Masahiro Tanaka
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 218LBS | Age: 35
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 .406 .316 .315 .369 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


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 Sinker NYY R 129 90.4 25.5 -0.7 14.8ARM -0.8 8.7 0.4 14.8ARM -0.1
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 2.7
2019 Slider NYY R 1014 83.3 39.8 0.0 6.7GLV -0.3 1.2 0.6 6.7GLV 1.6
2018 Split-Finger NYY R 739 86.8 34.0 0.1 10.4ARM -1.5 3.3 1.2 10.4ARM -0.3
2018 Cutter NYY R 97 89.0 23.0 3.8 1.4ARM -3.1 12.2 3.9 1.4ARM -4.0
2018 Sinker NYY R 129 90.6 24.9 -1.2 15.4ARM 0.2 9.2 0.1 15.4ARM 0.7
2018 Slider NYY R 796 83.4 39.4 -0.8 6.9GLV 0.3 1.6 0.2 6.9GLV 1.6
2018 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 541 91.8 16.3 1.4 8.8ARM 0.5 17.0 1.3 8.8ARM 1.6
2018 Curveball NYY R 94 76.9 55.9 -1.8 7.5GLV -3.4 -7.6 -2.0 7.5GLV -1.7
2017 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 392 92.3 16.5 0.5 9.4ARM 0.0 16.3 -0.8 9.4ARM 1.3
2017 Cutter NYY R 146 89.5 24.0 1.9 1.9ARM -3.7 10.6 1.3 1.9ARM -4.2
2017 Split-Finger NYY R 697 87.6 33.0 0.0 12.8ARM -0.7 3.4 3.0 12.8ARM 1.6
2017 Sinker NYY R 512 91.4 23.8 -0.6 16.4ARM 0.9 9.5 1.3 16.4ARM 1.0
2017 Slider NYY R 893 84.6 36.1 -0.6 3.6GLV -0.5 3.5 0.1 3.6GLV -0.6
2017 Curveball NYY R 166 76.8 55.7 0.4 8.1GLV -2.8 -7.6 -0.4 8.1GLV -0.5
2016 Split-Finger NYY R 858 87.2 31.0 -1.9 11.2ARM -1.2 5.4 -0.5 11.2ARM 1.3
2016 Slider NYY R 784 84.5 32.8 -4.3 3.5GLV -1.5 6.3 -3.8 3.5GLV -2.5
2016 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 190 92.6 14.6 3.0 9.9ARM 2.0 17.8 2.0 9.9ARM 3.5
2016 Sinker NYY R 614 91.0 22.9 -1.5 13.9ARM -0.6 10.5 -0.9 13.9ARM 0.6
2016 Cutter NYY R 259 89.4 21.8 5.3 5.4ARM -7.9 12.7 3.8 5.4ARM -9.4
2016 Curveball NYY R 159 76.1 55.4 -2.5 9.2GLV -2.2 -7.4 -2.6 9.2GLV -1.9
2015 Split-Finger NYY R 625 88.1 31.3 -1.1 10.1ARM -1.4 4.2 0.4 10.1ARM 0.1
2015 Cutter NYY R 224 89.6 22.2 3.6 0.9ARM -2.7 12.2 2.4 0.9ARM -4.5
2015 Curveball NYY R 161 77.1 53.4 -3.0 8.8GLV -1.6 -6.8 -2.7 8.8GLV -2.1
2015 Sinker NYY R 298 91.8 22.4 -1.3 14.8ARM 0.1 10.5 -1.5 14.8ARM 1.3
2015 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 451 92.7 15.3 1.7 8.7ARM 1.0 17.0 1.2 8.7ARM 2.0
2015 Slider NYY R 471 84.3 35.6 -2.4 4.4GLV -1.1 3.7 -1.5 4.4GLV -1.6
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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
2018 Slider 1.9 15 796 33.2 195 .180 .348 .252 31.2 25.1 20.9 .185 .302 .237 29.1
2018 Split-Finger 1.2 9 739 30.8 247 .210 .318 .268 36.2 31.2 26.4 .216 .326 .261 37.2
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -7 541 22.6 119 .327 .551 .412 17.5 18.5 15.3 .317 .568 .409 48.2
2018 Sinker -8.1 -10 129 5.4 38 .382 .765 .495 10.2 10.5 11.8 .364 .656 .465 50.0
2018 Cutter -1.4 -1 97 4.0 26 .308 .846 .473 30.0 19.2 55.6 .351 .853 .502 38.1
2018 Curveball -0.7 -1 94 3.9 9 .444 .556 .439 27.8 22.2 13.3 .386 .521 .390 57.1
2017 Slider 0.9 8 893 31.8 248 .207 .388 .279 39.3 34.7 27.6 .207 .379 .272 29.8
2017 Split-Finger 0.2 1 697 24.8 211 .225 .395 .292 38.1 32.7 27.3 .213 .360 .263 39.8
2017 Sinker -1.9 -10 512 18.2 160 .340 .674 .461 13.2 8.1 15.3 .337 .641 .442 39.5
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -5 392 14.0 80 .361 .569 .431 15.6 18.8 12.0 .307 .550 .393 43.9
2017 Curveball 0.8 1 166 5.9 31 .161 .258 .210 24.5 29.0 25.0 .155 .289 .183 18.2
2017 Cutter 0.2 0 146 5.2 19 .333 .556 .445 32.1 10.5 22.2 .367 .529 .396 37.5
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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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
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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 31.1 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 24.9 7.3 76.3
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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 64 97 45 34 27 31
2016 71 46 56 68 81 27 80 37 32 47 94 51 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 20.8 1 13 19 7 31.8
2017 22.6 35 37.4 -2 10 21 22 62.9
2018 23.0 26 28.9 -3 9 19 14 53.8
2019 22.2 29 24.3 5 17 18 10 34.5
2020 22.8 11 11.9 -1 3 8 5 45.5
Player 22.6 123 123.3 0 52 85 58 47.2
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 26 20 22 22 18 23 19 21 12 21 26 19 19 19 21 11 15 24 23 20 15 29 24 18 17 22 31 24 26 18
2017 35 39 31 35 41 37 42 38 30 34 36 41 40 39 37 40 35 36 38 36 41 37 44 40 36 35 33 44 42 38 28
2018 26 34 24 24 29 25 30 28 24 23 28 35 34 28 27 31 28 26 30 32 32 31 35 33 25 25 26 31 33 30 26
2019 29 27 20 27 23 25 29 25 19 18 23 26 31 23 24 25 22 22 21 26 26 26 31 28 25 20 19 29 30 22 16
2020 11 12 11 12 11 13 12 13 8 10 10 12 14 12 12 11 14 13 11 13 13 12 14 11 11 11 12 12 14 12 10
Player 123 138 106 120 126 118 136 123 102 97 118 140 138 121 119 128 110 112 124 130 132 121 153 136 115 108 112 147 143 128 98
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 31.1 7.8 29.4 -1.7 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