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

Born: February 10, 1975 in Osaka, Japan
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 5 776 114 1.216 8.9 0.6 2.1 5.7 2.76
2009 34 LAD NL 3 4 .429 3.91 8 8 0 0 0 0 48.1 40 22 21 5 9 0 37 0 0 4 191 107 1.014 7.4 0.9 1.7 6.9 4.11
2 Seasons 12 14 .462 3.77 39 39 0 2 2 0 231.2 221 107 97 18 51 8 153 7 0 9 967 113 1.174 8.6 0.7 2.0 5.9 3.00
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .462 3.77 34 34 0 2 2 0 202 193 93 85 16 44 7 133 6 0 8 843 113 1.174 8.6 0.7 2.0 5.9 3.00

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 6.1 6 0 2 4 1.263 8.5 2.8 5.7 2.00
2008 33 LAD NL NLCS L PHI 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 1 3 1.000 7.5 1.5 4.5 3.00
1 Season (2 Series) 2 0 1.000 1.46 2 2 0 0 0 12.1 11 2 3 7 1.135 8.0 2.2 5.1 2.33
1 NLDS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 6.1 6 0 2 4 1.263 8.5 2.8 5.7 2.00
1 NLCS 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 1 3 1.000 7.5 1.5 4.5 3.00

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 30 65 54 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 16 .148 .220 .167 .387 4 9 1 0 6 0 0 1
2009 34 LAD NL 6 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 /1
2 Seasons 36 77 64 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 23 .125 .188 .141 .329 -11 9 1 0 8 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 347 288 9 36 5 0 0 9 0 0 23 104 .125 .188 .141 .329 -11 41 5 0 36 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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
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
1 Season (2 Series) 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 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
1 NLCS 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2008 LAD NL 33 P 31 31 183.1 58 18 38 2 2 .966 2.75 1.81 .959 1.73 0.43
2009 LAD NL 34 P 8 8 48.1 7 2 4 1 0 .857 1.12 0.75 .957 1.68 0.41
2 Seasons P 39 39 231.2 65 20 42 3 2 .954 2.41 1.59 .958 1.72 0.43
2 Seasons TOT 39 39 231.2 65 20 42 3 2 .954 2.41 1.59 .912 1.72 0.43

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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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

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Gray InkPitching - 5 (1974), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1615), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

December 16, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2008Los Angeles Dodgers$7,433,333
Career (may be incomplete)$7,433,333
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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