Akinori Otsuka

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: January 13, 1972 in Chiba, Japan jp

High School: Yokoshiba Keiai HS (Japan)

School: Tokai University (Japan)

Debut: April 6, 2004 (Age 32-084d, 18,397th in major league history)
vs. LAD 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, L

Last Game: July 1, 2007 (Age 35-169d)
vs. BOS 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Agents: Don Nomura, Joe Urbon

Full Name: Akinori Otsuka

Pronunciation: \AK-in-orie OTS-ka\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.6

ERA

2.44

236

232.0

217

WHIP

1.164

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-12

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 0, Entered with runners on base: 2

2007 Pitching Game Log

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2007 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	203	3	Apr 4	TEX	@	LAA	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		99	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	-2.76	1	7	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.004	.18	0.00%	0.25	8b 1-- 2 out d3	8b end d 3
2	204	4	Apr 6	TEX		BOS	W,2-0	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.24	4	8	6	1	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	0.082	1.78	0.04%	0.56	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
3	205	6	Apr 8	TEX		BOS	L,2-3	9-GF		1	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.24	3	17	10	2	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.025	.74	0.02%	0.30	9t --- 1 out d1	9t end d 1
4	206	10	Apr 13	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-2	8-8	H(1)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.24	4	16	9	1	2	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.093	1.64	0.07%	0.53	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a2
5	207	13	Apr 17	TEX	@	CHW	W,8-1	8-8		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.74	4	23	16	4	0	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.005	.07	0.00%	0.57	8b --- 0 out a7	8b 3 out a7
6	208	16	Apr 20	TEX		OAK	L,4-16	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.64	4	11	5	0	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d13	9t end d13
7	209	17	Apr 21	TEX		OAK	W,7-0	8-8	H(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.57	4	19	12	4	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.082	1.20	0.05%	0.56	8t --- 0 out a2	8t 3 out a2
8	210	18	Apr 22	TEX		OAK	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.34	3	8	6	3	0	0	2	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.16	0.181	6.05	0.13%	0.57	9t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
9	211	21	Apr 26	TEX	@	CLE	L,4-9	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.85	3	8	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.04	0.002	.03	0.00%	0.56	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
10	212	22	Apr 27	TEX	@	TOR	W,5-3	9-GF	S(3)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	2.20	3	15	11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.102	1.06	0.05%	0.55	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
11	213	23	Apr 28	TEX	@	TOR	W,9-8	9-9	BW(1-0)	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0.93	2.10	6	21	16	4	3	5	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.55	-0.283	4.19	-0.16%	-0.45	9b --- 0 out a1	9b 3 out tie
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
12	214	28	May 3(2)	TEX		NYY	L,2-5	9-GF		4	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.69	2.02	5	22	13	3	1	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.034	.25	-0.01%	-0.44	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
13	215	31	May 6	TEX		TOR	W,3-2	9-GF	S(4)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	1.95	3	10	8	4	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.22	0.175	1.57	0.07%	0.56	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
14	216	36	May 12	TEX		LAA	L,3-6	8-8		5	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	2.06	5	12	12	1	1	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.59	-0.050	.47	-0.02%	-0.44	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d3
15	217	37	May 13	TEX		LAA	W,7-6	8-8		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	2.14	3	12	7	2	0	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.113	1.01	0.05%	0.56	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out tie
16	218	39	May 15	TEX	@	TBD	L,3-4	9-9		1	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.23	2.63	6	16	6	0	2	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.40	0.145	2.54	0.05%	0.54	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
17	219	41	May 17	TEX	@	TBD	L,6-8	9-9		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	2.54	3	15	9	3	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.145	.88	0.04%	0.54	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
18	220	45	May 21	TEX		MIN	W,14-4	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	2.46	3	14	10	4	0	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.56	9t --- 0 out a10	9t end a10
19	221	49	May 26	TEX		BOS	L,4-7	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.02	2.56	5	19	11	5	0	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.010	.07	0.00%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
20	222	50	May 27	TEX		BOS	L,5-6	8-8	BL(1-1)	0	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	1.93	2.38	6	29	19	4	5	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.22	-0.409	.55	-0.06%	-1.44	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out d1
21	223	54	May 31	TEX	@	SEA	L,5-9	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.75	2.43	6	21	14	5	1	2	4	3	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.23	-0.047	.04	-0.01%	-1.47	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
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
22	224	55	Jun 1	TEX	@	SEA	W,9-8	8-8	H(3)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	2.47	3	14	7	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	0.146	.32	0.02%	0.53	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
23	225	58	Jun 5	TEX		DET	W,7-4	8-8	H(4)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.49	2.41	3	16	11	1	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.082	.10	0.01%	0.56	8t --- 0 out a2	8t 3 out a2
24	226	61	Jun 8	TEX		MIL	W,9-6	8-8	H(5)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.38	2.36	3	11	9	2	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.127	.10	0.01%	0.56	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out a1
25	227	63	Jun 10	TEX		MIL	L,6-9	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.28	2.31	3	15	8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.059	.05	0.00%	0.56	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
26	228	66	Jun 14	TEX	@	PIT	W,6-0	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	2.35	3	7	5	1	1	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
27	229	67	Jun 15	TEX	@	CIN	W,7-6	8-8	H(6)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.10	2.50	5	22	12	4	0	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.58	0.149	.07	0.00%	0.55	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
28	230	69	Jun 17	TEX	@	CIN	W,11-4	8-8	H(7)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.03	2.38	4	16	10	1	4	0	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.058	.05	0.00%	0.55	8b --- 0 out a3	8b 3 out a3
29	231	72	Jun 21	TEX		CHC	W,6-5	8-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	2.41	3	11	7	1	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.113	.05	0.00%	0.56	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out tie
30	232	74	Jun 23	TEX		HOU	W,7-2	8-8	H(8)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	2.44	3	7	4	0	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.38	0.127	.14	0.00%	0.56	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out a1
31	233	76	Jun 25	TEX	@	DET	W,8-3	8-8	H(9)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	2.46	3	9	5	2	0	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.099	.06	0.00%	0.56	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a2
32	234	77	Jun 26	TEX	@	DET	W,9-6	8-8	BW(2-1)	0	1.0	2	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.64	2.62	7	28	13	4	1	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.71	-0.402	.19	-0.02%	-2.44	8b --- 0 out a3	8b 3 out tie
33	235	80	Jun 30	TEX	@	BOS	W,5-4	8-8	H(10)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.56	2.64	3	8	5	1	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.32	0.154	.11	0.01%	0.58	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
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
34	236	81	Jul 1	TEX	@	BOS	W,2-1	8-8	H(11)	0	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.51	2.65	4	15	10	1	1	2	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.58	0.028	.12	0.00%	0.10	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 12- 2 out a1
							22-12		W-L:2-1,Sv:4,BSv:3,Hld:11	1.7	32.1	26	10	9	9	23	0	0	2.51	2.65	131	502	63%	16%	10%	1.30		21%	6%	0		2	0%	3	2	0	119	7	0	1	1	2	3	1.64	1.084	.79	0.35%	7.77

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