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Kurt Suzuki

Kurt Kiyoshi Suzuki (twitter: @kurtsuzuki)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 4, 1983 in Wailuku, HI
High School: Baldwin HS (Wailuku, HI)
School: California State University Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed July 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 12, 2007
Team: Athletics 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 3 yrs/$15.65M (11-13) & 14 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.113, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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Standard Batting

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
2007 23 OAK AL 68 248 213 27 53 13 0 7 39 0 0 24 39 .249 .327 .408 .735 98 87 4 3 3 5 0 2/D
2008 24 OAK AL 148 588 530 54 148 25 1 7 42 2 3 44 69 .279 .346 .370 .716 96 196 20 11 2 1 2 *2/D
2009 25 OAK AL 147 614 570 74 156 37 1 15 88 8 2 28 59 .274 .313 .421 .734 93 240 14 8 1 7 0 *2D
2010 26 OAK AL 131 544 495 55 120 18 2 13 71 3 2 33 49 .242 .303 .366 .669 83 181 22 12 0 4 3 *2/D
2011 27 OAK AL 134 515 460 54 109 26 0 14 44 2 2 38 64 .237 .301 .385 .686 89 177 14 7 3 7 1 *2/D
2012 28 OAK AL 44 164 154 7 32 8 0 0 15 1 0 6 29 .208 .244 .260 .504 41 40 3 2 0 2 0 *2
6 Yrs 672 2673 2422 271 618 127 4 56 299 16 9 173 309 .255 .313 .380 .693 88 921 77 43 9 26 6
162 Game Avg. 162 644 584 65 149 31 1 14 72 4 2 42 74 .255 .313 .380 .693 88 222 19 10 2 6 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2007 23 OAK AL 68 248 0 -1 -1 -7 4 -5 -0.4 8 3 0.3 .493 .497 1.0 -0.3 10 $ 2/D
2008 24 OAK AL 148 588 0 -1 -3 10 8 14 1.7 20 34 3.5 .510 .509 2.4 2.0 24 $395,000 *2/D
2009 25 OAK AL 147 614 -4 2 -1 6 7 11 1.2 21 31 3.1 .507 .507 2.5 1.4 25 $410,000 *2D
2010 26 OAK AL 131 544 -11 -2 -1 8 7 0 0.2 18 19 1.9 .500 .500 1.0 1.7 11 $420,000 *2/D
2011 27 OAK AL 134 515 -6 -2 -2 -1 7 -3 -0.1 18 15 1.5 .498 .498 1.6 0.7 16 $3,437,500 *2/D
2012 28 OAK AL 44 164 -13 -0 -0 1 2 -11 -1.2 6 -5 -0.7 .474 .493 -0.7 0.3 -6 $ *2
6 Seasons 672 2673 -33 -5 -7 17 35 7 1.4 91 97 9.6 .501 .501 7.8 5.9 80 $4,662,500

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2007 23 OAK AL 248 172 30 4.7 102 .267 .249 .264 .327 .330 .408 .412 .735 .743 98 .463 0.5 0.0 .695 .272 .160 .0
2008 24 OAK AL 588 408 65 4.3 100 .310 .279 .261 .346 .328 .370 .410 .716 .738 96 .431 -1.6 -0.2 .617 .172 .091 3.1
2009 25 OAK AL 614 438 74 4.5 106 .280 .274 .265 .313 .334 .421 .425 .734 .759 93 .446 -6.0 -0.6 .656 .207 .147 10.4
2010 26 OAK AL 544 403 51 3.4 99 .245 .242 .259 .303 .327 .366 .406 .669 .733 83 .355 -12.4 -1.2 .569 .192 .123 4.9
2011 27 OAK AL 515 377 52 3.7 97 .244 .237 .256 .301 .321 .385 .405 .686 .726 89 .400 -6.4 -0.6 .605 .230 .148 3.5
2012 28 OAK AL 164 127 10 2.1 96 .252 .208 .251 .244 .318 .260 .406 .504 .724 41 .194 -12.3 -1.2 .392 .097 .052 .0
6 Yrs 2673 1925 282 3.9 101 .270 .255 .260 .313 .327 .380 .412 .693 .739 88 .404 -38.3 -3.8 .605 .199 .125 24.9
162 Game Avg. 644 464 68 3.9 101 .270 .255 .260 .313 .327 .380 .412 .693 .739 88 .404 -38.3 -3.8 .605 .199 .125 6

