His MLB statistics through the end of the season include a 56-43 win-loss record, a 4.45 earned run average, 720 strikeouts, and one save. He has won dozens of honors in career, most with the NPB, including Pacific League Rookie of the Year, the Eiji Sawamura Award, the Mitsui Golden Glove Award (seven times), and the Japan Series championship. Matsuzaka was a seven-time NPB All-Star. In Major League Baseball, he was part of the Red Sox’s 2007 World Series championship. Matsuzaka has played for the Japan national baseball team, winning two World Baseball Classics. Dice-K is married to journalist Tomoyo Shibata, and together they have two children.
