6 Facts About Tanaka

1. At the time, Tanaka was 20 years old, and weighed 118 pounds.

2. In 2016, Tanaka made a career-high 31 starts and notably avoided a disabled list stint for the first time in his MLB career.

3. The next day, Tanaka was placed on the disabled list due to right elbow inflammation.

4. In 2008, Tanaka was penciled into the front end of the Eagles' starting rotation for the second straight season.

5. New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka has thrown 48 pitches over three innings in his first simulated game since being sidelined three weeks by a strained right and left hamstring.

6. In 1987 Koichiro Tanaka showed that laser pulses could blast apart protein molecules so that ions in gaseous form are produced.