Daisuke Matsuzaka

Daisuke Matsuzaka
松坂大輔
Daisuke Matsuzaka; 松坂大輔
	Matsuzaka with the New York Mets in 2014
	Pitcher
	Born: September 13, 1980; Koto Ward, Tokyo, Japan
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
Professional debut
	NPB: April 7, 1999, for the Seibu Lions
	MLB: April 5, 2007, for the Boston Red Sox
Last appearance
	MLB: September 25, 2014, for the New York Mets
	NPB: October 19, 2021, for the Saitama Seibu Lions
NPB statistics
Win–loss record	114–65
Earned run average	3.04
Strikeouts	1,410
MLB statistics
Win-loss record	56–43
Earned run average	4.45
Strikeouts	720
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Seibu Lions (1999–2006); Boston Red Sox (2007–2012); New York Mets (2013–2014); Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2015–2016); Chunichi Dragons (2018–2019); Saitama Seibu Lions (2021);
Career highlights and awards
	NPB 7× All-Star (1999–2001, 2004–2006, 2018); 2× Japan Series champion (2004, 2017); Eiji Sawamura Award (2001); Pacific League Rookie of the Year (1999); 7× Mitsui Golden Glove Award (1999–2001, 2003–2006); 3× Best Nine Award (1999–2001); Comeback Player of the Year (2018); 3× NPB wins leader (1999–2001); 2× NPB ERA leader (2003, 2004); 4× NPB strikeout leader (2000, 2001, 2003, 2005); MLB World Series champion (2007);
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing Japan
World Baseball Classic
Olympic Games
Asian Baseball Championship

Daisuke Matsuzaka (松坂大輔, Matsuzaka Daisuke; [matsɯꜜzaka daꜜisɯ̥ke]; born September 13, 1980) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher, who pitched professionally for 23 seasons, 16 of them in NPB, 7 in MLB. He is currently a baseball color commentator, critic, reporter, and YouTuber. Daisuke is nicknamed "the Monster of the Heisei Era" (平成の怪物, heisei no kaibutsu) in Japan and "Dice-K" in the United States by The Boston Globe and USA Today. He played for the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Saitama Seibu Lions, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Internationally, Matsuzaka represented Japan. Matsuzaka was selected the All-World Baseball Classic Team and World Baseball Classic 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, winning the 2006 World Baseball Classic with Team Japan and the 2007 World Series with the Red Sox.