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Masahiro Tanaka

Starting Pitcher

Bats / Throws Right / Right
Date of Birth 11/1/1988 (36)
Height, Weight 6'3", 218 lb
Hometown Hyogo, JPN

2020 Season Stats

Needs more playing time to qualify
MLB Rank MLB Average
W-L IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
3-3 48.0 3.56 1.17 22.3% 4.1%
2
W
41
IP
4.87
ERA
1.37
WHIP
22.3%
K%
8.7%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
92.2 15.3% 29.4% 52.7% 7.4% 4.97 3.19
92.7
FB MPH
11.7%
SwStr%
28.5%
CSW%
49.9%
Str-ICR
6.9%
MTK%
4.87
PLV
-
PLA

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Masahiro Tanaka Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR PLV
2014 NYY 20 20 136.1 13-5 16 2.77 1.06 - 3.04 - - 26.0% 3.9% 8.1 0.99 .301 - 79.5% - - - - - -
2015 NYY 24 24 154.0 12-7 17 3.51 0.99 - 3.99 - - 22.8% 4.4% 7.4 1.46 .243 - 73.9% - - - - - -
2016 NYY 31 31 199.2 14-4 19 3.07 1.08 - 3.51 - - 20.5% 4.5% 8.1 0.99 .273 - 76.4% - - - - - -
2017 NYY 30 30 178.1 13-12 17 4.74 1.24 - 4.34 - - 25.8% 5.5% 9.1 1.77 .307 - 71.5% - - - - - -
2018 NYY 27 27 156.0 12-6 14 3.75 1.13 - 4.01 - - 25.0% 5.5% 8.1 1.44 .286 - 77.7% - - 14.9% 31.8% 0.62 -
2019 NYY 32 31 182.0 11-9 15 4.45 1.24 - 4.27 - - 19.6% 5.3% 9.2 1.38 .293 - 70.4% - - 11.7% 28.6% 0.51 -
2020 NYY 10 10 48.0 3-3 2 3.56 1.17 4.31 4.42 3.81 3.19 22.3% 4.1% 9.0 1.69 .291 29.0% 72.7% 35.0% 45.1% 15.3% 29.4% 0.53 4.97
SP MLB Percentile - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 8 8 41.0 2-3 3 4.87 1.37 4.83 4.84 4.71 3.64 22.3% 8.7% 8.9 1.56 .290 23.7% 72.5% 38.0% 44.2% 11.7% 28.5% 0.49 4.87
Career 174 173 1,054.1 78-46 100 3.74 1.13 - - - 0.05 23.1% 4.8% 8.4 1.36 .284 200.0% 74.5% 4.4% 45.1% 13.4% 30.0% 0.56 4.97

Masahiro Tanaka Repertoire

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Masahiro Tanaka Game Log

Masahiro Tanaka Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2014 NYY 20 20 136.1 13-5 16 0 - 2,003 1,346 657 542 123 81 26 1 15 141 21 4 4
2015 NYY 24 24 154.0 12-7 17 0 - 2,291 1,529 762 609 126 65 33 3 25 139 27 1 4
2016 NYY 31 31 199.2 14-4 19 0 - 2,935 1,969 966 805 179 121 34 2 22 165 36 3 7
2017 NYY 30 30 178.1 13-12 17 0 - 2,816 1,875 941 752 180 103 42 0 35 194 41 7 7
2018 NYY 27 27 156.0 12-6 14 0 0 2,398 1,614 784 635 141 84 32 0 25 159 35 7 3
2019 NYY 32 31 182.0 11-9 15 0 0 2,787 1,875 912 759 186 111 43 4 28 149 40 2 7
2020 NYY 10 10 48.0 3-3 2 0 0 769 505 264 197 48 30 8 1 9 44 8 2 0
SP MLB Percentile - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 8 8 41.0 2-3 3 0 0 688 437 251 175 39 24 7 1 6 40 14 2 1
Career 174 173 1,054.1 78-46 100 0 0 15,999 10,713 5,286 4,299 983 595 218 11 159 991 208 26 32

Masahiro Tanaka Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2014 NYY 26.0% 3.9% .240 .383 .657 .290 .301 .329 - - - - - - - -
2015 NYY 22.8% 4.4% .221 .420 .674 .287 .243 .286 - - - - - - - -
2016 NYY 20.5% 4.5% .236 .373 .645 .278 .273 .300 - - - - - - - -
2017 NYY 25.8% 5.5% .257 .467 .771 .326 .307 .354 - - - - - - - -
2018 NYY 25.0% 5.5% .240 .422 .712 .307 .286 .327 - - - - - - - -
2019 NYY 19.6% 5.3% .261 .450 .750 .314 .293 .327 - - - - - - - -
2020 NYY 22.3% 4.1% .257 .455 .749 .319 .291 .336 .242 .312 .268 .382 87.5 91.7 13.6 4.31
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 22.3% 8.7% .251 .439 .762 .328 .290 .331 .247 .325 .286 .376 88.1 89.9 12.8 4.83
Career 23.1% 4.8% .244 .422 .706 .311 .284 .321 .091 .206 .256 .397 87.5 91.7 13.6 -

