Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, Born in Japan, From 1901 to 2013, sorted by greatest WAR for Pitchers: Results
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Rk | Player | WAR | From | To | Age | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | W | L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF | IBB | HBP | BK | WP | Tm | ||||
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1 | Hideo Nomo | 21.7 | 1995 | 2008 | 26-39 | 323 | 318 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 123 | 109 | .530 | 0 | 1976.1 | 1768 | 993 | 932 | 908 | 1918 | 4.24 | 97 | 251 | 8462 | 31 | 38 | 17 | 109 | TOT-MIL-DET-BOS-LAD-TBD-KCR | Osaka, Japan |
2 | Hiroki Kuroda | 19.4 | 2008 | 2013 | 33-38 | 180 | 179 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 68 | 70 | .493 | 0 | 1120.0 | 1063 | 473 | 423 | 257 | 840 | 3.40 | 117 | 109 | 4624 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 53 | LAD-NYY | Osaka, Japan |
3 | Tomo Ohka | 11.9 | 1999 | 2009 | 23-33 | 202 | 178 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 51 | 68 | .429 | 0 | 1070.0 | 1182 | 568 | 506 | 302 | 590 | 4.26 | 105 | 140 | 4620 | 27 | 34 | 2 | 35 | BOS-MON-TOT-MIL-TOR-CLE | Kyoto, Japan |
4 | Shigetoshi Hasegawa | 11.5 | 1997 | 2005 | 28-36 | 517 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 191 | 45 | 43 | .511 | 33 | 720.1 | 691 | 323 | 296 | 265 | 447 | 3.70 | 125 | 76 | 3031 | 37 | 18 | 6 | 16 | ANA-SEA | Kobe, Japan |
5 | Takashi Saito | 10.5 | 2006 | 2012 | 36-42 | 338 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 21 | 15 | .583 | 84 | 338.0 | 250 | 99 | 88 | 108 | 400 | 2.34 | 185 | 25 | 1363 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 9 | LAD-BOS-ATL-MIL-ARI | Sendai, Japan |
6 | Koji Uehara | 9.9 | 2009 | 2013 | 34-38 | 230 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 9 | 10 | .474 | 35 | 286.0 | 199 | 82 | 77 | 38 | 332 | 2.42 | 178 | 32 | 1091 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | BAL-TOT-TEX-BOS | Neyagawa, Japan |
7 | Yu Darvish | 9.7 | 2012 | 2013 | 25-26 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 18 | .617 | 0 | 401.0 | 301 | 157 | 149 | 169 | 498 | 3.34 | 127 | 40 | 1657 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 15 | TEX | Habikino, Japan |
8 | Daisuke Matsuzaka | 9.1 | 2007 | 2013 | 26-32 | 124 | 123 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 40 | .570 | 0 | 707.0 | 659 | 368 | 355 | 337 | 642 | 4.52 | 100 | 79 | 3085 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 25 | BOS-NYM | Tokyo, Japan |
9 | Hisashi Iwakuma | 9.0 | 2012 | 2013 | 31-32 | 63 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 11 | .676 | 2 | 345.0 | 296 | 118 | 109 | 85 | 286 | 2.84 | 131 | 42 | 1385 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 15 | SEA | Higashi Yamato, Japan |
10 | Masato Yoshii | 7.5 | 1998 | 2002 | 33-37 | 162 | 118 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 47 | .405 | 0 | 757.1 | 805 | 408 | 389 | 222 | 447 | 4.62 | 101 | 112 | 3219 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 17 | NYM-COL-MON | Arita-gun, Japan |
11 | Hideki Okajima | 6.8 | 2007 | 2013 | 31-37 | 266 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 17 | 8 | .680 | 6 | 250.1 | 228 | 87 | 86 | 88 | 216 | 3.09 | 149 | 27 | 1058 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 5 | BOS-OAK | Kyoto, Japan |
12 | Akinori Otsuka | 6.6 | 2004 | 2007 | 32-35 | 236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 13 | 15 | .464 | 39 | 232.0 | 190 | 71 | 63 | 80 | 217 | 2.44 | 171 | 12 | 951 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4 | SDP-TEX | Chiba, Japan |
13 | Kazuhiro Sasaki | 3.7 | 2000 | 2003 | 32-35 | 228 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 201 | 7 | 16 | .304 | 129 | 223.1 | 165 | 90 | 78 | 77 | 242 | 3.14 | 138 | 24 | 925 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 15 | SEA | Sendai, Japan |
14 | Hideki Irabu | 3.3 | 1997 | 2002 | 28-33 | 126 | 80 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 34 | 35 | .493 | 16 | 514.0 | 547 | 308 | 294 | 175 | 405 | 5.15 | 89 | 91 | 2236 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 25 | NYY-MON-TEX | Hyogo, Japan |
15 | Junichi Tazawa | 2.3 | 2009 | 2013 | 23-27 | 117 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 1 | 140.2 | 153 | 57 | 54 | 27 | 134 | 3.45 | 124 | 15 | 599 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | BOS | Yokohama, Japan |
16 | Shingo Takatsu | 2.1 | 2004 | 2005 | 35-36 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 27 | 98.2 | 81 | 38 | 37 | 40 | 88 | 3.38 | 137 | 17 | 413 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | CHW-TOT | Hiroshima, Japan |
17 | Masanori Murakami | 1.6 | 1964 | 1965 | 20-21 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 9 | 89.1 | 65 | 34 | 34 | 23 | 100 | 3.43 | 106 | 10 | 357 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | SFG | Kita Tsuru-gun, Japan |
18 | Kenshin Kawakami | 1.2 | 2009 | 2010 | 34-35 | 50 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 22 | .267 | 1 | 243.2 | 251 | 130 | 117 | 89 | 164 | 4.32 | 94 | 25 | 1060 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 12 | ATL | Tokushima, Japan |
19 | Hisanori Takahashi | 1.1 | 2010 | 2013 | 35-38 | 168 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 14 | 12 | .538 | 10 | 243.1 | 226 | 115 | 108 | 84 | 221 | 3.99 | 97 | 29 | 1023 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | NYM-LAA-TOT-CHC | Tokyo, Japan |
