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Daisuke Matsuzaka

Red Sox Career team 2007–2012
Number #16
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 46
Height 6' 0"
Weight 200 lbs
Birth Place Tokyo, Japan
Born Sep 13, 1980

Key Insights

2014
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Gary Sheffield has hit .538/.625/1.154 against Matsuzaka over 16 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

7 for 13 with 2 home runs and 1 strikeout, against a .814 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Matsuzaka has struck Travis Buck out 6 times in 11 plate appearances, 54.5% of everything between them.

6 strikeouts in 11 plate appearances.
One club he never seems to get going against

The LAD lineup has hit .443 and slugged .705 against Matsuzaka across 69 plate appearances, the club that has done the most damage to him.

27 hits, 2 home runs and 8 strikeouts, against a .391 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Jhonny Peralta is 0 for 13 against Matsuzaka, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

13 career plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Matsuzaka throws than Carlos Pena: 45.7% of the swings between them come up empty.

31 plate appearances between them. 97th percentile of the 54 matchups on his own record.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Matsuzaka has faced Akinori Iwamura more than any other hitter: 37 plate appearances, and Akinori Iwamura has hit .375/.459/.531 in them.

12 hits, 1 home run and 8 strikeouts across 37 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 13, 1980
Birth Place Tokyo, Japan
Height 6' 0"
Weight 200 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right