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Kyuji Fujikawa P

Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
13	29	26.7	1	1	2	5.74	0.6

Birth Date	7-21-1980
Height	6' 0"
Weight	190 lbs

Age	43 years, 8 months, 28 days
Bats	L
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2013	CHN	MLB	12	12.0	1	1	2	11	2	14	1	103	8.3	1.5	0.8	10.5	0%	.323	1.08	2.77	5.25	81	2.66	63.7	0.3
2014	CHN	MLB	15	13.0	0	0	0	18	6	17	2	101	12.5	4.2	1.4	11.8	0%	.432	1.85	4.33	4.85	80	2.54	62.3	0.3
2015	TEX	MLB	2	1.7	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	115	10.8	0.0	5.4	5.4	0%	.200	1.20	11.50	16.20	114	5.47	127.8	0.0
Career		MLB	29	26.7	1	1	2	31	8	32	4	103	10.5	2.7	1.4	10.8	48%	.382	1.46	4.07	5.74	83	2.78	67.0	0.6

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2000	HNS	npb	JCL	19	0	22.7	0	0	0	25	18	25	1		9.9	7.1	0.4	9.9	0%	-.545	1.89	-0.14	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2002	HNS	npb	JCL	12	1	68.0	1	5	0	56	30	64	6		7.4	4.0	0.8	8.5	0%	-.500	1.26	0.05	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2003	HNS	npb	JCL	17	0	29.3	1	1	0	28	12	19	4		8.6	3.7	1.2	5.8	0%	-.667	1.37	4.85	3.38	0	0.00	0.0
2004	HNS	npb	JCL	26	0	31.0	2	0	0	26	11	35	3		7.5	3.2	0.9	10.2	0%	-.451	1.19	3.35	2.61	0	0.00	0.0
2005	HNS	npb	JCL	80	0	92.3	7	1	1	57	20	139	5		5.6	2.0	0.5	13.6	0%	-.317	0.83	1.54	1.37	0	0.00	0.0
2006	HNS	npb	JCL	63	0	79.3	5	0	17	46	22	122	3		5.2	2.5	0.3	13.8	0%	.270	0.86	1.22	0.68	0	0.00	0.0
2006	JPN	wor	WBC	4	0	2.1	0	1	0	4	0	3	0		17.1	0.0	0.0	12.9	0%	.444	1.90	2.33	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2007	HNS	npb	JCL	71	0	83.0	5	5	46	50	18	115	2		5.4	2.0	0.2	12.5	0%	.271	0.82	1.26	1.63	0	0.00	0.0
2008	HNS	npb	JCL	63	0	67.7	8	1	38	34	13	90	2		4.5	1.7	0.3	12.0	0%	.227	0.69	1.36	0.66	0	0.00	0.0
2009	HNS	npb	JCL	49	0	57.7	5	3	25	32	15	86	4		5.0	2.3	0.6	13.4	0%	.252	0.81	1.47	1.25	0	0.00	0.0
2010	HNS	npb	JCL	58	0	62.7	3	4	28	47	20	81	7		6.7	2.9	1.0	11.6	0%	.278	1.07	3.06	2.01	0	0.00	0.0
2013	CHN	MLB	NL	12	0	12.0	1	1	2	11	2	14	1	103	8.3	1.5	0.8	10.5	0%	.323	1.08	2.77	5.25	81	2.66	63.7
2013	TEN	AA	SOU	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.167	0.50	2.90	0.00	103	4.03	87.6
2013	IOW	AAA	PCL	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		0.0	9.0	0.0	18.0	0%	.000	1.00	2.56	0.00	81	2.52	54.8
2014	CHN	MLB	NL	15	0	13.0	0	0	0	18	6	17	2	101	12.5	4.2	1.4	11.8	0%	.432	1.85	4.33	4.85	80	2.54	62.3
2014	KNC	A	MID	2	0	1.7	0	0	0	1	1	4	0		5.4	5.4	0.0	21.6	0%	.333	1.20	0.48	0.00	53	1.81	38.2
2014	IOW	AAA	PCL	6	0	6.0	0	0	0	5	1	4	0		7.5	1.5	0.0	6.0	0%	.294	1.00	2.86	1.50	90	3.90	82.7
2014	CUB	Rk	AZL	4	2	4.0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0		2.3	2.3	0.0	11.3	0%	.111	0.50	2.26	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2015	TEX	MLB	AL	2	0	1.7	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	115	10.8	0.0	5.4	5.4	0%	.200	1.20	11.50	16.20	114	5.47	127.8
2015	FRI	AA	TEX	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.500	3.00	3.29	9.00	104	8.38	183.8
2015	ROU	AAA	PCL	10	0	9.3	0	0	0	6	9	8	1		5.8	8.7	1.0	7.7	0%	.217	1.61	6.16	3.86	122	4.32	94.7

