Masataka Yoshida Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News

Attended Red Sox Fenway Fest in January 2025, signing autographs and posing for pictures with fans...In February 2025, visited the Gorham farmhouse in Gorham, Maine, for a ceremony hosted by the University of Southern Maine to honor Horace Wilson...Wilson was born in Gorham and traveled to Tokyo in 1870 to teach English, but ended up teaching students the game of baseball during class breaks...That marked the first time baseball was ever played in Japan.

2024

Played in 108 games for BOS, with all 98 of his starts coming as the DH...Also played one inning in LF...Missed 37 games on the Injured List with a thumb injury...Led the Red Sox in strikeout rate (12.4%) and ranked 3rd in AVG (.280) and OBP (.349)...His strikeout rate of 12.4% ranked eighth in MLB (min. 400 PA)...With RISP, struck out only nine times in 108 PA (8.3%), MLB’s fifth-lowest rate (min. 100 PA with RISP)...With runners on, hit .329 with a .939 OPS (51-for-155, 8 HR) and as many walks (14) as strikeouts (14)...With two outs and RISP, recorded a .439 AVG/1.174 OPS (18-for-41, 8 BB, 6 SO)...Was 5-for-9 with the bases loaded (11 RBI, 0 SO)...eight of his 10 HR came with at least one runner on base...seven of his HR came in the sixth inning or later...Only two of his HR came with the Sox leading by multiple runs...Recorded a .310 AVG/.832 OPS vs. RHP (8 HR) and a .191 AVG/.565 OPS vs. LHP (2 HR)...The Sox were 29-7 (.806) when he scored at least one run.

2023

Made his MLB debut and finished sixth in AL Rookie of the Year voting after leading AL rookies in hits (155), doubles (33) and AVG (.289)...Became the first position player born in Japan to play a full season with the Red Sox...The only other position player born in Japan to appear in a game for the Red Sox is Dave Roberts (August-October 2004)...Ranked fifth in the AL and 13th in MLB in AVG (.289)...Posted a 14.0% strikeout rate (81 SO/580 PA), the fifth-lowest mark in the AL and 10th lowest in MLB. Ranked second on the Red Sox in hits (155), third in RBI (72), fourth in runs scored (71) and XBH (51)...Led the Red Sox and ranked T-11th in the Majors with 50 multi-hit games, the most by a BOS rookie since Nomar Garciaparra in 1997 (68)...Led the Sox and ranked T-8th in MLB with 14 three-hit games...In 67 home games, batted .306 with a .360 OBP and .835 OPS (78-for-255, 21 2B, 2 3B, 6 HR, 18 BB, 4 HBP)...In 54 day games, hit .312 with a .372 OBP and .852 OPS (63-for-202, 9 2B, 2 3B, 7 HR, 16 BB, 4 HBP)...When leading off an inning, hit .390 with a .433 OBP, .585 SLG, and 1.018 OPS (46-for-118, 12 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 9 BB)...Hit two grand slams (4/23 at MIL and 7/16 at CHC). 

2022

Set career highs in RBI (88), walks (80) and OPS (1.008). Helped lead Orix to the 2022 Japan Series title, the club’s first in 26 years...Hit a walk-off HR in Game 5.