P Junichi Tazawa #68
Age: 53 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
05/13/2040
 OA: 20 POT: 20
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P JUNICHI TAZAWA #68 - AGE: 53 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G GS Rec SV ERA IP HA HR BB K WHIP WAR
0 0 0-0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0
PITCHING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.
Stuff 45 40 45 45
Movement 45 40 45 45
Control 55 55 60 55
PITCHING RATINGS
Pitch Cur. Pot.
Fastball 45 45
Slider 40 40
Curveball 40 40
 
 
OTHER PITCHING RATINGS
Velocity 89-91 Mph
Stamina 12
Suggested Role Strictly BP
Type Extreme Flyball
Hold Runners 44
Defense 1
RUN/BUNT RATINGS
Running Speed: 25
Stealing Ability: 15
Baserunning Inst.: 29
Sacrifice Bunt: 43
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec
PERSONALITY
Tazawa knows how to fit in.
Low: Greed
Birthday:06/06/1986
Born in:Yokohama, KAN
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 11"
Weight:230 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:13 Years, 44 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:13 Years, 85 Days
Pro Service:16 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
CAREER PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2009 Boston - MLB 22 6 4 2 3 0 7.46 25.1 43 23 21 4 9 13 0 0 2.05 .386 5.69 -0.0 61
2011 Boston - MLB 24 3 0 0 0 0 6.00 3.0 3 2 2 1 1 4 0 0 1.33 .286 5.83 -0.1 69
2012 Boston - MLB 25 37 0 1 1 1 1.43 44.0 37 7 7 1 5 45 0 0 0.95 .303 1.88 1.4 290
2013 Boston - MLB 26 71 0 5 4 0 3.16 68.1 70 25 24 9 12 72 0 0 1.20 .314 3.30 0.9 128
2014 Boston - MLB 27 71 0 4 3 0 2.86 63.0 58 23 20 5 17 64 0 0 1.19 .303 3.03 0.9 136
2015 Boston - MLB 28 61 0 2 7 3 4.14 58.2 65 28 27 5 13 56 0 0 1.33 .347 3.08 0.9 98
2016 Boston - MLB 29 71 0 4 2 3 5.06 80.0 80 46 45 9 23 75 0 0 1.29 .307 3.90 0.6 85
2017 Boston - MLB 30 67 0 6 1 4 4.21 83.1 85 40 39 17 22 80 0 0 1.28 .294 4.89 -0.2 104
2018 Boston - MLB 31 65 0 3 3 0 3.49 77.1 65 30 30 11 18 66 0 0 1.07 .257 4.11 0.3 120
2019 Boston - MLB 32 59 0 3 3 5 3.54 68.2 64 27 27 5 20 56 0 0 1.22 .296 3.51 0.8 115
2020 Boston - MLB 33 9 0 0 2 2 1.69 10.2 9 3 2 1 2 13 0 0 1.03 .308 2.45 0.3 259
2020 New York - MLB 33 27 0 2 0 4 4.76 22.2 27 15 12 3 3 24 0 0 1.32 .369 3.39 0.3 90
2020 Total - MLB 33 36 0 2 2 6 3.78 33.1 36 18 14 4 5 37 0 0 1.23 .352 3.09 0.7 144
2021 Kansas City - MLB 34 75 0 2 2 2 4.22 81.0 83 41 38 9 24 72 0 0 1.32 .319 3.83 0.6 98
2022 Minnesota - MLB 35 31 0 4 2 1 2.81 41.2 34 13 13 6 4 36 0 0 0.91 .255 3.63 0.3 141
2023 Minnesota - MLB 36 40 0 3 3 5 4.53 47.2 49 25 24 8 16 42 0 0 1.36 .301 4.42 -0.2 87
Total MLB 693 4 41 36 30 3.84 775.1 772 348 331 94 189 718 0 0 1.24 .307 3.73 6.9 120
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2009 Portland - AA 22 18 18 9 5 0 2.57 98.0 80 31 28 8 26 88 0 0 1.08 .268 3.35 2.2 155
2009 Pawtucket - AAA 22 2 2 0 2 0 2.38 11.1 7 4 3 0 1 6 0 0 0.71 .212 2.67 0.4 168
2011 Salem - A+ 24 6 6 0 1 0 6.05 19.1 20 13 13 4 6 13 0 0 1.34 .276 5.94 -0.2 66
2011 Portland - AA 24 8 2 3 2 0 4.70 23.0 20 12 12 3 7 27 0 0 1.17 .283 3.72 0.3 85
2011 Pawtucket - AAA 24 8 0 1 1 0 2.51 14.1 14 4 4 1 3 19 0 0 1.19 .371 2.08 0.4 160
2012 Pawtucket - AAA 25 25 0 3 2 4 2.55 42.1 34 18 12 2 17 56 0 0 1.20 .308 2.37 1.1 157
2020 Pawtucket - AAA 33 9 0 0 1 3 4.05 6.2 4 3 3 1 2 5 0 0 0.90 .167 4.86 -0.1 101
2024 Scranton WB - AAA 37 15 0 2 2 0 5.04 25.0 31 14 14 3 12 18 0 0 1.72 .364 4.84 -0.3 77
Total IL 59 2 6 8 7 3.25 99.2 90 43 36 7 35 104 0 0 1.25 .311 3.15 135.1
Total EL 26 20 12 7 0 2.98 121.0 100 43 40 11 33 115 0 0 1.10 .271 3.42 141.8
Total CAR 6 6 0 1 0 6.05 19.1 20 13 13 4 6 13 0 0 1.34 .276 5.94 66.1
CAREER POSTSEASON PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2017 Boston - MLB 30 3 0 1 0 0 2.45 3.2 5 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 1.64 .333 6.13 -0.1 178
2019 Boston - MLB 32 4 0 0 0 0 1.80 5.0 5 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1.60 .308 7.28 -0.2 226
2022 Minnesota - MLB 35 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.80 .333 3.73 0.0 999
