Hisashi Iwakuma

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: April 12, 1981 in Higashi Yamato, Japan jp

High School: Horikoshi (Tokyo, Japan)

Debut: April 20, 2012 (Age 31-008d, 20,150th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.8

ERA

3.42

150

136

883.2

714

WHIP

1.143

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Team Record in Appearances: 19-14 / in Starts: 19-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2016 Pitching Game Log

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2016 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	112	2	Apr 5	SEA	@	TEX	W,10-2	GS-5		99	5.0	6	2	2	3	5	0	1	3.60	3.55	24	90	59	19	7	5	10	5	3	0	49			1	1	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.055	1.43	0.03%	0.72	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
2	113	7	Apr 11	SEA		TEX	L,3-7	GS-6	L(0-1)	5	6.0	8	3	3	1	7	0	0	4.09	2.33	26	97	65	17	11	10	8	3	2	0	50			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.05	-0.074	1.01	-0.04%	-0.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
3	114	12	Apr 17	SEA	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-7	L(0-2)	5	7.0	8	4	4	2	3	1	1	4.50	3.53	32	102	68	16	4	10	16	8	3	0	46			2	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.122	1.01	-0.07%	-0.34	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
4	115	16	Apr 22	SEA	@	LAA	W,5-2	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	2	1	3	2	0	3.81	4.30	29	89	62	13	7	11	14	8	1	0	64			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.09	0.271	1.19	0.18%	1.86	1b start a 2	8b 3 out tie
5	116	21	Apr 27	SEA		HOU	L,4-7	GS-5	L(0-3)	4	5.0	7	5	5	2	7	1	1	4.65	4.37	24	93	58	15	8	5	9	6	0	0	38			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.12	-0.312	1.31	-0.22%	-2.56	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
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
6	117	26	May 3	SEA	@	OAK	W,8-2	GS-7	W(1-3)	5	7.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.03	4.15	25	88	56	17	8	12	8	3	0	0	66			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.09	0.284	1.45	0.23%	2.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
7	118	31	May 8	SEA	@	HOU	L,1-5	GS-5	L(1-4)	4	5.0	7	3	3	2	8	0	0	4.19	3.80	24	98	60	12	17	7	7	6	0	0	47			3	0	0	22	4	0	1	0	0	0	.88	-0.109	1.15	-0.09%	-0.61	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
8	119	36	May 14	SEA		LAA	L,7-9	GS-7		5	6.1	9	4	4	1	2	1	0	4.38	3.96	28	93	70	19	5	8	17	6	5	0	40			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.177	1.70	-0.14%	-0.10	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d1
9	120	41	May 20	SEA	@	CIN	W,8-3	GS-6	W(2-4)	5	6.0	6	3	3	3	6	1	0	4.39	4.05	27	96	63	16	8	8	10	8	1	0	51			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	0	0	0	.65	-0.078	.82	-0.06%	0.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
10	121	46	May 25	SEA		OAK	W,13-3	GS-7	W(3-4)	4	7.0	8	3	3	0	4	1	0	4.33	4.03	26	96	69	11	12	6	16	10	1	0	53			0	1	1	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.061	.67	0.05%	0.41	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
11	122	51	May 31	SEA		SDP	W,16-4	GS-7	W(4-4)	5	7.0	5	4	4	0	5	3	0	4.41	4.36	26	90	64	16	9	9	12	2	2	0	56			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.115	.23	0.09%	-0.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out a12
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
12	123	56	Jun 5	SEA	@	TEX	L,2-3	GS-8	L(4-5)	4	7.0	4	3	1	1	7	0	0	4.13	4.10	27	89	61	18	10	9	10	3	1	0	67			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.05	-0.055	1.87	-0.06%	0.41	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out d1
13	124	61	Jun 10	SEA		TEX	W,7-5	GS-7	W(5-5)	4	7.0	7	3	3	1	3	3	0	4.10	4.45	27	93	58	18	6	6	17	6	5	0	53			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.106	1.34	0.11%	0.41	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
14	125	67	Jun 17	SEA	@	BOS	W,8-4	GS-7	W(6-5)	6	7.0	9	4	4	1	4	1	0	4.18	4.44	30	92	64	18	5	8	17	7	3	0	46			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	2	2	1	.81	0.168	.98	0.12%	-0.23	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a4
15	126	72	Jun 22	SEA	@	DET	L,1-5	GS-5	L(6-6)	4	4.2	11	5	5	3	5	3	0	4.45	4.78	27	100	59	18	4	10	9	2	0	0	24			0	0	0	24	1	0	1	1	0	0	.54	-0.251	.52	-0.14%	-2.90	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d4
16	127	77	Jun 28	SEA		PIT	W,5-2	GS-7	W(7-6)	5	6.2	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	4.34	4.62	25	96	63	21	6	6	14	5	3	0	57			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	0	.81	0.225	.57	0.09%	0.98	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a3
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
17	128	82	Jul 3	SEA		BAL	W,9-4	GS-7	W(8-6)	4	6.0	10	4	4	0	1	1	0	4.43	4.64	28	78	50	14	2	10	17	5	4	0	37			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.008	.88	0.01%	-0.45	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a3
18	129	87	Jul 8	SEA	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS-7	W(9-6)	4	6.2	5	1	1	3	6	0	0	4.25	4.53	26	91	60	13	7	9	8	4	1	0	63			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.221	.84	0.10%	2.12	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a2
19	130	91	Jul 16	SEA		HOU	W,1-0	GS-7	W(10-6)	7	7.0	2	0	0	1	8	0	0	4.01	4.34	24	90	66	22	7	6	8	0	2	1	80			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.446	.91	0.24%	3.41	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
20	131	97	Jul 23	SEA	@	TOR	W,14-5	GS-6	W(11-6)	6	6.0	4	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.96	4.41	25	98	60	20	6	11	8	3	1	0	56			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	.74	0.097	.79	0.06%	1.11	1b start tie	6b 3 out a9
21	132	101	Jul 29	SEA	@	CHC	L,1-12	GS-3	L(11-7)	5	3.0	8	5	5	1	2	1	0	4.21	4.47	18	60	40	10	6	6	9	6	1	0	24			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.281	.87	-0.16%	-3.50	1b start tie	3b 3 out d5
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
22	133	106	Aug 3	SEA		BOS	W,3-1	GS-8	W(12-7)	4	7.1	5	0	0	0	7	0	0	3.99	4.30	27	97	73	24	7	6	14	4	5	0	75			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.429	.86	0.23%	3.39	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a3
23	134	111	Aug 8	SEA		DET	W,3-0	GS-7	W(13-7)	4	7.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.79	4.16	26	97	64	20	8	5	12	6	2	0	74			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.397	1.32	0.27%	3.41	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
24	135	115	Aug 13	SEA	@	OAK	W,4-3	GS-6	W(14-7)	4	5.1	9	3	3	0	2	1	0	3.84	4.18	24	94	68	20	5	8	14	6	3	0	40			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.015	1.45	0.01%	0.26	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out a2
25	136	120	Aug 18	SEA	@	LAA	L,4-6	GS-7	L(14-8)	4	7.0	6	3	2	1	2	1	0	3.78	4.21	27	92	60	13	4	11	13	8	0	0	56			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	.82	-0.022	1.20	-0.02%	0.38	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
26	137	126	Aug 24	SEA		NYY	L,0-5	GS-6	L(14-9)	5	6.0	6	3	3	2	3	1	1	3.81	4.27	27	100	66	18	9	10	11	3	4	0	49			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	1	0	.81	-0.087	1.28	-0.08%	-0.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
27	138	131	Aug 29	SEA	@	TEX	L,3-6	GS-3	L(14-10)	4	3.0	6	5	5	1	2	1	1	4.01	4.34	17	68	46	8	5	4	9	5	1	0	28			1	0	0	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.253	.76	-0.17%	-3.37	1b start tie	3b 3 out d5
Sep/Oct				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	139	136	Sep 4	SEA		LAA	L,2-4	GS-7	L(14-11)	5	7.0	8	3	3	1	5	2	0	4.01	4.40	27	89	59	8	11	11	10	6	0	0	53			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	.72	-0.031	.25	-0.01%	0.41	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
29	140	141	Sep 9	SEA	@	OAK	W,3-2	GS-7	W(15-11)	4	6.2	7	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.96	4.31	27	102	70	20	9	13	8	4	2	0	56			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.140	.36	0.03%	1.10	1b start a 1	7b -2- 2 out a1
30	141	146	Sep 14	SEA	@	LAA	W,2-1	GS-7	W(16-11)	4	6.1	5	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.87	4.30	26	92	58	17	2	12	9	3	0	0	58			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.164	1.60	0.13%	1.71	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out a1
31	142	151	Sep 20	SEA		TOR	L,2-10	GS-4	L(16-12)	5	3.1	8	6	5	1	5	2	0	4.04	4.38	18	72	48	14	5	4	8	5	0	0	26			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.407	1.28	-0.31%	-3.56	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d3
32	143	156	Sep 26	SEA	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS-6		5	6.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.96	4.32	21	84	55	18	5	7	7	5	1	0	63			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.18	0.231	1.06	0.12%	1.87	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
33	144	161	Oct 1	SEA		OAK	L,8-9	GS-4		4	3.2	9	5	5	1	5	0	0	4.12	4.27	21	75	51	15	8	6	9	5	1	0	27			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.372	3.00	-0.55%	-3.27	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d3
							19-14		W-L:16-12	4.6	199.0	218	95	91	46	147	28	5	4.12	4.27	836	2981	67%	18%	8%	0.73		26%	9%	1	51		---%	8	4	1	772	43	2	3	25	7	3	.94	0.802	1.08	-0.02%	4.73

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