Brian Boehringer vs. Daisuke Matsuzaka — Career Comparison

Brian Boehringer
Gen XMissouriThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Gen XJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Daisuke Matsuzaka built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Boehringer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Daisuke Matsuzaka led in home run suppression (HR9+ 130 vs 95), strikeout rate (K%+ 131 vs 99), and run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 104). Brian Boehringer held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 100 vs 73). Role difference aside, Daisuke Matsuzaka holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Brian Boehringer and Daisuke Matsuzaka

Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.99
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
1.8
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.5
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.64
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.54
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.49
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.83
44.83
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.57
56.57
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.54
83.54
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
4.36
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
391
4.45
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1604
27
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2371
27
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
534.2
9
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
790.1
9
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
522
8.79
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
8.21
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.08
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.97
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
4.61
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
4.41
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
7.27
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
720
8.2
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.401
1.401
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.3
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.51
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2375
39.98
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3444
39.22
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.65
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
280
4.71
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
4.62
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.49
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.2
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.4
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.23
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.61
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.6
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.489
1.489
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2030
34.17
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2974
33.87
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.98
39.98
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.22
39.22

Fielding Stats for Brian Boehringer and Daisuke Matsuzaka

Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.99
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
1.8
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.5
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1604
27
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2371
27
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
534.2
9
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
790.1
9
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.54
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.69
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.85
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.14
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.42
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.13
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.39
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.53
98.53
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.6
97.6
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.188
0.188
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.772
0.772
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.54
83.54
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Boehringer and Daisuke Matsuzaka

Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
356
5772.97
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
158
2106.67
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
600
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
502.7
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
493.33
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
4.1
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.38
18.44
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
48.65
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
81.08
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-23.01
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.79
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
16
259.46
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
213.33
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.81
2.81
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
48.65
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA