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%
	-	-	-	-	-	-

	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
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	92.7 FB MPH	11.7% SwStr%	28.5% CSW%	- Str-ICR	- MTK%	5.00 PLV	- PLA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

Hide 2020 MLB Percentile | Hide 2020 MLB Average

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	4.12	3.85	22.3%	4.1%	9.0	1.69	.291	18.0%	72.7%	35.0%	45.1%	15.3%	29.4%	0.53	5.04
SP MLB Percentile		-	-	-	---	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG		8	8	41.0	2-3	3	4.87	1.37	4.83	4.84	4.70	4.04	22.3%	8.7%	8.9	1.56	.290	17.2%	72.5%	38.0%	44.2%	11.7%	28.5%	0.49	5.00
Career		174	173	1,054.1	78-46	100	3.74	1.13	-	-	-	0.07	23.1%	4.8%	8.4	1.36	.284	124.0%	74.5%	4.4%	45.1%	13.4%	30.0%	0.56	5.04

Repertoire

Slider | 37%
Four-Seamer | 25%
Splitter | 23%
Sinker | 6%
Curveball | 6%
Changeup | 2%
Cutter | 0%
All

2018 2019 2020 All

Hide 2020 MLB Percentile | Hide 2020 MLB Average

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018	10.6%	83.4	-	-	68.4%	15.8%	22.9%	38.7%	-	-	-	-	-	.148	.176	-	-	-	-
2019	18.3%	83.0	-	-	69.8%	15.1%	21.6%	36.7%	-	-	-	-	-	.174	.209	-	-	-	-
2020	37.2%	84.0	45.1%	43.3%	72.0%	22.4%	16.4%	38.8%	62.2%	41.7%	39.6%	29.2%	15.8%	.263	.378	+6	1.3	7.3%	5.27
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	22.7%	84.2	39.9%	32.7%	61.4%	15.3%	14.8%	30.1%	48.5%	43.2%	36.0%	40.4%	19.8%	.235	.279	+0	0.3	8.1%	5.16

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.196	.255	.266	.368	-	6.3%	29.2%	85.2	81.4	17.8	-1.0	2.1	-1.5	5.3	6.0	2,268
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.229	.307	.275	.375	-	7.0%	40.4%	86.4	86.5	13.9	-2.3	1.7	-0.8	5.8	6.2	2,410

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2018	253	61	173	80	4	2	0	2	8	12	0	18	3	2
2019	510	144	356	154	8	10	1	5	24	35	0	42	6	0
2020	286	80	206	80	13	4	0	3	20	26	14	28	4	0
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	116	29	73	43	3	1	0	1	6	7	6	9	2	0

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	41.7%	18.8%	39.6%	20.8%	50.0%	33.3%	16.7%	22.9%	0.0%	6.3%	31.3%	-	70.8%	29.2%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	43.2%	21.1%	36.0%	10.2%	46.9%	34.0%	19.1%	25.4%	5.1%	7.0%	35.2%	-	62.7%	40.4%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2018	.148	.230	.176	.222	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	.174	.240	.209	.250	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.263	.315	.378	.417	+6	.196	.255	.266	.368	85.2	81.4	17.8	15.8
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.235	.313	.279	.327	+0	.229	.307	.275	.375	86.4	86.5	13.9	19.8

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2018	-	68.4%	45.5%	-	34.8%	14.6%	65.2%	-	-	22.9%	15.8%	38.7%	22.0%	15.0%	65.2%	0.84	-
2019	-	69.8%	48.2%	-	31.3%	14.3%	68.7%	-	-	21.6%	15.1%	36.7%	27.0%	18.8%	65.1%	0.75	-
2020	45.1%	72.0%	55.6%	43.3%	40.3%	16.4%	59.7%	76.9%	36.8%	16.4%	22.4%	38.8%	23.3%	16.8%	65.0%	0.88	62.2%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	39.9%	61.4%	46.6%	32.7%	32.7%	15.4%	67.3%	82.1%	48.3%	14.8%	15.3%	30.1%	-	-	56.0%	0.51	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	45.1%	21.0%	19.2%	59.8%	12.9%	18.2%	68.9%	18.9%	61.9%	7.0%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	39.9%	16.7%	21.4%	61.9%	16.2%	20.5%	63.3%	27.3%	51.3%	5.8%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2018	56.9%	10.3%	32.8%	15.3%	78.3%	68.3%	30.6%	-	21.7%
2019	57.1%	8.8%	34.1%	15.8%	73.1%	60.6%	30.6%	-	24.1%
2020	54.2%	12.9%	32.9%	14.2%	66.7%	52.6%	23.9%	34.0%	29.8%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	56.0%	8.6%	35.4%	12.9%	59.6%	51.5%	21.5%	28.8%	20.1%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2018	83.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	83.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	84.0	6.0	-2.7	2.3	5.2	-7.3	-0.1	2,268	5.27
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	84.2	6.2	-	-	-	-	-	2,410	5.16

