Hong-Chih Kuo
Hong-Chih Kuo
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 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
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2005 23 LAD NL 0 1 .000 6.75 9 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 5 4 4 1 5 1 10 0 1 0 26 61 1.875 8.4 1.7 8.4 16.9 2.00
2006 24 LAD NL 1 5 .167 4.22 28 5 6 0 0 0 59.2 54 30 28 3 33 5 71 1 0 2 258 106 1.458 8.1 0.5 5.0 10.7 2.15
2007 25 LAD NL 1 4 .200 7.42 8 6 1 0 0 0 30.1 35 26 25 3 14 0 27 1 0 1 140 60 1.615 10.4 0.9 4.2 8.0 1.93
2008 26 LAD NL 5 3 .625 2.14 42 3 10 0 0 1 80.0 60 21 19 4 21 2 96 3 1 1 323 195 1.013 6.8 0.5 2.4 10.8 4.57
2009 27 LAD NL 2 0 1.000 3.00 35 0 2 0 0 0 30.0 21 10 10 2 13 2 32 2 0 5 124 132 1.133 6.3 0.6 3.9 9.6 2.46
5 Seasons 9 13 .409 3.77 122 14 19 0 0 1 205.1 175 91 86 13 86 10 236 7 2 9 871 113 1.271 7.7 0.6 3.8 10.3 2.74
162 Game Avg. 5 7 .409 3.77 61 7 10 0 0 1 103 88 46 43 7 43 5 118 4 1 5 436 113 1.271 7.7 0.6 3.8 10.3 2.74

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2006 24 LAD NL NLDS L NYM 0 1 .000 4.15 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 4 2 2 0 2 1 4 0 0 1 19 1.385 8.3 0.0 4.2 8.3 2.00
2008 26 LAD NL NLCS L PHI 0 0 3.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2009 27 LAD NL NLDS W STL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
2009 27 LAD NL NLCS L PHI 1 0 1.000 2.25 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 13 0.500 4.5 2.3 0.0 13.5
3 Seasons (4 Series) 1 1 .500 2.92 9 1 2 0 0 0 12.1 10 4 4 1 2 1 15 0 0 1 47 0.973 7.3 0.7 1.5 10.9 7.50
2 NLDS 0 1 .000 3.38 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 6 2 2 0 2 1 6 0 0 1 24 1.500 10.1 0.0 3.4 10.1 3.00
2 NLCS 1 0 1.000 2.57 7 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 4 2 2 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 23 0.571 5.1 1.3 0.0 11.6

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 23 LAD NL 9 26 21 4 5 3 0 1 0 0 5 10 .238 .385 .524 .908 .400 11 0 0 0 0 1
2006 24 LAD NL 28 258 221 30 54 14 1 3 5 4 33 71 .244 .344 .357 .701 .345 79 7 1 2 1 5
2007 25 LAD NL 8 140 123 26 35 7 1 3 3 0 14 27 .285 .360 .431 .791 .340 53 1 1 1 1 0
2008 26 LAD NL 42 323 294 21 60 15 1 4 2 0 21 96 .204 .263 .303 .566 .287 89 3 3 4 1 2
2009 27 LAD NL 35 124 106 10 21 3 1 2 2 0 13 32 .198 .298 .302 .599 .264 32 1 2 3 0 2
5 Seasons 122 871 765 91 175 42 4 13 12 4 86 236 .229 .311 .345 .656 .312 264 12 7 10 3 10
162 Game Avg. 61 436 383 46 88 21 2 7 6 2 43 118 .229 .311 .345 .656 .312 132 6 4 5 2 5
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2006 24 LAD NL 28 5 1 1 3 0 0 3 2 .600 1 1 0 0 3 60% 57 73 42 15 10 0 1 5.0 3.9 5.9 92 0 4 1 0 100
2007 25 LAD NL 8 6 1 4 1 0 0 1 5 .167 0 0 0 0 2 33% 44 66 10 6 3 1 2 3.6 3.2 4.7 88 1 4 1 0 104
2008 26 LAD NL 42 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 47 57 26 6 3 1 2 4.5 1.0 3.6 70 2 1 0 0 80
3 Seasons 78 14 2 6 6 0 0 5 9 .357 1 2 0 0 5 36% 49 73 10 27 16 2 5 4.3 3.2 4.9 86 3 9 2 0 104
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2005 23 LAD NL 9 9 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 5 3 6 1 17% 6 1.097 2 4 3 5 0 4 3 6 1 6 2 2 1.8 14
2006 24 LAD NL 28 23 6 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 12 5 42% 7 0.959 4 7 11 5 5 13 7 16 13 6 14 4 4.0 24
2007 25 LAD NL 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.026 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 3.5 24
2008 26 LAD NL 42 39 10 5 2 3 1 2 33% 15 12 20 2 10% 8 1.112 13 15 11 20 4 15 13 26 26 4 26 5 5.3 27
2009 27 LAD NL 35 35 2 2 0 1 0 1 0% 16 14 10 2 20% 8 1.586 19 9 7 18 6 11 8 27 0 8 0 3 2.6 13
5 Seasons 122 108 19 7 7 5 1 4 20% 38 31 48 10 21% 1.120 38 35 34 49 15 44 31 77 41 25 43 14 3.8 21

