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Hirokazu Sawamura

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 212lb (183cm, 96kg)

Born: April 3, 1988 in Tochigi, Japan jp

High School: Sano Nihondai HS (Japan)

School: Chuo University (Japan)

Debut: April 2, 2021 (Age 32-364d, 22,295th in major league history)
vs. BAL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 28, 2022 (Age 34-147d)
vs. TBR 1.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2021 season

Agents: John Boggs & Associates

Full Name: Hirokazu Sawamura

Pronunciation: \hee-ro-KAH-zoo sah-wah-MOO-ruh\

Instagram: @hsawamura19

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.4

ERA

3.39

104

103.2

101

WHIP

1.437

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Team Record in Appearances: 29-26

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 16, Entered with runners on base: 24

2021 Pitching Game Log

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2021 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
1	1	1	Apr 2	BOS		BAL	L,0-3	9-GF		99	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.17	4	21	13	1	5	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.010	.16	0.01%	0.56			9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
2	2	3	Apr 4	BOS		BAL	L,3-11	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	3.17	5	27	15	5	2	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.002	.05	0.00%	0.56			7t --- 0 out d7	7t 3 out d7
3	3	5	Apr 6	BOS		TBR	W,6-5	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.00	5.17	4			0	3	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.040	.79	0.02%	0.56			7t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
4	4	9	Apr 11	BOS	@	BAL	W,14-9	7-8	H(1)	4	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	5.25	5	18	8	1	1	0	4	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.015	.15	0.01%	0.64			7b --- 2 out a3	8b 3 out a7
5	5	10	Apr 13	BOS	@	MIN	W,4-2	6-6		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	4.48	3	18	10	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.35	0.076	1.46	0.05%	0.51			6b --- 0 out tie	6b 3 out tie
6	6	13	Apr 15	BOS	@	MIN	L,3-4	6-6		1	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.42	6.01	4			1	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.048	.37	-0.04%	-0.49			6b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d3
7	7	16	Apr 18(2)	BOS		CHW	L,1-5	6-6		2	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.45	6.03	6	22	15	2	1	1	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.43	-0.028	.52	-0.02%	-0.44			6t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d4
8	8	19	Apr 21	BOS		TOR	L,3-6	5-6		2	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.08	5.13	4	21	15	3	3	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.069	1.08	0.06%	1.03			5t 12- 2 out d3	6t 3 out d2
9	9	21	Apr 23	BOS		SEA	W,6-5	4-5	W(1-0)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.80	4.27	5	21	15	3	6	1	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.41	0.127	1.71	0.09%	1.03			4t 12- 2 out a1	5t 3 out a1
10	10	26	Apr 29	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-4	6-7		5	1.1	2	2	2	0	2	2	0	3.18	6.08	6	29	20	4	6	2	2	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	-0.319	.57	-0.25%	-2.24			6b 1-- 2 out tie	7b 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
11	11	28	May 1	BOS	@	TEX	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.65	5.36	5			3	5	0	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.058	.60	-0.04%	-0.48			8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
12	12	31	May 5	BOS		DET	L,5-6	7-7		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	5.05	4			4	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.040	1.07	0.03%	0.56			7t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
13	13	33	May 7	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-2	6-6	H(2)	1	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.77	5.68	4	23	15	4	1	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.021	1.43	-0.02%	-0.47			6b --- 0 out a3	6b 3 out a2
14	14	37	May 11	BOS		OAK	L,2-3	8-GF		3	2.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.31	4.88	8	32	22	4	7	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.103	1.12	0.08%	1.12			8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
15	15	45	May 20	BOS	@	TOR	W,8-7	6-6		8	0.2	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	3.18	4.88	7			5	4	1	4	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.273	2.39	-0.25%	-2.26			6b --- 0 out tie	6b 123 2 out d2
