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Hiroki Kuroda    \ku-ROH-da\

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 (Age 33)
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Yankees 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$15M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.000, 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 16 11 .593 3.32 33 33 0 3 2 0 219.2 205 86 81 25 51 2 167 8 0 13 891 125 1.165 8.4 1.0 2.1 6.8 3.27
2013 38 NYY AL 6 3 .667 2.67 10 10 0 1 1 0 60.2 50 18 18 5 14 0 39 2 0 1 243 158 1.055 7.4 0.7 2.1 5.8 2.79
6 Yrs 63 60 .512 3.37 158 157 0 6 5 0 979.1 922 412 367 94 228 30 729 28 1 48 4043 118 1.174 8.5 0.9 2.1 6.7 3.20
162 Game Avg. 14 13 .512 3.37 34 34 0 1 1 0 211 199 89 79 20 49 6 157 6 0 10 873 118 1.174 8.5 0.9 2.1 6.7 3.20
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 (2 yrs) 22 14 .611 3.18 43 43 0 4 3 0 280.1 255 104 99 30 65 2 206 10 0 14 1134 131 1.141 8.2 1.0 2.1 6.6 3.17
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 (2 yrs) 22 14 .611 3.18 43 43 0 4 3 0 280.1 255 104 99 30 65 2 206 10 0 14 1134 131 1.141 8.2 1.0 2.1 6.6 3.17

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
2008 33 LAD NL 183.1 31 31 85 4.17 4.54 -0.08 0.18 97.8 4.69 12 1.2 -0.1 2.7 27 .539 .508 $7,433,333
2009 34 LAD NL 117.1 21 20 59 4.53 4.42 0.09 0.17 94.9 4.26 -4 -0.4 .4 -0.1 0.6 7 .482 .498 $12,433,333
2010 35 LAD NL 196.1 31 31 87 3.99 4.43 -0.39 0.17 95.8 4.78 17 1.8 -0.1 3.4 33 .559 .511 $15,433,333
2011 36 LAD NL 202.0 32 32 77 3.43 4.13 0.03 0.15 96.4 4.10 14 1.5 -0.1 3.1 31 .548 .510 $11,765,724
2012 37 NYY AL 219.2 33 33 86 3.52 4.43 -0.05 0.17 102.6 4.77 30 3.4 -0.2 5.5 53 .604 .521 $10,000,000
2013 38 NYY AL 60.2 10 10 18 2.67 4.10 0.05 0.16 104.4 4.40 11 1.2 -0.1 1.7 18 .622 .508 $15,000,000
6 Seasons 979.1 158 157 412 3.79 4.37 -0.09 0.17 98.2 4.54 79 8.9 .4 -0.7 16.9 168 .556 .509 $72,065,723
LAD (4 yrs) 699.0 115 114 308 3.97 4.37 -0.11 0.17 96.3 4.47 38 4.2 .4 -0.5 9.7 97 .537 .507 $47,065,723
NYY (2 yrs) 280.1 43 43 104 3.34 4.36 -0.03 0.17 103.0 4.69 41 4.6 -0.2 7.2 70 .608 .514 $25,000,000