Total MLB 8 0 1 0 0 1.74 10.1 12 2 2 2 5 5 0 0 1.65 .323 6.30 333.5
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2009 Pawtucket - AAA P 2 0 1 2 1 3 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2009 Portland - AA P 18 0 5 10 0 15 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2009 Boston - MLB P 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 25.1 0.36 -0.1 .000
2011 Pawtucket - AAA P 8 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2011 Portland - AA P 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2011 Salem - A+ P 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2011 Boston - MLB P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 -0.0 .000
2012 Pawtucket - AAA P 25 0 2 6 0 9 1 .889 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2012 Boston - MLB P 37 0 2 4 0 6 0 1.000 44.0 1.23 -0.2 .000
2013 Boston - MLB P 71 0 2 6 1 8 0 1.000 68.1 1.05 -0.3 .000
2014 Boston - MLB P 71 0 1 6 2 10 3 .700 63.0 1.00 -0.3 .000
2015 Boston - MLB P 61 0 1 4 2 5 0 1.000 58.2 0.77 -0.6 .000
2016 Boston - MLB P 67 0 1 9 2 10 0 1.000 80.0 1.13 -0.1 1.005
2017 Boston - MLB P 65 0 4 4 0 8 0 1.000 83.1 0.86 +0.5 1.210
2018 Boston - MLB P 62 0 5 11 1 17 1 .941 77.1 1.86 +0.9 1.190
2019 Boston - MLB P 57 0 0 7 0 7 0 1.000 68.2 0.92 -0.6 .908
2020 Boston - MLB P 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 10.2 0.84 -0.0 .000
2020 New York - MLB P 25 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 22.2 0.40 -0.0 1.009
2021 Kansas City - MLB P 72 0 7 17 1 26 2 .923 81.0 2.67 +0.3 1.055
2022 Minnesota - MLB P 30 0 4 3 1 7 0 1.000 41.2 1.51 -0.2 .996
2023 Minnesota - MLB P 36 0 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 47.2 0.57 -0.9 .675
TOTAL P 739 4 37 96 11 141 8 .943 775.1 1.54 -1.7 1.037
PLAYER HISTORY
12/04/2008 Signed as an international Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox
05/03/2016 Injured (DTD), out for 3 days.
05/28/2016 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $26,000,000 with the Boston Red Sox organization.
01/01/2017 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 60 (60); Control: 65 (65).
01/01/2018 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 55 (60); Control: 65 (65).
10/29/2018 Decided not to opt out of the remaining portion of his contract.
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 65 (65).
10/31/2019 Wins the 2019 World Series with the Boston Red Sox.
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 65 (65).
07/12/2020 Was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees, along with SP Jon Bennett, 1B Armando Valenzuela, RF Kevin Moore, in exchange for SP Jose Fernandez, 1B Clint Coulter.
09/09/2020 Injured (hamstring soreness), out for 1 day.
11/24/2020 Became a free agent.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 65 (65).
04/08/2021 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,325,000 with the Kansas City Royals organization.
11/26/2021 Became a free agent.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 65 (65).
03/27/2022 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,200,000 with the Minnesota Twins organization.
11/25/2022 Became a free agent.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 65 (65).
04/03/2023 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,700,000 with the Minnesota Twins organization.
05/20/2023 Injured (Mild calf strain), day-to-day for 3 days.
11/21/2023 Became a free agent.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 50 (55); Control: 65 (65).
05/21/2024 Signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees organization.
08/22/2024 Injured on 08/19/2024, diagnosed with elbow tendinitis, will miss 6 weeks.
10/19/2024 Released by the New York organization.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 45 (55); Movement: 50 (55); Control: 60 (60).
01/01/2026 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 40 (50); Movement: 50 (55); Control: 60 (60).
01/01/2026 Retired from professional baseball.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year G Rank
2013 71 10
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