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Hong-Chih Kuo

Hong-Chih Kuo

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: July 23, 1981 in Tainan City, Taiwan
High School: Nan Ying (Tainan City, TW)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 2005
Team: Dodgers 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.73M (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.114, Arb Eligible: 2012, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Octagon [*]
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
2005 23 LAD NL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2006 24 LAD NL 28 11 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .125 .125 .250 .375 -7 2 0 0 3 0 0 1
2007 25 LAD NL 8 8 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .667 .833 101 4 0 0 2 0 0 /1
2008 26 LAD NL 42 14 12 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .333 .583 53 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
2009 27 LAD NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 28 LAD NL 56 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 53 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 AS
2011 29 LAD NL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 216 36 27 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 14 .185 .214 .370 .585 49 10 0 0 8 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 27 20 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 11 .185 .214 .370 .585 49 8 0 0 6 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 24 LAD NL 11 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $327,500 1
2007 25 LAD NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $384,000 /1
2008 26 LAD NL 14 -1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $392,000 1
2010 28 LAD NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0.1 0.0 $950,000 1 AS
2011 29 LAD NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,725,000 1
5 Seasons 36 -2 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0.3 2 0.3 0.0 $4,778,500

Advanced Batting

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
2006 24 LAD NL 11 10 0 0.0 114 .500 .125 .273 .125 .344 .250 .444 .375 .788 -7 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .286 .125 .125
2007 25 LAD NL 8 7 1 3.8 112 .000 .167 .274 .167 .344 .667 .438 .833 .781 101 .375 -0.1 -0.0 .800 .500 .500 .0
2008 26 LAD NL 14 11 1 2.4 106 .375 .250 .265 .250 .336 .333 .423 .583 .759 53 .218 -0.8 -0.1 .444 .083 .083
2010 28 LAD NL 3 2 0 0.0 99 .000 .257 .500 .326 .000 .405 .500 .732 53 .000 0.1 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000
7 Seasons 36 30 2 1.8 109 .333 .185 .269 .214 .340 .370 .432 .585 .771 49 .134 -2.2 -0.2 .500 .222 .185 .0
162 Game Avg. 27 23 2 1.8 109 .333 .185 .269 .214 .340 .370 .432 .585 .771 49 .134 -2.2 -0.2 .500 .222 .185

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
2006 24 LAD NL NLDS NYM L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 26 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2009 27 LAD NL NLDS STL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 27 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (4 Series) 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 NLDS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

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
2010 LAD NL 28

Ratio Batting*

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
2006 24 LAD NL 11 0.0% 54.6% 0.0% 9.1% 100% 1.3 0.00 2.00 18% 0% 0.0% 50%
2007 25 LAD NL 8 12.5% 37.5% 0.0% 12.5% 100% 2.0 6.0 6.0 2.00 25% 20% 100.0% 0%
2008 26 LAD NL 14 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 7.1% 33% 3.0 3.00 57% 0% 0.0% 0%
2010 28 LAD NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 0.0% 1.00 1.0 0% 0%
7 Seasons 36 2.8% 38.9% 2.8% 8.3% 60% 14.00 1.9 27.0 27.0 1.60 13.00 33% 5% 25.0% 20%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.07 5.1 33.8 7.8 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2005 23 LAD NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 24 LAD NL -1.3 -0.1 11 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .91 -0.1 0.0 -1.1 -0.1 0.87 -1.5 0
2007 25 LAD NL -0.1 -0.0 8 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 1.18 -0.0 -0.1 -1.2 -0.1 1.14 -0.2 0
2008 26 LAD NL -0.8 -0.1 14 -0.0 0.1 -0.2 .66 -0.1 -0.0 -1.1 -0.1 0.83 -0.8 1.72 1
2009 27 LAD NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 28 LAD NL 0.1 0.0 3 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .54 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.95 -0.0 0
2011 29 LAD NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Seasons -2.2 -0.2 36 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 .84 -0.2 -0.1 -3.6 -0.3 0.92 -2.5 1.72 1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
2006 24 LAD NL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2007 25 LAD NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 26 LAD NL 1 0 33% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 28 LAD NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1 0 40% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Situational Hitting*

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2006 24 LAD NL 11 73% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
2007 25 LAD NL 8 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 4 0 0% 5 1 20% 7 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2008 26 LAD NL 14 71% 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 8 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
2010 28 LAD NL 3 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 36 75% 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.72 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 8 100% 9 0 0% 11 4 36% 21 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
2006 24 LAD NL 11 39 3.55 31 79% 29% 32% 23% 16% 71% 0% 56% 55% 45% 0% 0 0 9% 1 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
2007 25 LAD NL 8 22 2.75 17 77% 0% 53% 18% 29% 100% 0% 77% 47% 63% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2008 26 LAD NL 14 50 3.57 38 76% 32% 21% 21% 26% 68% 0% 52% 69% 29% 0% 0 0 7% 1 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
2010 28 LAD NL 3 13 4.33 5 38% 60% 0% 20% 20% 40% 0% 15% 100% 0% 33% 1 0 33% 1 0 33% 1 0 100% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 36 124 3.44 91 73% 26% 30% 21% 23% 74% 0% 54% 60% 39% 3% 1 0 8% 3 0 3% 1 0 36% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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
2006 24 37 11 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .125 .125 .250 .375 -7 2 0 0 3 0 0
2007 25 45 19 14 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 .143 .143 .429 .571 39 6 0 0 5 0 0
2008 26 87 33 26 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 13 .192 .192 .385 .577 45 10 0 0 7 0 0
2009 27 122 33 26 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 13 .192 .192 .385 .577 45 10 0 0 7 0 0
2010 28 178 36 27 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 14 .185 .214 .370 .585 49 10 0 0 8 0 0
2011 29 216 36 27 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 14 .185 .214 .370 .585 49 10 0 0 8 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2006 24 28 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 28
2007 25 8 6 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 .167 .167 .667 .833 1 8
2008 26 42 12 12 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .333 .583 1 42
2010 28 56 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 56
4 Seasons 134 28 27 2 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 14 .148 .179 .296 .475 2 134
162 Game Avg. 162 34 33 2 5 1 0 1 1 0 1 17 .148 .179 .296 .475 2 134

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2010 *

                                         

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