Masahiro Tanaka
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 218LBS | Age: 36
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 12 6 3.75 27 27 0 156 159 1.13
2019 11 9 4.45 32 31 0 182 149 1.24
2020 3 3 3.56 10 10 0 48 44 1.17
7 Seasons 78 46 3.74 174 173 0 1,054.1 991 1.13
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 27 12-6 3.75 156 159 1.13
2019 32 11-9 4.45 182 149 1.24
2020 10 3-3 3.56 48 44 1.17
7 Seasons 174 78-46 3.74 1,054.1 991 1.13
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 26 2290 441 34 7.7 5.6 89.3 113.6 9.9 30.6 .246 .439 .287 .310 .387 36.7 22.9 4.4 3.51 3.99
2016 27 2935 601 26 4.3 3.2 88.9 113.9 9.0 31.6 .250 .388 .278 .293 .350 36.3 20.5 4.5 3.06 3.59
2017 28 2810 509 44 8.6 5.9 88.0 110.3 8.8 34.6 .247 .444 .326 .315 .400 36.2 25.8 5.5 4.74 4.27
2018 29 2398 434 31 7.1 4.9 88.9 117.5 10.7 31.8 .242 .408 .307 .305 .381 38.1 25.0 5.5 3.75 3.92
2019 30 2787 568 35 6.2 4.6 89.1 113.0 11.1 33.1 .261 .434 .314 .316 .371 37.9 19.6 5.3 4.45 4.41
2020 31 769 143 13 9.1 6.6 88.5 113.7 12.9 32.9 .244 .438 .319 .309 .378 37.1 22.3 4.1 3.56 4.04
Player 13989 2696 183 6.8 4.9 88.8 117.5 10.0 32.4 .250 .423 .303 .308 .376 37.0 22.6 5.0
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Tanaka relies on 5 pitches.
Slider
(37.7%) ,
Split Finger
(24.8%) ,
Four Seamer
(24.1%) ,
Sinker
(7.5%) ,
Curveball
(5.9%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 47.8 23.4 22.7 6.1 38.8 37.6 21.8 2.9 37.4 23.6 19.5 5.4 7.7 5.6
2016 48.8 19.0 25.6 6.7 40.6 36.4 23.0 3.3 37.3 20.6 25.3 6.0 4.3 3.2
2017 50.1 21.2 23.4 5.3 40.7 41.5 17.9 4.9 36.9 19.3 23.2 6.3 8.6 5.9
2018 49.3 23.3 22.1 5.3 40.6 39.6 19.1 3.0 34.6 21.0 25.6 6.7 7.1 4.9
2019 48.2 21.3 22.9 7.6 43.1 35.0 21.8 2.6 37.5 21.1 25.0 7.4 6.2 4.6
2020 44.1 20.3 24.5 11.2 42.7 38.5 18.9 6.3 28.7 29.4 23.1 2.8 9.1 6.6
Player 48.6 21.4 23.5 6.5 40.9 37.9 20.7 3.5 36.4 21.5 23.8 6.2 6.8 4.9
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2020 Curveball NYY R 45 75.0 53.7 -5.5 7.2GLV -3.4 -5.0 -4.7 7.2GLV -2.0
2020 Split-Finger NYY R 191 87.1 27.9 -3.7 12.8ARM 1.0 8.1 -3.5 12.8ARM 1.9
2020 Slider NYY R 290 84.0 35.6 -2.2 2.9GLV -2.5 3.5 -2.1 2.9GLV -2.4
2020 Sinker NYY R 58 91.5 22.2 -2.2 15.8ARM 0.5 10.3 -1.2 15.8ARM 1.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 185 92.3 15.3 1.2 9.4ARM 1.1 16.8 0.8 9.4ARM 2.1
2019 Slider NYY R 1014 83.3 39.8 0.0 6.7GLV -0.3 1.2 0.6 6.7GLV 1.6
2019 Cutter NYY R 45 87.5 28.4 0.5 1.6ARM -3.8 7.9 0.1 1.6ARM -4.2
2019 Split-Finger NYY R 743 86.8 31.9 -1.6 12.7ARM 1.2 5.3 -0.9 12.7ARM 2.6
2019 Curveball NYY R 89 76.1 58.2 -0.2 9.2GLV -2.2 -9.0 -0.7 9.2GLV 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 767 91.5 17.3 0.6 10.1ARM 1.8 16.0 0.4 10.1ARM 2.6
2019 Sinker NYY R 129 90.4 25.5 -0.7 14.8ARM -0.8 8.7 0.4 14.8ARM -0.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2020 Slider 0.3 1 290 37.7 81 .260 .429 .315 40.6 35.8 30.5 .184 .309 .234 35.4
2020 Split-Finger 1.5 3 191 24.8 62 .207 .379 .282 23.0 12.9 10.7 .255 .410 .313 32.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -2.5 -5 185 24.1 39 .351 .649 .438 30.1 17.9 13.2 .346 .773 .474 56.7
2020 Sinker 0.1 0 58 7.5 14 .214 .429 .336 3.6 0.0 0.0 .279 .400 .291 21.4
2020 Curveball 1.7 1 45 5.9 1 .000 .000 .000 7.7 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0
2019 Slider 2.1 21 1,014 36.4 273 .193 .340 .257 33.7 29.3 24.0 .203 .352 .256 31.8
2019 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -8 767 27.5 171 .318 .623 .429 17.3 18.1 13.7 .293 .596 .396 46.0
2019 Split-Finger -0.5 -4 743 26.7 249 .260 .413 .320 18.4 12.9 13.5 .283 .408 .305 37.0
2019 Sinker -4.8 -6 129 4.6 39 .375 .656 .473 12.9 10.3 9.8 .329 .498 .428 53.3
2019 Curveball 0.7 1 89 3.2 12 .417 .583 .473 8.7 0.0 0.0 .360 .459 .350 16.7
2019 Cutter -2.8 -1 45 1.6 15 .500 .643 .513 25.0 13.3 33.3 .381 .458 .388 41.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Curveball 43 74.9 58 10.9 7:30 7:30 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 182 92.3 96 19.0 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Split-Finger 189 87.1 94 15.4 1:30 2:15 -45
2020 Sinker 57 91.5 93 19.0 1:15 2:00 -45
2020 Slider 284 84.0 14 4.6 10:00 10:00 0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 540 2,000 -5 19 4 -5 13
2015 629 2,372 1 20 -5 -7 9
2016 805 2,935 5 35 -3 -8 28
2017 821 3,091 -9 36 -10 -12 5
2018 653 2,474 -14 35 -5 -10 6
2019 818 3,023 1 32 -19 -8 6
2020 238 919 -6 9 -5 -3 -5
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 2,290 45.6 64.5 84.3 36.7 60.6 45.0 62.7 49.4 24.5 7.3 67.9
2016 2,935 46.5 68.3 84.8 34.5 61.6 43.9 64.5 50.2 23.3 6.5 73.7
2017 2,810 46.7 71.0 79.5 33.6 47.9 43.6 64.8 51.2 31.2 5.8 74.2
2018 2,398 46.6 69.6 80.8 33.7 51.5 45.9 68.2 50.4 29.4 6.0 81.8
2019 2,787 47.0 68.1 86.4 34.6 59.4 46.6 68.8 50.4 23.2 4.6 79.1
2020 769 46.4 73.4 79.4 32.8 52.6 43.8 63.5 51.6 29.7 7.0 81.5
Player 13,989 46.5 68.7 82.9 34.5 56.1 44.9 65.7 50.4 26.5 6.1 75.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 44 46 15 7 82 5 9 17 17 68 95 63 97 45 34 27 31
2016 71 46 56 68 81 27 80 37 32 47 94 50 94 26 18 32 23
2017 47 48 27 17 77 2 7 29 21 74 92 89 94 32 31 46 24
2018 54 47 37 34 73 16 37 32 27 65 89 77 95 30 29 44 20
2019 47 28 35 47 61 12 66 37 38 24 90 32 94 22 19 32 19
2020 55 45 32 28 79 11 25 47 49 44 94 71 87 31 39 31
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.1 22 19.6 2 13 18 7 31.8
2017 22.6 35 36.1 -1 12 20 20 57.1
2018 23.0 26 28.7 -3 9 19 14 53.8
2019 22.2 29 24.1 5 18 17 10 34.5
2020 22.8 11 11.8 -1 3 8 5 45.5
Player 22.6 123 120.4 3 55 82 56 45.5
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 22 25 19 22 21 16 22 18 19 11 20 25 17 18 17 20 10 14 22 22 19 14 28 23 17 15 21 30 23 25 16
2017 35 38 29 35 40 36 41 37 29 33 35 40 39 37 36 38 34 35 37 35 40 36 42 39 33 34 31 43 41 36 25
2018 26 34 24 24 29 25 29 28 24 23 28 34 34 28 27 31 27 26 29 32 32 31 35 33 25 25 26 30 33 30 26
