Daisuke Matsuzaka vs. Alfredo Simon — Career Comparison

Daisuke Matsuzaka
Gen XJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alfredo Simon
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Daisuke Matsuzaka a clear advantage over Alfredo Simon across the core pitching metrics. Daisuke Matsuzaka led in strikeout rate (K%+ 131 vs 83), home run suppression (HR9+ 130 vs 89), and run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 91). Alfredo Simon held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 94 vs 73). Daisuke Matsuzaka was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Daisuke Matsuzaka and Alfredo Simon

Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
1.8
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
2.96
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.5
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
1.08
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.64
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.55
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.49
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.55
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.57
56.57
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.54
83.54
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.47
36.47
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.22
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
391
4.45
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
4.56
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2371
27
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2325
27
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
790.1
9
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
775
9
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
8.21
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
810
9.41
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.41
9.41
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.97
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
1.22
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
387
4.41
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
3.12
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.24
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
720
8.2
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
529
6.14
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.14
6.14
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.07
2.07
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.401
1.401
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.35
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.44
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.51
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.58
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3444
39.22
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3372
39.16
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.81
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
4.62
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
425
4.94
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.2
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.3
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.23
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.29
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.6
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.66
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.392
1.392
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2974
33.87
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3002
34.86
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.22
39.22
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Daisuke Matsuzaka and Alfredo Simon

Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
1.8
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
2.96
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.5
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
1.08
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2371
27
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2325
27
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
790.1
9
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
775
9
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.54
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.75
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.85
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.1
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
1.42
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.9
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.39
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.86
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.56
97.56
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.772
0.772
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.628
0.628
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.54
83.54
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.47
36.47
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Daisuke Matsuzaka and Alfredo Simon

Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
158
2106.67
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
255
1500
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
600
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
37
493.33
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
523.53
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
52.94
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
6
35.29
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
17.65
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
17.65
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.38
18.44
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.53
9.03
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
70.59
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
70.59
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.76
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
17.65
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
29.41
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.79
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.82
-10.7
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.88
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
11.76
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
211.76
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
2.81
2.81
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.83
2.83
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Alfredo Simon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
58.82
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.88
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
Alfredo Simon
Career
Per 600 PA