Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
15	323	1976.3	123	109	0	4.24	47.3

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	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
1995	LAN	28	28	191.3	13	6	124	78	236	14	93	5.8	3.7	0.7	11.1	0%	.246	1.06	2.85	2.54	70	2.10	42.9	7.9
1996	LAN	33	33	228.3	16	11	180	85	234	23	90	7.1	3.4	0.9	9.2	0%	.267	1.16	3.49	3.19	80	2.57	50.8	8.6
1997	LAN	33	33	207.3	14	12	193	92	233	23	94	8.4	4.0	1.0	10.1	0%	.311	1.37	3.73	4.25	83	2.93	60.9	6.6
1998	LAN	12	12	67.7	2	7	57	38	73	8	92	7.6	5.1	1.1	9.7	0%	.283	1.40	4.26	5.05	91	2.81	58.3	2.3
1998	NYN	17	16	89.7	4	5	73	56	94	11	96	7.3	5.6	1.1	9.4	0%	.270	1.44	4.47	4.82	96	3.40	70.4	2.4
1998	TOT	29	28	157.3	6	12	130	94	167	19	94	7.4	5.4	1.1	9.6	0%	.000	1.42	4.38	4.92	94	3.15	65.2	4.7
1999	MIL	28	28	176.3	12	8	173	78	161	27	99	8.8	4.0	1.4	8.2	0%	.293	1.42	4.61	4.54	102	4.27	83.1	3.7
2000	DET	32	31	190.0	8	12	191	89	181	31	87	9.0	4.2	1.5	8.6	0%	.305	1.47	4.89	4.74	95	4.31	82.9	4.0
2001	BOS	33	33	198.0	13	10	171	96	220	26	96	7.8	4.4	1.2	10.0	0%	.288	1.35	4.08	4.50	88	3.40	70.4	5.3
2002	LAN	34	34	220.3	16	6	189	101	193	26	93	7.7	4.1	1.1	7.9	0%	.270	1.32	4.05	3.39	98	3.41	73.2	5.5
2003	LAN	33	33	218.3	16	13	175	98	177	24	89	7.2	4.0	1.0	7.3	0%	.253	1.25	4.14	3.09	98	3.50	73.3	5.4
2004	LAN	18	18	84.0	4	11	105	42	54	19	98	11.3	4.5	2.0	5.8	0%	.314	1.75	6.24	8.25	129	7.60	156.8	-1.6
2005	TBA	19	19	100.7	5	8	127	51	59	16	101	11.4	4.6	1.4	5.3	0%	.323	1.77	5.51	7.24	128	7.94	170.8	-2.7
2008	KCA	3	0	4.3	0	0	10	4	3	3	98	20.8	8.3	6.2	6.2	0%	.412	3.23	13.54	18.69	103	4.38	93.4	0.0
Career		323	318	1976.3	123	109	1768	908	1918	251	93	8.1	4.1	1.1	8.7	41%	.284	1.35	4.19	4.24	94	3.70	75.9	47.3

