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Portrait of Keiichi Yabu

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
16 100 126 7 6 1 4.00 1
Birth Date9-28-1968
Height6' 1"
Weight220 lbs
Age55 years, 6 months, 19 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team 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- WARP
2005 OAK MLB 40 0 58.0 4 0 1 64 26 44 6 98 9.9 4.0 0.9 6.8 0% .326 1.55 4.63 4.50 108 5.11 109.9 0.2
2008 SFN MLB 60 0 68.0 3 6 0 63 32 48 3 96 8.3 4.2 0.4 6.4 0% .284 1.40 4.02 3.57 103 4.35 92.8 0.8
CareerMLB1000126.076112758929979.14.10.66.646%.3031.474.304.001054.70100.71.0

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.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
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-
1994 HNS npb JCL 26 25 181.3 9 9 0 174 42 110 12 8.6 2.1 0.6 5.5 0% -.988 1.19 -0.57 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
1995 HNS npb JCL 27 20 196.0 7 13 0 185 50 118 19 8.5 2.3 0.9 5.4 0% -.888 1.20 -0.25 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
1996 HNS npb JCL 30 24 195.3 11 14 0 204 51 145 14 9.4 2.4 0.6 6.7 0% -.905 1.31 -0.78 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
1997 HNS npb JCL 29 22 183.0 10 12 0 172 62 111 23 8.5 3.0 1.1 5.5 0% -.760 1.28 0.45 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
1998 HNS npb JCL 24 21 164.0 11 10 0 159 51 90 11 8.7 2.8 0.6 4.9 0% -.974 1.28 -0.14 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
1999 HNS npb JCL 28 23 173.3 6 16 0 175 57 95 16 9.1 3.0 0.8 4.9 0% -.946 1.34 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2000 HNS npb JCL 25 23 151.0 6 10 0 162 30 95 19 9.7 1.8 1.1 5.7 0% -.993 1.27 0.08 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2001 HNS npb JCL 17 8 55.0 0 4 0 55 33 26 2 9.0 5.4 0.3 4.3 0% -.869 1.60 0.37 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2002 HNS npb JCL 20 15 131.7 10 6 0 118 30 97 14 8.1 2.1 1.0 6.6 0% -.707 1.12 0.19 3.14 0 0.00 0.0
2003 HNS npb JCL 23 15 97.7 8 3 0 97 27 67 13 8.9 2.5 1.2 6.2 0% -.771 1.27 4.29 3.96 0 0.00 0.0
2004 HNS npb JCL 19 18 116.3 6 9 0 108 36 75 8 8.4 2.8 0.6 5.8 0% -.800 1.24 3.78 3.02 0 0.00 0.0
2005 OAK MLB AL 40 0 58.0 4 0 1 64 26 44 6 98 9.9 4.0 0.9 6.8 0% .326 1.55 4.63 4.50 108 5.11 109.9
2006 REY mex MEX 11 0 12.2 0 0 5 14 2 9 0 10.3 1.5 0.0 6.6 0% .359 1.31 2.52 2.95 0 0.00 0.0
2008 SFN MLB NL 60 0 68.0 3 6 0 63 32 48 3 96 8.3 4.2 0.4 6.4 0% .284 1.40 4.02 3.57 103 4.35 92.8
2008 FRE AAA PCL 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 4 6 7 0 108 7.2 10.8 0.0 12.6 0% .333 2.00 4.28 1.80 104 5.19 106.1
2009 FRE AAA PCL 18 0 22.0 1 1 1 26 15 17 4 100 10.6 6.1 1.6 7.0 0% .310 1.86 6.31 6.55 117 6.46 135.9
2010 RAK npb JPL 11 0 11.0 0 0 0 9 6 6 2 7.4 4.9 1.6 4.9 0% .219 1.36 6.60 4.91 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 1084 0.4834 0.4410 0.7929 0.6260 0.2679 0.8811 0.6000 0.2071
Career10840.48340.44100.79290.62600.26790.88110.60000.2071

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
2008-07-20 2008-08-06 15-DL 17 15 Right Fingers Sprain Middle Finger -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2008 SFN $390,000
2005 OAK $750,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$1,140,000
2 yrTotal$1,140,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y

Details
  • re-signed 3/21/09 (minor-league contract)
  • released 3/20/09 (due 45 days, $110,656)
  • re-signed 3/9/09, 1 year/$0.45M (09)
  • optioned to Triple-A 3/5/09
  • recalled 4/19/08 optioned to Triple-A 4/15/08 contract purchased 3/30/08
  • signed as a free agent from COL 12/25/07 (minor-league contract), 1 year/$0.39M (08)
  • sent to minor-league camp 3/06 signed as a free agent from OAK 1/06 (minor-league contract)
  • club declined 06 option 10/05
  • 05:$0.75M, 06:$1.5M club option $0.25M buyout signed as a free agent from Japan 1/05, 1 year/$1M (05)+$1.5M club option $0.25M buyout

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
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Keiichi Yabu threw 1,084 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2008, including pitches thrown in . In 2008, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (91mph), also mixing in a Cutter (89mph), Sinker (90mph), Splitter (84mph) and Curve (76mph). He also rarely threw a Slider (82mph).