Junichi Tazawa stats
Bio
- Age
- 40 yearsJun 6, 1986
- Height
- 5' 11"
Junichi Tazawa played 9 MLB seasons, 2009 to 2018.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 388
- W
- 21
- L
- 26
- ERA
- 4.12
- IP
- 395.1
- K
- 374
- BB
- 109
- WHIP
- 1.32
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | BOS | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7.46 | 25.1 | 13 | 9 | 2.05 |
| 2011 | BOS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | 1.33 |
| 2012 | BOS | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1.43 | 44.0 | 45 | 5 | 0.95 |
| 2013 | BOS | 71 | 5 | 4 | 3.16 | 68.1 | 72 | 12 | 1.20 |
| 2014 | BOS | 71 | 4 | 3 | 2.86 | 63.0 | 64 | 17 | 1.19 |
| 2015 | BOS | 61 | 2 | 7 | 4.14 | 58.2 | 56 | 13 | 1.33 |
| 2016 | BOS | 53 | 3 | 2 | 4.17 | 49.2 | 54 | 14 | 1.23 |
| 2017 | MIA | 55 | 3 | 5 | 5.69 | 55.1 | 38 | 22 | 1.39 |
| 2018 |  MIA/LAA | 31 | 1 | 1 | 7.07 | 28.0 | 28 | 16 | 1.82 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 13
- W
- 1
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 1.23
- IP
- 7.1
- K
- 6
- BB
- 1
- WHIP
- 0.95
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 1
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 8.5
- GB
- 445
- FB
- 749
- G/F
- 0.60
- WP
- 24
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | BOS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 24 | 81 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 2011 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 1 | 7 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 2012 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 59 | 61 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 71 | 128 | 0.6 | 3 |
| 2014 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 68 | 112 | 0.6 | 5 |
| 2015 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 74 | 103 | 0.7 | 9 |
| 2016 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 56 | 83 | 0.7 | 4 |
| 2017 | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 67 | 109 | 0.6 | 2 |
| 2018 | MIA/LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 25 | 65 | 0.4 | 1 |
Bio
- Age
- 40 yearsJun 6, 1986
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Debut
- 2009
- Birthplace
- Yokohama, Japan
Latest performance
Junichi Tazawa
Sep 30 · vs ATH · W 5-4
- IP
- 1.0
- H
- 0
- R
- 0
- ER
- 0
- BB
- 0
- K
- 2
- HR
- 0
- ERA
- 2.25
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Sep 30 | vs ATHW 5-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fri, Sep 28 | vsATHW 8-5 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Sep 23 | at HOUL 6-2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Thu, Sep 20 | atATHL 21-3 | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sat, Sep 15 | vs SEAL 6-5 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Thu, Sep 13 | vsSEAL 8-2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Junichi Tazawa's career stats?
Junichi Tazawa played 9 seasons for the Red Sox and the Marlins. He had 21 wins and 374 strikeouts with a 4.12 ERA over 395.1 innings. His best season was 2013: 5 wins, a 3.16 ERA and 72 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
9 seasons, 1 postseason, 2009 to 2018
Championships
- 2013 World Series with the Boston Red Sox
More on Junichi Tazawa
Playoff series
Junichi Tazawa played 13 games across 1 MLB postseason in 3 series — 3 won, 0 lost.
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 |  TB | Won 3-1 | 4 | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 |  DET | Won 3-1 | 4 | 2.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 |  STL | Won 3-2 | 5 | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Junichi Tazawa’s playoff series, round by round
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Junichi Tazawa against each club
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (40)
- vs New York Yankees (36)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (33)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (32)
- vs Chicago White Sox (18)
- vs Detroit Tigers (18)
- vs Athletics (17)
- vs Houston Astros (17)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (16)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (14)
- vs Seattle Mariners (14)
- vs Texas Rangers (14)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (13)
- vs Atlanta Braves (12)
- vs Kansas City Royals (12)
- vs Minnesota Twins (12)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (11)
- vs New York Mets (10)
- vs Washington Nationals (9)
- vs Chicago Cubs (8)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (8)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (7)
- vs Colorado Rockies (6)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (5)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (5)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (4)
- vs San Francisco Giants (4)
- vs San Diego Padres (3)
- vs Miami Marlins (2)
- vs Boston Red Sox (1)
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