16	16	48	May 23	BOS	@	PHI	L,2-6	5-5		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.00	4.56	3			1	4	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.034	.56	0.03%	1.50			5b 12- 0 out d4	5b 3 out d4
17	17	49	May 25	BOS		ATL	L,1-3	6-7		1	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.79	4.51	6			3	4	1	3	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.19	-0.044	1.50	-0.03%	0.03			6t 12- 2 out d1	7t 3 out d2
18	18	52	May 29	BOS		MIA	W,3-1	8-8	H(3)	3	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.75	4.39	2	6	5	0	4	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.52	0.038	3.19	0.03%	0.25			8t 1-- 2 out a2	8t 3 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
19	19	54	Jun 1	BOS	@	HOU	L,1-5	7-7		2	0.1	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	3.15	4.67	5	20	8	4	0	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	.90	-0.140	1.20	-0.11%	-2.08			7b --- 0 out d1	7b 123 1 out d2
20	20	55	Jun 2	BOS	@	HOU	L,1-2	8-8		0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.05	4.62	3	8	5	2	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.009	.56	0.01%	0.19			8b --- 0 out d1	8b -2- 2 out d1
21	21	57	Jun 4	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-2	7-8	H(4)	1	2.0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.78	4.18	7	29	19	8	5	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.111	1.56	0.10%	1.04			7b --- 0 out a3	8b 3 out a3
22	22	60	Jun 7	BOS		MIA	W,5-3	6-7	W(2-0)	2	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.63	4.09	5	23	12	3	6	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.097	1.76	0.08%	1.03			6t 12- 2 out a3	7t 3 out a3
23	23	64	Jun 11	BOS		TOR	W,6-5	6-6		3	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.92	4.59	3			1	2	1	2	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.123	.89	-0.11%	-1.43			6t 1-- 1 out d2	6t 3 out d4
24	24	68	Jun 15	BOS	@	ATL	W,10-8	7-7	W(3-0)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.81	4.46	3	11	8	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.090	1.51	0.07%	0.53			7b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out tie
25	25	69	Jun 16	BOS	@	ATL	W,10-8	5-6		0	1.2	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	2.96	4.82	8	32	20	5	6	0	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.085	1.19	-0.07%	-0.39			5b --- 0 out tie	6b 12- 2 out d1
26	26	71	Jun 19	BOS	@	KCR	W,7-1	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.86	4.69	3	15	7	1	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.031	.56	0.03%	0.54			8b --- 0 out a4	8b 3 out a4
27	27	73	Jun 22	BOS	@	TBR	W,9-5	10-10		2	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.79	4.76	3			0	0	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.36	0.198	6.34	0.22%	0.68			10b -2- 0 out tie	10b 12- 2 out tie
28	28	76	Jun 25	BOS		NYY	W,5-3	4-5		2	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.67	4.65	5	20	10	2	5	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.102	1.98	0.10%	0.81			4t 1-- 2 out a1	5t 3 out a1
29	29	77	Jun 26	BOS		NYY	W,4-2	8-8		0	0.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2.67	4.95	3	20	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.080	1.40	-0.08%	-0.70			8t --- 2 out a3	8t 123 2 out a3
30	30	79	Jun 28	BOS		KCR	W,6-5	6-7	W(4-0)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.56	4.81	4	14	10	2	3	2	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.63	0.137	2.27	0.11%	0.81			6t 1-- 2 out tie	7t 3 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
31	31	84	Jul 3	BOS	@	OAK	L,6-7	6-6	H(5)	4	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.48	4.85	4			1	0	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.71	0.196	3.38	0.15%	1.12			6b -2- 0 out a1	6b 3 out a1
32	32	86	Jul 5	BOS	@	LAA	W,5-4	6-7	H(6)	1	1.1	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	2.65	5.05	5	18	11	3	5	1	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.071	1.35	0.05%	0.40			6b --3 1 out a3	7b --- 2 out a2
33	33	88	Jul 7	BOS	@	LAA	L,4-5	6-6		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	5.00	3	15	9	1	2	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.050	1.00	0.04%	0.54			6b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
34	34	90	Jul 10	BOS		PHI	L,2-11	4-5		2	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	4.93	4	11	7	0	0	4	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.103	1.14	0.07%	1.03			4t 12- 2 out d1	5t 3 out d1
35	35	91	Jul 11	BOS		PHI	L,4-5	7-7		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.45	4.86	2	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.77	0.014	.99	0.01%	0.12			7t --- 2 out d1	7t 3 out d1
36	36	92	Jul 16	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-0	6-6	H(7)	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	4.85	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.033	1.76	0.03%	0.33			6b -2- 2 out a3	6b 3 out a3
