For Immediate Release

Friday, September 29, 2017

MEDICAL UPDATE ON MARINERS RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER HISASHI IWAKUMA
Iwakuma was placed on the disabled list on May 10.

SEATTLE, Wash. -- Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto
today announced the following medical update on Mariners right-handed pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma:

Iwakuma underwent arthroscopic right shoulder debridement surgery on September 27. The surgery was performed by Dr.
Keith Meister in Dallas, Texas.

Following the surgery, Iwakuma is expected to resume throwing in 5 months.

Iwakuma, 36, went 0-2 with a 4.35 ERA (15 ER, 31.0 IP) with 16 strikeouts and 12 walks in 6 starts with the Mariners this
season. He was placed on the 10-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation on May 10 (retroactive to May 7) before
being transferred to the 60-day DL on July 24. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound right-hander made a rehab start with advanced-A
Modesto on June 14, allowing 1 hit over 4.0 scoreless innings while striking out 4. He made another rehab start with AAA
Tacoma on June 19, where he allowed 4 runs on 4 hits (1 home run) and 2 walks while striking out 3 in 2.0 innings of work.

In 2016, Iwakuma went 16-12 with a 4.12 ERA (91 ER, 199.0 IP) with 147 strikeouts and 46 walks in 33 starts with the
Mariners. His 16 wins were a career-high, and he led the club in wins (16), starts (33), innings (199.0) and strikeouts (147).

The native of Tokyo, Japan, has spent his entire 6-year Major League career with the Mariners, compiling a career record
of 63-39 with 2 saves and a 3.42 ERA (336 ER, 883.2 IP) with 714 strikeouts and 185 walks in 150 career appearances,
including 136 starts. He originally signed with Seattle as a free agent on Jan. 5, 2012 after spending 11 seasons in the
Japan Pacific League. Iwakuma went 107-69 with a 3.25 ERA (557 ER, 1541.0 IP) with 1175 strikeouts and 342 walks in
226 games (225 starts) during his career in the Japan Pacific League. In 2008, he was named Pacific League MVP and
earned the Eiji Sawamura Award (Cy Young Award equivalent) after going 21-4 with a 1.87 ERA (42 ER, 201.2 IP) in 28
starts. He earned a bronze medal with the Japanese National Team at the 2004 Athens Olympics, as well as a gold medal
with Team Japan at the 2009 World Baseball Classic.

IWAKUMAs PLAYING RECORD

YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK
2001 KINTETSU 4-2 4.53 9 8 1 1 0 43.2 46 28 22 3 3 13 25 1 0
2002 KINTETSU 8-7 3.69 23 23 2 0 0 141.1 132 62 58 10 8 42 131 4 1
2003 KINTETSU 15-10 3.45 27 27 11 0 0 195.2 201 85 75 19 3 48 149 2 0
2004 KINTETSU 15-2 3.01 21 21 7 1 0 158.2 149 57 53 13 8 30 123 0 0
2005 RAKUTEN 9-15 4.99 27 27 9 0 0 182.1 218 113 101 19 6 40 124 7 0
2006 RAKUTEN 1-2 3.72 6 6 2 0 0 38.2 43 18 16 4 1 12 16 0 0
2007 RAKUTEN 5-5 3.40 16 16 0 0 0 90.0 95 47 34 6 2 23 84 0 0
2008 RAKUTEN 21-4 1.87 28 28 5 2 0 201.2 161 48 42 3 4 36 159 4 0
2009 RAKUTEN 13-6 3.25 24 24 5 0 0 169.0 179 62 61 15 6 43 121 3 0
2010 RAKUTEN 10-9 2.82 28 28 4 1 0 201.0 184 68 63 11 12 36 153 1 1
2011 RAKUTEN 6-7 2.42 17 17 2 1 0 119.0 106 34 32 6 5 19 90 1 0
2012 SEATTLE 9-5 3.16 30 16 0 0 2 125.1 117 49 44 17 3 43 101 5 0
2013 SEATTLE 14-6 2.66 33 33 0 0 0 219.2 179 69 65 25 2 42 185 10 0
2014 Tacoma# 0-0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 6 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0
SEATTLE 15-9 3.52 28 28 0 0 0 179.0 167 70 70 20 2 21 154 2 0
2015 SEATTLE 9-5 3.54 20 20 1 1 0 129.2 117 53 51 18 1 21 111 1 0
Everett # 0-0 2.45 1 1 0 0 0 3.2 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0
Tacoma # 1-0 0.93 2 2 0 0 0 9.2 8 1 1 0 0 2 10 0 0
2016 SEATTLE 16-12 4.12 33 33 0 0 0 199.0 218 95 91 28 5 46 147 4 0
2017 SEATTLE 0-2 4.35 6 6 0 0 0 31.0 27 16 15 7 2 12 16 1 0
Modesto # 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Tacoma # 0-1 18.00 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 4 4 4 1 0 2 3 0 0
Minor Lg Totals 1-1 3.09 6 6 0 0 0 23.1 22 9 8 2 0 4 22 1 0
Japan Totals 107-69 3.25 226 225 48 6 0 1541.0 1514 622 557 109 58 342 1175 23 2
ML Totals 63-39 3.42 150 136 1 1 2 883.2 825 352 336 115 15 185 714 23 0

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