Masataka Yoshida

Positions: Designated Hitter and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-8, 192lb (173cm, 87kg)

Team: Boston Red Sox (majors)

Born: July 15, 1993 in Fukui, Japan jp

Debut: March 30, 2023 (Age 29-258d, 22,855th in major league history)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2023 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2027, 5 yrs/$90M (23-27)

Service Time (01/2024): 1.000 • Arb Eligible: 2028 • Free Agent: 2029

Full Name: Masataka Yoshida

Nicknames: Macho Man

Pronunciation: \mah-sah-TAH-kah yo-SHEE-dah\

Instagram: @bh_masataka34

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

1.4

2.8

378

915

106

261

.280

.285

116

RBI

128

OBP

.349

.343

SLG

.415

.433

OPS

.765

.776

OPS+

112

111

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2023 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2023 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 30	BOS		BAL	L,9-10	CG	49	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 1	BOS		BAL	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	4 (1)	Apr 3	BOS		PIT	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	5	Apr 4	BOS		PIT	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	6	Apr 5	BOS		PIT	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
6	7	Apr 6	BOS	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	10 (2)	Apr 10	BOS	@	TBR	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	11	Apr 11	BOS	@	TBR	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	18 (6)	Apr 18	BOS		MIN	W,5-4	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	20 (1)	Apr 20	BOS		MIN	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	21	Apr 21	BOS	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	23 (1)	Apr 23	BOS	@	MIL	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	24	Apr 24	BOS	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	25	Apr 25	BOS	@	BAL	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
15	26	Apr 26	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	27	Apr 28	BOS		CLE	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	30 (2)	May 1	BOS		TOR	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
18	32 (1)	May 3	BOS		TOR	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	33	May 4	BOS		TOR	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	34	May 5	BOS	@	PHI	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	37 (2)	May 9	BOS	@	ATL	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	39 (1)	May 12	BOS		STL	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	41 (1)	May 14	BOS		STL	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	43 (1)	May 16	BOS		SEA	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	48 (4)	May 22	BOS	@	LAA	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	49	May 23	BOS	@	LAA	L,0-4	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	53 (3)	May 28	BOS	@	ARI	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	54	May 30	BOS		CIN	L,8-9	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	56 (1)	Jun 1	BOS		CIN	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	57	Jun 3 (1)	BOS		TBR	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	59 (1)	Jun 4	BOS		TBR	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
32	61 (1)	Jun 6	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	62	Jun 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	63	Jun 8	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	64	Jun 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	65	Jun 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	66	Jun 11	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	68 (1)	Jun 13	BOS		COL	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	70 (1)	Jun 16	BOS		NYY	W,15-5	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	74 (3)	Jun 20	BOS	@	MIN	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	75	Jun 21	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	76	Jun 22	BOS	@	MIN	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	78 (1)	Jun 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	79	Jun 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	83 (3)	Jun 30	BOS	@	TOR	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	86 (2)	Jul 4	BOS		TEX	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	88 (1)	Jul 6	BOS		TEX	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
48	90 (1)	Jul 8	BOS		OAK	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	93 (2)	Jul 15	BOS	@	CHC	L,4-10	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	94	Jul 16	BOS	@	CHC	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	99 (4)	Jul 22	BOS		NYM	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	100	Jul 23	BOS		NYM	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	101	Jul 25	BOS		ATL	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	104 (2)	Jul 29	BOS	@	SFG	L,2-3	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	106 (1)	Jul 31	BOS	@	SEA	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	110 (3)	Aug 5	BOS		TOR	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	111	Aug 6	BOS		TOR	L,1-13	CG	51	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	112	Aug 7	BOS		KCR	W,6-2	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	114 (1)	Aug 9	BOS		KCR	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	117 (2)	Aug 12	BOS		DET	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	118	Aug 13	BOS		DET	W,6-3	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	120 (1)	Aug 16	BOS	@	WSN	L,2-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	121	Aug 17	BOS	@	WSN	L,7-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	122	Aug 18	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	123	Aug 19	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	125 (1)	Aug 21	BOS	@	HOU	L,4-9	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	126	Aug 22	BOS	@	HOU	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	129 (2)	Aug 25	BOS		LAD	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	132 (2)	Aug 28	BOS		HOU	L,5-13	CG	54	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	133	Aug 29	BOS		HOU	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	135 (1)	Sep 1	BOS	@	KCR	L,2-13	GS	34	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	136	Sep 2	BOS	@	KCR	W,9-5	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	137	Sep 3	BOS	@	KCR	W,7-3	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	138	Sep 4	BOS	@	TBR	W,7-3	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
75	139	Sep 5	BOS	@	TBR	L,6-8	CG	47	10.0	3	1	0	4	1
76	140	Sep 6	BOS	@	TBR	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	141	Sep 8	BOS		BAL	L,2-11	CG	50	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	142	Sep 9	BOS		BAL	L,12-13	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	144 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	147 (2)	Sep 14 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	150 (2)	Sep 17	BOS	@	TOR	L,2-3	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
82	152 (1)	Sep 19	BOS	@	TEX	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	153	Sep 20	BOS	@	TEX	L,5-15	CG	48	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	154	Sep 22	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	155	Sep 23	BOS		CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	157 (1)	Sep 26	BOS		TBR	L,7-9	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
87	162 (4)	Oct 1	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-1	GS	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
							87gm		713.1	125	5	3	133	1