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2013	207	0.4879	0.4589	0.7158	0.6436	0.2830	0.8000	0.5333	0.2842
2014	226	0.4425	0.4912	0.6937	0.7000	0.3254	0.7571	0.5854	0.3063
2015	26	0.5000	0.4231	0.9091	0.6154	0.2308	1.0000	0.6667	0.0909
Career	459	0.4662	0.4728	0.7159	0.6698	0.3009	0.7902	0.5665	0.2841

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-03-21	2014-08-06	60-DL	138	111	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2013-06-11	-
2013-05-27	2013-09-30	60-DL	126	113	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2013-06-11	-
2013-04-13	2013-05-10	15-DL	27	24	Right	Forearm	Strain		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2016	TEX	$
2015	TEX	$1,000,000
2014	CHN	$4,500,000
2013	CHN	$4,500,000

Years	Description	Salary
3 yr	Previous	$10,000,000
3 yr	Total	$10,000,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
2 y 0 d	Don Nomura	1 year/$1.1M (2015), 2016 option

Details

1 year/$1.1M (2015), plus 2016 club option. Signed by Texas as a free agent 12/12/14. 15:$1M, 16:$2M club option, $0.1M buyout. 2016 option increases $0.5M each for 30, 40, 50 games finished in 2015. Performance bonuses: $0.15M each for 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 games finished each season. $0.1M each for 45, 50, 55, 60, 65 appearances in 2015. $50,000 each for 45, 50, 55, 60, 65 appearances in 2016. DFA by Texas 5/17/15. Released 5/22/15.
2 years/$9.5M (2013-14), plus 2015 option. Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 12/1/12. $1M signing bonus. 13:$4M, 14:$4M, 15:$5.5M club option, $0.5M buyout. 2015 option may become guaranteed for $5.5M-$6M based on games finished. May earn additional $2M annually in performance bonuses. Chicago Cubs declined 2015 option 10/30/14.
2001-12: Hanshin Tigers, Japan.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2013-05-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Ike Davis was just dropped in my 14 team 5x5 league. To add him I'd have to drop either Kevin Gregg or Kyuji Fujikawa. Because of his upside in this deep league, do I go for it? And which Cub do I drop? (Tripp from VA)	Eh, I don't know. There is probably another Davis type on the wire. His upside isn't really THAT high after seeing what he did last year. He's a power source, nothing more. (Paul Sporer)
2013-04-10 20:00:00 (link to chat)	So, who do you have finishing the season with the most saves for the Cubs, Cards and Brewers? thanks (Kevin from Boston)	For the Cubs, I would have to guess Kyuji Fujikawa. Carlos Marmol might get the job again, but he would probably be put in there to showcase him for a trade. Trevor Rosenthal isn't the closer now in St. Louis, but Mitchell Boggs has already struggled so if I'm going to guess, I'm going to guess the guy with the skills and the stuff. Milwaukee is a mystery to me. I thought John Axford would lose the job but had no idea it would happen so quickly. I would guess Jim Henderson, but he has some of the same control/command issues that Ax does/did. My sleeper in this pen is Brandon Kintzler, but I don't see Kintzler as having a path to the job at the moment. (Mike Gianella)
2013-03-06 20:00:00 (link to chat)	Thanks for the chat, Paul! Who do you think will be the Cubs' closer at the outset of 2013 and later in the season? How do you think Jason Grilli will do as closer in Pittsburgh? Thank you. (Chopper from Indy)	I doubt someone takes Marmol off the Cubs hands, so he's still the closer. Kyuji Fujikawa is expected to have a great K rate and should be second-in-line in Chicago. Grilli is probably about the 20th ranked closer, but he has as good a chance as anyone in that group to hang onto the job. (Paul Singman)
2013-02-15 12:00:00 (link to chat)	PECOTA is extremely bullish on Kyuji Fujikawa as well as Marmol (why). What are the chances that Fujikawa unseats Marmol as closer to start the season. If not the start of the season do you believe Fujikawa will take over the role sometime during the season. (RUP from DC)	Marmol's contract dictates he gets first chance to fail. Personally, I'd draft Fujikawa before I would touch Marmol because I don't need the ulcer. Saves are saves are saves, but Marmol has done nothing to guarantee his job longer than a game to game status. (Jason Collette)
2013-02-15 12:00:00 (link to chat)	Mr. Collette, who would you add to this list of the best relief pitching options (no closers) for ratios: Kenlay Jansen, Trevor Rosenthal and Kyuji Fujikawa. (RP producers from USA)	Jake McGee, Luke Gregerson, Mark Melancon (Jason Collette)
2013-02-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)	PECOTA is extremely bullish on Kyuji Fujikawa to the point that the Cubs would be foolish not name him the closer going into the season. Do you believe Fujikawa's transition to the BIGS will go smoothly and how long before he inherits the closers role from Marmol. (The Piranha from VA)	If MarmLOL did his MarmLOLiness early and often, it won't take long. That said, PECOTA also like Marmol a good bit. (Paul Sporer)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Kyuji Fujikawa threw 497 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2013 and 2015, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2015, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (91mph) and Splitter (82mph), also mixing in a Curve (76mph).