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Hiroki Kuroda

Hiroki Kuroda

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", 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
Team: Dodgers 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$12M (11), 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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 1:17PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #727. Denny Lemaster… #728. Leon Cadore… #729. Ugueth Urbina… #730. HIROKI KURODA… #731. Kirk Rueter… #732. Steve Blass… #733. Jeff Russell… 

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 5 485 106 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 12 838 121 1.213 8.7 1.1 2.2 7.2 3.29
4 Seasons 41 46 .471 3.45 115 114 0 2 2 0 699.0 667 308 268 64 163 28 523 18 1 34 2909 114 1.187 8.6 0.8 2.1 6.7 3.21
162 Game Avg. 12 14 .471 3.45 34 34 0 1 1 0 208 198 91 80 19 48 8 155 5 0 10 864 114 1.187 8.6 0.8 2.1 6.7 3.21

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2008 33 LAD NL 183.1 31 85 106 2 1.1 21 2.2 $7,433,333
2009 34 LAD NL 117.1 20 59 61 2 .8 2 0.2 $12,433,333
2010 35 LAD NL 196.1 31 87 110 -0 1.0 23 2.5 $15,433,333
2011 36 LAD NL 202.0 32 77 112 -1 1.0 35 3.7 $11,765,724
4 Seasons 699.0 114 308 389 3 1.0 81 8.6 $47,065,723

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 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

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
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 -6 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 30 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 Seasons 113 243 198 7 21 1 0 0 3 0 0 13 68 .106 .161 .111 .272 -24 22 2 0 32 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 348 284 10 30 1 0 0 4 0 0 19 97 .106 .161 .111 .272 -24 32 3 0 46 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2008 33 LAD NL 65 -8 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $7,433,333 1
2009 34 LAD NL 39 -4 0 -0 0 0 3 1 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $12,433,333 1
2010 35 LAD NL 68 -13 -1 -0 0 0 7 2 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $15,433,333 1
2011 36 LAD NL 71 -10 -0 -0 0 0 7 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $11,765,724 1
4 Seasons 243 -35 -1 -1 0 0 24 7 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.5 -0.1 $47,065,723

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 Seasons (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

Standard Fielding

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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% PO Awards
2008 LAD NL 33 P 31 183.1 58 18 38 2 2 .966 4 4 2.75 1.81 .959 1.73 1.72
2009 LAD NL 34 P 21 117.1 21 8 12 1 0 .952 -3 -5 1.53 0.95 .955 1.72 1.70
2010 LAD NL 35 P 31 196.1 36 8 25 3 0 .917 1 1 1.51 1.06 .954 1.73 1.72
2011 LAD NL 36 P 32 32 0 202.0 51 15 36 0 5 1.000 6 6 2.27 1.59 .955 1.80 1.79 9 5 36% 1
4 Seasons P 115 32 0 699.0 166 49 111 6 7 .964 8 2 2.06 1.39 .956 1.75 1.74 9 5 36% 1
4 Seasons TOT 115 32 0 699.0 166 49 111 6 7 .964 8 13 2.06 1.39 .956 1.75 1.74 9 5 36% 1
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

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)

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)

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

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2010 NL  11 (7th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
2008 NL  1.81 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 11 (1407), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (674), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Fred Newman (963)
  6. Roscoe Miller (963)
  7. Boardwalk Brown (960)
  8. Anibal Sanchez (959)
  9. Mark Prior (959)
  10. Roy Mitchell (959)
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  6. Russ Bauers (930)
  7. Heinie Meine (929)
  8. Walt Dickson (926)
  9. Ed Cushman (925)
  10. R.A. Dickey (923)
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  3. Bob Keegan (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bob Keegan (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

  • December 16, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • November 1, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
  • November 15, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • October 30, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
  • January 26, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200833Los Angeles Dodgers$7,433,333
200934Los Angeles Dodgers$12,433,333
201035Los Angeles Dodgers$15,433,333
201136Los Angeles Dodgers$11,765,724
201237New York Yankees$10,000,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$47,065,723Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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