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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 Pitching

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
2008 33 LAD NL 9 10 .474 3.73 31 31 0 2 2 0 183.1 181 85 76 13 42 8 116 7 0 5 776 112 1.216 8.9 0.6 2.1 5.7 2.76
2009 34 LAD NL 8 7 .533 3.76 21 20 0 0 0 0 117.1 110 59 49 12 24 1 87 1 0 5 485 106 1.142 8.4 0.9 1.8 6.7 3.63
2010 35 LAD NL 11 13 .458 3.39 31 31 0 0 0 0 196.1 180 87 74 15 48 13 159 5 0 12 810 114 1.161 8.3 0.7 2.2 7.3 3.31
2011 36 LAD NL 13 16 .448 3.07 32 32 0 0 0 0 202.0 196 77 69 24 49 6 161 5 1 12 838 120 1.213 8.7 1.1 2.2 7.2 3.29
2012 37 NYY AL 4 6 .400 3.96 10 10 0 0 0 0 61.1 63 30 27 10 21 1 37 1 0 3 260 109 1.370 9.2 1.5 3.1 5.4 1.76
5 Yrs 45 52 .464 3.49 125 124 0 2 2 0 760.1 730 338 295 74 184 29 560 19 1 37 3169 113 1.202 8.6 0.9 2.2 6.6 3.04
162 Game Avg. 12 14 .464 3.49 34 34 0 1 1 0 208 199 92 81 20 50 8 153 5 0 10 865 113 1.202 8.6 0.9 2.2 6.6 3.04
LAD (4 yrs) 41 46 .471 3.45 115 114 0 2 2 0 699.0 667 308 268 64 163 28 523 18 1 34 2909 113 1.187 8.6 0.8 2.1 6.7 3.21
NYY (1 yr) 4 6 .400 3.96 10 10 0 0 0 0 61.1 63 30 27 10 21 1 37 1 0 3 260 109 1.370 9.2 1.5 3.1 5.4 1.76
NL (4 yrs) 41 46 .471 3.45 115 114 0 2 2 0 699.0 667 308 268 64 163 28 523 18 1 34 2909 113 1.187 8.6 0.8 2.1 6.7 3.21
AL (1 yr) 4 6 .400 3.96 10 10 0 0 0 0 61.1 63 30 27 10 21 1 37 1 0 3 260 109 1.370 9.2 1.5 3.1 5.4 1.76

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
2008 33 LAD NL 183.1 31 31 85 4.17 4.56 -0.08 0.18 97.3 4.69 12 1.3 -0.1 2.5 29 .540 .508 $7,433,333
2009 34 LAD NL 117.1 21 20 59 4.53 4.42 0.09 0.17 94.7 4.26 -4 -0.4 .4 -0.1 0.4 8 .482 .498 $12,433,333
2010 35 LAD NL 196.1 31 31 87 3.99 4.42 -0.39 0.17 97.2 4.84 18 2.0 -0.1 3.3 37 .565 .512 $15,433,333
2011 36 LAD NL 202.0 32 32 77 3.43 4.12 0.03 0.15 96.3 4.09 14 1.6 -0.1 2.9 33 .549 .510 $11,765,724
2012 37 NYY AL 61.1 10 10 30 4.40 4.51 -0.35 0.17 106.6 5.37 6 0.7 -0.1 1.2 13 .572 .504 $
5 Seasons 760.1 125 124 338 4.00 4.38 -0.13 0.17 97.4 4.56 47 5.2 .4 -0.5 10.3 119 .542 .506 $47,065,723
LAD (4 yrs) 699.0 115 114 308 3.97 4.37 -0.11 0.17 96.5 4.49 40 4.5 .4 -0.5 9.1 106 .539 .507 $47,065,723
NYY (1 yr) 61.1 10 10 30 4.40 4.51 -0.35 0.17 106.6 5.37 6 0.7 -0.1 1.2 13 .572 .504 $

