P Yusei Kikuchi #27
Age: 32 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Good
11/10/2023
P YUSEI KIKUCHI #27 - AGE: 32 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: GOOD
G GS Rec SV ERA IP HA HR BB K WHIP WAR
34 34 13-17 0 4.88 191.2 215 37 67 158 1.47 0.7
PITCHING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.
Stuff 50 55 50 50
Movement 40 45 40 40
Control 50 50 50 50
PITCHING RATINGS
Pitch Cur. Pot.
Fastball 65 65
Slider 60 60
Changeup 35 35
Cutter 60 60
 
OTHER PITCHING RATINGS
Velocity 95-97 Mph
Stamina 60
Suggested Role Starter
Type Neutral
Hold Runners 70
Defense 50
RUN/BUNT RATINGS
Running Speed: 30
Stealing Ability: 25
Baserunning Inst.: 25
Sacrifice Bunt: 50
Bunt for Hit: 20
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec
10/06/2023 DET Loss, 1-4 X 4.2 3 2 2 1 5 Loss
09/28/2023 @ MIN Win, 7-2 X 7.0 4 2 2 4 5 Win
09/22/2023 @ TEX Loss, 1-5 X 5.1 7 4 4 3 4 Loss
09/16/2023 TOR Loss, 1-2 X 6.1 7 2 2 0 7 Loss
09/10/2023 @ CWS Loss, 3-6 X 4.2 6 5 5 3 4 Loss
09/02/2023 CHC Win, 2-1 X 5.0 4 1 1 3 7 Win
08/28/2023 @ TB Loss, 5-6 X 4.2 8 5 5 3 2 Loss
08/23/2023 LAA Win, 6-4 X 5.1 1 0 0 1 8 Win
08/19/2023 BAL Win, 6-5 X 5.0 5 5 3 2 5 Win
08/13/2023 @ CHC Loss, 4-10 X 2.1 6 5 4 0 2 Loss
PERSONALITY
Birthday:06/17/1991
Born in:Morioka, IWA
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 0"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$750,000
Signed Through:2023 Season
Major Service:4 Years, 35 Days
Service This Yr:186 Days
40-Man Service:4 Years, 84 Days
Pro Service:11 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:2 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2023 PITCHING STATS
Pitching G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG CG% SHO QS QS%
Overall 34 34 13 17 0 4.88 191.2 215 110 104 37 67 158 0 0.0 0 13 38.2
Pitching SVO BS SV% RA GF BR/9 H/9 K/9 BB/9 FIP WHIP FIP- WAR BABIP        
Overall 0 0 0.0 0 0 13.57 10.10 7.42 3.15 5.47 1.47 119 0.7 .310        
Pitching AB H 2B 3B HR R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS      
vs. LHB 270 86 12 2 15 38 24 47 1 0 1 .319 .375 .544 .919      
vs. RHB 490 129 18 2 22 72 43 111 8 1 6 .263 .325 .443 .768      
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2023 PITCHING SPLITS
Split G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K  
April 5 5 3 2 0 2.93 30.2 27 10 10 4 11 21  
May 6 6 2 2 0 5.25 36.0 48 21 21 7 9 22  
June 6 6 3 3 0 5.29 32.1 40 22 19 8 12 26  
July 5 5 1 3 0 5.12 31.2 38 18 18 5 7 31  
August 6 6 2 3 0 6.43 28.0 31 23 20 8 14 26  
September 5 5 2 3 0 4.45 28.1 28 14 14 4 13 27  
October 1 1 0 1 0 3.86 4.2 3 2 2 1 1 5  
Spring Training 5 1 2 0 1 3.18 11.1 9 4 4 2 4 11  
Last Year 12 7 3 1 0 6.68 32.1 48 25 24 9 16 39  
2 Years Ago 6 6 3 1 0 5.24 34.1 39 20 20 2 11 32  
Career 93 88 27 34 0 5.26 467.0 538 291 273 87 164 392  
Home 17 17 6 9 0 4.66 94.2 98 53 49 21 32 92  
Road 17 17 7 8 0 5.10 97.0 117 57 55 16 35 66  
Grass 32 32 12 16 0 4.91 179.2 204 104 98 34 62 153  
Turf 2 2 1 1 0 4.50 12.0 11 6 6 3 5 5  
Day 12 12 6 6 0 4.50 68.0 76 38 34 7 23 42  
Night 22 22 7 11 0 5.09 123.2 139 72 70 30 44 116  
As Starter 34 34 13 17 0 4.88 191.2 215 110 104 37 67 158  
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+
2011 Melbourne - ABL 19 5 5 1 2 0 4.38 24.2 28 14 12 2 10 22 0 0 1.54 .338 3.81 0.4 91
2011 Saitama Seibu - NPB 19 10 9 4 1 0 4.14 54.1 63 26 25 6 8 24 2 0 1.31 .300 4.36 0.5 97
2011 Total - NPB 19 15 14 5 3 0 4.22 79.0 91 40 37 8 18 46 2 0 1.38 .311 4.19 0.9 95
2012 Saitama Seibu - NPB 20 14 12 4 3 1 3.10 81.1 75 34 28 5 25 57 0 0 1.23 .279 3.56 1.6 130
2013 Saitama Seibu - NPB 21 17 17 9 4 0 1.92 108.0 79 28 23 5 44 92 3 3 1.14 .249 3.40 2.4 210
2014 Saitama Seibu - NPB 22 23 23 5 11 0 3.54 139.2 133 61 55 9 78 111 1 0 1.51 .301 4.23 1.6 114
2015 Saitama Seibu - NPB 23 23 21 9 10 0 2.84 133.0 97 48 42 9 55 122 0 0 1.14 .249 3.51 2.7 142
2016 Saitama Seibu - NPB 24 22 22 12 7 0 2.58 143.0 117 51 41 7 67 127 2 0 1.29 .281 3.51 3.0 156
