What years did Hideki Okajima play?

Hideki Okajima played in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2013.

Was Hideki Okajima a pitcher?

Yes. Hideki Okajima pitched in the major leagues, recording 17 wins and 216 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Hideki Okajima hit?

Hideki Okajima hit 0 career home runs.

What teams did Hideki Okajima play for?

Hideki Okajima played for 2 teams: the Boston Red Sox (2007–2011) and the Oakland Athletics (2013).

Did Hideki Okajima win a Cy Young Award?

No. Hideki Okajima did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Hideki Okajima win?

Hideki Okajima was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Hideki Okajima's career stats?

In 266 games, Hideki Okajima went 17-8 with a 3.09 ERA, 216 strikeouts, 250.1 innings pitched, and 6 saves.

What was Hideki Okajima's salary?

Hideki Okajima's last recorded salary was $2,750,000, in 2010. His highest recorded salary was $2,750,000, in 2010, and his lowest was $1,225,000, in 2007. The Salary History table lists each season from 2007 to 2010.

What position did Hideki Okajima play?

Hideki Okajima played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Hideki Okajima and how much did he weigh?

Hideki Okajima was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 195 pounds.

What was Hideki Okajima's career ERA?

Hideki Okajima finished with a 3.09 career ERA, going 17-8 with 216 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Hideki Okajima have?

Hideki Okajima recorded 216 career strikeouts.

Is Hideki Okajima in the Hall of Fame?

No. Hideki Okajima has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Hideki Okajima

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2007-2013)

Hideki Okajima was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2013 for the Boston Red Sox and the Athletics, a span of 7 seasons. Across 266 career appearances, he went 17-8 with a 3.09 ERA and 216 strikeouts. Hideki Okajima was an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 2663.0.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 18, 2026

W–L 17–8

ERA 3.09

WHIP 1.26

SO 216

Pitcher PIV 2663.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 195 lb
Born: 12/25/1975 in Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
MLB Debut: 2007-04-02
Last Game: 2013-06-13
Awards: All-Star

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Career Pitching Statistics

Hideki Okajima — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
17	8	266	0	0	0	6	250.1	228	86	27	88	216	3.09	2663.0

Career ERA 3.09 vs. league average 4.17 across their career seasons — 25.8% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Hideki Okajima — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2007	BOS	AL	3	2	66	5	69.0	50	17	17	63	2.22	4.47 (+50%)	2005.8
2008	BOS	AL	3	2	64	1	62.0	49	18	23	60	2.61	4.32 (+40%)	1111.3
2009	BOS	AL	6	0	68	0	61.0	56	23	21	53	3.39	4.32 (+21%)	195.0
2010	BOS	AL	4	4	56	0	46.0	59	23	20	33	4.50	4.08 (-10%)	-649.1
2011	BOS	AL	1	0	7	0	8.1	7	4	5	6	4.32	—	0.0
2013	OAK	AL	0	0	5	0	4.0	7	1	2	1	2.25	—	0.0
Career · 6 seasons			17	8	266	6	250.1	228	86	88	216	3.09	—	2,663

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Hideki Okajima — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
266	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .328 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .737 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Hideki Okajima — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2007	BOS	AL	66	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	BOS	AL	64	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	BOS	AL	68	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	BOS	AL	56	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	BOS	AL	7	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	OAK	AL	5	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 6 seasons			266	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Hideki Okajima — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Hideki Okajima — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2009	ALDS2	BOS	1	.000
2008	ALCS	BOS	5	.000
2008	ALDS1	BOS	3	.000
2007	ALCS	BOS	3	.000
2007	ALDS1	BOS	2	.000
2007	WS	BOS	3	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Hideki Okajima — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	17	0	0	21.1	13	5	5	16	2.11

Playoff Pitching by Year

Hideki Okajima — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2009	ALDS2	BOS	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.00
2008	ALCS	BOS	5	7.1	1	0	1	5	0.00
2008	ALDS1	BOS	3	2.2	3	2	1	0	6.75
2007	ALCS	BOS	3	5.0	4	0	2	3	0.00
2007	ALDS1	BOS	2	2.1	1	0	1	2	0.00
2007	WS	BOS	3	3.2	4	3	0	6	7.36

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Hideki Okajima — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	132	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	134	1	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Hideki Okajima — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	132	121.0	111	38	41	112	2.83
Away	134	129.1	117	48	47	104	3.34