20 | Keiichi Yabu | 0.8 | 2005 | 2008 | 36-39 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 6 | .538 | 1 | 126.0 | 127 | 67 | 56 | 58 | 92 | 4.00 | 110 | 9 | 564 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 7 | OAK-SFG | Minami Muro-gun, Japan |
21 | Ken Takahashi | 0.6 | 2009 | 2009 | 40-40 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 27.1 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 2.96 | 139 | 2 | 116 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | NYM | Yokohama, Japan |
22 | Steve Chitren | 0.3 | 1990 | 1991 | 23-24 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4 | 78.0 | 66 | 33 | 31 | 36 | 66 | 3.58 | 107 | 8 | 335 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | OAK | Tokyo, Japan |
23 | Mac Suzuki | 0.2 | 1996 | 2002 | 21-27 | 117 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 31 | .340 | 0 | 465.2 | 501 | 326 | 296 | 265 | 327 | 5.72 | 86 | 67 | 2126 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 44 | SEA-TOT-KCR | Kobe, Japan |
24 | Kazuhito Tadano | 0.2 | 2004 | 2005 | 24-25 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 54.1 | 59 | 31 | 27 | 18 | 40 | 4.47 | 98 | 6 | 241 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | CLE | Tokyo, Japan |
25 | Kazuhisa Ishii | 0.2 | 2002 | 2005 | 28-31 | 105 | 102 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 34 | .534 | 0 | 564.0 | 508 | 310 | 278 | 354 | 435 | 4.44 | 90 | 70 | 2496 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 22 | LAD-NYM | Chiba, Japan |
Rk | Player | WAR | From | To | Age | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | W | L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF | IBB | HBP | BK | WP | Tm | ||||
26 | Takashi Kashiwada | 0.1 | 1997 | 1997 | 26-26 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 0 | 31.1 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 4.31 | 96 | 4 | 145 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | NYM | Yashiro, Japan |
27 | Craig House | -0.1 | 2000 | 2000 | 22-22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 13.2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 7.24 | 82 | 3 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | COL | Okinawa, Japan |
28 | Kyuji Fujikawa | -0.2 | 2013 | 2013 | 32-32 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2 | 12.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 5.25 | 77 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | CHC | Kochi, Japan |
29 | Masahide Kobayashi | -0.2 | 2008 | 2009 | 34-35 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 6 | 65.1 | 77 | 39 | 37 | 18 | 39 | 5.10 | 84 | 10 | 289 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | CLE | Otsuki, Japan |
30 | Steve Randolph | -0.3 | 2003 | 2007 | 29-33 | 109 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 7 | .588 | 0 | 155.0 | 144 | 103 | 95 | 136 | 134 | 5.52 | 84 | 22 | 742 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 9 | ARI-HOU | Okinawa, Japan |
31 | Kazuo Fukumori | -0.4 | 2008 | 2008 | 31-31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 20.25 | 24 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | TEX | Kita Morokata-gun, Japan | |
32 | Masao Kida | -0.4 | 1999 | 2005 | 30-36 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1 | 95.2 | 114 | 66 | 62 | 39 | 68 | 5.83 | 82 | 9 | 432 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | DET-LAD-TOT-SEA | Kokubunji, Japan |
33 | Satoru Komiyama | -0.4 | 2002 | 2002 | 36-36 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 43.1 | 53 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 33 | 5.61 | 72 | 7 | 194 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | NYM | Kashiwa, Japan |
34 | Yoshinori Tateyama | -0.4 | 2011 | 2012 | 35-36 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 61.0 | 55 | 42 | 39 | 17 | 61 | 5.75 | 77 | 12 | 257 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | TEX | Daito, Japan |
35 | Yasuhiko Yabuta | -0.6 | 2008 | 2009 | 35-36 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 0 | 51.2 | 70 | 42 | 41 | 24 | 34 | 7.14 | 62 | 9 | 245 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | KCR | Kishiwada, Japan |
36 | Kei Igawa | -0.6 | 2007 | 2008 | 27-28 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 71.2 | 89 | 54 | 53 | 37 | 53 | 6.66 | 68 | 15 | 337 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | NYY | Higashi Ibaraki-gun, Japan |
37 | Takahito Nomura | -0.6 | 2002 | 2002 | 33-33 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 8.56 | 49 | 2 | 71 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | MIL | ||
38 | Jeff McCurry | -0.7 | 1995 | 1999 | 25-29 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 12 | .200 | 1 | 128.1 | 169 | 91 | 84 | 63 | 60 | 5.89 | 79 | 24 | 594 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | DET-COL-PIT-HOU | Tokyo, Japan |
39 | Masumi Kuwata | -0.9 | 2007 | 2007 | 39-39 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 21.0 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 9.43 | 47 | 6 | 103 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | PIT | Yao, Japan |
40 | Micheal Nakamura | -0.9 | 2003 | 2004 | 26-27 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 1 | 38.1 | 47 | 34 | 32 | 9 | 38 | 7.51 | 64 | 11 | 176 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | MIN-TOR | Nara, Japan |
41 | Ryota Igarashi | -1.4 | 2010 | 2012 | 31-33 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 0 | 73.0 | 81 | 52 | 52 | 51 | 72 | 6.41 | 60 | 6 | 351 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | NYM-TOT | Chiba, Japan |
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