Edowa-Do
Motoyuki
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 195
 
Born: May 18, 1996 in Japan
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2021   
All-Star Selections 2021   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2018 22 ANA AL   27 34 31 32 58 43 46 67 53 56
2019 23 HOU NL   49 54 51 52 78 63 66 87 73 76
2020 24 HOU NL $ 300,000 49 87 80 81 106 92 95 92 76 79
2021 25 HOU NL $ 300,000 49 89 84 85 108 94 97 90 73 76
2022 26 HOU NL $ 300,000 49 88 81 82 105 91 94 90 74 77
2023 27 HOU NL $ 300,000 49 88 82 83 107 93 96 87 70 73
2024 28 HOU NL $ 3,064,286 49 88 82 83 106 92 95 81 65 68
2025 29 HOU NL $ 3,164,286 49 89 83 84 105 91 94 85 68 71
2026 30 HOU NL $ 3,307,143 44 85 79 80 108 94 97 92 75 78
2027 31 MIL NL $ 8,000,000 49 88 81 82 106 92 95 92 76 79
OOTP6 Min Ratings   27 34 31 32 58 43 46 67 53 56
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,000 49 89 84 85 108 94 97 92 76 79
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2018 22 ANA AL     1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 19 19 19 19 19 19
2019 23 HOU NL     1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 19 19 19 19 19 19
2020 24 HOU NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 19 19 19 19 19 19
2021 25 HOU NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 19 19 19 19 19 19
2022 26 HOU NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 19 19 19 19 19 19
2023 27 HOU NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 19 19 19 19 19 19
2024 28 HOU NL $ 3,064,286   1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 19 19 19 19 19 19
2025 29 HOU NL $ 3,164,286   1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 19 19 19 19 19 19
2026 30 HOU NL $ 3,307,143   1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 19 19 19 19 19 19
2027 31 MIL NL $ 8,000,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 19 19 19 19 19 19
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 19 19 19 19 19 19
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 19 19 19 19 19 19
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2018 22 AA   1 3 .250 15 0 0 0 9 15.0 16 5 0 6 14 3.00 .276 .344 .345 .689  
    A   6 6 .500 37 0 0 0 16 35.3 54 26 7 13 33 6.62 .355 .406 .586 .992  
2019 23 AAA   7 8 .467 24 24 0 0 0 142.0 144 50 8 54 116 3.17 .258 .323 .363 .686  
    AA   1 2 .333 8 2 0 0 2 17.3 23 11 3 6 16 5.71 .303 .354 .474 .827  
2020 24 HOU NL 8 2 .800 20 20 0 0 0 127.7 106 33 7 28 143 2.33 .224 .265 .330 .595 14.1
    AAA   12 1 .923 16 16 2 2 0 109.7 93 28 8 21 123 2.30 .227 .265 .332 .596  
2021 25 HOU NL 18 6 .750 37 36 0 0 0 214.7 199 73 15 26 227 3.06 .241 .262 .381 .643 18.9
2022 26 HOU NL 17 11 .607 38 38 0 0 0 224.0 222 87 19 33 214 3.50 .250 .277 .403 .680 14.8
2023 27 HOU NL 10 10 .500 35 35 1 1 0 214.7 222 88 17 32 215 3.69 .261 .288 .413 .701 11.1
2024 28 HOU NL 17 8 .680 35 35 0 0 0 213.3 191 78 23 28 196 3.29 .234 .259 .402 .662 18.3
2025 29 HOU NL 13 10 .565 37 36 1 0 0 216.7 212 88 21 22 201 3.66 .254 .272 .415 .687 13.3
2026 30 HOU NL 7 5 .583 34 34 0 0 0 150.7 135 57 7 16 151 3.41 .237 .258 .376 .634 11.2
2027 31 MIL NL 15 9 .625 36 36 1 1 0 228.3 208 75 23 25 206 2.96 .238 .257 .384 .641 20.1
8 Years Sim 105 61 .633 272 270 3 2 0 1590.0 1495 579 132 210 1553 3.28 .244 .268 .392 .660 121.8
2 Years AAA 19 9 .679 40 40 2 2 0 251.7 237 78 16 75 239 2.79 .245 .299 .350 .649  
2 Years AA 2 5 .286 23 2 0 0 11 32.3 39 16 3 12 30 4.45 .291 .349 .418 .767  
1 Years A 6 6 .500 37 0 0 0 16 35.3 54 26 7 13 33 6.62 .355 .406 .586 .992  
