Daisuke Matsuzaka

Daisuke Matsuzaka
松坂大輔
Daisuke Matsuzaka; 松坂大輔
	Matsuzaka with the New York Mets in 2014
Saitama Seibu Lions
	Pitcher
	Born: September 13, 1980 (age 44); Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Professional debut
	NPB: April 7, 1999, for the Seibu Lions
	MLB: April 5, 2007, for the Boston Red Sox
NPB statistics ; (through 2018)
Win–loss record	114–64
Earned run average	2.99
Strikeouts	1,408
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	56–43
Earned run average	4.45
Strikeouts	720
Teams
	Seibu Lions (1999–2006); Boston Red Sox (2007–2012); New York Mets (2013–2014); Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2015–2017); Chunichi Dragons (2018–2019);
Career highlights and awards
	NPB Pacific League Rookie of the Year (1999); 3× NPB win leader (1999–2001); 4× NPB strikeout leader (2000–2001, 2003, 2005); 2× NPB ERA leader (2003–2004); Eiji Sawamura Award (2001); 3× NPB Best Nine Award (1999–2001); 7× Mitsui Golden Glove Award (1999–2001, 2003–2006); 7× NPB All-Star (1999–2001, 2004–2006, 2018); 2x Japan Series champion (2004, 2017); MLB World Series champion (2007); Japan National Team 2× World Baseball Classic champion (2006, 2009); 2× World Baseball Classic MVP (2006, 2009); 2x All-World Baseball Classic Team (2006, 2009); Other Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize (1999);
Medals
Men's baseball
Competitor for Japan
World Baseball Classic
Olympic Games
Asian Baseball Championship

In this Japanese name, the family name is Matsuzaka.

Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher who currently plays for the Saitama Seibu Lions . He has played for the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Seibu Lions ,Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Matsuzaka was selected the MVP of the inaugural and the second World Baseball Classic, and is an Olympic bronze medalist.

He is the first player to have won both a World Series and a World Baseball Classic.

Daisuke Matsuzaka Media

Matsuzaka in 2007 spring training
Daisuke Matsuzaka pitching for the Red Sox in 2008
Matsuzaka pitching for the Pawtucket Red Sox, triple-A affiliates of the Boston Red Sox, in 2009

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