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	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
1994	OSA	npb	JPL	17	17	114.0	8	7	96	86	126	9		7.6	6.8	0.7	9.9	0%	-.394	1.60	-0.01	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
1995	LAN	MLB	NL	28	28	191.3	13	6	124	78	236	14	93	5.8	3.7	0.7	11.1	0%	.246	1.06	2.85	2.54	70	2.10	42.9
1995	BAK	A+	CLF	1	1	5.3	0	1	6	1	6	0		10.2	1.7	0.0	10.2	0%	.000	1.32	1.83	3.40	0	0.00	0.0
1996	LAN	MLB	NL	33	33	228.3	16	11	180	85	234	23	90	7.1	3.4	0.9	9.2	0%	.267	1.16	3.49	3.19	80	2.57	50.8
1997	LAN	MLB	NL	33	33	207.3	14	12	193	92	233	23	94	8.4	4.0	1.0	10.1	0%	.311	1.37	3.73	4.25	83	2.93	60.9
1998	LAN	MLB	NL	12	12	67.7	2	7	57	38	73	8	92	7.6	5.1	1.1	9.7	0%	.283	1.40	4.26	5.05	91	2.81	58.3
1998	NYN	MLB	NL	17	16	89.7	4	5	73	56	94	11	96	7.3	5.6	1.1	9.4	0%	.270	1.44	4.47	4.82	96	3.40	70.4
1999	MIL	MLB	NL	28	28	176.3	12	8	173	78	161	27	99	8.8	4.0	1.4	8.2	0%	.293	1.42	4.61	4.54	102	4.27	83.1
1999	HUN	AA	SOU	1	1	7.0	1	0	5	1	7	0		6.4	1.3	0.0	9.0	0%	-.625	0.86	1.77	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
1999	IOW	AAA	PCL	3	3	17.0	1	1	12	12	18	1		6.4	6.4	0.5	9.5	0%	-.355	1.41	4.39	3.71	0	0.00	0.0
2000	DET	MLB	AL	32	31	190.0	8	12	191	89	181	31	87	9.0	4.2	1.5	8.6	0%	.305	1.47	4.89	4.74	95	4.31	82.9
2001	BOS	MLB	AL	33	33	198.0	13	10	171	96	220	26	96	7.8	4.4	1.2	10.0	0%	.288	1.35	4.08	4.50	88	3.40	70.4
2002	LAN	MLB	NL	34	34	220.3	16	6	189	101	193	26	93	7.7	4.1	1.1	7.9	0%	.270	1.32	4.05	3.39	98	3.41	73.2
2003	LAN	MLB	NL	33	33	218.3	16	13	175	98	177	24	89	7.2	4.0	1.0	7.3	0%	.253	1.25	4.14	3.09	98	3.50	73.3
2004	LAN	MLB	NL	18	18	84.0	4	11	105	42	54	19	98	11.3	4.5	2.0	5.8	0%	.314	1.75	6.24	8.25	129	7.60	156.8
2004	LVG	AAA	PCL	4	4	17.3	1	1	22	8	25	4		11.4	4.2	2.1	13.0	0%	.429	1.73	5.01	5.72	0	0.00	0.0
2005	TBA	MLB	AL	19	19	100.7	5	8	127	51	59	16	101	11.4	4.6	1.4	5.3	0%	.323	1.77	5.51	7.24	128	7.94	170.8
2005	COH	AAA	INT	7	7	37.3	2	3	30	22	41	1	37	7.2	5.3	0.2	9.9	0%	-.453	1.39	3.12	3.62	90	3.93	77.4
2006	CHR	AAA	INT	1	1	3.2	0	0	2	2	3	0	102	5.6	5.6	0.0	8.4	0%	.222	1.25	3.07	2.81	94	3.41	71.6
2007	CAR	Wnt	VWL	7	7	13.7	0	2	18	7	7	2		11.8	4.6	1.3	4.6	0%	.314	1.82	5.58	6.57	0	0.00	0.0
2008	KCA	MLB	AL	3	0	4.3	0	0	10	4	3	3	98	20.8	8.3	6.2	6.2	0%	.412	3.23	13.54	18.69	103	4.38	93.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	110	0.5000	0.4000	0.7727	0.5636	0.2364	0.9355	0.3846	0.2273
Career	110	0.5000	0.4000	0.7727	0.5636	0.2364	0.9355	0.3846	0.2273

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
2006-04-21	2006-06-07	Minors	47	0			Not Disclosed		-
2004-07-01	2004-09-01	60-DL	62	56	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation	Rotator Cuff Tendinitis	-
2004-05-20	2004-06-08	15-DL	19	16	Right	Fingers	Tear	Index Finger Nail	-
2003-09-02	2003-09-14	DTD	12	11	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation	Rotator Cuff Tendinitis	-	-
2000-07-30	2000-08-18	15-DL	19	17	Right	Hand	Strain		-	-
1997-10-07	1997-10-07	Off	0	0	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Calcium Deposits	1997-10-07	-
1997-07-26	1997-07-26	DTD	0	0	Right	Elbow	Contusion	Batted Ball	-	-

