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

0.7

3.4

ERA

2.94

4.62

140

128

33.2

667.2

667

WHIP

1.158

1.372

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Team Record in Appearances: 21-11 / in Starts: 21-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2023 Pitching Game Log

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2023 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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
1	103	5	Apr 4	TOR	@	KCR	W,4-1	GS-5	W(1-0)	99	5.0	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	1.80	5.66	18	69	47	9	9	7	8	4	0	0	58			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.186	1.01	0.10%	1.58	14.85	24.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
2	104	10	Apr 9	TOR	@	LAA	W,12-11	GS-5		4	4.1	9	6	6	1	6	3	0	6.75	7.76	22	99	59	11	12	6	9	2	1	0	26			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.42	-0.294	.42	-0.18%	-3.89	3.75	13.00	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d6
3	105	15	Apr 15	TOR		TBR	W,5-2	GS-6	W(2-0)	5	6.0	4	1	1	1	9	1	0	4.70	5.86	23	94	67	12	11	5	8	4	1	0	68			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.216	1.19	0.15%	2.03	30.50	52.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
4	106	20	Apr 21	TOR	@	NYY	W,6-1	GS-6	W(3-0)	5	6.0	4	1	1	2	3	1	0	3.80	5.74	22	90	54	10	5	9	8	4	1	0	61			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.263	1.02	0.17%	2.13	17.90	34.00	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a3
5	107	25	Apr 26	TOR		CHW	W,8-0	GS-6	W(4-0)	4	5.2	4	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.00	4.74	21	89	60	16	15	3	9	4	0	0	68			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.249	.81	0.16%	2.71	29.75	47.00	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out a4
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
6	108	30	May 2	TOR	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-5		5	4.1	9	5	5	0	2	2	1	4.02	5.33	22	93	57	11	12	6	13	4	1	0	27			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.263	1.10	-0.18%	-2.24	-2.25	4.00	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out a2
7	109	35	May 7	TOR	@	PIT	W,10-1	GS-7	W(5-0)	4	6.1	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.35	4.98	25	93	58	14	5	7	13	3	3	0	66			3	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.238	.65	0.13%	2.97	20.65	38.00	1b start a 1	7b -2- 1 out a5
8	110	40	May 14	TOR		ATL	W,6-5	GS-5		6	4.0	9	5	4	0	7	3	0	3.89	5.42	22	85	59	12	16	5	10	3	1	0	33			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.394	.91	-0.22%	-3.36	9.60	21.00	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d1
9	111	45	May 19	TOR		BAL	L,2-6	GS-5	L(5-1)	4	4.2	3	3	3	4	3	1	0	4.08	5.61	20	81	48	9	10	7	6	1	2	0	45			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.129	1.03	-0.09%	-0.70	6.30	14.00	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d2
10	112	50	May 24	TOR	@	TBR	L,3-7	GS-5	L(5-2)	4	5.0	8	5	5	2	5	2	0	4.56	5.81	25	86	56	10	14	6	12	6	4	0	34			1	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.271	.60	-0.15%	-2.50	5.25	15.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
11	113	55	May 30	TOR		MIL	W,7-2	GS-5	W(6-2)	5	5.0	3	2	2	5	4	1	0	4.47	5.94	22	98	55	19	8	5	8	4	1	0	52			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.67	-0.018	.50	-0.01%	0.53	14.45	27.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out a5
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
12	114	60	Jun 4	TOR	@	NYM	W,6-4	GS-5		4	5.0	4	2	2	1	8	2	0	4.40	5.93	20	89	62	16	18	1	10	2	3	0	58			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.102	.72	0.06%	0.57	20.25	33.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
13	115	65	Jun 9	TOR		MIN	L,2-3	GS-5		4	5.0	4	2	2	1	4	1	0	4.34	5.85	20	82	52	16	10	9	6	2	2	0	54			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.000	.91	0.00%	0.53	12.25	21.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
14	116	70	Jun 15	TOR	@	BAL	L,2-4	GS-5		5	4.2	6	2	2	2	7	1	0	4.31	5.75	23	94	62	13	18	4	10	4	1	0	49			2	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.024	1.17	-0.02%	0.23	15.70	29.00	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out tie
15	117	75	Jun 20	TOR	@	MIA	W,2-0	GS-6		4	6.0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.97	5.40	19	87	57	14	7	7	6	3	0	0	74			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.365	.80	0.17%	3.22	24.30	40.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
