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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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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.8

ERA

3.42

150

136

883.2

714

WHIP

1.143

2016 Player Pitching Game Log

2016 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2016-04-05	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Texas Rangers	1-5		5.0	6	2	2	3	5	0	1	49	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	24	88	57	17	7	5	10	5	3
2	2016-04-11	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Texas Rangers	1-6	L	6.0	8	3	3	1	7	0	0	50	24	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	26	97	65	17	11	10	8	3	2
3	2016-04-17	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	New York Yankees	1-7	L	7.0	8	4	4	2	3	1	1	46	29	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	32	102	68	16	4	10	16	8	3
4	2016-04-22	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Los Angeles Angels	1-8		8.0	6	2	2	1	3	2	0	64	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	29	89	62	13	7	11	14	8	1
5	2016-04-27	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Houston Astros	1-5	L	5.0	7	5	5	2	7	1	1	38	20	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	24	93	58	15	8	5	9	6	0
6	2016-05-03	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Oakland Athletics	1-7	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	66	23	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	25	88	56	17	8	12	8	3	0
7	2016-05-08	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Houston Astros	1-5	L	5.0	7	3	3	2	8	0	0	47	22	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	24	98	60	12	17	6	7	6	0
8	2016-05-14	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Los Angeles Angels	1-7		6.1	9	4	4	1	2	1	0	40	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	28	93	70	19	5	7	18	7	5
9	2016-05-20	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Cincinnati Reds	1-6	W	6.0	6	3	3	3	6	1	0	51	23	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	27	96	63	16	8	6	10	8	1
10	2016-05-25	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Oakland Athletics	1-7	W	7.0	8	3	3	0	4	1	0	53	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	26	96	69	11	12	6	17	11	1
11	2016-05-31	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		San Diego Padres	1-7	W	7.0	5	4	4	0	5	3	0	56	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	90	64	16	9	9	12	2	2
12	2016-06-05	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Texas Rangers	1-8	L	7.0	4	3	1	1	7	0	0	67	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	89	61	18	10	9	10	3	1
13	2016-06-10	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Texas Rangers	1-7	W	7.0	7	3	3	1	3	3	0	53	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	27	93	58	18	6	6	17	6	5
14	2016-06-17	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Boston Red Sox	1-7	W	7.0	9	4	4	1	4	1	0	46	27	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	30	92	64	18	5	8	17	7	3
15	2016-06-22	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Detroit Tigers	1-5	L	4.2	11	5	5	3	5	3	0	24	24	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	27	100	59	18	4	10	9	2	0
16	2016-06-28	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Pittsburgh Pirates	1-7	W	6.2	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	57	24	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	25	96	63	21	6	5	14	5	3
17	2016-07-03	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Baltimore Orioles	1-7	W	6.0	10	4	4	0	1	1	0	37	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	78	50	14	2	9	18	6	4
18	2016-07-08	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Kansas City Royals	1-7	W	6.2	5	1	1	3	6	0	0	63	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	26	91	60	13	7	9	9	5	1
19	2016-07-16	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Houston Astros	1-7	W	7.0	2	0	0	1	8	0	0	80	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	90	66	22	7	7	8	0	2
20	2016-07-23	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-6	W	6.0	4	2	2	3	3	1	0	56	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25	98	60	20	6	11	8	3	1
21	2016-07-29	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Chicago Cubs	1-3	L	3.0	8	5	5	1	2	1	0	24	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	60	40	10	6	5	9	6	1
22	2016-08-03	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Boston Red Sox	1-8	W	7.1	5	0	0	0	7	0	0	75	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	97	73	24	7	6	14	4	5
23	2016-08-08	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Detroit Tigers	1-7	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	0	74	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	26	97	64	20	8	5	12	6	2
24	2016-08-13	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Oakland Athletics	1-6	W	5.1	9	3	3	0	2	1	0	40	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	24	94	68	20	5	8	14	6	3
25	2016-08-18	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Los Angeles Angels	1-7	L	7.0	6	3	2	1	2	1	0	56	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	27	92	60	13	4	11	14	9	0
26	2016-08-24	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		New York Yankees	1-6	L	6.0	6	3	3	2	3	1	1	49	23	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	27	100	66	18	9	10	11	3	4
27	2016-08-29	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Texas Rangers	1-3	L	3.0	6	5	5	1	2	1	1	28	15	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	68	46	8	5	4	9	5	1
28	2016-09-04	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Los Angeles Angels	1-7	L	7.0	8	3	3	1	5	2	0	53	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	27	88	59	8	11	10	10	6	0
29	2016-09-09	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Oakland Athletics	1-7	W	6.2	7	2	2	1	5	0	0	56	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	27	102	70	20	9	13	8	4	2
30	2016-09-14	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Los Angeles Angels	1-7	W	6.1	5	1	1	3	2	0	0	58	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	26	92	58	17	2	9	9	3	0
31	2016-09-20	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Toronto Blue Jays	1-4	L	3.1	8	6	5	1	5	2	0	26	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	18	72	48	14	5	4	8	5	0
32	2016-09-26	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Houston Astros	1-6		6.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	0	63	19	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	21	84	55	18	5	6	8	6	1
33	2016-10-01	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Oakland Athletics	1-4		3.2	9	5	5	1	5	0	0	27	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	75	51	15	8	7	9	5	1