5 Years Minors 27 20 .574 100 42 2 2 27 319.3 330 120 26 100 302 3.38 .263 .317 .386 .703  
Season Average 13 7 .650 34 33 0 0 0 198.7 186 72 16 26 194 3.28 .244 .268 .392 .660  
Career Highs 18 11 .800 38 38 1 1 0 228.3 222 88 23 33 227 3.69 .261 .288 .415 .701  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1187 447 112 181 1128   .257 .285 .413 .698
vs LH   308 132 20 29 425   .205 .220 .327 .547
Home 47 26 .644 130 129 1 1 0 782.6 692 270 74 99 783 3.10 .232 .257 .388 .645
Away 58 35 .624 142 141 2 1 2 807.3 803 309 58 111 770 3.44 .255 .280 .397 .677
Mar/Apr 17 7 .708 38 38 1 1 0 231.0 220 92 19 22 217 3.58 .247 .266 .402 .667
May 23 9 .719 42 42 0 0 0 258.0 244 102 24 28 237 3.56 .246 .267 .406 .673
June 14 11 .560 43 43 1 1 0 244.0 233 98 23 28 244 3.62 .244 .266 .399 .665
July 20 9 .690 47 47 0 0 0 276.6 252 81 15 39 267 2.64 .238 .265 .364 .629
August 16 17 .485 48 48 1 0 0 284.6 273 105 27 40 285 3.32 .247 .273 .395 .669
Sep/Oct 15 8 .652 54 52 0 0 2 295.6 273 101 24 53 303 3.07 .242 .276 .389 .665
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2018 22 AA   5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.5  
    A   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3  
2020 24 HOU NL 20 45 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 .044 .044 .067 .111 -2.9 0.0
2021 25 HOU NL 36 70 5 9 3 0 0 7 0 0 3 30 .129 .184 .171 .356 1.7 0.0
2022 26 HOU NL 38 71 4 6 3 0 0 6 0 0 5 23 .085 .154 .127 .281 0.2 0.0
2023 27 HOU NL 36 68 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 32 .015 .104 .015 .119 -2.5 0.0
2024 28 HOU NL 35 73 6 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 28 .082 .118 .110 .228 -2.4 0.0
2025 29 HOU NL 36 70 4 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 36 .029 .068 .043 .110 -4.4 0.0
2026 30 HOU NL 36 42 2 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 20 .095 .136 .119 .255 -1.4 0.0
2027 31 MIL NL 36 73 5 2 0 1 0 5 1 0 4 41 .027 .077 .055 .132 -3.2 0.0
8 Years Sim 273 512 28 32 11 1 0 33 2 0 27 227 .063 .113 .088 .201 -15.0 0.0
1 Years AA 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.5  
1 Years A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3  
2 Years Minors 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.9  
162 Game Average 303 16 18 6 0 0 19 1 0 16 134 .063 .113 .088 .201 -8.9  
Career Highs 38 73 6 9 3 1 0 7 1 0 7 41 .129 .184 .171 .356 1.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   373 20 24 9 1 0 25 2 0 18 163 .064 .108 .094 .202 -12.5
vs LH   139 8 8 2 0 0 8 0 0 9 64 .058 .127 .072 .199 -5.1
Home 130 219 17 18 5 1 0 20 2 0 16 97 .082 .149 .114 .264 -2.9
Away 143 293 11 14 6 0 0 13 0 0 11 130 .048 .085 .068 .153 -14.7
RISP   151 0 15 5 1 0 32 0 0 4 68 .099 .129 .146 .275 -2.6
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Mar/Apr 38 74 4 6 3 0 0 8 0 0 9 32 .081 .176 .122 .298 0.2
May 43 83 7 6 0 0 0 8 0 0 4 42 .072 .122 .072 .195 -3.0
June 43 77 7 5 2 1 0 6 0 0 6 27 .065 .140 .117 .256 -1.4
July 47 94 3 7 5 0 0 4 1 0 2 46 .074 .103 .128 .231 -2.9
August 49 91 5 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 2 36 .033 .054 .044 .098 -5.9
Sep/Oct 53 93 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 44 .054 .093 .054 .147 -4.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2020 24 HOU NL P 20 20 127.7 6 20 3 1 .897 1.83    
2021 25 HOU NL P 36 36 214.7 7 30 2 1 .949 1.55    
2022 26 HOU NL P 38 38 224.0 16 24 1 1 .976 1.61    
2023 27 HOU NL P 35 35 214.7 10 18 4 1 .875 1.17    
