How Yusei Kikuchi's Games Pitched Compares to Similar Players

Yusei Kikuchi has totaled 199 career Games Pitched, well above the starting pitcher average of 154.0 — a mark that ranks among the best of his generation. His best Games Pitched season came in 2025, posting 33, well above the starting pitcher average of 20.6 that year. The lowest point came in 2021 at 29, well above the starting pitcher average of 20.2 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The Games Pitched total has gone from 32 in 2023 to 32 in 2024 and 33 in 2025, holding steady over the span. That level has become his established baseline entering 2026. One of the more consistent Games Pitched producers of his era, the career line shows well-above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 6 seasons.

Yusei Kikuchi Lifetime Games Pitched

Stats similar to Games Pitched for Yusei Kikuchi
Yusei Kikuchi
Games Pitched
Career199
Season Avg.28.43
162 Game Avg.162
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Yusei Kikuchi Games Pitched Per Season

Yusei Kikuchi's Games Pitched for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, Asia, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Yusei Kikuchi Games Pitched per season line chart

Yusei Kikuchi Games Pitched by Team

Yusei Kikuchi's career Games Pitched totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Yusei Kikuchi career Games Pitched by team bar chart

Yusei Kikuchi Cumulative Games Pitched — Career Progression

A running total of Yusei Kikuchi's career Games Pitched, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Yusei Kikuchi Games Pitched year-over-year waterfall chart

Yusei Kikuchi Games Pitched Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Yusei Kikuchi's seasonal Games Pitched alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Yusei Kikuchi Games Pitched distribution box chart versus comparable players

Yusei Kikuchi Games Pitched — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Yusei Kikuchi's MLB career with Games Pitched alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Yusei Kikuchi Games Pitched season-by-season breakdown table