Soutarou
Seika
 
Nickname: S-Bomb
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 215
 
Born: April 18, 1993 in Japan
 
Awards & Accomplishments
National Cup Seriess Won 2023   
Zachary Matthews Award 2018    2024   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2014 21 TN FF   8 3 3 3 8 9 8 8 7 7
2015 22 IL GE $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 9 9 9 9 8 8
2016 23 IL GE $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 10 10 10 8 8 8
2017 24 IL GE $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 9 9 9 9 8 8
2018 25 IL GE $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 9 9 9 9 9 9
2019 26 IL GE $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 9 9 9 9 8 8
2020 27 KS GE $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 9 9 9 9 8 8
2021 28 KS GE $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 9 10 9 9 8 8
2022 29 KS GE $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 9 10 9 8 8 8
2023 30 KS GE $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 9 9 9 8 7 8
2024 31 FL FF $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 8 9 9 7 7 7
2025 32 FL FF $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 7 6 7
2026 33 FL FF $ 300,000 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 7 6 7
2027 34 KY FF $ 300,000 7 2 2 2 7 8 7 7 7 7
2028 35 KY FF $ 300,000 7 1 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6
2029 36 KY FF $ 360,000 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 1 2 2 6 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 360,000 9 5 5 5 10 10 10 9 9 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2014 21 TN FF     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2015 22 IL GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2016 23 IL GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2017 24 IL GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2018 25 IL GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2019 26 IL GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2020 27 KS GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2021 28 KS GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2022 29 KS GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2023 30 KS GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2024 31 FL FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2025 32 FL FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2026 33 FL FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2027 34 KY FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2028 35 KY FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2029 36 KY FF $ 360,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 360,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2014 21 AAA   4 0 1.000 4 4 2 2 0 31.7 19 1 0 6 18 0.28 .179 .223 .198 .421  
    AA   3 1 .750 5 5 0 0 0 34.3 28 11 5 6 17 2.88 .222 .258 .357 .615  
2015 22 TN FF 3 2 .600 5 5 0 0 0 37.0 30 8 2 4 14 1.95 .226 .264 .308 .573 3.9
  IL GE 3 8 .273 15 15 0 0 0 98.7 109 42 5 17 32 3.83 .284 .328 .375 .703 4.0
  TOT   6 10 .375 20 20 0 0 0 135.7 139 50 7 21 46 3.32 .269 .312 .358 .670 7.9
    AAA   8 3 .727 13 13 0 0 0 87.3 73 29 6 22 37 2.99 .226 .275 .341 .616  
2016 23 IL GE 10 12 .455 34 34 2 1 0 230.3 198 87 10 36 70 3.40 .233 .276 .333 .609 14.0
2017 24 IL GE 12 18 .400 37 36 5 2 0 246.0 256 106 15 37 76 3.88 .269 .302 .373 .674 13.4
