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Hiroki Kuroda

Hiroki Kuroda

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 10, 1975 in Osaka, Japan
High School: Uenomiya (Osaka City, JP)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 2008
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Yankees 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$10M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.000, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Steve Hilliard / Octagon, previously: Katsuhito Osaka,Joe Urbon [*]
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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
2008 33 LAD NL 31 65 54 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 16 .148 .220 .167 .387 5 9 1 0 6 0 0 1
2009 34 LAD NL 21 39 28 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .143 .200 .143 .343 -5 4 0 0 9 0 0 1
2010 35 LAD NL 31 68 55 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 .036 .070 .036 .107 -70 2 1 0 11 0 0 1
2011 36 LAD NL 32 71 61 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 20 .115 .169 .115 .284 -19 7 0 0 6 0 0 1
4 Yrs 115 243 198 7 21 1 0 0 3 0 0 13 68 .106 .161 .111 .272 -24 22 2 0 32 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 342 279 10 30 1 0 0 4 0 0 18 96 .106 .161 .111 .272 -24 31 3 0 45 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
2008 33 LAD NL 31 65 -7 -0 0 0 9 2 0.2 2 3 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $7,433,333 1
2009 34 LAD NL 21 39 -5 0 0 0 6 0 0.0 1 2 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $12,433,333 1
2010 35 LAD NL 31 68 -14 -0 0 0 9 -5 -0.6 2 -3 -0.6 .482 .496 -0.6 0.0 -3 $15,433,333 1
2011 36 LAD NL 32 71 -10 -0 0 0 9 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $11,765,724 1
2012 37 NYY AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 0.0 $
5 Seasons 125 243 -37 -1 0 0 33 -5 -0.5 7 2 -0.5 .496 .499 -0.5 0.0 2 $47,065,723
LAD (4 yrs) 115 243 -37 -1 0 0 33 -5 -0.5 7 2 -0.5 .496 .499 -0.5 0.0 2 $47,065,723
NYY (1 yr) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 0.0 $

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
2008 33 LAD NL 65 53 2 1.0 106 .211 .148 .265 .220 .336 .167 .423 .387 .759 5 .053 -7.6 -0.7 .298 .111 .019
2009 34 LAD NL 39 33 1 0.8 102 .235 .143 .260 .200 .332 .143 .413 .343 .745 -5 .037 -4.2 -0.4 .250 .071 .000
2010 35 LAD NL 68 65 0 0.0 99 .059 .036 .257 .070 .327 .036 .405 .107 .732 -70 .000 -13.1 -1.3 .074 .036 .000
2011 36 LAD NL 71 60 2 0.9 96 .171 .115 .256 .169 .323 .115 .398 .284 .720 -19 .051 -10.0 -1.0 .204 .066 .000
4 Yrs 243 211 5 0.6 100 .162 .106 .259 .161 .329 .111 .409 .272 .738 -24 .026 -34.8 -3.5 .196 .071 .005
162 Game Avg. 342 297 7 0.6 100 .162 .106 .259 .161 .329 .111 .409 .272 .738 -24 .026 -34.8 -3.5 .196 .071 .005

