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Masahiro Tanaka
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 214LBS | 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
20202020 MLB Percentile Rankings
ValuesavantPOORAVERAGEGREATPitching Run Value2NOT QUALIFIED51Fastball Run Value-3NOT QUALIFIED22Breaking Run Value3NOT QUALIFIED82Offspeed Run Value2NOT QUALIFIED79PitchingxERA4.04NOT QUALIFIED55xBA.244NOT QUALIFIED45Fastball Velo92.1NOT QUALIFIED31Avg Exit Velocity88.5NOT QUALIFIED47Chase %32.8NOT QUALIFIED87Whiff %29.7NOT QUALIFIED71K %22.3NOT QUALIFIED44BB %4.1NOT QUALIFIED94Barrel %9.1NOT QUALIFIED25Hard-Hit %37.1NOT QUALIFIED49GB %44.1NOT QUALIFIED52Extension6.1NOT QUALIFIED31
20202020 Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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MLB AVG.ARM ANGLE40°12"24"6"12"18"24"12"24"12"24"7.2 INCHES BREAK5.0 INCHES DROP15.8 INCHES TAIL10.3 INCHES RISE9.4 INCHES TAIL16.8 INCHES RISEAVG12.8 INCHES TAIL8.1 INCHES RISEAVG2.9 INCHES BREAK3.5 INCHES RISEAVG1B3BMOVES TOWARD︎MORERISEMOREDROPUSAGEMPHRHP AVGSlider38%84.084.7Split25%87.185.34-Seam24%92.393.9Sinker8%91.593.0Curve6%75.079.4SAMPLE100 PITCH

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 .437 .319 .309 .377 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 36.6 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%) ,

Slider290 Pitches (37.7%)
Split Finger191 Pitches (24.8%)
Four Seamer185 Pitches (24.1%)
Sinker58 Pitches (7.5%)
Curveball45 Pitches (5.9%)

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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups
All Batted Balls
Batted Ball Breakdown
Season
GB %
AIR %
FB %
LD %
PU %
Pull %
Straight %
Oppo %
Pull GB %
Straight GB %
Oppo GB %
Pull AIR %
Straight AIR %
Oppo AIR %
2015 47.8 52.2 23.4 22.7 6.1 38.8 37.6 21.8 22.2 19.3 5.7 16.6 18.4 16.1
2016 48.8 51.2 19.0 25.6 6.7 40.6 36.4 23.0 25.5 16.8 6.5 15.1 19.6 16.5
2017 50.1 49.9 21.2 23.4 5.3 40.7 41.5 17.9 22.4 23.2 4.5 18.3 18.3 13.4
2018 49.3 50.7 23.3 22.1 5.3 40.6 39.6 19.1 23.0 21.4 4.1 17.5 18.2 15.0
2019 48.2 51.8 21.3 22.9 7.6 43.1 35.0 21.8 27.8 16.5 3.9 15.3 18.5 18.0
2020 44.1 55.9 20.3 24.5 11.2 42.7 38.5 18.9 21.7 16.8 5.6 21.0 21.7 13.3
Player 48.6 51.4 21.4 23.5 6.5 40.9 37.9 20.7 24.3 19.1 5.0 16.7 18.8 15.7
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season
Weak %
Topped %
Under %
Flare/Burner %
Solid %
Barrel %
Barrel/PA
2015 2.9 37.4 23.6 19.5 5.4 7.7 5.6
2016 3.3 37.3 20.6 25.3 6.0 4.3 3.2
2017 4.9 36.9 19.3 23.2 6.3 8.6 5.9
2018 3.0 34.6 21.0 25.6 6.7 7.1 4.9
2019 2.6 37.5 21.1 25.0 7.4 6.2 4.6
2020 6.3 28.7 29.4 23.1 2.8 9.1 6.6
Player 3.5 36.4 21.5 23.8 6.2 6.8 4.9
MLB 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

Created with Highcharts 6.2.0Chart context menuMasahiro Tanaka Vertical Movement vs Avg (Inches) by SeasonSource: baseballsavant.mlb.comCurveballSliderSplit FingerSinkerFour SeamerCutter201520162017201820192020-7.5-5-2.502.557.5