2018 25 IL GE 14 11 .560 35 35 3 1 0 228.3 231 92 19 40 75 3.63 .264 .303 .399 .702 17.1
2019 26 IL GE 11 10 .524 35 35 1 0 0 221.0 224 100 9 35 98 4.07 .262 .298 .368 .665 12.8
2020 27 IL GE 4 8 .333 13 13 1 1 0 72.7 94 46 3 17 32 5.70 .311 .355 .417 .772 0.1
  KS GE 8 4 .667 19 19 2 1 0 129.0 127 44 5 14 82 3.07 .255 .282 .347 .628 10.2
  TOT   12 12 .500 32 32 3 2 0 201.7 221 90 8 31 114 4.02 .276 .310 .373 .683 10.3
    AAA   0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 20 5 0 1 9 3.75 .400 .412 .520 .932  
2021 28 KS GE 15 10 .600 33 33 3 1 0 222.3 240 87 13 25 103 3.52 .272 .296 .390 .687 12.7
2022 29 KS GE 16 6 .727 32 32 1 0 0 212.7 191 71 5 37 110 3.00 .238 .280 .308 .588 16.2
2023 30 KS GE 17 13 .567 37 37 1 0 0 245.7 248 98 20 32 130 3.59 .258 .289 .380 .669 14.6
2024 31 KS GE 5 9 .357 19 18 1 0 0 112.0 146 72 9 27 43 5.79 .315 .358 .438 .796 0.0
  FL FF 3 9 .250 16 16 0 0 0 105.7 119 54 7 24 38 4.60 .285 .330 .398 .728 2.0
  TOT   8 18 .308 35 34 1 0 0 217.7 265 126 16 51 81 5.21 .301 .345 .419 .764 2.0
2025 32 FL FF 10 9 .526 29 29 1 0 0 183.0 197 76 16 32 43 3.74 .280 .318 .425 .743 14.1
2026 33 FL FF 7 10 .412 26 26 0 0 0 152.0 181 90 19 40 41 5.33 .299 .346 .441 .787 3.4
2027 34 KY FF 3 9 .250 81 1 0 0 9 105.7 163 79 16 31 25 6.73 .352 .397 .508 .905 0.0
2028 35 KY FF 0 7 .000 59 0 0 0 0 72.0 99 48 11 34 9 6.00 .328 .398 .517 .915 0.0
2029 36 AAA   6 11 .353 32 24 1 0 0 160.7 204 97 18 36 65 5.43 .314 .350 .485 .834  
14 Years Sim 141 155 .476 525 384 21 7 9 2673.9 2853 1200 184 482 1021 4.04 .273 .312 .389 .701 138.5
4 Years AAA 18 16 .529 51 43 3 2 0 291.7 316 132 24 65 129 4.07 .280 .319 .418 .737  
1 Years AA 3 1 .750 5 5 0 0 0 34.3 28 11 5 6 17 2.88 .222 .258 .357 .615  
5 Years Minors 21 17 .553 56 48 3 2 0 326.0 344 143 29 71 146 3.95 .274 .313 .412 .725  
Season Average 10 11 .476 37 27 1 0 0 191.0 203 85 13 34 72 4.04 .273 .312 .389 .701  
Career Highs 17 18 .727 81 37 5 2 9 246.0 265 126 20 51 130 6.73 .352 .398 .517 .915  
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   1713 682 97 274 657   .269 .299 .376 .676
vs LH   1140 518 87 208 364   .279 .314 .410 .724
Home 69 82 .457 262 185 8 4 7 1350.3 1383 571 92 255 517 3.81 .265 .299 .375 .674
Away 72 73 .497 263 199 13 3 2 1323.6 1470 629 92 227 504 4.28 .281 .311 .403 .714
Mar/Apr 18 21 .462 70 53 3 0 1 367.6 399 182 25 71 133 4.46 .277 .311 .395 .706
May 22 24 .478 81 61 1 0 2 384.6 462 203 26 71 152 4.75 .296 .327 .418 .745
June 26 25 .510 96 65 5 2 0 496.6 471 186 32 83 191 3.37 .250 .282 .369 .650
July 21 24 .467 77 62 4 0 2 416.3 430 178 29 73 158 3.85 .267 .299 .380 .679
August 28 27 .509 94 69 5 4 1 487.3 506 207 37 91 194 3.82 .269 .302 .380 .682
Sep/Oct 26 34 .433 107 74 3 1 3 521.3 585 244 35 93 193 4.21 .282 .313 .398 .712
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2015 22 TN FF 5 12 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .250 .417 0.3 0.0
  IL GE 15 28 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .179 .207 .250 .457 1.2 0.0
  TOT   20 40 3 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .175 .195 .250 .445 1.5 0.0
2016 23 IL GE 34 70 2 14 5 1 0 2 0 0 2 20 .200 .222 .300 .522 4.4 0.0
2017 24 IL GE 37 74 4 15 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 21 .203 .244 .230 .473 4.0 0.0
2018 25 IL GE 35 72 2 13 2 1 0 9 0 0 3 23 .181 .213 .236 .449 2.9 0.0
2019 26 IL GE 34 60 3 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 29 .200 .250 .233 .483 3.6 0.0
2020 27 IL GE 13 22 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 .273 .333 .273 .606 2.3 0.2
  KS GE 19 43 6 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .186 .222 .233 .455 2.0 0.0
  TOT   32 65 7 14 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 21 .215 .261 .246 .507 4.3 0.2
2021 28 KS GE 33 76 6 13 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 27 .171 .192 .211 .403 2.2 0.0
2022 29 KS GE 33 71 13 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 6 21 .155 .221 .197 .418 2.5 0.0
2023 30 KS GE 37 76 10 18 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 23 .237 .256 .250 .506 4.6 0.0
2024 31 KS GE 19 33 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .152 .200 .152 .352 0.7 0.0
  FL FF 16 35 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .143 .143 .200 .343 0.2 0.0
  TOT   35 68 3 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 22 .147 .171 .176 .348 1.0 0.0
2025 32 FL FF 29 57 1 15 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 18 .263 .276 .281 .557 4.4 0.1
2026 33 FL FF 26 45 1 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 15 .133 .149 .178 .327 0.9 0.0
2027 34 KY FF 81 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .429 .500 .429 .929 1.2 0.2
2028 35 KY FF 59 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
14 Years Sim 525 783 57 151 28 2 0 38 1 2 32 252 .193 .225 .234 .459 37.2 0.6
162 Game Average 241 17 46 8 0 0 11 0 0 9 77 .193 .225 .234 .459 11.5  
Career Highs 81 76 13 18 5 1 0 9 1 1 6 29 .429 .500 .429 .929 4.6  
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   586 41 119 19 1 0 34 1 2 23 193 .203 .234 .239 .473 26.7
vs LH   197 16 32 9 1 0 4 0 0 9 59 .162 .199 .218 .417 5.7
Home 262 359 26 70 12 2 0 15 0 2 20 120 .195 .237 .240 .477 17.1
Away 232 424 31 81 16 0 0 23 1 0 12 132 .191 .215 .229 .443 15.4
RISP   157 0 25 4 1 0 36 0 0 4 54 .159 .179 .197 .376 2.6
Close/Late   30 3 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .233 .281 .333 .615 2.6
Mar/Apr 64 109 2 18 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 33 .165 .195 .174 .369 1.8
May 74 103 6 17 3 0 0 5 0 0 6 43 .165 .211 .194 .405 2.9
June 84 144 13 27 8 0 0 4 0 1 4 39 .188 .209 .243 .453 5.1
July 78 124 7 25 4 1 0 12 1 1 4 36 .202 .227 .250 .477 5.6
August 94 149 11 27 5 0 0 2 0 0 5 54 .181 .208 .215 .423 4.6
Sep/Oct 74 154 18 37 7 1 0 13 0 0 9 47 .240 .285 .299 .584 12.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2015 22 TN FF P 5 5 37.0 2 7 0 0 1.000 2.19    
  IL GE P 15 15 98.7 7 20 1 1 .964 2.46    
  TOT   P 20 20 135.7 9 27 1 1 .973 2.39    
2016 23 IL GE P 34 34 230.3 11 61 5 2 .935 2.81    
2017 24 IL GE P 37 36 246.0 17 38 0 2 1.000 2.01    
2018 25 IL GE P 35 35 228.3 14 40 0 2 1.000 2.13    
2019 26 IL GE P 35 35 221.0 15 38 3 1 .946 2.16    
2020 27 IL GE P 13 13 72.7 5 13 0 1 1.000 2.23    
  KS GE P 19 19 129.0 9 22 1 2 .969 2.16    
  TOT   P 32 32 201.7 14 35 1 3 .980 2.19    
2021 28 KS GE P 33 33 222.3 13 52 2 6 .970 2.63    
2022 29 KS GE P 32 32 212.7 17 37 1 1 .982 2.29    
2023 30 KS GE P 37 37 245.7 22 39 1 3 .984 2.23    
2024 31 KS GE P 19 18 112.0 9 26 1 2 .972 2.81    
  FL FF P 16 16 105.7 8 25 1 2 .971 2.81    
  TOT   P 35 34 217.7 17 51 2 4 .971 2.81    
2025 32 FL FF P 29 29 183.0 10 36 2 2 .958 2.26    
2026 33 FL FF P 26 26 152.0 9 32 1 3 .976 2.43    
2027 34 KY FF P 81 1 105.7 11 28 1 0 .975 3.32    
2028 35 KY FF P 59 0 72.0 6 15 2 1 .913 2.63    
Career Totals   525 384 2673.9 185 529 22 31 .970 2.40    
Career Highs   81 37 246.0 22 61 5 6 1.000 3.32    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP 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 28 KS GE 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 11 5 0 5 5 3.00 .196 .262 .268 .530
2022 29 KS GE 0 2 .000 4 4 0 0 0 30.3 26 14 5 4 14 4.15 .228 .254 .412 .667
2023 30 KS GE 3 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 20.0 19 5 1 1 7 2.25 .247 .256 .377 .633
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 2 .667 9 9 0 0 0 65.3 56 24 6 10 26 3.31 .227 .257 .368 .625
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 28 KS GE 2 5 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .600 .600 1.000 1.600
2022 29 KS GE 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
2023 30 KS GE 3 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 9 19 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .211 .211 .368 .579
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2022-9-3.00
Wins
2023-10-17
Losses
2017-5-18
CAR-22-155
Winning Pct
2022-6-.727
Games Started
2017-4-36
2018-7-35
2019-6-35
2023-4-37
Complete Games
2016-10-2
2017-2-5
2018-6-3
2020-5-3
Shutouts
2016-9-1
2017-3-2
2018-10-1
2020-2-2
Innings Pitched
2017-2-246.0
2018-4-228.3
2019-10-221.0
2023-7-245.7
CAR-48-2674.0
Hits Allowed
2016-10-198
2017-1-256
2018-6-231
2019-8-224
2021-4-240
2023-3-248
CAR-16-2853
Walks per 9IP
2016-7-1.4
2017-5-1.4
2018-10-1.6
2019-6-1.4
2020-6-1.4
2021-5-1.0
2022-4-1.6
2023-4-1.2
2025-4-1.6
CAR-50-1.6
WHiP
2018-10-1.19
2022-6-1.07
OOBP
2022-7-.280
2023-10-.289
OSLG
2022-7-.308
OOPS
2022-5-.588
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 57    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Tennessee in 2014
Earned first career win on 6/20/2015
Had first career hit (double) on 6/30/2015, off Charlie Clowers (DC)
Traded from Tennessee to Illinois on 7/11/2015 (Going to Ill: SS Faustino Jimenez, P Geronimo Padilla, P Soutarou Seika, 2B Howard Bittinger. Going to Ten: P Leo Cleland, CF Floyd Perreira, 2B Carlos Pena)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/9/2016, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA
Won Mays Award at Pitcher in 2018
Traded from Illinois to Kansas on 6/11/2020 (Going to IL: P Harry Kirton, P Maddox Belcher, P Gary Holquin, P Daryl Blasingame, KS's 1st round pick in 2021. Going to KS: SS Faustino Jimenez, P Soutarou Seika, SS Robert Killian, 2B Harvey Thornton)
Injured on 3/19/2021 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/26/2022 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 10/19/2023 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6-7 weeks
Won National Cup Series with Kansas in 2023
Traded from Kansas to Florida on 7/11/2024 (Going to FL: P John Davis, P Soutarou Seika, LF Pancho Josa, KS' 1st-4th picks in 2025 and 1st, 3rd and 4th picks in 2026. Going to KS: P Higinio Delmonte, P Mark Trowers, P Asdrubal Cifonte)
Won Mays Award at Pitcher in 2024
Injured on 7/31/2025 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Drafted by Kentucky with the 11th pick of the 5th round of the 2027 FFL Expansion draft