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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Jun 1, 2012, 12:15AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1521. Felipe Lopez… #1522. Paul Sorrento… #1523. Nemo Leibold… #1524. KURT SUZUKI… #1525. Danny Cater… #1526. Leon Roberts… #1527. Whitey Witt… 

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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 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

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2007 OAK AL 23 C 66 61 54 539.0 465 431 32 2 0 .996 -7 -16 7.73 7.02 .991 7.28 7.20 7 21 29 7 19% 27% 0
2007 OAK AL 23 DH 2 2
2008 OAK AL 24 C 141 136 130 1215.0 986 927 53 6 4 .994 11 10 11 10 7.26 6.95 .991 7.26 7.19 5 23 55 32 37% 27% 0
2008 OAK AL 24 DH 1 1
2009 OAK AL 25 C 135 132 126 1173.1 996 923 68 5 7 .995 1 6 1 6 7.60 7.34 .992 7.48 7.39 3 35 81 27 25% 26% 0
2009 OAK AL 25 DH 10 8
2010 OAK AL 26 C 123 121 114 1058.1 868 825 35 8 5 .991 0 8 0 9 7.31 6.99 .990 7.44 7.37 7 34 66 19 22% 26% 0
2010 OAK AL 26 DH 7 7
2011 OAK AL 27 C 129 127 124 1132.1 976 914 55 7 7 .993 0 -1 0 -1 7.70 7.51 .992 7.61 7.57 5 41 98 38 28% 28% 1
2011 OAK AL 27 DH 4 3
2012 OAK AL 28 C 44 42 39 378.0 277 259 16 2 1 .993 1 1 4 3 6.55 6.25 .992 7.83 7.81 4 11 23 10 30% 27% 2
6 Seasons C 638 619 587 5496.0 4568 4279 259 30 24 .993 13 17 3 3 7.43 7.11 .991 7.45 7.39 31 165 352 133 27% 27% 3
6 Seasons TOT 638 619 587 5496.0 4568 4279 259 30 24 .993 13 17 3 3 7.43 7.11 .991 7.45 7.39 31 165 352 133 27% 27% 3
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

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)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
2008 AL  141 (1st)
2009 AL  135 (1st)
2010 AL  123 (3rd)
2011 AL  129 (3rd)
2012 AL  44 (1st)
Active  638 (16th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
2008 AL  927 (1st)
2009 AL  923 (1st)
2010 AL  825 (2nd)
2011 AL  914 (2nd)
Active  4,279 (14th)

Assists as C s c a p y
2008 AL  53 (5th)
2009 AL  68 (2nd)
Active  259 (23rd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
2010 AL  8 (3rd)
2011 AL  7 (4th)
Active  30 (23rd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
2010 AL  7 (3rd)
2012 AL  4 (3rd)
Active  31 (21st)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
2009 AL  81 (3rd)
2010 AL  66 (5th)
2011 AL  98 (1st)
2012 AL  23 (3rd)
Active  352 (12th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
2008 AL  32 (2nd)
2009 AL  27 (4th)
2011 AL  38 (3rd)
2012 AL  10 (3rd)
Active  133 (17th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
2008 AL  36.8 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
2008 AL  11 (2nd)
2012 AL  1 (4th)
Active  13 (16th)
Career  13 (87th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
Active  7.43 (14th)
Career  7.43 (29th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
2009 AL  7.34 (3rd)
2010 AL  6.99 (4th)
2011 AL  7.51 (3rd)
Active  7.11 (7th)
Career  7.11 (14th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2009 AL  .995 (4th)
2012 AL  .993 (4th)
Active  .993 (8th)
Career  .993 (18th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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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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  5. Scott Servais (944)
  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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  1. Russ Nixon (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Matt Wieters (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ray Fosse (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ray Fosse (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200824Oakland Athletics$395,000
200925Oakland Athletics$410,000
201026Oakland Athletics$420,000
201127Oakland Athletics$3,437,500
201228Oakland Athletics$5,000,000
201329Oakland Athletics$6,450,000
201430Oakland Athletics*$8,500,000$8.5M Team Option, $650k Buyout
Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$4,662,500Does 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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