Kurt Suzuki
Kurt Kiyoshi Suzuki
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 4, 1983 in Wailuku, HI
High School: Baldwin (Wailuku, HI)
School: California State University, Fullerton
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed July 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 12, 2007
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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
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 95 196 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 *2/D
3 Seasons 363 1450 1313 155 357 75 2 29 169 10 5 96 167 .272 .329 .398 .727 95 523 38 22 6 13 2
162 Game Avg. 162 647 586 69 159 33 1 13 75 4 2 43 75 .272 .329 .398 .727 95 233 17 10 3 6 1

Advanced Batting

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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 4.3 101 .310 .279 .262 .346 .329 .370 .412 .716 .741 95 .431 -2.5 -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
3 Seasons 1450 1018 169 4.4 103 .290 .272 .264 .329 .331 .398 .418 .727 .749 95 .443 -8.0 -0.8 .647 .203 .126 14.9
162 Game Avg. 647 454 75 4.4 103 .290 .272 .264 .329 .331 .398 .418 .727 .749 95 .443 -8.0 -0.8 .647 .203 .126 7

Ratio Batting*

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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%
3 Seasons 1450 2.0% 11.5% 6.6% 7.3% 30% 1.74 7.9 45.3 7.8 0.80 0.98 78% 19% 5.2% 13%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
3 Seasons 18 0 28% 627 10 5 67% 10 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 36 39% 79 59 19 15 8 6 50 17 31
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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 3.18 7 1 11 4 3 4 3 0 4 3 75% 56 4 7% 24 8 33% 185 33 18% 22 16 73% 17 3 18% 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% 42 19 45% 0
2009 25 OAK AL 614 28% 156 19 2 3 1 0 1 1.51 15 0 27 9 6 8 7 0 3 1 33% 119 14 12% 60 17 28% 405 75 19% 40 29 73% 37 14 38% 0
3 Seasons 1450 27% 357 44 5 13 7 2 4 2.02 29 1 53 19 10 17 12 0 10 6 60% 294 38 13% 130 39 30% 938 145 15% 89 59 66% 96 36 38% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 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 588 2158 3.67 1329 62% 33% 9% 22% 35% 67% 1% 41% 86% 15% 5% 27 0 18% 105 45 9% 54 35 28% 0 0 0
2009 25 OAK AL 614 2115 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
3 Seasons 1450 5206 3.59 3290 63% 30% 10% 25% 35% 70% 0% 44% 86% 20% 4% 61 0 15% 224 101 9% 132 81 25% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2007 23 68 249 216 28 56 14 0 7 40 0 25 39 .259 .337 .421 .759 31 68
2008 24 148 589 532 56 150 25 1 7 43 2 45 69 .282 .350 .372 .722 67 148
2009 25 147 618 574 77 160 38 1 15 92 8 29 59 .279 .319 .427 .746 77 147
3 Seasons 363 1456 1322 161 366 77 2 29 175 10 99 167 .277 .334 .404 .738 175 363
162 Game Avg. 162 650 590 72 163 34 1 13 78 4 44 75 .277 .334 .404 .738 78 363

* 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

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

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

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

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2170), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Bill Sarni (950)
  7. Bob Montgomery (948)
  8. Eddie Perez (947)
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  10. Josh Bard (947)
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  3. Sammy White (958)
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  5. Milt May (957)
  6. Russ Nixon (956)
  7. Bob O'Farrell (954)
  8. Thurman Munson (953)
  9. Jimmie Wilson (947)
  10. Ramon Hernandez (947)
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  2. Ray Fosse (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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