16	118	79	Jun 25	TOR		OAK	W,12-1	GS-7	W(7-2)	4	7.0	2	1	1	2	8	1	0	3.75	5.26	25	101	63	23	9	5	10	2	2	0	75			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.233	.58	0.13%	2.54	31.35	52.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
17	119	84	Jul 1	TOR		BOS	L,6-7	GS-5	L(7-3)	5	4.1	7	5	5	2	7	1	0	4.08	5.21	22	86	56	17	9	2	11	5	2	0	34			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.286	1.26	-0.18%	-2.16	8.35	19.00	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d2
18	120	88	Jul 6(2)	TOR	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS-5		4	5.0	8	4	4	0	4	1	0	4.24	5.16	21	76	53	7	14	7	10	6	0	0	39			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.224	.99	-0.14%	-1.37	6.45	15.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
19	121	94	Jul 16	TOR		ARI	W,7-5	GS-5		9	4.2	2	2	1	3	4	0	2	4.13	5.14	20	89	47	12	9	4	7	3	0	0	55			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.040	.98	0.03%	0.30	12.30	23.00	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out tie
20	122	98	Jul 21	TOR	@	SEA	L,2-3	GS-6		4	5.1	5	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.92	4.92	21	78	52	16	12	7	5	2	2	0	65			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.281	1.66	0.22%	2.40	24.40	40.00	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out a1
21	123	103	Jul 26	TOR	@	LAD	W,8-1	GS-6	W(8-3)	4	6.0	7	1	1	2	8	0	1	3.79	4.76	26	103	67	17	16	6	9	7	0	0	60			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.11	0.259	1.33	0.19%	2.25	25.50	49.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out a5
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
22	124	109	Aug 2	TOR		BAL	W,4-1	GS-6	W(9-3)	6	6.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.67	4.66	25	91	60	15	10	12	9	4	2	0	58			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.217	1.44	0.16%	2.03	17.30	34.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
23	125	115	Aug 8	TOR	@	CLE	L,0-1	GS-7	L(9-4)	5	7.0	3	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.53	4.51	25	95	63	18	8	12	6	2	1	0	72			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.212	.83	0.14%	2.47	23.35	40.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
24	126	121	Aug 15	TOR		PHI	W,2-1	GS-6		6	6.0	4	1	1	0	7	0	0	3.44	4.34	21	84	58	12	11	4	10	5	1	0	67			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.175	1.17	0.12%	2.03	23.10	40.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
25	127	126	Aug 22	TOR	@	BAL	W,6-3	GS-5		6	4.2	7	3	3	1	6	0	0	3.52	4.23	22	82	57	16	8	1	14	8	2	0	43			3	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.006	1.66	0.00%	0.02	11.70	23.00	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out a1
26	128	131	Aug 27	TOR		CLE	L,7-10	GS-6		4	6.0	6	4	4	2	8	1	0	3.63	4.21	25	96	62	19	12	5	10	5	1	0	50			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.145	1.28	-0.10%	-0.97	16.70	30.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
27	129	136	Sep 2	TOR	@	COL	L,7-8	GS-5	L(9-5)	5	4.2	6	6	2	4	6	0	0	3.63	4.18	25	100	54	8	13	8	7	6	0	0	38			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.29	-0.097	1.48	-0.07%	-1.49	12.50	26.00	1b start a 4	5b 12- 2 out a1
28	130	141	Sep 8	TOR		KCR	W,5-4	GS-5		5	5.0	3	1	1	1	8	1	0	3.57	4.15	18	88	62	19	11	6	3	1	0	0	64			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.138	.94	0.09%	1.53	22.85	36.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
29	131	146	Sep 13	TOR		TEX	L,0-10	GS-5	L(9-6)	4	5.0	5	6	6	2	3	2	0	3.81	4.29	22	89	55	17	6	7	10	3	2	0	34			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.263	1.41	-0.28%	-3.47	1.05	6.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
30	132	151	Sep 19	TOR	@	NYY	W,7-1	GS-6	W(10-6)	5	5.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.74	4.19	19	82	50	15	9	6	5	3	1	0	61			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.131	1.19	0.09%	1.22	24.25	39.00	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 0 out a3
31	133	156	Sep 24	TOR	@	TBR	W,9-5	GS-4		4	4.0	9	3	3	0	7	0	0	3.82	4.08	19	73	55	9	12	4	8	5	0	0	39			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.092	1.03	-0.05%	-1.00	11.60	24.00	1b start tie	4b 3 out a2
32	134	160	Sep 29	TOR		TBR	W,11-4	GS-6	W(11-6)	4	5.0	5	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.86	4.12	20	76	45	8	8	5	9	5	1	0	47			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	2	0	0	.82	0.166	.56	0.07%	-0.10	13.05	24.00	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out a6
							21-11		W-L:11-6	4.7	167.2	165	78	72	48	181	27	4	3.86	4.12	700	2818	64%	16%	12%	0.67		26%	8%	0	52		---%	14	1	0	646	27	1	0	16	0	4	.96	0.965	1.02	0.52%	10.05	509.05	932.00

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