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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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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
2007 OAK AL 23 C 66 61 539.0 465 431 32 2 0 .996 7.73 7.02 .991 7.28 6.41 7 21 29 7 19%
2007 OAK AL 23 DH 2
2008 OAK AL 24 C 141 136 1215.0 986 927 53 6 4 .994 11.0 10.9 11 7.26 6.95 .991 7.26 6.47 5 23 55 32 37%
2008 OAK AL 24 DH 1
2009 OAK AL 25 C 135 132 1173.1 996 923 68 5 7 .995 7.60 7.34 .992 7.48 6.63 3 81 27 25%
2009 OAK AL 25 DH 8 0 0 0
3 Seasons C 342 329 2927.1 2447 2281 153 13 11 .995 11.0 4.5 11 7.48 7.12 .991 7.35 6.52 15 44 165 66 29%
3 Seasons DH 11 0 0 0
3 Seasons TOT 342 329 2927.1 2447 2281 153 13 11 .995 11.0 4.5 11 7.48 7.12 .986 7.35 6.52 15 44 165 66 29%

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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  1. Ronny Paulino (978)
  2. Brendan Harris (973)
  3. Jeff Keppinger (968)
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  5. Dib Williams (963)
  6. Jocko Fields (961)
  7. Benny McCoy (961)
  8. Matt Batts (959)
  9. Kenji Johjima (958)
  10. Bill Sarni (957)
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  6. Yuniesky Betancourt (967)
  7. Jose Castillo (967)
  8. Ray Fosse (966)
  9. Sammy White (966)
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  1. Dario Lodigiani (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bruce Edwards (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 7, 2004: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 16, 2004.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2008Oakland Athletics$395,000
2009Oakland Athletics$410,000
Career (may be incomplete)$805,000
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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Name and misspellings: Kurt Kiyoshi Kurt susuki suzaki suziki Suzuki

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