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
2008 33 LAD NL NLDS W CHC 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 6 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 27 1.263 8.5 0.0 2.8 5.7 2.00
2008 33 LAD NL NLCS L PHI 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 23 1.000 7.5 0.0 1.5 4.5 3.00
2009 34 LAD NL NLCS L PHI 0 1 .000 40.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 6 6 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 4.500 40.5 6.8 0.0 6.8
2 Yrs (3 Series) 2 1 .667 5.27 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.2 17 8 8 1 3 1 8 0 0 0 60 1.463 11.2 0.7 2.0 5.3 2.67
1 NLDS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 6 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 27 1.263 8.5 0.0 2.8 5.7 2.00
2 NLCS 1 1 .500 9.82 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.1 11 8 8 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 33 1.636 13.5 1.2 1.2 4.9 4.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
2008 33 LAD NL 31 776 715 85 181 35 1 13 7 2 42 116 .253 .299 .359 .659 .284 257 10 7 7 5 8 10
2009 34 LAD NL 21 485 452 59 110 26 3 12 10 0 24 87 .243 .282 .394 .676 .277 178 8 1 7 1 1 7
2010 35 LAD NL 31 810 741 87 180 29 3 15 14 7 48 159 .243 .291 .351 .642 .287 260 13 5 9 7 13 11
2011 36 LAD NL 32 838 773 77 196 43 5 24 9 5 49 161 .254 .300 .415 .716 .290 321 10 5 6 5 6 6
2012 37 NYY AL 10 260 236 30 63 12 0 10 9 3 21 37 .267 .328 .445 .773 .279 105 7 1 1 1 1 2
5 Yrs 125 3169 2917 338 730 145 12 74 49 17 184 560 .250 .297 .384 .682 .285 1121 48 19 30 19 29 36
162 Game Avg. 34 865 797 92 199 40 3 20 13 5 50 153 .250 .297 .384 .682 .285 306 13 5 8 5 8 10
MLB Averages .259 .327 .408 .736 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2008 33 LAD NL 8.1 0.8 793 0.5 14.1 -13.6 1.05 1.3 -0.8 6.3 0.6 1.05 14.5 0 0 0
2009 34 LAD NL 0.3 0.0 502 0.2 7.4 -7.2 .86 0.5 -0.2 -0.4 -0.0 0.86 2.0 0 0 1
2010 35 LAD NL 8.0 0.8 842 0.8 14.2 -13.4 1.00 2.1 -1.3 11.3 1.2 1.00 22.7 0 0 0
2011 36 LAD NL 14.0 1.5 864 1.1 14.1 -12.9 .95 0.2 1.0 14.1 1.5 0.95 5.0 0 0 0
2012 37 NYY AL 2.0 0.2 273 0.3 4.4 -4.1 .93 0.1 0.2 -0.3 -0.0 0.93 1.4 0 0 0
5 Yrs 32.3 3.4 3274 3.0 54.2 -51.3 .97 4.2 -1.1 31.0 3.3 0.97 45.6 0 0 1

Starting Pitching*

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
2008 33 LAD NL 31 31 9 10 12 1 3 15 16 .484 6 5 2 2 18 58% 52.1 91 17 21 4 0 11 4.0 4.4 5.9 88 7 20 4 0 118
2009 34 LAD NL 21 20 8 7 5 2 0 12 8 .600 3 4 0 0 9 45% 52.9 77 27 15 6 0 10 4.9 4.3 5.8 89 3 15 2 0 103
2010 35 LAD NL 31 31 11 13 7 4 9 17 14 .548 4 1 0 0 21 68% 55.2 82 16 14 8 0 16 4.3 4.2 6.3 98 2 14 15 0 115
2011 36 LAD NL 32 32 13 16 3 1 7 14 18 .438 1 1 0 0 22 69% 55.3 76 28 17 4 0 19 3.8 3.9 6.3 100 1 12 19 0 117
2012 37 NYY AL 10 10 4 6 0 0 1 4 6 .400 0 0 0 0 5 50% 49.8 76 23 9 0 0 6 2.9 3.0 6.1 98 0 4 6 0 109
5 Yrs 125 124 45 52 27 8 20 62 62 .500 14 11 2 2 75 60% 54 91 16 76 22 0 62 4.1 4.1 6.1 95 13 65 46 0 118
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 100 -13 4.5 4.5 5.9 96

Reliever Pitching*

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
2009 34 LAD NL 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 .858 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0 23
1 Yr 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% .858 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0 23

