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Portrait of Yoshihisa Hirano

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 35)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date3-8-1984
Height6' 1"
Weight185 lbs
Age40 years, 1 months, 17 days
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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
2018 ARI MLB 75 0 66.3 4 3 3 49 23 59 6 99 6.6 3.1 0.8 8.0 51% .250 1.09 3.65 2.44 98 4.47 100.0 0.3
2019 ARI MLB 62 0 53.0 5 5 1 51 22 61 7 103 8.7 3.7 1.2 10.4 46% .314 1.38 3.99 4.75 91 4.58 94.0 0.4
CareerMLB1370119.398410045120131017.53.41.09.149%.2791.223.803.47954.5297.30.8

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-
2006 ORX npb JPL 26 24 172.3 7 11 0 182 39 105 12 9.5 2.0 0.6 5.5 0% .299 1.28 3.34 3.81 0 0.00 0.0
2007 ORX npb JPL 27 26 171.7 8 13 0 172 28 124 18 9.0 1.5 0.9 6.5 0% .288 1.16 3.46 3.72 0 0.00 0.0
2009 ORX npb JPL 20 18 114.3 3 12 0 129 38 91 14 10.2 3.0 1.1 7.2 0% .336 1.46 4.01 4.72 0 0.00 0.0
2010 ORX npb JPL 63 0 80.7 7 2 2 67 28 101 4 7.5 3.1 0.4 11.3 0% .315 1.18 2.37 1.67 0 0.00 0.0
2018 ARI MLB NL 75 0 66.3 4 3 3 49 23 59 6 99 6.6 3.1 0.8 8.0 51% .250 1.09 3.65 2.44 98 4.47 100.0
2019 ARI MLB NL 62 0 53.0 5 5 1 51 22 61 7 103 8.7 3.7 1.2 10.4 46% .314 1.38 3.99 4.75 91 4.58 94.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2018 1099 0.4204 0.4768 0.7176 0.6494 0.3516 0.8300 0.5670 0.2824
2019 935 0.4011 0.4802 0.6860 0.6480 0.3679 0.8189 0.5291 0.3140
Career20340.41150.47840.70310.64880.35910.82490.54960.2969

Injury History  —  No longer being updated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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2020 SEA $1,600,000
2019 ARI $3,000,000
2018 ARI $3,000,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$7,600,000
3 yrTotal$7,600,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 0 dJohn Boggs1 year/$1.4M (2021)

Details
  • 1 year/$1.4M (2021). Signed by Orix Buffaloes of Japan 2/8/21. Performance bonuses.
  • 1 year/$1.6M (2020). Signed by Seattle as a free agent 1/30/20. Performance bonuses based on games pitched, games finished: $50,000 each for 30, 35 games. $75,000 each for 45, 50 games. $100,000 for 55 games. $150,000 for 60 games. $50,000 for 20 GF. $75,000 each for 25, 30 GF. $100,000 for 35 GF. $150,000 for 40 GF. Assignment bonus: $250,000 with each trade (not waiver claims). Hirano will become a free agent when contract expires.
  • 2 years/$6M (2018-19). Signed by Arizona as a free agent 12/22/17. 18:$3M, 19:$3M. May earn additional $1M annually in performance bonuses.
  • 2006-17: Orix Buffaloes, 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
90o 0 0 0 0 0 18.4 13 6 17 1 .238 1.02 2.82 3.13 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 11.9 9 4 11 1 .256 1.12 3.21 3.56 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 7.4 6 3 7 1 .269 1.19 3.49 3.88 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 3 1 3 0 .279 1.26 3.74 4.16 -0.1 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .290 1.33 3.98 4.42 -0.1 0.0
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Yoshihisa Hirano threw 2,396 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2020, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2020, he relied primarily on his Splitter (82mph) and Fourseam Fastball (90mph).