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Kurt Suzuki

Kurt Kiyoshi Suzuki

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 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
Team: Athletics 2007-2011
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 Feb 9, 2012, 8:22PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1425. Goody Rosen… #1426. Moose Solters… #1427. Tito Fuentes… #1428. KURT SUZUKI… #1429. Ethan Allen… #1430. George Altman… #1431. Felipe Lopez… 

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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
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
2009 25 OAK AL 147 614 570 74 156 37 1 15 88 8 2 28 59 .274 .313 .421 .734 92 240 14 8 1 7 0 *2
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
2011 27 OAK AL 134 515 460 54 109 26 0 14 44 2 2 38 64 .237 .301 .385 .686 88 177 14 7 3 7 1 *2/D
5 Seasons 628 2509 2268 264 586 119 4 56 284 15 9 167 280 .258 .318 .388 .706 91 881 74 41 9 24 6
162 Game Avg. 162 647 585 68 151 31 1 14 73 4 2 43 72 .258 .318 .388 .706 91 227 19 11 2 6 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2007 23 OAK AL 248 -1 -1 1 -1 0 4 8 10 1.1 10 1.0 0.1 $ 2
2008 24 OAK AL 588 -2 -2 -1 -3 11 9 21 33 3.3 22 2.2 1.1 $395,000 *2
2009 25 OAK AL 614 -2 1 2 -1 1 8 21 30 2.9 29 2.8 0.1 $410,000 *2
2010 26 OAK AL 544 -13 -2 -0 -1 0 7 18 9 0.9 9 0.9 0.0 $420,000 *2
2011 27 OAK AL 515 -7 -1 1 -2 -0 8 17 17 1.7 17 1.7 0.0 $3,437,500 *2/D
5 Seasons 2509 -25 -4 2 -8 12 36 86 99 9.9 87 8.6 1.3 $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% PO Awards
2007 OAK AL 23 C 66 465 431 32 2 0 .996 -7 7.02 .991 7.20 7 29 7 19%
2007 OAK AL 23 DH 2 2
2008 OAK AL 24 C 141 986 927 53 6 4 .994 11 5 6.95 .991 7.19 5 55 32 37%
2008 OAK AL 24 DH 1 1
2009 OAK AL 25 C 135 996 923 68 5 7 .995 1 -1 7.34 .992 7.39 3 81 27 25%
2009 OAK AL 25 DH 8 8
2010 OAK AL 26 C 123 868 825 35 8 5 .991 0 4 6.99 .990 7.37 7 66 19 22%
2010 OAK AL 26 DH 7 7
2011 OAK AL 27 C 129 127 124 1132.1 976 914 55 7 7 .993 -0 -3 -0 -3 7.70 7.51 .992 7.61 7.57 5 41 98 38 28% 1
2011 OAK AL 27 DH 4 3
5 Seasons C 594 127 124 1132.1 4291 4020 243 28 23 .993 12 -2 13 -2 7.70 7.18 .991 7.61 7.36 27 41 329 123 27% 1
5 Seasons TOT 594 127 124 1132.1 4291 4020 243 28 23 .993 12 -2 13 -2 7.70 7.18 .991 7.61 7.36 27 41 329 123 27% 1
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

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)
Active  594 (21st)

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  4,020 (19th)

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

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

Passed Balls s c a p y
2010 AL  7 (3rd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
2009 AL  81 (3rd)
2010 AL  66 (5th)
2011 AL  98 (1st)
Active  329 (16th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
2008 AL  32 (2nd)
2009 AL  27 (4th)
2011 AL  38 (3rd)
Active  123 (23rd)

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)
Active  12 (18th)
Career  12 (97th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
Active  7.70 (16th)
Career  7.70 (18th)

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  7.18 (5th)
Career  7.18 (8th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2009 AL  .995 (4th)
Active  .993 (9th)
Career  .993 (18th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2218), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2527), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  7. Ken O'Dea (943)
  8. Joe Garagiola (941)
  9. Josh Bard (940)
  10. Aaron Robinson (936)
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  8. Rich Gedman (936)
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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
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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