Masahiro Tanaka
Masahiro Tanaka
Born: November 1, 1988
Itami, Hyogo JP
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 215
Career: 2007-2025
Major League Statistics
Masahiro Tanaka compiled a career record of 115 wins and 61 losses and a 2.56 ERA in his 237-game pitching career with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders and Yomiuri Giants. He began playing during the 2007 season and last took the field during the 2025 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.82 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 186.3 | 183 | 83 | 79 | 17 | 68 | 2 | 196 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 800 | |
| 2008 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.49 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 172.7 | 171 | 71 | 67 | 9 | 54 | 3 | 159 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 726 | |
| 2009 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 15 | 6 | .714 | 2.33 | 25 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 189.7 | 170 | 51 | 49 | 13 | 43 | 0 | 171 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 771 | |
| 2010 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 11 | 6 | .647 | 2.50 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 155.0 | 159 | 47 | 43 | 9 | 32 | 1 | 119 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 643 |
| 2011 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 19 | 5 | .792 | 1.27 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 226.3 | 171 | 35 | 32 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 241 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 866 |
| 2012 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 10 | 4 | .714 | 1.87 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 173.0 | 160 | 45 | 36 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 169 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 696 |
| 2013 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 24 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.27 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 212.0 | 168 | 35 | 30 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 183 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 822 |
| 2015 | AAA | IL | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| 2018 | AAA | IL | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| 2021 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 4 | 9 | .308 | 3.01 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 155.7 | 131 | 54 | 52 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 126 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 624 | ||
| 2022 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.31 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 163.0 | 160 | 65 | 60 | 16 | 30 | 1 | 126 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 668 | ||
| 2024 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | ||
| 2025 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 53 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 209 | ||
| Totals | 115 | 61 | .653 | 2.56 | 237 | 175 | 1 | 55 | 19 | 3 | 1694.7 | 1541 | 525 | 482 | 106 | 359 | 9 | 1530 | 41 | 2 | 51 | 6891 |
Batting:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 25 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 25 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 20 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .111 | .125 | .236 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 27 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 28 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 10 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .154 | .154 | .231 | .385 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 233 | 62 | 56 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .107 | .105 | .143 | .248 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | P | 28 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.321 |
| 2008 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | P | 25 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 2 | .943 | 1.320 |
| 2009 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | P | 25 | 9 | 31 | 2 | 0 | .952 | 1.600 |
| 2010 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | P | 20 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.700 |
| 2011 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | P | 27 | 16 | 43 | 2 | 2 | .967 | 2.185 |
| 2012 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | P | 22 | 13 | 41 | 1 | 4 | .982 | 2.455 |
| 2013 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | P | 28 | 14 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.929 |
| 2015 | AAA | IL | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 2018 | AAA | IL | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 2021 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | P | 23 | 17 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 1.913 |
| 2022 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | P | 25 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.160 |
| 2024 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| 2025 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 |
| Totals | 212 | 87 | 276 | 9 | 16 | .976 | 1.712 |
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