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
2008 33 LAD NL NLDS CHC W 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 33 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 34 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
2008 33 LAD NL 65 0.0% 24.6% 7.7% 1.5% 13% 3.20 3.4 27.0 2.70 3.11 58% 16% 0.0% 10%
2009 34 LAD NL 39 0.0% 28.2% 5.1% 0.0% 0% 5.50 2.5 3.25 6.33 44% 8% 0.0% 25%
2010 35 LAD NL 68 0.0% 30.9% 2.9% 0.0% 0% 10.50 2.6 5.00 7.80 50% 9% 0.0% 0%
2011 36 LAD NL 71 0.0% 28.2% 5.6% 0.0% 0% 5.00 3.1 61.0 3.44 6.80 58% 11% 0.0% 11%
5 Yrs 243 0.0% 28.0% 5.4% 0.4% 5% 5.23 2.9 66.0 3.43 5.45 54% 11% 0.0% 11%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 2.14 4.9 34.8 8.0 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2008 33 LAD NL -7.6 -0.7 65 -0.8 0.5 -1.3 1.03 -0.8 0.0 -10.4 -1.0 1.01 -9.0 0
2009 34 LAD NL -4.3 -0.4 40 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 .87 -0.6 -0.1 -6.7 -0.7 1.01 -5.9 0
2010 35 LAD NL -13.1 -1.3 69 -1.6 0.2 -1.8 1.09 -1.4 -0.1 -17.9 -1.9 1.06 -15.6 0
2011 36 LAD NL -10.0 -1.0 71 -0.9 0.3 -1.2 .88 -1.0 -0.1 -9.0 -0.9 0.98 -9.5 0
2012 37 NYY AL
5 Yrs -34.9 -3.5 245 -3.9 1.1 -5.1 .98 -3.8 -0.2 -44.0 -4.5 1.02 -40.1 0

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
2008 33 LAD NL 1 0 15% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
2009 34 LAD NL 0 0 17% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 35 LAD NL 1 0 50% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 36 LAD NL 1 0 18% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 3 0 21% 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 18% 8 7 1 2 2 0 1 0 1

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 % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2008 33 LAD NL 65 23% 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 10 1 10% 11 2 18% 50 2 4% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
2009 34 LAD NL 39 26% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 100% 11 0 0% 12 5 42% 31 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
2010 35 LAD NL 68 22% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16 11 69% 18 1 6% 21 5 24% 57 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 0
2011 36 LAD NL 71 41% 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 9 0 0% 8 1 13% 43 1 2% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
5 Yrs 243 28% 21 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 40 32 80% 48 2 4% 52 13 25% 181 3 2% 10 2 20% 7 4 57% 0
MLB Averages 55% 68% 11% 32% 14% 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
2008 33 LAD NL 65 255 3.92 190 75% 28% 15% 34% 23% 72% 0% 54% 80% 28% 3% 2 0 9% 6 2 8% 5 0 13% 0 0 0
2009 34 LAD NL 39 142 3.64 104 73% 27% 18% 30% 25% 73% 0% 54% 75% 46% 0% 0 0 3% 1 0 5% 2 0 18% 0 0 0
2010 35 LAD NL 68 261 3.84 185 71% 33% 16% 26% 24% 67% 0% 48% 76% 22% 3% 2 0 10% 7 1 4% 3 1 29% 0 0 0
2011 36 LAD NL 71 306 4.31 215 70% 33% 14% 30% 22% 67% 0% 47% 78% 21% 3% 2 0 13% 9 0 10% 7 0 30% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 243 964 3.97 694 72% 31% 16% 30% 23% 69% 0% 50% 78% 27% 2% 6 0 9% 23 3 7% 17 1 24% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 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
2008 33 31 65 54 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 16 .148 .220 .167 .387 5 9 1 0 6 0 0
2009 34 52 104 82 3 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 27 .146 .213 .159 .372 2 13 1 0 15 0 0
2010 35 83 172 137 5 14 1 0 0 2 0 0 9 48 .102 .158 .109 .267 -26 15 2 0 26 0 0
2011 36 115 243 198 7 21 1 0 0 3 0 0 13 68 .106 .161 .111 .272 -24 22 2 0 32 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
2008 33 31 65 54 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 5 16 .148 .220 .167 .387 2 31
2009 34 21 40 29 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .172 .226 .172 .398 1 21
2010 35 31 68 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 .000 .035 .000 .035 0 31
2011 36 32 69 60 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 3 20 .100 .143 .100 .243 1 32
4 Yrs 115 242 198 5 19 1 0 0 3 0 12 68 .096 .148 .101 .249 4 115
162 Game Avg. 162 341 279 7 27 1 0 0 4 0 17 96 .096 .148 .101 .249 6 115

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

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