37	37	93	Jul 17	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	6-6	L(4-1)	0	0.1	2	2	2	0	1	2	0	2.89	5.47	3	11	8	0	3	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.254	1.38	-0.21%	-1.76			6b --- 0 out tie	6b --- 1 out d2
38	38	95	Jul 19	BOS	@	TOR	W,13-4	7-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	5.45	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.002	.10	0.00%	0.46			7b 12- 2 out a9	7b 3 out a9
39	39	105	Jul 30	BOS	@	TBR	L,3-7	7-7		10	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.79	5.50	5	25	13	1	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	.13	0.006	.25	0.01%	0.49			7b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
40	40	108	Aug 3	BOS	@	DET	L,2-4	5-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.72	5.46	3	18	9	1	5	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.107	2.00	0.10%	1.13			5b -2- 0 out d1	5b 3 out d1
41	41	109	Aug 4	BOS	@	DET	W,4-1	6-6		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.66	5.38	5	23	13	4	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.038	1.89	0.04%	0.51			6b --- 0 out a4	6b 3 out a4
42	42	114	Aug 8	BOS	@	TOR	L,8-9	6-7	H(8)	3	0.2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.05	5.49	4	12	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.035	2.38	-0.04%	-0.39			6b 12- 1 out a4	7b 1-3 0 out a4
43	43	115	Aug 10	BOS		TBR	L,4-8	6-6	H(9)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	5.41	2			2	0	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	0.126	5.36	0.16%	0.97			6t 12- 1 out a2	6t 3 out a2
44	44	119	Aug 14	BOS		BAL	W,16-2	6-6		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.93	5.43	4	18	10	1	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.03	0.001	.05	0.00%	0.56			6t --- 0 out a12	6t 3 out a12
45	45	122	Aug 17(2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-2	6-GF(6)		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.91	5.41	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.007	.51	0.01%	0.24			6b 1-- 2 out d2	6b end d 2
46	46	124	Aug 20	BOS		TEX	W,6-0	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.84	5.27	3	15	9	0	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.14	0.01%	0.56			8t --- 0 out a6	8t 3 out a6
47	47	125	Aug 21	BOS		TEX	L,1-10	4-4		0	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.82	5.27	3			1	5	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.051	1.06	-0.05%	-0.65			4t -2- 2 out d3	4t 3 out d4
48	48	127	Aug 24	BOS		MIN	W,11-9	7-7	H(10)	2	0.2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.18	5.27	5	24	13	3	4	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	-0.128	2.43	-0.11%	-1.70			7t --- 1 out a3	7t 3 out a1
49	49	128	Aug 25	BOS		MIN	L,6-9	7-7		0	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.15	5.32	3			0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	.30	0.004	.43	0.00%	0.12			7t --- 2 out d4	7t 3 out d4
50	50	131	Aug 28	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-3	7-7		2	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.09	5.36	6			1	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.90	0.089	3.49	0.06%	0.52			7b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out tie
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
51	51	147	Sep 14	BOS	@	SEA	W,8-4	9-9		16	0.1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	3.06	5.30	4			1	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.10	-0.013	.18	-0.02%	-1.07			9b --- 0 out a6	9b 123 1 out a6
52	52	149	Sep 17	BOS		BAL	W,7-1	7-7		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	5.21	4	15	9	1	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.012	.25	0.01%	0.56			7t --- 0 out a6	7t 3 out a6
53	53	151	Sep 19	BOS		BAL	W,8-6	7-7	BW(5-1)	1	1.0	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.31	5.21	5	20	9	4	4	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.14	-0.366	3.17	-0.32%	-2.04			7t 1-- 0 out a2	7t 3 out d1
54	54	154	Sep 24	BOS		NYY	L,3-8	3-5		4	2.1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.16	5.10	11	38	23	6	4	4	4	2	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.006	.20	0.00%	0.59			3t 12- 2 out d6	5t 3 out d7
55	55	162	Oct 3	BOS	@	WSN	W,7-5	3-4		8	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.06	5.00	5			3	2	4	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.143	4.54	0.36%	2.04			3b 123 1 out d2	4b 3 out d1
							29-26		W-L:5-1,BSv:1,Hld:10	2.0	53.0	45	24	18	32	61	9	2	3.06	5.00	233	706	59%	16%	21%	1.09		19%	7%	0		35	17%	0	0	0	198	13	0	6	7	1	5	.96	0.266	1.41	0.45%	7.62

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