Kosuke Fukudome
Kosuke Fukudome
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 26, 1977 in Kagoshima, Japan
High School: PL Gakuen (Osaka City, Osaka)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs in 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: March 31, 2008
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2008 31 CHC NL 150 590 501 79 129 25 3 10 58 12 4 81 104 .257 .359 .379 .738 89 190 7 1 2 5 9 *98/D AS,RoY-6
2009 32 CHC NL 146 603 499 79 129 38 5 11 54 6 10 93 112 .259 .375 .421 .796 104 210 15 3 3 5 3 *89
2 Seasons 296 1193 1000 158 258 63 8 21 112 18 14 174 216 .258 .367 .400 .767 96 400 22 4 5 10 12
162 Game Avg. 162 653 547 86 141 34 4 11 61 10 8 95 118 .258 .367 .400 .767 96 219 12 2 3 5 7

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2008 31 CHC NL 590 390 74 5.1 115 .304 .257 .276 .359 .350 .379 .441 .738 .791 89 .517 -7.0 -0.7 .731 .299 .122 10.9
2009 32 CHC NL 603 403 80 5.3 113 .310 .259 .275 .375 .349 .421 .437 .796 .786 104 .546 5.8 0.6 .765 .341 .162 7.8
2 Seasons 1193 793 154 5.2 114 .307 .258 .276 .367 .349 .400 .439 .767 .788 96 .532 -1.1 -0.1 .748 .320 .142 19.4
162 Game Avg. 653 434 84 5.2 114 .307 .258 .276 .367 .349 .400 .439 .767 .788 96 .532 -1.1 -0.1 .748 .320 .142 11

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 31 CHC NL NLDS LAD L 3 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 1 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 CHC NL 31 as CF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2008 31 CHC NL 590 1.7% 17.6% 13.7% 6.4% 30% 1.28 4.8 50.1 8.6 1.01 1.19 66% 18% 5.5% 9%
2009 32 CHC NL 603 1.8% 18.6% 15.4% 9.0% 42% 1.20 4.5 45.4 9.2 0.88 1.24 63% 22% 5.8% 6%
2 Seasons 1193 1.8% 18.1% 14.6% 7.7% 36% 1.24 4.6 47.6 8.9 0.94 1.22 65% 20% 5.6% 7%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2008 31 CHC NL 4 0 34% 231 12 4 75% 9 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 16 48% 37 27 10 8 1 6 20 5 15
2009 32 CHC NL 9 0 32% 273 6 10 38% 6 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 16 48% 26 18 8 12 6 6 24 8 16
2 Seasons 13 0 33% 504 18 14 56% 15 13 3 0 0 1 1 1 8 32 48% 63 45 18 20 7 12 44 13 31
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2008 31 CHC NL 590 74% 129 20 4 14 6 1 2 1.12 10 0 17 10 0 6 4 0 7 2 29% 123 7 6% 50 17 34% 414 49 12% 35 19 54% 42 23 55% 0
2009 32 CHC NL 603 89% 129 13 2 8 1 0 1 1.77 11 0 11 10 1 4 7 0 5 3 60% 114 15 13% 52 8 15% 349 43 12% 34 14 41% 34 16 47% 0
2 Seasons 1193 82% 258 33 6 22 7 1 3 1.36 21 0 28 20 1 10 11 0 12 5 42% 237 22 9% 102 25 25% 763 92 12% 69 33 48% 76 39 51% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2008 31 CHC NL 590 2531 4.29 1505 59% 32% 12% 30% 27% 68% 3% 41% 83% 31% 7% 41 0 16% 96 26 11% 65 31 31% 0 0 0
2009 32 CHC NL 603 2511 4.16 1437 57% 35% 13% 25% 27% 65% 1% 37% 80% 30% 7% 43 2 20% 120 39 17% 104 40 27% 0 0 0
2 Seasons 1193 5042 4.23 2942 58% 33% 12% 27% 27% 67% 2% 39% 81% 31% 7% 84 2 18% 216 65 14% 169 71 29% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 31 150 590 501 79 129 25 3 10 58 12 4 81 104 .257 .359 .379 .738 89 190 7 1 2 5 9
2009 32 296 1193 1000 158 258 63 8 21 112 18 14 174 216 .258 .367 .400 .767 96 400 22 4 5 10 12

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2008 31 150 585 499 71 127 25 3 10 52 12 80 104 .255 .356 .377 .732 67 150
2009 32 146 588 492 71 122 36 5 10 49 6 88 112 .248 .362 .402 .765 72 146
2 Seasons 296 1173 991 142 249 61 8 20 101 18 168 216 .251 .359 .390 .748 139 296
162 Game Avg. 162 642 542 78 136 33 4 11 55 10 92 118 .251 .359 .390 .748 76 296

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2008 (CF)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2009 NL--93--8th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2009 NL--10--6th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1625), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1499), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Mickey Brantley (972)
  2. Chase Headley (970)
  3. Lastings Milledge (967)
  4. Joe Lefebvre (966)
  5. Mark Brouhard (966)
  6. Mike Brown (966)
  7. Jermaine Allensworth (965)
  8. Allie Clark (964)
  9. Midre Cummings (964)
  10. George Shuba (964)
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  1. Turner Ward (969)
  2. David Newhan (967)
  3. Coaker Triplett (966)
  4. Midre Cummings (965)
  5. Chris Jones (959)
  6. Chuck Tanner (958)
  7. Warren Newson (958)
  8. Aaron Guiel (956)
  9. Fred Valentine (954)
  10. Herm McFarland (954)
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  1. Herm McFarland (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Turner Ward (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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