Masahiro Tanaka

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: November 1, 1988 in Itami, Japan jp

High School: Komadai Tomakomai HS (Japan)

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

2019 Player Pitching Game Log

2019 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2019-03-28	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Baltimore Orioles	1-6	W	5.2	6	2	1	0	5	0	0	56	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	83	56	15	9	12	7	3	0
2	2019-04-02	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Detroit Tigers	1-7		6.2	8	1	1	0	7	0	0	61	27	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	27	87	63	15	13	11	9	3	1
3	2019-04-08	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Houston Astros	1-6		6.0	3	1	1	2	3	1	0	63	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	78	50	15	6	10	7	4	0
4	2019-04-14	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Chicago White Sox	1-5	L	4.0	7	5	5	3	6	1	0	31	17	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	81	49	16	9	5	7	5	0
5	2019-04-20	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Kansas City Royals	1-7	W	7.0	4	1	1	3	7	1	0	69	23	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	26	94	59	21	9	7	8	3	3
6	2019-04-25	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Los Angeles Angels	1-6	L	5.2	6	6	5	3	2	2	0	34	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	89	55	24	1	6	15	4	5
7	2019-05-01	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Arizona Diamondbacks	1-4	L	4.0	5	3	3	1	6	1	0	45	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	74	47	14	11	5	7	2	0
8	2019-05-07	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Seattle Mariners	1-7		6.1	5	2	2	2	4	1	0	57	23	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	26	95	61	12	8	4	16	8	2
9	2019-05-12	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Tampa Bay Rays	1-7	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	7	1	0	70	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	73	55	12	8	9	10	4	2
10	2019-05-18	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Tampa Bay Rays	1-6		6.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	72	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	88	60	14	15	10	6	3	2
11	2019-05-23	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Baltimore Orioles	1-6		6.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	62	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	95	70	13	16	13	6	3	2
12	2019-05-28	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		San Diego Padres	1-6	L	6.0	9	5	4	2	7	1	1	41	26	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	29	100	67	19	11	6	11	5	2
13	2019-06-04	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-6	L	6.0	6	4	4	2	2	2	1	44	23	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	26	85	57	13	9	9	12	3	4
14	2019-06-11	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		New York Mets	1-7	W	6.2	7	5	4	0	7	1	0	49	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	101	74	19	15	13	10	7	2
15	2019-06-17	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Tampa Bay Rays	1-9	W	9.0	2	0	0	1	10	0	0	92	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	111	76	18	21	11	7	2	1
16	2019-06-22	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Houston Astros	1-6		6.0	8	2	2	1	1	1	0	48	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	88	55	18	1	11	13	8	4
17	2019-06-29	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Boston Red Sox	1-1		0.2	4	6	6	2	0	1	0	18	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	37	24	6	0	2	4	2	1
18	2019-07-05	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Tampa Bay Rays	1-7		6.1	6	4	4	2	5	2	0	48	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	101	68	14	9	8	12	4	3
19	2019-07-14	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Toronto Blue Jays	1-6	W	6.0	4	2	2	0	5	2	0	61	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	79	56	13	8	13	8	0	0
20	2019-07-20	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Colorado Rockies	1-6	W	6.0	7	5	5	1	3	1	0	40	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	85	56	11	6	13	9	6	0
21	2019-07-25	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Boston Red Sox	1-4	L	3.1	12	12	12	3	4	2	0	-11	22	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	87	54	15	7	3	15	9	1
22	2019-07-31	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Arizona Diamondbacks	1-5		4.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	0	45	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	82	52	14	8	5	8	4	0
23	2019-08-05	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Baltimore Orioles	1-6		5.1	10	5	5	2	4	1	0	30	23	6	1	0	1	0	1	1	26	90	59	15	8	10	11	3	0
24	2019-08-11	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-9	W	8.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	80	26	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	26	94	66	18	8	14	8	1	1
25	2019-08-16	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Cleveland Indians	1-7	W	6.1	4	2	2	0	2	2	0	59	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	83	56	13	7	10	11	4	2
26	2019-08-22	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Oakland Athletics	1-6	L	6.0	8	5	5	2	5	0	0	39	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	27	109	72	14	13	12	8	6	1
27	2019-08-27	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Seattle Mariners	1-7	W	7.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	79	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	24	106	67	18	13	9	7	5	0
28	2019-09-02	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Texas Rangers	1-6	L	6.0	7	2	2	2	5	1	0	53	23	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	26	103	68	13	10	9	11	5	1
29	2019-09-08	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Boston Red Sox	1-4		4.0	8	4	4	0	2	1	0	32	18	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	18	80	63	10	10	7	9	5	0
30	2019-09-13	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-5		5.0	8	4	4	0	6	1	0	41	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	88	64	14	14	9	10	5	1
31	2019-09-19	Maj-AL	New York Yankees		Los Angeles Angels	1-7	W	7.0	4	1	1	0	6	1	0	71	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	24	86	60	14	12	8	10	5	2
32	2019-09-29	Maj-AL	New York Yankees	@	Texas Rangers	2-4	L	3.0	5	2	1	1	2	0	0		14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	53	35	11	3	4	8	3	1

