What years did Junichi Tazawa play?

Junichi Tazawa played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2018.

Was Junichi Tazawa a pitcher?

Yes. Junichi Tazawa pitched in the major leagues, recording 21 wins and 374 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Junichi Tazawa hit?

Junichi Tazawa hit 0 career home runs.

What teams did Junichi Tazawa play for?

Junichi Tazawa played for 3 teams: the Boston Red Sox (2009, 2011–2016), the Miami Marlins (2017–2018), and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2018).

What were Junichi Tazawa's career stats?

In 388 games, Junichi Tazawa went 21-26 with a 4.12 ERA, 374 strikeouts, 395.1 innings pitched, and 4 saves.

What was Junichi Tazawa's salary?

Junichi Tazawa's last recorded salary was $3,375,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $3,375,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $815,000, in 2013. The Salary History table lists each season from 2010 to 2016.

What position did Junichi Tazawa play?

Junichi Tazawa played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Junichi Tazawa and how much did he weigh?

Junichi Tazawa was listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 200 pounds.

What was Junichi Tazawa's career ERA?

Junichi Tazawa finished with a 4.12 career ERA, going 21-26 with 374 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Junichi Tazawa have?

Junichi Tazawa recorded 374 career strikeouts.

Is Junichi Tazawa in the Hall of Fame?

No. Junichi Tazawa has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Junichi Tazawa

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2009-2018)

Junichi Tazawa was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2018 for the Boston Red Sox, the Miami Marlins, and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, a span of 10 seasons. Across 388 career appearances, he went 21-26 with a 4.12 ERA and 374 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 3276.6.

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 17, 2026

W–L 21–26

ERA 4.12

WHIP 1.32

SO 374

Pitcher PIV 3276.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 200 lb
Born: 6/6/1986 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
MLB Debut: 2009-08-07
Last Game: 2018-09-30

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Career Pitching Statistics

Junichi Tazawa — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
21	26	388	4	0	0	4	395.1	413	181	49	109	374	4.12	3276.6

Career ERA 4.12 vs. league average 4.06 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Junichi Tazawa Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2009	BOS	AL	2	3	6	4	0	25.1	43	21	9	13	7.46	4.32 (-73%)	-774.4
2011	BOS	AL	0	0	3	0	0	3.0	3	2	1	4	6.00	—	0.0
2012	BOS	AL	1	1	37	0	1	44.0	37	7	5	45	1.43	4.01 (+64%)	2433.7
2013	BOS	AL	5	4	71	0	0	68.1	70	24	12	72	3.16	3.87 (+18%)	1112.2
2014	BOS	AL	4	3	71	0	0	63.0	58	20	17	64	2.86	3.74 (+24%)	1274.5
2015	BOS	AL	2	7	61	0	3	58.2	65	27	13	56	4.14	3.96 (-5%)	1355.4
2016	BOS	AL	3	2	53	0	0	49.2	47	23	14	54	4.17	4.19 (+1%)	-54.5
2017	MIA	NL	3	5	55	0	0	55.1	55	35	22	38	5.69	4.36 (-31%)	-839.5
2018	MIA	NL	1	1	22	0	0	20.0	28	20	13	24	9.00	4.15 (-117%)	-1230.9
2018	LAA	AL	0	0	9	0	0	8.0	7	2	3	4	2.25	—	0.0
Career · 10 seasons			21	26	388	4	4	395.1	413	181	109	374	4.12	—	3,277

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

Junichi Tazawa — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
388	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .254 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .321 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .407 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .727 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Junichi Tazawa Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2009	BOS	AL	6	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	BOS	AL	3	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	BOS	AL	37	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	BOS	AL	71	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	BOS	AL	71	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	BOS	AL	61	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	BOS	AL	53	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	MIA	NL	55	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	MIA	NL	22	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	LAA	AL	9	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 10 seasons			388	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

Junichi Tazawa — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Junichi Tazawa — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2013	ALCS	BOS	4	.000
2013	ALDS1	BOS	4	.000
2013	WS	BOS	5	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Junichi Tazawa — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	13	0	0	7.1	6	1	1	6	1.23

Playoff Pitching by Year

Junichi Tazawa — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2013	ALCS	BOS	1	4	2.2	4	1	0	1	3.38
2013	ALDS1	BOS	0	4	2.1	1	0	0	2	0.00
2013	WS	BOS	0	5	2.1	1	0	1	3	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Junichi Tazawa — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	207	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	181	1	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Junichi Tazawa — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	207	215.0	214	89	59	218	3.73
Away	181	180.1	199	92	50	156	4.59