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2005 23 LAD NL 26 38% 3.9% 38.5% 19.2% 15.4% 80% 0.22 0.50 38% 55% 11.1% 0% 2 0 0%
2006 24 LAD NL 258 76% 1.2% 27.5% 12.8% 7.0% 33% 0.84 1.00 57% 19% 4.1% 9% 57 7 12%
2007 25 LAD NL 140 80% 2.1% 19.3% 10.0% 7.9% 31% 0.48 0.52 67% 19% 5.5% 14% 35 1 3%
2008 26 LAD NL 323 70% 1.2% 29.7% 6.5% 6.2% 33% 0.87 1.10 60% 17% 4.3% 12% 67 3 4%
2009 27 LAD NL 124 68% 1.6% 25.8% 10.5% 4.8% 29% 0.85 1.15 58% 17% 6.9% 26% 23 1 4%
5 Seasons 871 72% 1.5% 27.1% 9.9% 6.8% 34% 0.76 0.94 60% 19% 5.0% 13% 184 12 7%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2005 23 LAD NL 26 126 4.85 76 60% 28% 21% 37% 14% 72% 8% 44% 71% 65% 8% 2 0 50% 13 9 1 10% 1 1 0 0 0
2006 24 LAD NL 258 1009 3.91 637 63% 27% 19% 30% 24% 73% 5% 46% 73% 60% 7% 19 7 27% 70 42 5 24% 9 7 0 0 0
2007 25 LAD NL 140 574 4.10 355 62% 25% 21% 26% 28% 75% 0% 46% 72% 59% 6% 8 5 24% 34 17 3 22% 4 3 0 0 0
2008 26 LAD NL 323 1267 3.92 820 65% 27% 19% 29% 25% 73% 1% 47% 73% 58% 2% 7 2 22% 71 40 2 31% 18 4 0 0 0
2009 27 LAD NL 124 472 3.81 298 63% 24% 21% 28% 26% 76% 5% 48% 72% 56% 7% 9 3 23% 28 17 2 19% 6 4 0 0 0
5 Seasons 871 3448 3.96 2186 63% 27% 20% 29% 25% 73% 3% 47% 73% 59% 5% 45 17 25% 216 125 13 25% 38 19 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2005 23 LAD NL 26 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 24 LAD NL 258 54 3 0 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 14 4 2 29% 1 2 1 110 5 4 56% 5 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 4 0
2007 25 LAD NL 140 35 5 0 3 1 6 3 0 1 2 14 7 2 50% 1 1 0 54 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2008 26 LAD NL 323 60 7 0 4 0 6 1 3 2 2 12 5 4 42% 2 1 0 135 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
2009 27 LAD NL 124 21 2 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0% 0 5 0 52 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
5 Seasons 871 175 17 0 13 1 22 8 5 5 8 41 16 9 39% 4 9 1 363 12 4 75% 12 3 0 1 0 0 3 2 17 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2005 23 0 1 .000 6.75 9 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 5 4 4 1 5 1 10 0 1 0 26 61 1.875 8.4 1.7 8.4 16.9 2.00 61
2006 24 1 6 .143 4.43 37 5 6 0 0 0 65.0 59 34 32 4 38 6 81 1 1 2 284 101 1.492 8.2 0.6 5.3 11.2 2.13 101
2007 25 2 10 .167 5.38 45 11 7 0 0 0 95.1 94 60 57 7 52 6 108 2 1 3 424 83 1.531 8.9 0.7 4.9 10.2 2.08 83
2008 26 7 13 .350 3.90 87 14 17 0 0 1 175.1 154 81 76 11 73 8 204 5 2 4 747 111 1.295 7.9 0.6 3.7 10.5 2.79 111
2009 27 9 13 .409 3.77 122 14 19 0 0 1 205.1 175 91 86 13 86 10 236 7 2 9 871 113 1.271 7.7 0.6 3.8 10.3 2.74 113

Neutralized Pitching

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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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2005 23 0 0 7.20 5.0 5 4 4 1 5 9 0 2.000 9.0 9.0 16.2 1.80 1.8 9
2006 24 3 3 .500 4.03 58.0 52 29 26 3 32 69 1 1.448 8.1 5.0 10.7 2.16 0.5 28
2007 25 1 2 .333 7.20 30.0 34 27 24 3 14 27 1 1.600 10.2 4.2 8.1 1.93 0.9 8
2008 26 6 2 .750 2.14 80.0 60 21 19 4 21 96 3 1.013 6.8 2.4 10.8 4.57 0.5 42
2009 27 2 1 .667 3.10 29.0 21 11 10 2 13 31 2 1.172 6.5 4.0 9.6 2.38 0.6 35
5 Seasons 12 8 .600 3.70 202.0 172 92 83 13 85 232 7 1.272 7.7 10.3 2.73 0.6 122

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  1. Ken Frailing (979)
  2. Mickey Scott (978)
  3. Gene Walter (978)
  4. Ted Davidson (977)
  5. John Morris (976)
  6. Bill Bray (976)
  7. Rafael Perez (975)
  8. Ryan Rowland-Smith (975)
  9. Art Johnson (974)
  10. Renyel Pinto (974)
Similar Pitchers through 27 
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  1. Hank Aguirre (982)
  2. Rich Folkers (981)
  3. Gene Walter (978)
  4. Juan Agosto (977)
  5. Dick Kelley (976)
  6. Greg Cadaret (975)
  7. Rafael Perez (975)
  8. Ken Frailing (975)
  9. Pedro Martinez (975)
  10. Dave Leiper (974)
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  2. Hank Aguirre (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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