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)
Year
Pitch
Team
Hand
#
MPH
Vertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. Avg
Horizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2020 Curveball NYY R 45 75.0 53.7 -5.5 7.2GLV -3.4 -5.0 -4.7 7.2GLV -1.9
2020 Slider NYY R 290 84.0 35.6 -2.2 2.9GLV -2.5 3.5 -2.1 2.9GLV -2.3
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 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 0.7 6.7GLV 1.7
2019 Cutter NYY R 45 87.5 28.4 0.5 1.6ARM -3.8 7.9 0.1 1.6ARM -4.2
2019 Curveball NYY R 89 76.1 58.2 -0.4 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 Split-Finger NYY R 743 86.8 31.9 -1.6 12.7ARM 1.2 5.3 -0.9 12.7ARM 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 0.8 2 290 37.7 81 .260 .429 .315 40.6 35.8 30.5 .184 .309 .234 35.4
2020 Split-Finger 0.9 2 191 24.8 62 .207 .379 .282 23.0 12.9 10.7 .255 .410 .313 32.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -3 185 24.1 39 .351 .649 .438 30.1 17.9 13.2 .346 .773 .474 56.7
2020 Sinker -1.0 -1 58 7.5 14 .214 .429 .336 3.6 0.0 0.0 .279 .400 .291 21.4
2020 Curveball 2.3 1 45 5.9 1 .000 .000 .000 7.7 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0
2019 Slider 2.3 23 1,014 36.4 273 .193 .340 .257 33.7 29.3 24.0 .203 .352 .256 31.8
2019 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -8 767 27.5 171 .318 .623 .429 17.3 18.1 13.7 .293 .596 .396 46.0
2019 Split-Finger 0.4 3 743 26.7 249 .260 .413 .320 18.4 12.9 13.5 .283 .408 .305 37.0
2019 Sinker -3.3 -4 129 4.6 39 .375 .656 .473 12.9 10.3 9.8 .329 .498 .428 53.3
2019 Curveball -0.4 0 89 3.2 12 .417 .583 .473 8.7 0.0 0.0 .360 .459 .350 16.7
2019 Cutter -2.9 -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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1212345678910114-SEAM FASTBALLSINKERSLIDERCURVEBALLSPLIT-FINGERMasahiro TanakaObserved Movement by Pitch TypeSPIN DIRECTION - PITCHER POV
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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ARM ANGLE40°2020
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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year
Team
PA
Pitches
Heart
Shadow
Chase
Waste
All
2014 540 2,000 -9 21 2 -6 8
2015 608 2,289 -4 23 -4 -7 8
2016 805 2,935 3 37 -6 -9 25
2017 749 2,807 -8 33 -11 -13 2
2018 634 2,396 -15 39 -6 -11 7
2019 759 2,787 5 31 -17 -7 12
2020 197 769 -2 10 -5 -2 2
Player 4,292 15,983 -29 196 -47 -29 65
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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 57.7 42.6 61.1 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 82 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 -0.8 90.9 0.6 91.5 -0.3 91.2 -0.1 91.1 1.0 92.1
Offspeed Velocity 88.1 -0.9 87.2 0.4 87.6 -0.8 86.8 0.0 86.8 0.3 87.1
Breaking Velocity 82.4 0.7 83.1 0.3 83.4 -0.7 82.7 0.0 82.7 0.1 82.8
Exit Velocity 89.3 -0.4 88.9 -0.9 88.0 0.9 88.9 0.2 89.1 -0.6 88.5
Launch Angle 9.9 -0.9 9.0 -0.2 8.8 1.9 10.7 0.4 11.1 1.8 12.9
Barrel % 7.7 -3.4 4.3 4.3 8.6 -1.5 7.1 -0.9 6.2 2.9 9.1
Hard Hit % 36.7 -0.4 36.3 -0.1 36.2 1.9 38.1 -0.2 37.9 -0.8 37.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.6 1.0 31.6 3.0 34.6 -2.8 31.8 1.3 33.1 -0.2 32.9
xBA .246 0.004 .250 -0.003 .247 -0.005 .242 0.019 .261 -0.017 .244
BA .221 0.015 .236 0.021 .257 -0.017 .240 0.021 .261 -0.004 .257
xwOBA .310 -0.017 .293 0.022 .315 -0.010 .305 0.011 .316 -0.007 .309
wOBA .287 -0.009 .278 0.048 .326 -0.019 .307 0.007 .314 0.005 .319
xSLG .439 -0.051 .388 0.056 .444 -0.036 .408 0.026 .434 0.003 .437
SLG .420 -0.047 .373 0.094 .467 -0.045 .422 0.028 .450 0.005 .455
K% 22.9 -2.4 20.5 5.3 25.8 -0.8 25.0 -5.4 19.6 2.7 22.3
BB% 4.4 0.1 4.5 1.0 5.5 0.0 5.5 -0.2 5.3 -1.2 4.1
Swing % 49.4 0.8 50.2 1.0 51.2 -0.8 50.4 0.0 50.4 1.2 51.6
Whiff% 24.5 -1.2 23.3 7.9 31.2 -1.8 29.4 -6.2 23.2 6.5 29.7
In Zone % 45.6 0.9 46.5 0.2 46.7 -0.1 46.6 0.4 47.0 -0.6 46.4
Out of Zone % 54.4 -0.9 53.5 -0.2 53.3 0.1 53.4 -0.4 53.0 0.6 53.6
Out of Zone Swing % 36.7 -2.2 34.5 -0.9 33.6 0.1 33.7 0.9 34.6 -1.8 32.8
First Pitch Swing % 28.9 3.1 32.0 0.4 32.4 0.0 32.4 -0.3 32.1 -1.1 31.0
First Pitch Strike % 62.7 1.8 64.5 0.3 64.8 3.4 68.2 0.6 68.8 -5.3 63.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHH
vs LHH
Year
Alignment Type
PA
wOBA
PA
Total
%
PA
Total
%
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 Empty
Runners On Base
Season
Team
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
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

Masahiro Tanaka - 2020 Frequency of Pitches by Pitch Speed4-Seam FastballCurveballSinkerSliderSplit-FingerAll Pitches75 MPH80 MPH85 MPH90 MPH95 MPHPitch Speed0%2%4%6%8%10%12%Frequency of Speed