Masahiro Tanaka

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: November 1, 1988 in Itami, Japan jp

High School: Komadai Tomakomai HS (Japan)

Debut: April 4, 2014 (Age 25-154d, 20,574th in major league history)
vs. TOR 7.0 IP, 6 H, 8 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, W

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

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-6 / in Starts: 14-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2014 Pitching Game Log

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2014 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	1	4	Apr 4	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	6	3	2	0	8	1	0	2.57	2.70	27	97	65	18	12	12	7	3	2	0	63			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.088	1.24	0.06%	0.25	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a2
2	2	9	Apr 9	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	7	3	3	1	10	1	0	3.21	2.63	29	101	71	11	22	8	10	6	1	0	60			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.097	1.19	0.06%	0.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
3	3	14	Apr 16(1)	NYY		CHC	W,3-0	GS-8	W(2-0)	6	8.0	2	0	0	1	10	0	0	2.05	2.04	27	107	76	19	16	9	7	1	1	0	87			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.396	.83	0.24%	3.71	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
4	4	20	Apr 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-3	GS-8	W(3-0)	5	7.1	7	2	2	0	7	2	0	2.15	2.72	28	105	73	23	12	8	13	5	1	0	63			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.074	.66	0.06%	1.61	1b start a 2	8b --- 1 out a7
5	5	25	Apr 27	NYY		LAA	W,3-2	GS-7		4	6.1	5	2	2	4	11	1	1	2.27	2.96	28	108	71	17	21	6	6	2	0	0	62			0	0	0	23	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.019	1.47	0.01%	1.01	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out d1
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	6	29	May 3	NYY		TBR	W,9-3	GS-7	W(4-0)	5	7.0	8	3	3	0	5	2	0	2.53	3.37	29	113	76	22	12	14	11	5	1	0	54			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.067	1.22	0.05%	0.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
7	7	34	May 9	NYY	@	MIL	W,5-3	GS-7	W(5-0)	5	6.1	7	2	2	1	7	0	0	2.57	3.11	26	108	71	17	14	9	9	5	1	0	57			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.020	1.12	0.01%	0.05	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out a2
8	8	39	May 14	NYY	@	NYM	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-0)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	8	0	0	2.17	2.84	30	114	76	22	21	9	13	7	2	0	87			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.369	.76	0.24%	3.74	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
9	9	44	May 20	NYY	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS-6	L(6-1)	5	6.0	8	4	3	1	7	0	0	2.39	2.69	27	88	63	13	14	11	8	4	0	0	48			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	2	0	.98	-0.190	1.21	-0.14%	-1.30	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
10	10	49	May 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-1	GS-7	W(7-1)	4	6.2	5	1	1	2	6	0	1	2.29	2.69	26	118	73	22	9	6	11	4	2	0	64			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.163	.64	0.11%	1.74	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a5
11	11	54	May 31	NYY		MIN	W,3-1	GS-8	W(8-1)	5	8.0	4	1	0	2	9	0	0	2.06	2.59	30	106	73	20	16	11	8	5	0	0	79			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	2	1.20	0.400	1.52	0.30%	2.71	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
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	12	59	Jun 5	NYY		OAK	W,2-1	GS-6	W(9-1)	4	6.0	5	1	1	1	4	1	0	2.02	2.72	24	104	71	11	11	5	14	4	5	0	61			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.242	1.07	0.14%	1.79	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
13	13	64	Jun 11	NYY	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	W(10-1)	5	9.0	6	2	2	1	11	1	0	2.02	2.69	32	110	75	18	15	14	6	4	0	0	77			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.343	.82	0.23%	1.97	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
14	14	69	Jun 17	NYY		TOR	W,3-1	GS-6	W(11-1)	5	6.0	5	1	1	2	10	1	1	1.99	2.74	26	104	66	17	17	5	8	6	1	0	66			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.218	1.66	0.21%	1.79	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
15	15	74	Jun 22	NYY		BAL	L,0-8	GS-7	L(11-2)	4	7.0	6	3	3	1	6	1	0	2.11	2.80	28	106	68	14	14	8	13	4	0	0	58			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	.88	-0.007	1.48	-0.01%	0.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
16	16	79	Jun 28	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	CG	L(11-3)	5	9.0	7	2	2	1	8	2	0	2.10	2.94	33	116	86	26	15	7	17	8	3	0	72			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.092	1.71	0.08%	2.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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	17	84	Jul 3	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-4	GS-7	W(12-3)	4	7.0	9	4	4	0	3	0	0	2.27	2.90	27	85	58	16	8	12	12	7	0	0	46			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.045	.91	-0.03%	-0.69	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
18	18	89	Jul 8	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	GS-7	L(12-4)	4	6.2	10	5	5	1	5	2	0	2.51	3.06	31	99	64	15	13	15	10	4	1	0	38			2	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.342	1.48	-0.26%	-1.87	1b start a 2	7b 1-- 2 out d2
Sept				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
19	19	155	Sep 21	NYY		TOR	W,5-2	GS-6	W(13-4)	74	5.1	5	1	1	0	4	0	1	2.47	3.03	21	70	48	16	6	9	7	5	0	0	58			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.098	.10	0.01%	0.91	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a1
20	20	161	Sep 27	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-10	GS-2	L(13-5)	5	1.2	7	7	5	2	2	0	0	2.77	3.04	13	50	25	8	4	5	4	4	0	0	17			1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.327	.00	0.00%	-4.52	1b start tie	2b 1-3 2 out d5
							14-6		W-L:13-5	4.6	136.1	123	47	42	21	141	15	4	2.77	3.04	542	2009	67%	17%	14%	0.94		25%	6%	0	61		---%	6	1	0	512	26	1	0	11	3	3	.97	1.775	1.10	1.38%	15.82

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