2016 Player Pitching Splits

2016 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	33	836	772	95	218	43	2	28	8	4	46	147	.282	.324	.452	.776	.315	349	25	5	6	7	3

Home	15	380	360	45	103	21	1	15	0	3	13	74	.286	.312	.475	.787	.321	171	11	2	2	3	0
Away	18	456	412	50	115	22	1	13	8	1	33	73	.279	.334	.432	.766	.309	178	14	3	4	4	3

April	5	135	121	16	35	9	0	4	3	1	9	25	.289	.348	.463	.811	.330	56	4	3	0	2	0
May	6	156	146	18	39	9	0	6	4	1	8	28	.267	.305	.452	.757	.295	66	4	0	2	0	2
June	5	136	126	17	37	6	1	7	0	1	7	23	.294	.324	.524	.847	.303	66	5	0	0	3	1
July	5	121	111	12	29	8	0	3	0	0	8	20	.261	.308	.414	.723	.292	46	1	0	1	1	0
August	6	148	140	14	37	5	1	4	1	0	5	24	.264	.297	.400	.697	.292	56	4	2	0	1	0
September	5	119	108	13	32	3	0	4	0	1	8	22	.296	.345	.435	.780	.342	47	7	0	3	0	0
October	1	21	20	5	9	3	0	0	0	0	1	5	.450	.476	.600	1.076	.600	12	0	0	0	0	0

As Starter	33	836	772	95	218	43	2	28	8	4	46	147	.282	.324	.452	.776	.315	349	25	5	6	7	3

vs RHB as RHP	33	453	413		114	23	1	17			29	82	.276	.325	.460	.785	.305	190	14	3	4	4	3
vs LHB as RHP	33	383	359		104	20	1	11			17	65	.290	.323	.443	.766	.325	159	11	2	2	3	0

Bases Empty	33	497	466		129	25	0	22			26	90	.277	.322	.472	.794	.302	220	0	5	0	0	0
Runners On	33	339	306		89	18	2	6			20	57	.291	.327	.422	.749	.332	129	25	0	6	7	3

vs. Younger Batters	33	772	712		202	41	2	24			42	135	.284	.325	.448	.773	.318	319	22	5	6	7	3
vs. Older Batters	19	64	60		16	2	0	4			4	12	.267	.313	.500	.813	.273	30	3	0	0	0	0

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	16	12	.571	4.12	33	33	0	199.0	218	95	91	28	46	3	147	5	0	0	836	1.327	6.6	3.20

Home	8	5	.615	4.29	15	15	0	92.1	103	45	44	15	13	0	74	2	0	0	380	1.256	7.2	5.69
Away	8	7	.533	3.97	18	18	0	106.2	115	50	47	13	33	3	73	3	0	0	456	1.388	6.2	2.21

April	0	3	.000	4.65	5	5	0	31.0	35	16	16	4	9	0	25	3	0	0	135	1.419	7.3	2.78
May	4	1	.800	4.23	6	6	0	38.1	39	18	18	6	8	2	28	0	0	0	156	1.226	6.6	3.50
June	3	2	.600	4.18	5	5	0	32.1	37	17	15	7	7	1	23	0	0	0	136	1.361	6.4	3.29
July	4	1	.800	3.77	5	5	0	28.2	29	12	12	3	8	0	20	0	0	0	121	1.291	6.3	2.50
August	3	3	.500	3.28	6	6	0	35.2	37	14	13	4	5	0	24	2	0	0	148	1.178	6.1	4.80
September	2	2	.500	3.68	5	5	0	29.1	32	13	12	4	8	0	22	0	0	0	119	1.364	6.8	2.75
October	0	0		12.27	1	1	0	3.2	9	5	5	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	21	2.727	12.3	5.00

As Starter	16	12	.571	4.12	33	33	0	199.0	218	95	91	28	46	3	147	5	0	0	836	1.327	6.6	3.20

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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