2024 28 HOU NL P 35 35 213.3 15 22 3 4 .925 1.56    
2025 29 HOU NL P 36 36 216.7 11 29 4 2 .909 1.66    
2026 30 HOU NL P 34 34 150.7 8 12 1 0 .952 1.19    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2027 31 MIL NL P 36 36 228.3 12 37 4 1 .925 1.93    
  P 270 270 1590.0 85 192 22 11 .926 1.57    
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   271 270 1591.0 85 192 22 11 .926 1.57    
Career Highs   38 38 228.3 16 37 4 4 .976 1.93    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Manager of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2021 25 HOU NL 4 1 .800 6 6 0 0 0 37.3 37 13 3 5 29 3.13 .259 .284 .406 .689
2022 26 HOU NL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 3.7 8 6 0 1 2 14.75 .471 .500 .706 1.206
2023 27 HOU NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.3 14 8 1 3 15 5.84 .286 .327 .469 .796
2024 28 HOU NL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 1.3 6 5 1 2 0 33.83 .545 .615 1.091 1.706
2025 29 HOU NL 3 2 .600 5 5 0 0 0 28.0 32 18 3 6 31 5.79 .278 .314 .504 .818
2026 30 HOU NL 0 2 .000 4 0 0 0 2 4.3 8 5 1 2 3 10.39 .400 .455 .650 1.105
Career Post-Season Pitching 7 7 .500 19 15 0 0 2 87.0 105 55 9 19 80 5.69 .296 .332 .496 .827
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Manager of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 25 HOU NL 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000
2022 26 HOU NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500
2023 27 HOU NL 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
2025 29 HOU NL 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 12 24 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .042 .080 .042 .122
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2027-9-2.96
CAR-29-3.28
Wins
2021-4-18
2022-9-17
2024-7-17
2027-7-15
Winning Pct
2021-5-.750
CAR-24-.633
Games Started
2021-1-36
2022-3-38
2023-5-35
2024-9-35
2025-7-36
2027-3-36
Shutouts
2023-9-1
2027-6-1
Innings Pitched
2022-9-224.0
2027-8-228.3
Hits Allowed
2023-5-222
Walks per 9IP
2021-5-1.1
2022-6-1.3
2023-9-1.3
2024-9-1.2
2025-2-0.9
2027-2-1.0
CAR-11-1.2
Strikeouts per 9IP
2021-9-9.5
WHiP
2021-9-1.05
2022-9-1.14
2024-6-1.03
2025-6-1.08
2027-3-1.02
CAR-10-1.07
OOBP
2021-5-.262
2022-5-.277
2024-4-.259
2025-3-.272
2027-3-.257
CAR-5-.268
OOPS
CAR-46-.660
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 21)
   Gray Ink Test: 51    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 43    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 39)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 23rd overall pick, by Anaheim in 2018
Traded from Anaheim to Houston on 2/4/2019 (Going to HOU: C Matthew Wieters, P Edowa-do Motoyuki, RF Matthew Rocco. Going to ANA: 3B Carlos Truinfel)
Earned first career win on 7/10/2020
Had first career hit (double) on 7/25/2020, off Alberto Sanches (STL)
Was selected to the 2021 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Houston in 2021
Injured on 6/17/2022 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
2/3/2024: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,064,286 through salary arbitration
2/3/2025: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,164,286 through salary arbitration
2/3/2026: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,307,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Houston on 3/1/2027 to a 4-year deal worth $4,554,000 per year
Traded from Houston to Milwaukee on 3/4/2027 (Going to MIL: P Edowa-do Motoyuki, P Maurice Barton. Going to HOU: P Jessie Britt)