Hiroki Kuroda
Hiroki Kuroda
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 10, 1975 in Osaka, Japan
High School: Uenomiya (Osaka City, Osaka)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 2008
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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
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 5 485 105 1.142 8.4 0.9 1.8 6.7 3.63
2 Seasons 17 17 .500 3.74 52 51 0 2 2 0 300.2 291 144 125 25 66 9 203 8 0 10 1261 109 1.187 8.7 0.7 2.0 6.1 3.08
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .500 3.74 34 34 0 1 1 0 199 192 95 83 17 44 6 134 5 0 7 833 109 1.187 8.7 0.7 2.0 6.1 3.08

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
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 Seasons (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*

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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
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
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
2 Seasons 52 1261 1167 144 291 61 4 25 17 2 66 203 .249 .293 .373 .665 .281 435 18 8 14 6 9
162 Game Avg. 34 833 770 95 192 40 3 17 11 1 44 134 .249 .293 .373 .665 .281 287 12 5 9 4 6
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
2008 33 LAD NL 31 31 9 10 12 1 3 15 16 .484 4 5 2 2 18 58% 52 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 2 4 0 0 9 45% 53 77 27 15 6 0 10 4.9 4.3 5.8 89 3 15 2 0 103
2 Seasons 52 51 17 17 17 3 3 27 24 .529 6 9 2 2 27 53% 52 91 17 36 10 0 21 4.3 4.4 5.9 89 10 35 6 0 118
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
2009 34 LAD NL 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 0.870 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0 23
1 Season 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0.870 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0 23

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%
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 48% 2.5% 17.9% 5.0% 8.5% 37% 1.07 1.50 73% 15% 7.9% 14% 70 8 11%
2 Seasons 1261 50% 2.0% 16.1% 5.2% 7.1% 31% 1.07 1.51 75% 15% 6.1% 11% 208 18 9%
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
2008 33 LAD NL 776 2738 3.53 1758 64% 24% 15% 26% 35% 76% 2% 49% 80% 61% 4% 33 20 21% 162 72 10 16% 22 5 0 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
2 Seasons 1261 4550 3.61 2927 64% 24% 15% 27% 34% 76% 1% 49% 80% 60% 4% 49 32 21% 270 120 16 18% 30 8 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
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 2 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
2 Seasons 1261 291 27 3 25 0 21 9 16 10 15 63 35 8 56% 17 10 4 429 17 2 89% 15 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 21 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+
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 109 1.187 8.7 0.7 2.0 6.1 3.08 109

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
2008 33 11 9 .550 3.78 181.0 183 84 76 13 42 115 7 1.243 9.1 2.1 5.7 2.74 0.6 31
2009 34 6 6 .500 3.80 116.0 112 54 49 12 24 86 1 1.172 8.7 1.9 6.7 3.58 0.9 21
2 Seasons 17 15 .531 3.79 297.0 295 138 125 25 66 201 8 1.215 8.9 6.1 3.05 0.8 52

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL--2.062--8th

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

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 NL--2--3rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL--.638--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1819), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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