P Masahiro Tanaka #43
Age: 57 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal    
10/04/2046
P MASAHIRO TANAKA #43 - AGE: 57 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G GS Rec SV ERA IP HA HR BB K WHIP WAR
0 0 0-0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0
PITCHING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.
Stuff 8 8 9 11
Movement 8 8 8 9
Control 15 15 16 17
PITCHING RATINGS
Pitch Cur. Pot.
Fastball 8 9
Slider 8 11
Curveball 9 12
Splitter 8 10
Cutter 8 10
OTHER PITCHING RATINGS
Velocity 86-88 Mph
Stamina 19
Suggested Role Strictly BP
Type Neutral
Hold Runners 17
Defense 12
RUN/BUNT RATINGS
Running Speed: 6
Stealing Ability: 3
Baserunning Inst.: 6
Sacrifice Bunt: 9
Bunt for Hit: 8
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec
PERSONALITY
Tanaka never shows any lack of effort.
High: Greed, Work Ethic
Birthday:11/01/1988
Born in:Itami, HYO
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 3"
Weight:220 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:7 Years, 1 Day
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:7 Years, 1 Day
Pro Service:15 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:2 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
CAREER PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2007 Tohoku Rakuten - NPB 18 28 28 11 7 0 3.82 186.1 183 83 79 17 68 196 4 1 1.35 .325 3.46 3.9 105
2008 Tohoku Rakuten - NPB 19 25 24 9 7 1 3.49 172.2 171 71 67 9 54 159 5 2 1.30 .325 2.96 4.8 115
2009 Tohoku Rakuten - NPB 20 25 24 15 6 1 2.33 189.2 170 51 49 13 43 171 6 3 1.12 .292 3.08 5.0 172
2010 Tohoku Rakuten - NPB 21 20 20 11 6 0 2.50 155.0 159 47 43 9 32 119 8 1 1.23 .314 3.12 4.0 160
2011 Tohoku Rakuten - NPB 22 27 27 19 5 0 1.27 226.1 171 35 32 8 27 241 14 6 0.87 .279 1.95 10.2 314
2012 Tohoku Rakuten - NPB 23 22 22 10 4 0 1.87 173.0 160 45 36 4 19 169 8 3 1.03 .311 1.91 7.8 214
2013 Tohoku Rakuten - NPB 24 28 27 24 0 1 1.27 212.0 168 35 30 6 32 183 8 2 0.94 .271 2.34 8.0 314
2014 New York - MLB 25 20 20 13 5 0 2.77 136.1 123 47 42 15 21 141 3 1 1.06 .299 3.15 2.9 135
2015 New York - MLB 26 24 24 12 7 0 3.51 154.0 126 66 60 25 27 139 1 0 0.99 .238 4.09 1.8 113
2016 New York - MLB 27 33 33 11 8 0 3.16 219.0 196 82 77 32 36 191 4 2 1.06 .267 4.26 2.4 128
2017 New York - MLB 28 34 34 11 16 0 4.33 214.0 203 112 103 38 49 168 3 0 1.18 .262 4.83 1.0 95
2018 Chicago - MLB 29 33 33 14 9 0 3.73 207.2 205 96 86 24 45 157 2 1 1.20 .292 4.06 2.9 111
2019 Baltimore - MLB 30 33 33 13 13 0 4.75 212.1 218 114 112 40 57 167 1 0 1.30 .289 5.13 0.3 86
2020 Baltimore - MLB 31 32 29 9 11 0 4.97 184.2 211 116 102 32 47 126 2 0 1.40 .298 4.97 0.6 83
Total MLB 209 206 83 69 0 3.94 1328.0 1282 633 582 206 282 1089 16 4 1.18 .279 4.42 11.9 106
Total NPB 175 172 99 35 3 2.30 1315.0 1182 367 336 66 275 1238 53 18 1.11 .301 2.65 43.8 206
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2012 Tohoku Rakuten (Ni-Gun) - AA 23 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.0 3 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 1.00 .375 0.95 0.2 999
2015 Scranton WB - AAA 26 2 2 0 0 0 4.50 6.0 6 3 3 1 2 6 0 0 1.33 .312 4.37 0.1 89
Total IL 2 2 0 0 0 4.50 6.0 6 3 3 1 2 6 0 0 1.33 .312 4.37 88.6
Total NGN 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.0 3 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 1.00 .375 0.95 999.0
CAREER POSTSEASON PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2016 New York - MLB 27 6 6 2 4 0 6.61 31.1 44 26 23 2 5 27 0 0 1.56 .396 0.00 0.0 0
2018 Chicago - MLB 29 3 2 1 1 0 2.57 14.0 14 4 4 1 2 11 0 0 1.14 .295 0.00 0.0 0
2020 Baltimore - MLB 31 2 1 1 0 0 4.50 10.0 9 5 5 2 3 2 0 0 1.20 .212 0.00 0.0 0
Total MLB 11 9 4 5 0 5.20 55.1 67 35 32 5 10 40 0 0 1.39 .339 3.95 92.0