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2007 23 OAK AL 248 2.8% 15.7% 9.7% 8.1% 38% 1.63 5.5 30.4 5.5 0.64 0.78 69% 19% 7.4% 11%
2008 24 OAK AL 588 1.2% 11.7% 7.5% 5.6% 22% 1.57 7.7 75.7 12.6 0.85 1.04 77% 19% 3.2% 13%
2009 25 OAK AL 614 2.4% 9.6% 4.6% 8.6% 34% 2.11 9.7 38.0 6.5 0.82 1.01 82% 19% 6.0% 12%
2010 26 OAK AL 544 2.4% 9.0% 6.1% 6.1% 28% 1.48 10.1 38.1 7.0 0.74 0.95 80% 20% 6.4% 21%
2011 27 OAK AL 515 2.7% 12.4% 7.4% 7.8% 37% 1.68 7.2 32.9 10.5 0.57 0.69 76% 18% 7.0% 21%
2012 28 OAK AL 164 0.0% 17.7% 3.7% 4.9% 25% 4.83 5.3 10.3 0.47 0.48 77% 16% 0.0% 19%
6 Yrs 2673 2.1% 11.6% 6.5% 7.0% 30% 1.79 7.8 43.3 8.1 0.72 0.87 78% 19% 5.4% 17%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 2.11 4.9 34.6 7.9 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2007 23 OAK AL 0.5 0.0 250 0.5 4.8 -4.3 1.05 -0.5 1.0 1.2 0.1 1.00 -3.0 3.17 2
2008 24 OAK AL -2.5 -0.2 600 -2.1 9.8 -11.8 1.07 -0.8 -1.1 -8.9 -0.9 0.94 -9.1 1.92 8
2009 25 OAK AL -6.8 -0.6 633 -1.3 10.8 -12.1 1.04 -0.0 -1.2 1.8 0.2 0.98 0.2 1.49 4
2010 26 OAK AL -12.4 -1.2 555 0.3 10.0 -9.8 1.04 -0.7 0.9 -10.4 -1.0 1.01 -8.9 1.45 1
2011 27 OAK AL -7.1 -0.7 527 -3.3 6.8 -10.1 .99 -1.0 -2.3 -19.9 -2.0 1.00 -9.8 2.25 0
2012 28 OAK AL -12.3 -1.2 165 -0.9 2.2 -3.1 .98 -1.2 0.3 -11.3 -1.1 0.91 -13.2 2.37 1
6 Yrs -40.6 -4.0 2730 -6.7 44.4 -51.2 1.04 -4.2 -2.3 -47.6 -4.8 0.98 -43.7 1.97 16

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2007 23 OAK AL 3 0 27% 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 21% 16 14 2 2 2 0 6 3 3
2008 24 OAK AL 6 0 24% 284 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 16 43% 34 22 11 8 2 5 16 5 9
2009 25 OAK AL 9 0 33% 262 8 2 80% 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 15 42% 29 23 6 5 4 1 28 9 19
2010 26 OAK AL 5 0 28% 198 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 8 42% 39 25 13 10 5 5 17 7 10
2011 27 OAK AL 6 0 29% 193 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 10 43% 22 15 7 3 0 3 17 9 8
2012 28 OAK AL 0 0 18% 51 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18% 6 5 1 1 1 0 4 3 1
6 Yrs 29 0 28% 1069 16 9 64% 16 7 0 0 0 2 2 2 14 54 40% 146 104 40 29 14 14 88 36 50

