Gio Gonzalez vs. Daisuke Matsuzaka — Career Comparison

Gio Gonzalez
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Gen XJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Gio Gonzalez and Daisuke Matsuzaka are about as close as two starters get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 113 for Gio Gonzalez and 117 for Daisuke Matsuzaka, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 108 and 107 respectively. If forced to pick, Daisuke Matsuzaka gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Gio Gonzalez and Daisuke Matsuzaka

Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
344
1.6
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
1.8
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.53
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
1.5
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
0.61
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.64
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.47
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.49
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.47
56.47
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.57
56.57
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.35
95.35
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.54
83.54
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
795
3.7
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
391
4.45
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.242
0.242
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5799
27
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2371
27
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1933
9
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
790.1
9
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1744
8.12
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
721
8.21
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.12
8.12
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.21
8.21
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.8
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.97
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
3.79
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
387
4.41
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.1
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1860
8.66
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
720
8.2
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.41
5.41
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.384
1.384
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.401
1.401
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.27
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.23
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.51
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8242
38.37
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3444
39.22
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
3.99
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
4.62
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.28
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.2
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.21
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.23
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.7
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.6
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.324
1.324
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7271
33.85
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2974
33.87
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.37
38.37
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.22
39.22

Fielding Stats for Gio Gonzalez and Daisuke Matsuzaka

Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
344
1.6
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
1.8
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.53
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
1.5
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5799
27
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2371
27
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1933
9
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
790.1
9
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.37
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.54
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.16
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.85
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.58
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
1.42
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.53
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.39
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.05
97.05
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.956
0.956
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
0.772
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.35
95.35
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.54
83.54
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.05
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gio Gonzalez and Daisuke Matsuzaka

Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
344
434.53
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
158
2106.67
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
475
600
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
410
517.89
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
37
493.33
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
46.74
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
34.11
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.84
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.79
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.63
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.1
10.23
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.38
18.44
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
66.95
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
63.16
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
20.21
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
21.47
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
37.89
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
-10.03
-12.67
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.79
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.05
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
11.37
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
190
240
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
213.33
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.81
2.81
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
63.16
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Gio Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.53
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.79
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gio Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA