Daisuke Matsuzaka

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 205lb (183cm, 92kg)

Born: September 13, 1980 in Tokyo, Japan jp

High School: Yokohama (Yokohama, Japan)

Debut: April 5, 2007 (Age 26-204d, 19,048th in major league history)
vs. KCR 7.0 IP, 6 H, 10 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: September 25, 2014 (Age 34-012d)
vs. WSN 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2007 season

Agents: ISE Baseball • Previously: Scott Boras

Full Name: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Nicknames: Dice-K

Pronunciation: \DICE-kay maht-soo-ZAH-kah\

Twitter: @matsu_dice

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2007 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.4

ERA

4.45

158

132

790.1

720

WHIP

1.402

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Team Record in Appearances: 5-7 / in Starts: 5-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2009 Pitching Game Log

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2009 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	62	3	Apr 9	BOS		TBR	L,3-4	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.1	9	4	4	3	5	3	1	6.75	10.78	28	100	60	20	7	6	13	2	2	0	36			1	0	0	24	4	0	1	1	0	0	.67	-0.163	.73	-0.11%	-1.32	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d4
2	63	8	Apr 14	BOS	@	OAK	L,5-6	GS-1		4	1.0	5	5	5	2	0	0	0	12.79	10.52	10	43	22	9	2	3	5	2	0	0	21			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.422	1.21	-0.21%	-4.47	1b start a 3	1b 3 out d2
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
3	64	42	May 22	BOS		NYM	L,3-5	GS-5	L(0-2)	37	5.0	5	4	4	2	4	1	0	10.32	8.21	22	80	50	16	3	7	9	2	0	0	43			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.148	1.36	-0.12%	-1.15	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
4	65	47	May 27	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-4	GS-5	L(0-3)	4	5.0	9	3	3	3	6	0	0	8.82	6.46	26	102	63	16	11	6	11	3	3	0	40			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.01	-0.114	1.43	-0.10%	-0.34	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
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	66	52	Jun 2	BOS	@	DET	W,5-1	GS-5	W(1-3)	5	5.0	6	1	1	3	6	0	0	7.17	5.53	21	96	61	18	9	4	8	7	0	0	54			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.49	0.199	2.15	0.17%	1.74	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a2
6	67	57	Jun 7	BOS		TEX	L,3-6	GS-6	L(1-4)	4	5.2	10	5	5	0	8	1	0	7.33	4.91	27	102	71	16	14	6	13	4	1	0	37			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.208	1.32	-0.19%	-1.84	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d2
7	68	62	Jun 13	BOS	@	PHI	W,11-6	GS-4		5	4.0	7	4	4	1	3	2	0	7.55	5.42	20	91	61	18	7	2	14	7	2	0	34			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.173	1.16	-0.14%	-1.99	1b start a 5	4b 3 out a1
8	69	67	Jun 19	BOS		ATL	L,2-8	GS-5	L(1-5)	5	4.0	8	6	6	4	2	1	0	8.23	5.75	23	67	39	9	6	5	12	1	2	0	20			0	0	0	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.231	1.10	-0.19%	-3.36	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 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
9	70	143	Sep 15	BOS		LAA	W,4-1	GS-7	W(2-5)	87	6.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	7.02	5.34	24	93	52	16	5	5	11	4	3	0	68			2	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.316	1.09	0.17%	3.02	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a2
10	71	148	Sep 20	BOS	@	BAL	W,9-3	GS-6	W(3-5)	4	5.1	8	3	3	1	5	1	0	6.80	5.21	24	110	73	16	9	9	9	2	4	0	44			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.50	0.067	.06	0.00%	-0.34	1b start a 3	6b 123 1 out a6
11	72	154	Sep 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS-7	L(3-6)	5	7.0	6	1	1	5	3	1	1	6.08	5.40	32	115	65	17	5	11	12	1	3	0	59			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.245	.02	0.00%	2.98	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
12	73	160	Oct 2	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	GS-6	W(4-6)	5	6.0	5	2	2	3	7	0	0	5.76	5.09	26	104	66	18	10	5	11	4	1	0	58			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.193	.00	0.00%	1.42	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
							5-7		W-L:4-6	4.6	59.1	81	38	38	30	54	10	2	5.76	5.09	283	1103	62%	17%	8%	0.54		20%	11%	0	43		---%	7	0	0	249	20	1	1	4	1	1	1.03	-0.439	.92	-0.71%	-5.66

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