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Hideki Okajima — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2013-06-13	OAK	NYY	—	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0
2013-06-03	OAK	MIL	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2013-05-30	OAK	SFG	—	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2013-05-25	OAK	HOU	—	1.1	3	1	1	0	1	1
2013-05-19	OAK	KCR	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0
2011-05-09	BOS	MIN	W	2.0	2	0	0	2	3	0
2011-05-04	BOS	LAA	—	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0
2011-05-02	BOS	LAA	—	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2011-04-30	BOS	SEA	—	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0
2011-04-29	BOS	SEA	—	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Hideki Okajima — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	266	0	13	34	1	2

Season-by-Season Fielding

Hideki Okajima — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
2007	BOS	P	66	1	11	0	1
2008	BOS	P	64	3	4	0	0
2009	BOS	P	68	3	6	1	0
2010	BOS	P	56	4	8	0	1
2011	BOS	P	7	2	3	0	0
2013	OAK	P	5	0	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Hideki Okajima — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	266

Awards & Honors

Hideki Okajima — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2007	Rookie of the Month	April
2007	This Year in Baseball Setup Man of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY

Salary History

Hideki Okajima's recorded salaries total $7,000,000 over 4 seasons, 2007 to 2010. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Okajima's career ran from 2007 to 2013. No salary is recorded for 2011 and 2013.

Hideki Okajima — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2010	BOS	AL	$2,750,000
2009	BOS	AL	$1,750,000
2008	BOS	AL	$1,275,000
2007	BOS	AL	$1,225,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$7,000,000

Award Voting History

Hideki Okajima — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2007	Rookie of the Year	AL	6th	3.0	140	0

Hideki Okajima: the record in brief

Hideki Okajima played a first major league game on April 2, 2007 and a last one on June 13, 2013. Okajima played for the Boston Red Sox (2007 to 2011) and the Oakland Athletics (2013). Okajima is listed as a pitcher at 6 feet, 1 inch and 195 pounds. The bio says Okajima both batted and threw left-handed. The recorded birth is December 25, 1975, in Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan.

Across 266 games (0 starts), Okajima recorded 17 wins against 8 losses with a 3.09 ERA. Also on Okajima's record: 216 strikeouts. The leagues Okajima pitched in allowed 4.17 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 25.8% better than average. The best win total was 6, in 2009. 2007 produced Okajima's most strikeouts, 63. In 2007, one of the busiest seasons, Okajima posted a 2.22 ERA; the league figure that year was 4.47. Pitcher PIV, the site's era-adjusted run-prevention measure, totals 2,663.0 for Okajima's career.

Frequently Asked Questions about Hideki Okajima

What years did Hideki Okajima play?: Hideki Okajima played in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2013.
Was Hideki Okajima a pitcher?: Yes. Hideki Okajima pitched in the major leagues, recording 17 wins and 216 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Hideki Okajima hit?: Hideki Okajima hit 0 career home runs.
What teams did Hideki Okajima play for?: Hideki Okajima played for 2 teams: the Boston Red Sox (2007–2011) and the Oakland Athletics (2013).
Did Hideki Okajima win a Cy Young Award?: No. Hideki Okajima did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Hideki Okajima win?: Hideki Okajima was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Hideki Okajima's career stats?: In 266 games, Hideki Okajima went 17-8 with a 3.09 ERA, 216 strikeouts, 250.1 innings pitched, and 6 saves.
How much did Hideki Okajima earn in his career?: Hideki Okajima's recorded salaries total $7,000,000 over 4 seasons, 2007 to 2010. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Okajima's career ran from 2007 to 2013. No salary is recorded for 2011 and 2013.
What was Hideki Okajima's salary?: Hideki Okajima's last recorded salary was $2,750,000, in 2010. His highest recorded salary was $2,750,000, in 2010, and his lowest was $1,225,000, in 2007. The Salary History table lists each season from 2007 to 2010.
What position did Hideki Okajima play?: Hideki Okajima played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Hideki Okajima and how much did he weigh?: Hideki Okajima was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 195 pounds.
What was Hideki Okajima's career ERA?: Hideki Okajima finished with a 3.09 career ERA, going 17-8 with 216 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Hideki Okajima have?: Hideki Okajima recorded 216 career strikeouts.
Is Hideki Okajima in the Hall of Fame?: No. Hideki Okajima has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.