Masahiro Tanaka Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2018 NYY 7.3% (91.8) 1.2% (90.3) 1.9% (89.1) 10.6% (83.4) - 1.3% (76.7) - 9.5% (87.0) - 8.5% 23.3%
2019 NYY 13.3% (91.2) 1.3% (90.7) 0.6% (87.6) 17.8% (83.0) - 1.3% (75.0) - 13.6% (86.6) - 14.6% 33.3%
2020 NYY 25.2% (92.2) 6.4% (91.4) - 37.2% (84.0) - 6.1% (75.3) 2.5% (86.9) 22.6% (87.2) - 31.6% 68.4%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 40.4% (92.7) 26.1% (92.2) 20.7% (87.7) 22.7% (84.2) - (-) 16.6% (78.4) 16.8% (84.7) 20.0% (85.4) - (-) 49.6% 50.3%
Career 12.4% (91.6) 1.9% (90.9) 1.1% (88.7) 17.4% (83.4) - 1.9% (75.6) 0.3% (86.9) 13.1% (86.8) - 14.3% 33.8%

Masahiro Tanaka Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2018 NYY 28.2% (15) 10.3% (1) 28.3% (7) 38.7% (40) - 41.9% (1) - 30.1% (53) - 25.6% 127.0%
2019 NYY 29.6% (28) 22.9% (3) 47.1% (3) 37.3% (77) - 34.3% (2) - 18.7% (47) - 29.0% 73.1%
2020 NYY 27.3% (25) 14.3% (2) - 38.8% (64) - 42.6% (1) 0.0% (0) 20.1% (26) - 24.7% 31.6%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 27.9% (23) 25.6% (9) 26.7% (15) 30.1% (20) - (-) 31.4% (12) 25.2% (16) 24.4% (19) - (-) 27.6% 29.2%
Career 28.6% (68) 15.9% (6) 33.3% (10) 38.1% (181) - 39.8% (4) 0.0% (0) 22.4% (126) - 27.0% 77.2%

Masahiro Tanaka Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2018 NYY - - - - - - - - 17.4% - - - - -
2019 NYY - - - - - - - - 18.3% - - - - -
2020 NYY 45.1% 19.7% 21.8% 13.4% 35.2% 49.0% 33.6% 17.5% 17.7% 64.8% 23.9% 2.1% 9.2% 35.0%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 44.2% 22.0% 24.6% 9.3% 35.6% 41.0% 35.2% 23.8% 17.3% 61.7% 24.7% 6.2% 7.6% 38.0%
Career 45.1% 19.7% 21.8% 13.4% 35.2% 49.0% 33.6% 17.5% 17.9% 64.8% 23.9% 2.1% 9.2% 4.4%

Masahiro Tanaka Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2018 NYY .240 .307 .286 .327 - - - - - - - - - -
2019 NYY .261 .314 .293 .327 - - - - - - - - - -
2020 NYY .257 .319 .291 .336 .242 .312 .268 .382 87.5 91.7 13.6 29.0% 35.0% 25.4%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG .251 .328 .290 .331 .247 .325 .286 .376 88.1 89.9 12.8 23.7% 38.0% 25.8%
Career .244 .311 .284 .321 .091 .206 .256 .397 87.5 91.7 13.6 200.0% 4.4% 3.1%

Masahiro Tanaka Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR Str-ICR
2018 NYY - 67.3% 50.4% - 29.5% 17.4% 70.5% - - 16.9% 14.9% 31.8% 18.1% 61.4% 0.62 -
2019 NYY - 67.3% 50.4% - 23.1% 18.3% 76.9% - - 16.9% 11.7% 28.6% 20.4% 60.6% 0.51 -
2020 NYY 43.8% 65.7% 51.6% 34.3% 29.7% 17.7% 70.3% 80.7% 52.7% 14.0% 15.3% 29.4% 18.6% 59.4% 0.53 52.7%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 44.5% 63.1% 46.3% 29.4% 25.2% 17.3% 74.8% 83.3% 59.2% 16.8% 11.7% 28.5% 17.3% 57.4% 0.49 49.9%
Career 5.7% 67.0% 50.6% 34.3% 26.6% 17.9% 73.4% 80.7% 52.7% 16.5% 13.4% 30.0% 19.2% 60.8% 0.56 65.4%

Masahiro Tanaka Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2018 NYY - - - - - - - - - -
2019 NYY - - - - - - - - - -
2020 NYY 43.8% 31.5% 28.1% 40.4% 26.1% 19.8% 54.1% 22.6% 49.3% 6.6%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 44.5% 35.6% 25.4% 39.0% 28.9% 23.9% 47.1% 30.1% 44.5% 6.3%
Career 5.7% 31.5% 28.1% 40.4% 26.1% 19.8% 54.1% 22.6% 49.3% 6.6%

Masahiro Tanaka Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2018 NYY 59.6% 10.0% 30.4% 16.6% 68.1% 54.6% 23.3% - 21.8%
2019 NYY 60.9% 8.6% 30.5% 18.3% 68.7% 55.8% 22.9% - 17.5%
2020 NYY 58.3% 10.7% 31.1% 14.3% 63.1% 50.0% 20.3% 29.3% 18.4%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 58.3% 12.4% 29.3% 14.2% 60.2% 50.0% 22.0% 25.3% 19.0%
Career 60.0% 9.4% 30.5% 17.1% 67.8% 54.6% 22.7% 3.9% 19.4%

Masahiro Tanaka PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2018 NYY 2,398 - - - - - - - - -
2019 NYY 2,787 - - - - - - - - -
2020 NYY 769 4.97 41.7% 20.6% 37.7% 4.0% 7.4% 4.6 +7 3.19
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 688 4.87 40.8% 20.5% 38.7% 2.1% 6.9% 1.7 +3 3.64
Career 15,999 4.97 41.7% 20.6% 37.7% 4.0% 7.4% 4.6 +7 0.05
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