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Masahiro Tanaka

1988 - Today

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Masahiro Tanaka (田中 将大, Tanaka Masahiro; born November 1, 1988) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees. From 2007 through 2013, he played for the Eagles in NPB. Tanaka was posted by the Eagles after the 2013 season to be signed with the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball (MLB) and signed a seven-year, $155 million contract, the fifth-largest deal ever given to a pitcher at the time. He made his major league debut in 2014 and played for the Yankees through the 2020 season, before deciding to return to Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Masahiro Tanaka is the 57th most popular baseball player (down from 54th in 2024), the 2,763rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,071st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Baseball Player.

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Masahiro Tanaka ranks 57 out of 91. Before him are Roy Halladay, Jose Canseco, Koji Uehara, Mike Piazza, Clayton Kershaw, and Vladimir Guerrero. After him are Robinson Canó, Miguel Cabrera, Aaron Judge, Curt Schilling, Shin-Soo Choo, and Justin Verlander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Masahiro Tanaka ranks 371. Before him are Nils Petersen, Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Maicon Pereira Roque, James Meredith, Ed Speleers, and Keirrison. After him are Shuji Fujimoto, Finn Jones, Marek Suchý, Steven Defour, Diego Capel, and Lizzie Deignan.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masahiro Tanaka ranks 2,763 out of 6,245. Before him are Tatsuya Shiozawa (1982), Yutaro Masuda (1985), Takafumi Ogura (1973), Yasutaka Nomoto (1986), Rikizo Matsuhashi (1968), and Tomoaki Makino (1987). After him are Tohru Ukawa (1973), Kazuya Kamenashi (1986), Kiyoshi Okuma (1964), Takayuki Yamada (1983), Yuji Hashimoto (1970), and Yushi Ozaki (1969).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In Japan

Among baseball players born in Japan, Masahiro Tanaka ranks 9. Before him are Hideo Nomo (1968), Shohei Ohtani (1994), Hideki Matsui (1974), Yu Darvish (1986), Daisuke Matsuzaka (1980), and Koji Uehara (1975). After him are Hiroki Kuroda (1975), Kenta Maeda (1988), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1998), and Jung-hoo Lee (1998).

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