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Junichi Tazawa — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2018-09-30	LAA	OAK	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2018-09-28	LAA	OAK	—	0.1	1	1	0	0	0	0
2018-09-23	LAA	HOU	—	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0
2018-09-20	LAA	OAK	—	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0
2018-09-15	LAA	SEA	—	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0
2018-09-13	LAA	SEA	—	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-09-10	LAA	TEX	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0
2018-09-04	LAA	TEX	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2018-09-02	LAA	HOU	—	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	1
2018-05-17	MIA	LAD	—	1.0	4	3	3	1	2	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Junichi Tazawa — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	388	4	11	28	5	6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Junichi Tazawa — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2009	BOS	P	6	4	0	1	0	0
2011	BOS	P	3	0	0	0	0	0
2012	BOS	P	37	0	2	4	0	0
2013	BOS	P	71	0	2	6	0	1
2014	BOS	P	71	0	1	6	3	2
2015	BOS	P	61	0	1	4	0	2
2016	BOS	P	53	0	3	3	1	1
2017	MIA	P	55	0	2	2	0	0
2018	MIA	P	22	0	0	0	1	0
2018	LAA	P	9	0	0	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Junichi Tazawa Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	388

Salary History

Junichi Tazawa's recorded salaries total $10,315,000 over 6 seasons, 2010 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Tazawa's career ran from 2009 to 2018. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2009 and 2012.

Junichi Tazawa — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	BOS	AL	$3,375,000
2015	BOS	AL	$2,250,000
2014	BOS	AL	$1,275,000
2013	BOS	AL	$815,000
2011	BOS	AL	$1,500,000
2010	BOS	AL	$1,100,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$10,315,000

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Junichi Tazawa: the record in brief

Junichi Tazawa played a first major league game on August 7, 2009 and a last one on September 30, 2018. The team column moves through the Boston Red Sox (2009 through 2016), the Miami Marlins (2017 through 2018), and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2018). Born on June 6, 1986, in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, Tazawa is listed as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. Size on record: 5'11" and 200 pounds.

Tazawa went 21-26 with a 4.12 ERA in 388 games, 4 of them starts. Also on Tazawa's record: 374 strikeouts. Tazawa's 4.12 ERA was close to the 4.06 league figure for those seasons. No season topped the 5 wins of 2013. In 2012, one of the busiest seasons, Tazawa posted a 1.43 ERA; the league figure that year was 4.01. Tazawa's career Pitcher PIV, which scores run prevention against each season's league, is 3,276.6.

The playoff pitching line reads 1-0, 1.23 ERA, across 13 appearances. Those appearances came in 2013.

Frequently Asked Questions about Junichi Tazawa

What years did Junichi Tazawa play?: Junichi Tazawa played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2018.
Was Junichi Tazawa a pitcher?: Yes. Junichi Tazawa pitched in the major leagues, recording 21 wins and 374 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Junichi Tazawa hit?: Junichi Tazawa hit 0 career home runs.
What teams did Junichi Tazawa play for?: Junichi Tazawa played for 3 teams: the Boston Red Sox (2009, 2011–2016), the Miami Marlins (2017–2018), and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2018).
What were Junichi Tazawa's career stats?: In 388 games, Junichi Tazawa went 21-26 with a 4.12 ERA, 374 strikeouts, 395.1 innings pitched, and 4 saves.
How much did Junichi Tazawa earn in his career?: Junichi Tazawa's recorded salaries total $10,315,000 over 6 seasons, 2010 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Tazawa's career ran from 2009 to 2018. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2009 and 2012.
What was Junichi Tazawa's salary?: Junichi Tazawa's last recorded salary was $3,375,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $3,375,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $815,000, in 2013. The Salary History table lists each season from 2010 to 2016.
What position did Junichi Tazawa play?: Junichi Tazawa played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Junichi Tazawa and how much did he weigh?: Junichi Tazawa was listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 200 pounds.
What was Junichi Tazawa's career ERA?: Junichi Tazawa finished with a 4.12 career ERA, going 21-26 with 374 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Junichi Tazawa have?: Junichi Tazawa recorded 374 career strikeouts.
Is Junichi Tazawa in the Hall of Fame?: No. Junichi Tazawa has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.