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2014 New York - MLB P 20 20 12 14 1 26 0 1.000 136.1 1.72 -0.7 .000
2015 New York - MLB P 24 24 11 19 2 30 0 1.000 154.0 1.75 +0.2 .000
2015 Scranton WB - AAA P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2016 New York - MLB P 33 33 20 27 1 50 3 .940 219.0 1.93 +1.1 1.113
2017 New York - MLB P 34 34 14 17 2 35 4 .886 214.0 1.30 -0.1 1.011
2018 Chicago - MLB P 33 33 23 26 3 50 1 .980 207.2 2.12 +0.2 1.027
2019 Baltimore - MLB P 33 33 12 21 3 33 0 1.000 212.1 1.40 +0.3 1.058
2020 Baltimore - MLB P 32 29 11 19 0 31 1 .968 184.2 1.46 +0.7 1.091
TOTAL P 211 206 103 143 12 255 9 .965 1328.0 1.67 +1.8 1.060
PLAYER HISTORY
01/22/2014 Signed as an international Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
07/15/2014 Selected to the 2014 Major League All-Star Game.
05/14/2016 Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Chicago White Sox with 7 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed!
06/27/2016 Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Texas Rangers with 6 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed!
07/10/2016 Was selected to the 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
11/03/2016 Wins the 2016 World Series with the New York Yankees.
01/01/2017 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 13 (13); Movement: 12 (12); Control: 18 (18).
11/04/2017 Exercised his contract opt-out.
11/25/2017 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $23,100,000 through arbitration.
01/01/2018 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 13 (13); Movement: 12 (12); Control: 17 (17).
03/21/2018 Was traded by the New York Yankees to the Chicago Cubs, along with CF Ender Inciarte, 2B Brian Dozier, in exchange for RP Rob Zastryzny, LF Bijan Rademacher.
05/23/2018 Pitches a 8-hit shutout against the St. Louis Cardinals with 8 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed!
12/01/2018 Was not offered arbitration and became a free agent.
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 13 (13); Movement: 11 (11); Control: 17 (17).
02/01/2019 Signed a 3-year contract worth a total of $44,070,000 with the Baltimore Orioles organization.
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 13 (13); Movement: 11 (11); Control: 17 (17).
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 13 (13); Movement: 11 (11); Control: 17 (17).
04/25/2021 Released by the Baltimore Orioles.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 13 (13); Movement: 11 (11); Control: 17 (17).
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 13 (13); Movement: 11 (11); Control: 18 (18).
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 12 (13); Movement: 11 (11); Control: 17 (17).
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 10 (11); Movement: 10 (11); Control: 17 (17).
01/01/2026 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 8 (11); Movement: 10 (11); Control: 16 (17).
01/01/2026 Retired from professional baseball.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
2017 34 1
Year W Rank
2018 14 9
Year L Rank
2017 16 1
2019 13 8
Year Win. % Rank
2018 .609 10
Year IP Rank
2016 219.0 7
2017 214.0 7
2019 212.1 4
Year BF Rank
2016 884 8
2017 890 8
2018 864 10
2019 894 4
Year HRA Rank
2016 32 2
2017 38 2
2019 40 1
2020 32 2
Year ERA Rank
2016 3.16 3
Year BABIP Rank
2016 .267 2
2017 .262 4
Year WHIP Rank
2016 1.06 3
2017 1.18 9
Year K/BB Rank
2016 5.31 4
Year RA/9 Rank
2016 9.95 3
2017 10.81 9
Year H/9 Rank
2016 8.05 8
Year BB/9 Rank
2016 1.48 4
2018 1.95 6
Year QS Rank
2016 23 5
Year QSP Rank
2016 .697 4
Year CG Rank
2014 3 2
2016 4 2
2017 3 4
2018 2 4
2020 2 9
Year CGP Rank
2016 .121 2
2017 .088 5
2018 .061 9
2020 .069 9
Year SHO Rank
2014 1 5
2016 2 2
2018 1 6
Year GB% Rank
2018 0.60 10
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