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2007 23 OAK AL 248 25% 53 7 1 2 1 0 0 3.17 7 1 11 4 3 4 3 0 4 3 75% 56 4 7% 24 8 33% 185 33 18% 22 16 73% 10 5 50% 0
2008 24 OAK AL 588 27% 148 18 2 8 5 2 3 1.92 7 0 15 6 1 5 2 0 3 2 67% 119 20 17% 46 14 30% 348 37 11% 27 14 52% 26 17 65% 0
2009 25 OAK AL 614 28% 156 19 2 4 1 0 1 1.49 15 0 27 9 6 8 7 0 3 1 33% 119 14 12% 60 17 28% 405 75 19% 40 29 73% 27 11 41% 0
2010 26 OAK AL 544 26% 120 10 1 1 0 0 0 1.45 13 0 13 11 2 8 5 0 2 0 0% 131 22 17% 68 29 43% 390 62 16% 41 24 59% 36 19 53% 0
2011 27 OAK AL 515 29% 109 7 2 0 0 0 0 2.25 14 0 13 12 2 8 6 0 7 3 43% 97 14 14% 53 18 34% 304 34 11% 26 15 58% 19 11 58% 0
2012 28 OAK AL 164 28% 32 4 1 1 1 0 1 2.37 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 27 3 11% 11 3 27% 96 16 17% 8 6 75% 3 2 67% 0
6 Yrs 2673 27% 618 65 9 16 8 2 5 1.97 56 1 83 42 14 33 23 0 20 9 45% 549 77 14% 262 89 34% 1728 257 15% 164 104 63% 121 65 54% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 14% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2007 23 OAK AL 248 933 3.76 574 62% 29% 12% 27% 32% 71% 0% 44% 83% 26% 4% 11 0 15% 36 15 9% 23 12 33% 0 0 0
2008 24 OAK AL 589 2161 3.67 1331 62% 34% 9% 22% 35% 66% 1% 41% 86% 15% 5% 27 0 18% 105 45 9% 54 35 28% -1 0 0
2009 25 OAK AL 614 2114 3.44 1387 66% 27% 9% 26% 37% 73% 0% 48% 87% 23% 4% 23 0 14% 83 41 9% 55 34 15% 0 0 0
2010 26 OAK AL 545 1899 3.48 1228 65% 31% 9% 24% 37% 69% 2% 45% 87% 20% 4% 23 1 13% 71 33 8% 41 20 16% -1 0 0
2011 27 OAK AL 517 2024 3.91 1258 62% 32% 9% 26% 32% 68% 1% 42% 86% 15% 5% 28 1 15% 77 29 9% 47 31 23% -2 0 0
2012 28 OAK AL 164 609 3.71 392 64% 31% 11% 26% 32% 69% 0% 44% 84% 15% 5% 8 0 15% 24 10 8% 13 10 34% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 2677 9740 3.64 6170 63% 31% 10% 25% 35% 69% 1% 44% 86% 19% 4% 120 2 15% 396 173 9% 233 142 24% -4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 23 68 248 213 27 53 13 0 7 39 0 0 24 39 .249 .327 .408 .735 98 87 4 3 3 5 0
2008 24 216 836 743 81 201 38 1 14 81 2 3 68 108 .271 .341 .381 .721 96 283 24 14 5 6 2
2009 25 363 1450 1313 155 357 75 2 29 169 10 5 96 167 .272 .329 .398 .727 95 523 38 22 6 13 2
2010 26 494 1994 1808 210 477 93 4 42 240 13 7 129 216 .264 .322 .389 .711 92 704 60 34 6 17 5
2011 27 628 2509 2268 264 586 119 4 56 284 15 9 167 280 .258 .318 .388 .706 91 881 74 41 9 24 6
2012 28 672 2673 2422 271 618 127 4 56 299 16 9 173 309 .255 .313 .380 .693 88 921 77 43 9 26 6

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2007 23 68 249 214 28 54 13 0 7 40 0 24 39 .252 .329 .411 .740 29 68
2008 24 148 594 535 57 153 26 1 7 44 2 45 69 .286 .353 .378 .731 69 148
2009 25 147 614 570 74 156 37 1 15 88 8 28 59 .274 .313 .421 .734 74 147
2010 26 131 550 500 59 125 19 2 14 76 3 34 49 .250 .311 .380 .691 56 131
2011 27 134 522 465 58 114 27 0 15 47 2 40 64 .245 .310 .400 .710 56 134
2012 28 44 165 155 7 33 8 0 0 16 1 6 29 .213 .248 .265 .513 10 44
6 Yrs 672 2694 2439 283 635 130 4 58 311 16 177 309 .260 .318 .388 .707 294 672
162 Game Avg. 162 649 588 68 153 31 1 14 75 4 43 74 .260 .318 .388 .707 71 672

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2008 AL  2.0 (5th)
Active  5.9 (49th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2008 AL  11 (7th)
2010 AL  12 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2009 AL  7 (9th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2008 AL  20 (10th)
2010 AL  22 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2009 AL  9.7 (7th)
2010 AL  10.1 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2225), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Johnny Estrada (944)
  7. Ken O'Dea (943)
  8. Joe Garagiola (941)
  9. Josh Bard (940)
  10. Aaron Robinson (936)
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  6. Randy Hundley (945)
  7. Milt May (944)
  8. Rich Gedman (936)
  9. Thurman Munson (933)
  10. Ed Herrmann (932)
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