2017 Saitama Seibu - NPB 25 26 26 16 6 0 1.97 187.2 122 49 41 16 49 217 6 4 0.91 .237 2.87 5.6 205
2018 Saitama Seibu - NPB 26 23 23 14 4 0 3.08 163.2 124 59 56 16 45 153 1 0 1.03 .248 3.48 3.4 131
2019 Seattle - MLB 27 32 32 6 11 0 5.46 161.2 195 109 98 36 50 116 1 1 1.52 .310 5.88 -0.3 82
2020 Seattle - MLB 28 9 9 2 4 0 5.17 47.0 41 27 27 3 20 47 0 0 1.30 .306 3.34 1.2 81
2021 Cleveland - MLB 29 6 6 3 1 0 5.24 34.1 39 20 20 2 11 32 0 0 1.46 .366 3.45 0.9 86
2022 Cleveland - MLB 30 12 7 3 1 0 6.68 32.1 48 25 24 9 16 39 0 0 1.98 .411 6.39 -0.2 71
2023 Cleveland - MLB 31 34 34 13 17 0 4.88 191.2 215 110 104 37 67 158 0 0 1.47 .310 5.47 0.7 95
Total MLB 93 88 27 34 0 5.26 467.0 538 291 273 87 164 392 1 1 1.50 .321 5.31 2.3 86
Total NPB 158 153 73 46 1 2.77 1010.2 810 356 311 73 371 903 15 7 1.17 .265 3.52 20.7 145
Total ABL 5 5 1 2 0 4.38 24.2 28 14 12 2 10 22 0 0 1.54 .338 3.81 0.4 91
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+
2010 Seibu (Ni-Gun) - AA 18 2 0 1 1 0 0.00 8.0 3 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0.75 .120 3.83 0.1 999
2011 Seibu (Ni-Gun) - AA 19 11 0 3 4 0 3.07 55.2 54 19 19 5 16 35 0 0 1.26 .280 4.13 0.2 132
2012 Seibu (Ni-Gun) - AA 20 10 0 1 5 0 4.89 42.1 44 26 23 3 15 35 0 0 1.39 .306 3.74 0.3 83
2013 Seibu (Ni-Gun) - AA 21 2 0 0 0 0 9.00 3.0 4 3 3 0 2 2 0 0 2.00 .400 4.87 -0.0 45
2015 Seibu (Ni-Gun) - AA 23 4 0 0 0 0 0.60 15.0 7 1 1 0 5 20 0 0 0.80 .226 1.73 0.5 677
2016 Seibu (Ni-Gun) - AA 24 2 0 0 0 0 1.29 7.0 3 1 1 1 0 16 0 0 0.43 .286 0.49 0.4 316
2018 Seibu (Ni-Gun) - AA 26 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 2.0 4 3 0 1 0 4 0 0 2.00 .429 5.70 -0.0 999
2021 Columbus - AAA 29 20 20 6 8 0 4.17 118.2 104 60 55 21 46 119 1 0 1.26 .268 4.50 1.4 105
2022 Columbus - AAA 30 6 6 1 2 0 6.44 29.1 33 21 21 3 14 19 0 0 1.60 .312 5.65 0.1 75
Total AAA E 26 26 7 10 0 4.62 148.0 137 81 76 24 60 138 1 0 1.33 .278 4.73 97.7
Total NGN 32 0 5 11 0 3.18 133.0 119 54 47 10 41 114 0 0 1.20 .280 3.57 127.7
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2015 Saitama Seibu - INT P 23 0 9 15 0 27 3 .889 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2017 Saitama Seibu - INT P 26 0 14 38 4 54 2 .963 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2019 Seattle - MLB P 32 32 10 12 1 23 1 .957 161.2 1.22 +0.0 .000
2020 Seattle - MLB P 9 9 3 5 0 8 0 1.000 47.0 1.53 -0.5 .000
2021 Cleveland - MLB P 6 6 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 34.1 0.26 -0.2 1.015
2022 Cleveland - MLB P 12 7 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 32.1 0.84 +0.3 1.020
2023 Cleveland - MLB P 34 34 10 18 0 28 0 1.000 191.2 1.31 +1.3 1.024
TOTAL P 142 88 47 91 5 144 6 .958 467.0 2.66 +0.9 1.023
PLAYER HISTORY
10/30/2009 Drafted by the Seibu Lions in the 1st round of the 2009 NPB Draft from Hanamaki Higashi HS
12/01/2017 Wins the 2017 NPB Pacific League Best Nine Award (P).
12/01/2018 Wins the 2018 NPB Pacific League Best Nine Award (P).
01/02/2019 Signed a 4-year contract worth a total of $56,000,000 with the Seattle Mariners organization.
03/05/2021 Drafted in the 2021 inaugural draft by the Cleveland Indians. (Round 27, Pick 11, 791st overall pick).
07/23/2021 Injured (hamstring soreness),day-to-day for 5 days.
11/27/2021 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $627,550.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 50 (50).
04/27/2022 Injured (torn meniscus (knee)),out for 3-4 months.
09/24/2022 Injured (mild hamstring strain),day-to-day for 3 days.
12/01/2022 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $750,000.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 50 (50).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
2023 34 8
Year W Rank
2023 13 9
Year L Rank
2023 17 1
Year BF Rank
2023 845 8
Year HRA Rank
2019 36 2
2023 37 4
Year WP Rank
2023 11 7
Year CG Rank
2019 1 7
Year SHO Rank
2019 1 3
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