5	7.0	9	2	2	0	6	1	0	2.49	2.74	29	94	60	13	10	14	9	7	0	0	57			0	0	1	29	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.11	0.039	1.51	0.03%	1.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
8	28	69	Jun 21	NYY		DET	L,4-12	GS-5	L(4-3)	5	5.0	10	7	5	2	6	3	0	3.17	3.47	28	90	65	15	16	7	13	3	1	0	27			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.46	-0.373	.66	-0.32%	-4.55	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
9	29	75	Jun 27	NYY	@	HOU	W,9-6	GS-5		5	5.0	7	6	6	2	5	3	0	3.88	4.09	24	98	62	14	14	7	10	7	1	0	32			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.328	1.21	-0.29%	-3.64	1b start a 4	5b 3 out tie
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
10	30	80	Jul 3	NYY		TBR	W,7-5	GS-6		5	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	0	0	3.94	3.88	23	96	69	18	14	10	7	3	0	0	52			0	2	0	20	2	1	0	0	2	0	.73	-0.076	1.28	-0.08%	-0.05	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
11	31	85	Jul 9	NYY		OAK	W,6-2	GS-8	W(5-3)	5	7.2	2	2	1	1	6	0	0	3.63	3.66	27	115	78	19	11	11	8	3	1	0	74			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.240	1.64	0.24%	1.83	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out a2
12	32	89	Jul 17	NYY		SEA	W,4-3	GS-7	W(6-3)	7	7.0	5	3	3	2	7	2	0	3.65	3.85	28	103	63	12	12	10	9	4	0	0	60			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.025	1.73	0.02%	0.44	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
13	33	94	Jul 23	NYY		BAL	W,9-3	GS-8	W(7-3)	5	7.2	5	3	3	0	7	3	0	3.64	4.09	28	101	77	17	17	5	16	4	5	0	64			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.096	.48	0.10%	0.83	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out a6
14	34	100	Jul 29	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-5	GS-6	L(7-4)	5	6.0	9	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.80	4.06	28	103	64	16	10	12	10	8	0	0	38			0	0	1	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	-0.172	1.32	-0.12%	-0.93	1b start tie	6b 3 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
15	35	105	Aug 4	NYY		BOS	W,13-3	GS-7	W(8-4)	5	6.0	5	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.84	4.11	23	88	56	14	7	6	13	5	0	0	52			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.05	-0.086	1.37	-0.07%	-0.05	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out a1
16	36	110	Aug 9	NYY		TOR	L,0-2	GS-6	L(8-5)	4	6.0	3	2	2	0	5	2	0	3.79	4.21	20	80	51	9	14	7	8	2	0	0	63			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.041	1.27	0.05%	0.95	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
17	37	115	Aug 15	NYY	@	TOR	W,4-1	CG	W(9-5)	5	9.0	5	1	1	3	8	0	0	3.56	4.05	35	112	72	21	11	13	11	5	2	0	78			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.31	0.468	3.01	0.64%	3.51	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
18	38	121	Aug 21	NYY		CLE	L,3-7	GS-7	L(9-6)	5	6.0	7	4	3	1	3	1	1	3.61	4.12	27	107	67	12	9	15	7	4	1	0	46			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.12	-0.117	1.64	-0.10%	-0.44	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d2
19	39	127	Aug 28	NYY	@	ATL	W,15-4	GS-7	W(10-6)	6	7.0	5	3	3	1	7	1	0	3.62	4.08	27	100	70	21	7	9	10	2	0	0	61			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	.48	-0.025	.79	-0.03%	0.15	1b start a 5	7b 3 out a6
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
20	40	132	Sep 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,13-8	GS-7	W(11-6)	4	6.1	6	4	4	1	5	1	0	3.73	4.08	26	92	66	20	7	7	13	7	1	0	49			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	1	0	.30	-0.028	.43	-0.02%	0.11	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a9
21	41	137	Sep 8	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	GS-8		5	8.0	6	1	1	1	10	1	0	3.57	3.99	30	104	69	12	20	10	9	5	3	0	75			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.360	1.46	0.28%	2.93	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
22	42	142	Sep 13	NYY		TOR	W,5-0	GS-7	W(12-6)	4	7.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	3.40	3.85	24	108	76	23	12	9	8	5	0	0	76			0	0	1	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.297	1.17	0.31%	3.44	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
23	43	146	Sep 18	NYY	@	NYM	L,1-5	GS-6	L(12-7)	4	6.0	5	2	2	0	4	2	0	3.38	3.95	23	82	59	18	10	11	8	4	2	0	58			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.015	.85	0.01%	0.70	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
24	44	158	Sep 30	NYY		BOS	L,5-9	GS-5		11	5.0	5	4	4	1	3	1	0	3.51	3.98	21	95	56	15	2	6	10	4	1	1	43			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.212	.07	-0.01%	-1.55	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
							15-9		W-L:12-7	4.9	154.0	126	66	60	27	139	25	1	3.51	3.98	609	2291	67%	17%	11%	0.91		23%	6%	1	58		---%	1	2	3	571	33	3	0	7	8	6	.83	0.978	1.19	1.25%	9.61

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