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Hung-Chih Kuo    \hong-chee kwoh\

Hung-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, TW)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 2005 (Age 24)
Team: Dodgers 2005-2011
Agents: Octagon [*]
Final Game: September 24, 2011 (Age 30)
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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
2003 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
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 65 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 2 258 107 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 1 323 196 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 5 124 135 1.133 6.3 0.6 3.9 9.6 2.46
2010 28 LAD NL 3 2 .600 1.20 56 0 16 0 0 12 60.0 29 8 8 1 18 0 73 1 1 3 229 324 0.783 4.4 0.2 2.7 11.0 4.06 AS
2011 29 LAD NL 1 2 .333 9.00 40 0 5 0 0 0 27.0 24 29 27 4 23 2 36 2 0 2 127 41 1.741 8.0 1.3 7.7 12.0 1.57
7 Yrs 13 17 .433 3.73 218 14 40 0 0 13 292.1 228 128 121 18 127 12 345 10 3 14 1227 112 1.214 7.0 0.6 3.9 10.6 2.72
162 Game Avg. 4 5 .433 3.73 64 4 12 0 0 4 86 67 38 35 5 37 4 101 3 1 4 360 112 1.214 7.0 0.6 3.9 10.6 2.72

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2005 23 LAD NL 5.1 9 0 4 6.75 4.97 0.02 -0.38 104.9 4.80 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .487 .499
2006 24 LAD NL 59.2 28 5 30 4.53 4.76 -0.13 -0.09 99.9 4.81 2 0.2 .8 -0.1 0.6 7 .507 .501 $327,500
2007 25 LAD NL 30.1 8 6 26 7.71 4.93 -0.03 0.16 95.5 4.89 -9 -0.8 .2 0.0 -0.6 -7 .394 .495 $384,000
2008 26 LAD NL 80.0 42 3 21 2.36 4.50 -0.06 -0.26 100.5 4.33 18 1.9 1.2 0.0 2.6 24 .545 .512 $392,000
2009 27 LAD NL 30.0 35 0 10 3.00 4.44 0.08 -0.33 98.0 3.95 3 0.3 1.4 0.0 0.6 6 .509 .502 $437,000
2010 28 LAD NL 60.0 56 0 8 1.20 4.45 -0.29 -0.33 96.3 4.24 20 2.2 1.5 0.4 3.1 25 .539 .514 $950,000 AS
2011 29 LAD NL 27.0 40 0 29 9.67 4.29 0.02 -0.32 94.4 3.72 -18 -1.9 .9 0.1 -1.6 -16 .452 .488 $2,725,000
7 Seasons 292.1 218 14 128 3.94 4.57 -0.10 -0.21 98.3 4.38 15 1.7 1.2 0.4 4.7 40 .508 .502 $5,215,500

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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 Yrs (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

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
2003 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
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 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Yrs 218 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 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 10 .185 .214 .370 .585 49 7 0 0 6 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 23 LAD NL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
2006 24 LAD NL 28 11 -2 -0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 0 $327,500 1
2007 25 LAD NL 8 8 -0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .516 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $384,000 /1
2008 26 LAD NL 42 14 -0 -0 0 0 2 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $392,000 1
2009 27 LAD NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $437,000 1
2010 28 LAD NL 56 3 0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $950,000 1 AS
2011 29 LAD NL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,725,000 1
7 Seasons 218 36 -2 -0 0 0 6 4 0.4 1 5 0.4 .502 .500 0.4 0.0 5 $5,215,500

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 Yrs (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

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2005 LAD NL 23 P 9 0 0 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.69 1.73 0 0 0
2006 LAD NL 24 P 28 5 0 59.2 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 -1 -3 1.21 0.29 .958 1.72 1.71 5 4 44% 28% 2
2007 LAD NL 25 P 8 6 0 30.1 5 0 4 1 0 .800 -2 -13 1.19 0.50 .966 1.69 1.68 3 0 0% 25% 0
2008 LAD NL 26 P 42 3 0 80.0 10 2 7 1 0 .900 0 0 1.01 0.21 .959 1.73 1.72 2 0 0% 27% 0
2009 LAD NL 27 P 35 0 0 30.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1 7 1.50 0.14 .956 1.71 1.70 2 0 0% 29% 0
2010 LAD NL 28 P 56 0 0 60.0 7 2 4 1 1 .857 0 0 0.90 0.11 .954 1.72 1.72 2 0 0% 29% 0 AS
2011 LAD NL 29 P 40 0 0 27.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -1 -7 0.33 0.03 .955 1.80 1.79 4 1 20% 28% 0
7 Seasons P 218 14 0 292.1 37 7 26 4 1 .892 -3 -2 1.02 0.15 .958 1.73 1.73 18 5 22% 27% 2
7 Seasons TOT 218 14 0 292.1 37 7 26 4 1 .892 -3 -12 1.02 0.15 .958 1.73 1.73 18 5 22% 27% 2
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2010 *

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2008 NL  24.05 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2010 NL  3.9 (5th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2008 NL  2.1 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2008 NL  2.5 (9th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1095), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (560th), 5.1 career WAR/5.1 7yr-peak WAR/5.1 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Bill Bray (975)
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  5. Gary Wayne (971)
  6. Tony Sipp (970)
  7. Ray Searage (970)
  8. Ken Patterson (968)
  9. Renyel Pinto (968)
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  4. Bill Bray (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200624Los Angeles Dodgers$327,500
200725Los Angeles Dodgers$384,000
200826Los Angeles Dodgers$392,000
200927Los Angeles Dodgers$437,000
201028Los Angeles Dodgers$950,000
201129Los Angeles Dodgers$2,725,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$5,215,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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