Daisuke Matsuzaka

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: September 13, 1980 in Tokyo, Japan jp

High School: Yokohama (Yokohama, Japan)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1999	18	-9.9	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		16	5	.762	2.60	2.75	25	24	1	6	2	0	180.0	124	55	52	14	87	1	151	8	2	5	743	1.172	6.2	0.7	4.4	7.6	1.74
2000	19	-8.6	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		14	7	.667	3.97	4.56	27	24	2	6	2	1	167.2	132	85	74	12	95	1	144	4	0	2	727	1.354	7.1	0.6	5.1	7.7	1.52
2001	20	-8.0	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		15	15	.500	3.60	3.89	33	32	1	12	2	0	240.1	184	104	96	27	117	1	214	8	1	9	1004	1.252	6.9	1.0	4.4	8.0	1.83
2002	21	-6.5	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		6	2	.750	3.68	3.68	14	11	0	2	0	0	73.1	60	30	30	13	15	1	78	7	1	2	302	1.023	7.4	1.6	1.8	9.6	5.20
2003	22	-5.9	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		16	7	.696	2.83	3.29	29	27	1	8	2	0	194.0	165	71	61	13	63	2	215	9	0	4	801	1.175	7.7	0.6	2.9	10.0	3.41
2004	23	-5.5	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		10	6	.625	2.90	3.08	23	19	1	10	5	0	146.0	127	50	47	7	42	0	127	6	0	5	601	1.158	7.8	0.4	2.6	7.8	3.02
2005	24	-4.2	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		14	13	.519	2.30	2.64	28	28	0	15	3	0	215.0	172	63	55	13	49	0	226	10	0	9	868	1.028	7.2	0.5	2.1	9.5	4.61
2006	25	-2.9	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		17	5	.773	2.13	2.42	25	25	0	13	2	0	186.1	138	50	44	13	34	0	200	3	0	5	722	0.923	6.7	0.6	1.6	9.7	5.88
2007	26	-2.4	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	15	12	.556	4.40	4.40	32	32	0	1	0	0	204.2	191	100	100	25	80	1	201	13	0	5	874	1.324	8.4	1.1	3.5	8.8	2.51
2008	27	-0.1	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	1	0	1.000	3.60	3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	19	1.000	7.2	0.0	1.8	9.0	5.00
2008	27	-1.3	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	18	3	.857	2.90	3.11	29	29	0	0	0	0	167.2	128	58	54	12	94	1	154	7	0	5	716	1.324	6.9	0.6	5.0	8.3	1.64
2009	28		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-Rk-AA	BOS	0	2	.000	3.86	3.86	6	6	0	0	0	0	21.0	18	9	9	3	9	0	23	2	0	1	91	1.286	7.7	1.3	3.9	9.9	2.56
2009	28	1.1	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	1	.000	2.25	2.25	4	4	0	0	0	0	16.0	13	4	4	2	6	0	17	1	0	0	67	1.188	7.3	1.1	3.4	9.6	2.83
2009	28	3.8	Portland	EL	AA	BOS	0	1	.000	22.50	22.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	5	5	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	13	3.500	18.0	4.5	13.5	9.0	0.67
2009	28	7.6	Red Sox	GULF	Rk	BOS	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	11	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	12.0
2009	28	-0.1	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	4	6	.400	5.76	5.76	12	12	0	0	0	0	59.1	81	38	38	10	30	1	54	2	0	8	283	1.871	12.3	1.5	4.6	8.2	1.80
2010	29	2.4	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	2	0	1.000	1.62	2.16	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.2	11	4	3	1	1	0	13	3	0	1	64	0.720	5.9	0.5	0.5	7.0	13.00
2010	29	1.0	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	9	6	.600	4.69	4.92	25	25	0	0	0	0	153.2	137	84	80	13	74	1	133	8	0	4	664	1.373	8.0	0.8	4.3	7.8	1.80
2011	30	1.8	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	3	3	.500	5.30	5.79	8	7	1	0	0	0	37.1	32	24	22	4	23	0	26	1	0	0	167	1.473	7.7	1.0	5.5	6.3	1.13
2012	31		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-A+	BOS	1	4	.200	3.32	4.07	13	13	0	0	0	0	59.2	51	27	22	8	19	0	51	5	0	1	251	1.173	7.7	1.2	2.9	7.7	2.68
2012	31	3.8	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	1	3	.250	3.18	4.06	11	11	0	0	0	0	51.0	42	23	18	6	17	0	41	5	0	1	216	1.157	7.4	1.1	3.0	7.2	2.41
2012	31	6.3	Portland	EL	AA	BOS	0	0		1.93	1.93	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	3	1	1	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	17	1.071	5.8	0.0	3.9	13.5	3.50
2012	31	8.2	Salem	CARL	A+	BOS	0	1	.000	6.75	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	3	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	18	1.500	13.5	4.5	0.0	6.8
2012	31	2.8	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	1	7	.125	8.28	8.47	11	11	0	0	0	0	45.2	58	43	42	11	20	0	41	3	0	3	215	1.708	11.4	2.2	3.9	8.1	2.05
2013	32	4.8	Columbus	IL	AAA	CLE	5	8	.385	3.92	4.09	19	19	0	0	0	0	103.1	93	47	45	11	39	0	95	3	0	5	431	1.277	8.1	1.0	3.4	8.3	2.44
2013	32	3.9	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	3	3	.500	4.42	4.89	7	7	0	0	0	0	38.2	32	21	19	4	16	0	33	5	0	0	166	1.241	7.4	0.9	3.7	7.7	2.06
2014	33		4 Teams	4 Lgs	AAA-AA-A--A+	NYM	2	0	1.000	1.38	1.38	5	5	0	0	0	0	26.0	13	4	4	0	8	0	25	0	0	1	99	0.808	4.5	0.0	2.8	8.7	3.13
2014	33	6.2	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	NYM	0	0		2.25	2.25	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	7	3	3	0	6	0	12	0	0	0	48	1.083	5.3	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
2014	33	8.4	Binghamton	EL	AA	NYM	1	0	1.000	1.50	1.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	21	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	4.5
2014	33	9.8	St. Lucie	FLOR	A+	NYM	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2014	33	11.6	Brooklyn	NYPL	A-	NYM	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	19	0.800	3.6	0.0	3.6	12.6	3.50
2014	33	4.5	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	3	3	.500	3.89	4.10	34	9	5	0	0	1	83.1	62	38	36	6	50	5	78	6	0	6	359	1.344	6.7	0.6	5.4	8.4	1.56
2015	34	7.5	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		0	0		4.50	4.50	1			0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2016	35		3 Teams	3 Lgs	FgW-Fgn		1	7	.125	4.23	5.64	14	4	0	0	0	0	44.2	40	28	21	4	29	0	23	3	2	3	197	1.545	8.1	0.8	5.8	4.6	0.79
2016	35	8.2	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		1	4	.200	4.94	6.46	9			0	0	0	23.2	24	17	13	3	16	0	10	1	2	1	106	1.690	9.1	1.1	6.1	3.8	0.63
2016	35	7.3	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		0	0		18.00	45.00	1			0	0	0	1.0	3	5	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	10	5.000	27.0	0.0	18.0	18.0	1.00
2016-17	35	6.9	Carolina	PRWL	FgW		0	3	.000	2.70	2.70	4	4	0	0	0	0	20.0	13	6	6	1	11	0	11	0	0	1	81	1.200	5.9	0.5	5.0	5.0	1.00