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2018	253	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	510	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	286	5.27	3.14	50.7%	17.8%	31.5%	19.2%	1.3	+6
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	116	5.16	0.59	46.1%	20.7%	33.2%	12.9%	0.3	+0

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018	7.3%	91.8	-	-	60.3%	8.6%	19.5%	28.2%	-	-	-	-	-	.242	.240	-	-	-	-
2019	13.9%	91.2	-	-	65.9%	7.5%	22.2%	29.7%	-	-	-	-	-	.288	.278	-	-	-	-
2020	25.2%	92.2	46.4%	19.2%	60.8%	12.9%	14.4%	27.3%	43.3%	22.9%	51.4%	48.6%	16.7%	.333	.344	+4	4.4	6.2%	5.12
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	40.4%	92.7	49.6%	23.7%	64.0%	9.3%	18.6%	27.9%	50.5%	35.8%	41.3%	41.6%	17.7%	.272	.302	0	0.4	8.9%	4.87

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.324	.428	.323	.497	-	17.1%	48.6%	91.2	86.4	25.2	6.0	9.4	-1.4	5.3	6.1	2,208
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.263	.360	.291	.399	-	9.2%	41.6%	90.6	88.8	18.6	4.7	9.3	-0.7	5.8	6.3	2,272

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2018	174	38	105	69	4	2	0	2	8	12	0	6	5	0
2019	387	81	255	132	13	2	0	6	21	33	0	13	7	1
2020	194	44	118	76	9	2	0	3	14	20	17	7	0	2
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	240	58	156	84	8	3	0	3	13	20	16	12	6	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	22.9%	25.7%	51.4%	20.0%	40.0%	37.1%	22.9%	22.9%	8.6%	17.1%	57.1%	-	51.4%	48.6%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	35.8%	22.9%	41.3%	12.0%	34.0%	36.0%	30.1%	25.2%	7.0%	9.2%	38.2%	-	58.8%	41.6%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2018	.242	.356	.240	.296	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	.288	.382	.278	.350	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.333	.405	.344	.400	+4	.324	.428	.323	.497	91.2	86.4	25.2	16.7
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.272	.368	.302	.350	0	.263	.360	.291	.399	90.6	88.8	18.6	17.7

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2018	-	60.3%	40.8%	-	21.1%	16.7%	78.9%	-	-	19.5%	8.6%	28.2%	25.7%	15.5%	55.7%	0.46	-
2019	-	65.9%	43.7%	-	17.2%	20.7%	82.8%	-	-	22.2%	7.5%	29.7%	23.5%	15.5%	60.5%	0.60	-
2020	46.4%	60.8%	46.4%	19.2%	27.8%	15.5%	72.2%	78.6%	50.0%	14.4%	12.9%	27.3%	29.7%	18.0%	53.6%	0.40	43.3%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	49.6%	64.0%	45.4%	23.7%	20.3%	19.9%	79.7%	83.1%	70.6%	18.6%	9.3%	27.9%	-	-	58.3%	0.51	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	46.4%	35.6%	36.6%	27.8%	64.4%	20.1%	15.5%	28.9%	34.5%	5.7%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	49.6%	34.3%	27.2%	38.5%	46.9%	26.9%	26.2%	31.3%	41.5%	7.2%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2018	68.4%	9.8%	21.8%	17.6%	68.9%	49.2%	22.7%	-	15.8%
2019	65.4%	6.2%	28.4%	15.0%	73.9%	63.0%	30.4%	-	11.8%
2020	63.4%	7.2%	29.4%	15.4%	64.0%	48.0%	18.7%	21.1%	12.3%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	57.2%	14.7%	28.1%	12.9%	60.2%	50.3%	23.5%	20.2%	16.8%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2018	91.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	91.2	-	-	-	-	-	-