Ratio Pitching*

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%
2008 33 LAD NL 776 50% 1.7% 15.0% 5.4% 6.3% 27% 1.07 1.52 76% 16% 5.0% 9% 138 10 7%
2009 34 LAD NL 485 52% 2.5% 17.9% 5.0% 8.5% 37% 1.07 1.49 73% 15% 7.9% 14% 70 8 11%
2010 35 LAD NL 810 54% 1.9% 19.6% 5.9% 5.8% 26% 1.07 1.44 71% 16% 6.7% 21% 129 13 10%
2011 36 LAD NL 838 51% 2.9% 19.2% 5.9% 8.6% 37% 0.84 1.04 71% 17% 8.6% 16% 111 10 9%
2012 37 NYY AL 260 42% 3.9% 14.2% 8.1% 8.5% 35% 0.93 1.23 73% 16% 11.6% 17% 42 7 17%
5 Yrs 3169 51% 2.3% 17.7% 5.8% 7.3% 32% 0.99 1.33 73% 16% 7.4% 15% 490 48 10%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
2008 33 LAD NL 777 2740 3.53 1758 64% 24% 15% 26% 35% 76% 2% 49% 80% 61% 4% 33 20 21% 162 72 10 16% 22 5 -1 0 0
2009 34 LAD NL 485 1812 3.74 1169 65% 25% 15% 28% 32% 75% 0% 48% 80% 59% 3% 16 12 22% 108 48 6 22% 8 3 0 0 0
2010 35 LAD NL 813 3028 3.72 1929 64% 25% 18% 25% 31% 75% 3% 48% 75% 59% 4% 30 15 22% 179 84 7 19% 29 4 -3 0 0
2011 36 LAD NL 840 3202 3.81 2041 64% 25% 17% 27% 31% 75% 2% 48% 77% 61% 4% 33 23 21% 175 69 2 26% 21 5 -2 0 0
2012 37 NYY AL 263 983 3.74 599 61% 31% 14% 22% 34% 69% 1% 42% 80% 56% 3% 9 4 15% 39 19 1 22% 4 4 -3 0 0
5 Yrs 3178 11765 3.70 7496 64% 25% 17% 26% 32% 75% 2% 48% 78% 60% 4% 121 74 21% 663 292 26 21% 84 21 -9 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
2008 33 LAD NL 776 181 16 2 13 0 17 4 9 6 7 43 24 5 56% 10 5 3 270 7 2 78% 5 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 15 0
2009 34 LAD NL 485 110 11 1 12 0 4 5 7 4 8 20 11 3 55% 7 5 1 159 10 0 100% 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
2010 35 LAD NL 810 180 18 4 15 0 11 9 6 9 6 48 24 8 50% 11 12 1 263 14 7 67% 13 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 29 0
2011 36 LAD NL 838 196 21 0 24 0 6 12 12 13 11 29 14 4 48% 6 12 1 271 9 5 64% 8 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 27 0
2012 37 NYY AL 260 63 6 1 10 0 5 5 5 5 5 12 3 4 25% 2 3 0 93 9 3 75% 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
5 Yrs 3169 730 72 8 74 0 43 35 39 37 37 152 76 24 50% 36 37 6 1056 49 17 74% 44 16 4 1 1 0 8 2 83 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
2008 33 9 10 .474 3.73 31 31 0 2 2 0 183.1 181 85 76 13 42 8 116 7 0 5 776 112 1.216 8.9 0.6 2.1 5.7 2.76 112
2009 34 17 17 .500 3.74 52 51 0 2 2 0 300.2 291 144 125 25 66 9 203 8 0 10 1261 110 1.187 8.7 0.7 2.0 6.1 3.08 110
2010 35 28 30 .483 3.60 83 82 0 2 2 0 497.0 471 231 199 40 114 22 362 13 0 22 2071 111 1.177 8.5 0.7 2.1 6.6 3.18 111
2011 36 41 46 .471 3.45 115 114 0 2 2 0 699.0 667 308 268 64 163 28 523 18 1 34 2909 113 1.187 8.6 0.8 2.1 6.7 3.21 113
2012 37 45 52 .464 3.49 125 124 0 2 2 0 760.1 730 338 295 74 184 29 560 19 1 37 3169 113 1.202 8.6 0.9 2.2 6.6 3.04 113

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
2008 33 11 9 .550 3.76 182.0 181 84 76 13 42 115 7 1.225 9.0 2.1 5.7 2.74 0.6 31
2009 34 6 6 .500 4.07 115.0 113 58 52 12 25 86 1 1.200 8.8 2.0 6.7 3.44 0.9 21
2010 35 11 10 .524 3.74 190.0 186 88 79 16 50 154 5 1.242 8.8 2.4 7.3 3.08 0.8 31
2011 36 11 10 .524 3.63 191.0 207 86 77 25 52 152 5 1.356 9.8 2.5 7.2 2.92 1.2 32
2012 37 3 3 .500 4.19 58.0 63 30 27 10 21 35 1 1.448 9.8 3.3 5.4 1.67 1.6 10
5 Yrs 42 38 .525 3.80 736.0 750 346 311 76 190 542 19 1.277 9.2 6.6 2.85 0.9 125

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2011 NL  3.07 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL  2.062 (8th)
2010 NL  2.200 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 NL  2 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 NL  2 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
2011 NL  24 (8th)
2012 AL  10 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2010 NL  3.313 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL  0.638 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
2010 NL  13 (6th)
2011 NL  16 (2nd)
2012 AL  6 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2010 NL  12 (7th)
2011 NL  12 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2011 NL  121 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 11 (1423), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1698), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (679), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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