2018	37	9.1	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		6	4	.600	3.74	4.07	11			0	0	0	55.1	50	25	23	5	32	0	51	5	0	1	253	1.482	8.1	0.8	5.2	8.3	1.59
2019	38		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		1	4	.200	5.13	5.13	8			0	0	0	33.1	35	19	19	3	13	0	32	5	0	1	150	1.440	9.5	0.8	3.5	8.6	2.46
2019	38	12.7	Chunichi	JPWL	Fgn		1	3	.250	2.89	2.89	6			0	0	0	28.0	23	9	9	3	11	0	30	2	0	1	118	1.214	7.4	1.0	3.5	9.6	2.73
2019	38	10.2	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		0	1	.000	16.88	16.88	2			0	0	0	5.1	12	10	10	0	2	0	2	3	0	0	32	2.625	20.3	0.0	3.4	3.4	1.00

2021	40	12.3	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		0	0				1			0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1						0.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (8 seasons)					Majors		56	43	.566	4.45	4.62	158	132	6	1	0	1	790.1	721	406	391	85	387	9	720	45	0	31	3444	1.402	8.2	1.0	4.4	8.2	1.86
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		11	14	.440	3.30	3.61	47	47	0	0	0	0	231.2	190	93	85	23	77	0	212	13	0	10	955	1.153	7.4	0.9	3.0	8.2	2.75
Foreign (13 seasons)					Foreign		116	75	.607	3.06	3.40	239	194	6	72	18	1	1538.0	1229	581	523	124	577	6	1463	68	6	46	6377	1.174	7.2	0.7	3.4	8.6	2.54
NPB (12 seasons)					NPB		114	65	.637	3.04	3.37	219	190	6	72	18	1	1464.1	1167	548	494	117	539	6	1410	65	4	43	6064	1.165	7.2	0.7	3.3	8.7	2.62
All Levels (21 Seasons)							183	132	.581	3.51	3.80	444	373	12	73	18	2	2560.0	2140	1080	999	232	1041	15	2395	126	6	87	10776	1.243	7.5	0.8	3.7	8.4	2.30

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		9	12	.429	3.31	3.66	40	40	0	0	0	0	204.0	170	83	75	20	70	0	183	12	0	8	845	1.176	7.5	0.9	3.1	8.1	2.61
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		1	1	.500	4.97	4.97	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.2	10	7	7	1	5	0	12	0	0	1	51	1.184	7.1	0.7	3.6	8.5	2.40
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		0	1	.000	3.86	3.86	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	3	3	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	29	1.000	9.0	2.6	0.0	7.7
A- (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	19	0.800	3.6	0.0	3.6	12.6	3.50
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	11	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	12.0
Fgn (13 seasons)					Foreign		116	72	.617	3.07	3.41	235	190	6	72	18	1	1518.0	1216	575	517	123	566	6	1452	68	6	45	6296	1.174	7.2	0.7	3.4	8.6	2.57
FgW (1 season)					Foreign		0	3	.000	2.70	2.70	4	4	0	0	0	0	20.0	13	6	6	1	11	0	11	0	0	1	81	1.200	5.9	0.5	5.0	5.0	1.00