2019 29 27 20 27 23 25 28 25 18 18 23 26 31 22 23 25 22 22 21 26 26 24 31 28 25 20 19 29 29 22 16
2020 11 12 11 12 11 13 12 13 8 10 10 12 14 12 12 11 14 13 11 12 13 12 14 11 11 11 12 12 14 12 10
Player 123 136 103 120 124 115 132 121 98 95 116 137 135 117 115 125 107 110 120 127 130 117 150 134 111 105 109 144 140 125 93
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.7 90.9 -0.8 ↓ 91.5 0.6 ↑ 91.2 -0.3 ↓ 91.1 -0.1 ↓ 92.1 1.0 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 88.1 87.2 -0.9 ↓ 87.6 0.4 ↑ 86.8 -0.8 ↓ 86.8 0.0 87.1 0.3 ↑
Breaking Velocity 82.4 83.1 0.7 ↑ 83.4 0.3 ↑ 82.7 -0.7 ↓ 82.7 0.0 82.8 0.1 ↑
Exit Velocity 89.3 88.9 -0.4 ↓ 88.0 -0.9 ↓ 88.9 0.9 ↑ 89.1 0.2 ↑ 88.5 -0.6 ↓
Launch Angle 9.9 9.0 -0.9 ↓ 8.8 -0.2 ↓ 10.7 1.9 ↑ 11.1 0.4 ↑ 12.9 1.8 ↑
Barrel % 7.7 4.3 -3.4 ↓ 8.6 4.3 ↑ 7.1 -1.5 ↓ 6.2 -0.9 ↓ 9.1 2.9 ↑
Hard Hit % 36.7 36.3 -0.4 ↓ 36.2 -0.1 ↓ 38.1 1.9 ↑ 37.9 -0.2 ↓ 37.1 -0.8 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.6 31.6 1.0 ↑ 34.6 3.0 ↑ 31.8 -2.8 ↓ 33.1 1.3 ↑ 32.9 -0.2 ↓
xBA .246 .250 0.004 ↑ .247 -0.003 ↓ .242 -0.005 ↓ .261 0.019 ↑ .244 -0.017 ↓
BA .221 .236 0.015 ↑ .257 0.021 ↑ .240 -0.017 ↓ .261 0.021 ↑ .257 -0.004 ↓
xwOBA .310 .293 -0.017 ↓ .315 0.022 ↑ .305 -0.010 ↓ .316 0.011 ↑ .309 -0.007 ↓
wOBA .287 .278 -0.009 ↓ .326 0.048 ↑ .307 -0.019 ↓ .314 0.007 ↑ .319 0.005 ↑
xSLG .439 .388 -0.051 ↓ .444 0.056 ↑ .408 -0.036 ↓ .434 0.026 ↑ .438 0.004 ↑
SLG .420 .373 -0.047 ↓ .467 0.094 ↑ .422 -0.045 ↓ .450 0.028 ↑ .455 0.005 ↑
K% 22.9 20.5 -2.4 ↓ 25.8 5.3 ↑ 25.0 -0.8 ↓ 19.6 -5.4 ↓ 22.3 2.7 ↑
BB% 4.4 4.5 0.1 ↑ 5.5 1.0 ↑ 5.5 0.0 5.3 -0.2 ↓ 4.1 -1.2 ↓
Swing % 49.4 50.2 0.8 ↑ 51.2 1.0 ↑ 50.4 -0.8 ↓ 50.4 0.0 51.6 1.2 ↑
Whiff% 24.5 23.3 -1.2 ↓ 31.2 7.9 ↑ 29.4 -1.8 ↓ 23.2 -6.2 ↓ 29.7 6.5 ↑
In Zone % 45.6 46.5 0.9 ↑ 46.7 0.2 ↑ 46.6 -0.1 ↓ 47.0 0.4 ↑ 46.4 -0.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 54.4 53.5 -0.9 ↓ 53.3 -0.2 ↓ 53.4 0.1 ↑ 53.0 -0.4 ↓ 53.6 0.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 36.7 34.5 -2.2 ↓ 33.6 -0.9 ↓ 33.7 0.1 ↑ 34.6 0.9 ↑ 32.8 -1.8 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 28.9 32.0 3.1 ↑ 32.4 0.4 ↑ 32.4 0.0 32.1 -0.3 ↓ 31.0 -1.1 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 62.7 64.5 1.8 ↑ 64.8 0.3 ↑ 68.2 3.4 ↑ 68.8 0.6 ↑ 63.5 -5.3 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 778 .275 402 32 8.0 376 166 44.1
2017 Shifts 747 .322 430 21 4.9 317 141 44.5
2018 Shifts 634 .307 353 84 23.8 281 210 74.7
2019 Shifts 751 .309 373 140 37.5 378 299 79.1
2020 Shifts 197 .319 96 50 52.1 101 89 88.1
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2014 599 18.8 7.5% 3.8% 275 25.9 0.0% 16.4%
2015 755 20.5 10.1% 7.9% 277 28.0 1.4% 40.4%
2016 906 19.4 16.0% 5.8% 387 28.1 3.6% 36.7%
2017 856 19.0 8.6% 4.2% 333 26.3 0.0% 20.7%
2018 736 18.5 10.7% 2.2% 281 27.4 0.0% 30.2%
2019 812 17.6 16.5% 2.1% 397 27.2 0.0% 27.0%
2020 236 18.6 5.9% 3.8% 96 26.9 0.0% 26.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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