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Yusei Kikuchi
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About Yusei Kikuchi
Yusei Kikuchi (菊池 雄星, Kikuchi Yūsei; Japanese pronunciation: [ki̥kɯtɕi jɯꜜːseː], born June 17, 1991) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, and Houston Astros, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Saitama Seibu Lions. Kikuchi has been named an All-Star in 2021 and 2025.
Bio summary from Wikipedia.
Player Stats
| W | 1 | L | 7 | ERA | 4.92 | G | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS | 14 | SV | 0 | IP | 67.2 | H | 74 |
| R | 38 | ER | 37 | BB | 30 | SO | 67 |
| WHIP | 1.537 | H/9 | 9.8 | HR/9 | 0.9 | BB/9 | 4.0 |
| K/9 | 8.9 | FIP | 3.93 | WAR | 0.5 |
2026 pitching — Baseball-Reference
Career — Lahman, through 2025
Batting
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | SEA | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| 2021 | SEA | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
Pitching
| Year | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | SEA | 6 | 11 | 5.46 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 161.2 | 195 | 36 | 50 | 116 |
| 2020 | SEA | 2 | 4 | 5.17 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 41 | 3 | 20 | 47 |
| 2021 | SEA | 7 | 9 | 4.41 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0 | 145 | 27 | 62 | 163 |
| 2022 | TOR | 6 | 7 | 5.19 | 32 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.2 | 93 | 23 | 58 | 124 |
| 2023 | TOR | 11 | 6 | 3.86 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.2 | 165 | 27 | 48 | 181 |
| 2024 | TOR | 4 | 9 | 4.75 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115.2 | 125 | 17 | 30 | 130 |
| 2024 | HOU | 5 | 1 | 2.70 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 42 | 8 | 14 | 76 |
| 2025 | LAA | 7 | 11 | 3.99 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178.1 | 180 | 24 | 74 | 174 |
Season lines from the Lahman Baseball Database (Version 2025, via SABR), joined through the Chadwick Register ID crosswalk. The databank runs through the 2025 season — the current season is the 2026 line below, from the MLB Stats API.
2026 Season — MLB Stats API
Pitching
| W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 4.92 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.2 | 74 | 38 | 37 | 7 | 30 | 67 | 1.54 |
2026 regular-season line from the MLB Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com), pulled when this page was built. Multi-team stints are combined; rate stats are recomputed from the combined totals.
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