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
2012 37 NYY AL ALDS W BAL 0 0 2.16 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.1 5 2 2 2 1 0 3 2 0 0 32 0.720 5.4 2.2 1.1 3.2 3.00
2012 37 NYY AL ALCS L DET 0 1 .000 3.52 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 5 3 3 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 28 0.652 5.9 0.0 0.0 12.9
3 Yrs (5 Series) 2 2 .500 3.94 5 5 0 0 0 0 29.2 27 13 13 3 4 1 22 2 0 0 120 1.045 8.2 0.9 1.2 6.7 5.50
1 ALDS 0 0 2.16 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.1 5 2 2 2 1 0 3 2 0 0 32 0.720 5.4 2.2 1.1 3.2 3.00
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
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 3.52 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 5 3 3 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 28 0.652 5.9 0.0 0.0 12.9
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 33 891 822 86 205 50 2 25 17 8 51 167 .249 .299 .406 .705 .284 334 23 8 7 3 2 8
2013 38 NYY AL 10 243 223 18 50 12 0 5 1 1 14 39 .224 .273 .345 .618 .247 77 5 2 1 3 0 3
6 Yrs 158 4043 3726 412 922 195 14 94 58 23 228 729 .247 .294 .383 .677 .283 1427 69 28 37 24 30 45
162 Game Avg. 34 873 804 89 199 42 3 20 13 5 49 157 .247 .294 .383 .677 .283 308 15 6 8 5 6 10
MLB Averages .258 .326 .408 .734 .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 6.0 0.6 1.05 14.2 0 0 0
2009 34 LAD NL 0.3 0.0 502 0.2 7.4 -7.2 .86 0.4 -0.2 -0.6 -0.1 0.86 1.8 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 13.2 1.4 864 1.1 14.0 -13.0 .95 0.2 0.9 13.7 1.5 0.95 4.8 0 0 0
2012 37 NYY AL 21.3 2.2 928 1.1 15.3 -14.2 .92 2.2 -1.0 19.9 2.1 0.92 25.9 0 0 0
2013 38 NYY AL 11.0 1.2 248 1.4 4.5 -3.1 .96 0.9 0.6 12.9 1.4 0.96 10.2 0 0 0
6 Yrs 61.9 6.5 4177 5.1 69.6 -64.5 .96 7.2 -1.8 63.0 6.7 0.96 79.5 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 33 33 16 11 6 3 3 19 14 .576 0 5 3 2 20 61% 55.9 86 23 20 2 0 18 4.5 4.5 6.7 101 0 11 22 0 112
2013 38 NYY AL 10 10 6 3 1 1 1 7 3 .700 1 0 1 1 7 70% 58.3 82 20 8 3 0 4 4.8 5.0 6.1 95 2 1 7 0 113
6 Yrs 158 157 63 60 34 12 23 84 73 .535 15 16 6 5 97 62% 55 91 16 95 27 0 78 4.3 4.3 6.2 96 15 73 69 0 118
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 101 -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 1.03 71% 17% 8.6% 16% 111 10 9%
2012 37 NYY AL 891 42% 2.8% 18.7% 5.7% 8.6% 38% 1.11 1.60 71% 16% 9.7% 17% 127 23 18%
2013 38 NYY AL 243 44% 2.1% 16.1% 5.8% 7.0% 34% 0.97 1.30 75% 16% 6.5% 19% 37 5 14%
6 Yrs 4043 49% 2.3% 18.0% 5.6% 7.5% 33% 1.02 1.39 72% 16% 7.5% 16% 612 69 11%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.6% 8.4% 7.7% 33% 0.81 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 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 895 3330 3.72 2094 63% 28% 17% 24% 32% 72% 0% 45% 77% 59% 3% 23 12 18% 158 67 5 23% 22 9 -4 0 0
2013 38 NYY AL 244 947 3.88 599 63% 25% 17% 27% 31% 75% 0% 47% 78% 62% 6% 14 8 23% 56 22 1 23% 8 6 -1 0 0
6 Yrs 4054 15059 3.71 9590 64% 25% 17% 26% 32% 75% 2% 48% 78% 60% 4% 149 90 21% 838 362 31 21% 110 32 -11 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 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 1 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 0 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 1 1 27 0
2012 37 NYY AL 891 205 28 3 25 0 10 10 15 12 13 36 12 8 33% 8 13 0 291 17 8 68% 15 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 22 0
2013 38 NYY AL 243 50 6 0 5 0 3 2 3 2 3 8 5 1 63% 3 1 0 76 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
6 Yrs 4043 922 100 10 94 0 51 42 52 46 48 184 90 29 49% 45 48 6 1330 58 23 72% 52 22 5 1 1 0 5 1 104 0
MLB Averages 52% 73%

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 57 57 .500 3.42 148 147 0 5 4 0 918.2 872 394 349 89 214 30 690 26 1 47 3800 116 1.182 8.5 0.9 2.1 6.8 3.22 116
2013 38 63 60 .512 3.37 158 157 0 6 5 0 979.1 922 412 367 94 228 30 729 28 1 48 4043 118 1.174 8.5 0.9 2.1 6.7 3.20 118

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 12 11 .522 3.70 207.0 210 94 85 26 52 157 8 1.266 9.1 2.3 6.8 3.02 1.1 33
2013 38 4 2 .667 2.95 58.0 52 21 19 5 15 37 2 1.155 8.1 2.3 5.7 2.47 0.8 10
6 Yrs 55 48 .534 3.70 943.0 949 431 388 97 236 701 28 1.257 9.1 6.7 2.97 0.9 158

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2012 AL  5.5 (5th)
2013 AL  1.7 (10th)
Active  16.9 (48th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2011 NL  3.07 (9th)
2012 AL  3.32 (8th)
2013 AL  2.67 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
2012 AL  16 (6th)
2013 AL  6 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2012 AL  1.165 (8th)
2013 AL  1.055 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL  2.062 (8th)
2010 NL  2.200 (5th)
2012 AL  2.090 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2012 AL  219.7 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
2012 AL  33 (4th)
2013 AL  10 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 NL  2 (6th)
2012 AL  3 (5th)
2013 AL  1 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 NL  2 (3rd)
2012 AL  2 (3rd)
2013 AL  1 (2nd)
Active  5 (27th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2011 NL  24 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
2012 AL  205 (10th)

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)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2010 NL  12 (7th)
2011 NL  12 (2nd)
2012 AL  13 (3rd)
Active  48 (42nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2012 AL  891 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2011 NL  120 (10th)
2012 AL  125 (7th)
2013 AL  158 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2012 AL  21 (8th)
2013 AL  11 (8th)
Active  61 (45th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2012 AL  2.2 (8th)
2013 AL  1.2 (8th)
Active  6.4 (44th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2012 AL  19.87 (9th)
2013 AL  12.87 (7th)
Active  63.04 (49th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2013 AL  1.4 (9th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2012 AL  2.2 (7th)
2013 AL  0.9 (10th)
Active  7.2 (40th)
Career  7.2 (227th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2012 AL  2.1 (9th)
2013 AL  1.4 (7th)
Active  6.7 (49th)

             

† 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (861), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 40 (632), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1429), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (669th), 14.6 career WAR/14.6 7yr-peak WAR/14.6 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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