Compensation

Years	Description	Salary
6 yr	Previous	$27,800,000
6 yr	Total	$27,800,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
10 y 72 d	Don Nomura	1 yr/$0.6M (08)

Details

released 4/29/08
designated for assignment 4/20/08 contract purchased 4/5/08 signed as a free agent from CHW 1/4/08 (minor-league contract)
released 7/06 signed as a free agent from NYY 3/06 (minor-league contract)
claimed off waivers from TB 7/05 (minor-league contract) released 7/05 designated for assignment 7/05 signed as a free agent from LA 1/05, 1 year/$0.8M (05) (minor-league contract), 1 year/$0.8M (if on major league ros)
2 year/$13.75M (02-03)+$8M 04 club option
1M signing bonus
02:$4M, 03:$7.25M+$8M 04 option vesting on innings pitched $1.5M buyout
01:1 year/$4.5M

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
No data available in table
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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2012-11-13 13:00:00 (link to chat)	In laymen�s terms could you explain why teams must bid for the right to the negotiate with foreign players...examples: Matsuzaka & Ryu Hyun-Jin. (Cristian from Los Angeles)	Cristian, this is basically�a rule that was put in place to make sure that major-league teams wouldn't extract talent in droves from the Asian leagues. The draft in Japan, for example, ties players selected to their team for a certain number of years, and the only way they can jump across the Pacific is through the posting process (keep an eye on the Shohei Otani case this offseason). The process itself was developed as a solution to the Hideo Nomo problem, which originated when Nomo was effectively able to ditch his career in Japan by retiring from Nippon Professional Baseball and signing with the Dodgers. It's certainly not a perfect solution, but it does enable Asian teams to get compensation for their players, similar to what's done in professional soccer. (Daniel Rathman)
2011-11-30 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Keeping with a Japanese import theme, who are the 5 greatest Japanese MLBers of all time? (Paul from DC)	Ichiro Suzuki is the clear #1. For #2, I'd go Hideo Nomo, with Hideki Matsui #3. The falloff after that is steep; I'll argue for Hiroki Kuroda as #4 and Takashi Saito #5 based upon peak performance and for not disappointing relative to expectations. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-02-17 16:00:00 (link to chat)	To switch things up, is Yu Darvish going to change the luck of Japanese pitchers in MLB? It seems that Hideo Nomo and Seattle's duo were the last good japanese pitchers in the majors. Dice-K has been good, at times, but his shape(round is a shape) and ailments have made him shadow of pitcher that he was in the NPB. Has he even lived up to the 100 or so MIL that Boston spent in posting fees and his contract? (jlarsen from Chicago)	I'm not a Japanese league expert. I think Dice-K's big problem has been health and part of that is probably tied to conditioning. Health is the biggest risk with any pitcher signing; it's not limited to Japanese pitchers. My understanding is that Darvish is basically done developing (and still just 23), so he might have the best chance of any Japanese pitcher so far. Whether he WANTS to play in the U.S. is a separate question. (Tommy Bennett)
2008-07-17 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Hideo Nomo has apparently retired. Favorite Nomo story? (R.J. from Beyond the Boxscore)	Hey there R.J., how goes it? For me, his no hitter with the Red Sox, but you could have probably guessed that if you know me. That and his first All-Star game appearance are the moments that stick out. Oh, and the hours spent mimicking his motion playing wiffle ball. (Marc Normandin)

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, Hideo Nomo threw 110 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2008, including pitches thrown in . In 2008, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (87mph) and Splitter (77mph), also mixing in a Slider (82mph).

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