2019 Player Pitching Splits

2019 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	32	759	713	95	186	43	4	28	2	1	40	149	.261	.300	.450	.751	.293	321	15	2	0	4	0

Home	16	399	378	37	90	17	1	13	1	0	18	85	.238	.273	.392	.665	.273	148	8	1	0	2	0
Away	16	360	335	58	96	26	3	15	1	1	22	64	.287	.331	.516	.847	.314	173	7	1	0	2	0

March	1	22	22	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.273	.273	.318	.591	.353	7	0	0	0	0	0
April	5	120	109	14	28	9	1	5	1	0	11	25	.257	.325	.495	.820	.291	54	4	0	0	0	0
May	6	145	137	12	32	3	1	4	0	0	6	35	.234	.269	.358	.627	.283	49	3	1	0	1	0
June	5	118	110	17	27	4	0	5	1	0	6	20	.246	.288	.418	.706	.256	46	1	1	0	1	0
July	5	122	113	25	34	9	0	7	0	0	9	21	.301	.353	.566	.919	.318	64	0	0	0	0	0
August	5	126	120	12	27	11	2	3	0	1	5	22	.225	.254	.425	.679	.250	51	3	0	0	1	0
September	5	106	102	13	32	6	0	4	0	0	3	21	.314	.330	.490	.820	.359	50	4	0	0	1	0

As Starter	31	744	699	93	181	42	4	28	2	1	39	147	.259	.298	.451	.749	.290	315	15	2	0	4	0
As Reliever	1	15	14	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.357	.400	.429	.829	.417	6	0	0	0	0	0

vs RHB as RHP	32	378	359		85	17	0	13			15	84	.237	.270	.393	.663	.273	141	11	2	0	2	0
vs LHB as RHP	32	381	354		101	26	4	15			25	65	.285	.331	.509	.839	.312	180	4	0	0	2	0

Bases Empty	32	475	457		116	27	4	16			17	91	.254	.282	.435	.718	.286	199	0	1	0	0	0
Runners On	32	284	256		70	16	0	12			23	58	.273	.331	.477	.808	.305	122	15	1	0	4	0

vs. Younger Batters	32	583	550		146	33	4	23			28	112	.266	.302	.466	.767	.294	256	13	2	0	3	0
vs. Older Batters	30	176	163		40	10	0	5			12	37	.245	.296	.399	.694	.287	65	2	0	0	1	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	11	9	.550	4.45	32	31	0	182.0	186	95	90	28	40	0	149	2	0	0	759	1.242	7.4	3.73

Home	8	3	.727	3.10	16	16	0	98.2	90	37	34	13	18	0	85	1	0	0	399	1.095	7.8	4.72
Away	3	6	.333	6.05	16	15	0	83.1	96	58	56	15	22	0	64	1	0	0	360	1.416	6.9	2.91

March	1	0	1.000	1.59	1	1	0	5.2	6	2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	22	1.059	7.9
April	1	2	.333	3.99	5	5	0	29.1	28	14	13	5	11	0	25	0	0	0	120	1.330	7.7	2.27
May	1	2	.333	2.80	6	6	0	35.1	32	12	11	4	6	0	35	1	0	0	145	1.076	8.9	5.83
June	2	1	.667	5.08	5	5	0	28.1	27	17	16	5	6	0	20	1	0	0	118	1.165	6.4	3.33
July	2	1	.667	8.77	5	5	0	25.2	34	25	25	7	9	0	21	0	0	0	122	1.675	7.4	2.33
August	3	1	.750	3.31	5	5	0	32.2	27	12	12	3	5	0	22	0	0	0	126	0.980	6.1	4.40
September	1	2	.333	4.32	5	4	0	25.0	32	13	12	4	3	0	21	0	0	0	106	1.400	7.6	7.00

As Starter	11	8	.579	4.47	31	31	0	179.0	181	93	89	28	39	0	147	2	0	0	744	1.229	7.4	3.77
As Reliever	0	1	.000	3.00	1	0	0	3.0	5	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	15	2.000	6.0	2.00

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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