Kurt Suzuki

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 210lb (180cm, 95kg)

Born: October 4, 1983 in Wailuku, HI us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, CA).

High School: Henry Perrine Baldwin HS (Wailuku, HI)

School: California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)

Debut: June 12, 2007 (Age 23-251d, 16,736th in MLB history)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2007 season

2021 Contract Status: Signed thru 2021, 1 yr/$1.5M (21)

Service Time (01/2021): 13.113 • Free Agent: 2022

Agents: MVP Sports Group

National Team: us USA (Pro)

Full Name: Kurt Kiyoshi Suzuki

Nicknames: Zuk

Pronunciation: \soo-ZOO-kee\

Twitter: @kurtsuzuki

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

+11

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

2021

Career

WAR

-0.6

19.8

AB

5260

H

1358

HR

134

BA

.200

.258

R

571

RBI

703

SB

OBP

.286

.316

SLG

.291

.391

OPS

.577

.707

OPS+

5/8 The Rangers have traded catcher Drew Butera to the Angels for cash considerations, Texas announced. This will be Butera’s second tour of duty with the Angels. To make room, the Angels designated
See More at MLBTradeRumors

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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
2004	20	OAK-min	A-	46	211	175	27	52	10	3	3	31	0	1	18	26	.297	.394	.440	.834		77	3	12	3	3	0		VAN · NORW
2005	21	OAK-min	A+	114	523	441	85	122	26	5	12	65	5	3	63	61	.277	.378	.440	.818		194	16	12	2	5	0		STK · CALL
2006	22	OAK-min	AA	99	444	376	64	107	26	1	7	55	5	3	58	50	.285	.392	.415	.807		156	15	9	0	1	1		MDL · TL
2007	23	OAK-min	AAA	55	240	211	32	59	9	0	3	27	0	0	21	41	.280	.351	.365	.716		77	10	4	1	3	1		SAC · PCL
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/HD
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/HD
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/H
2010	26	OAK-min	AAA	3	10	8	4	3	2	0	1	5	0	0	2	1	.375	.500	1.000	1.500		8	1	0	0	0	0		SAC · PCL
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/DH
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/DH
2012	28	TOT	MLB	118	442	408	36	96	20	0	6	43	2	0	20	73	.235	.276	.328	.605	67	134	5	5	4	5	3	*2/H
2012	28	OAK	AL	75	278	262	19	57	15	0	1	18	1	0	9	53	.218	.250	.286	.536	51	75	3	3	2	2	0	2/H
2012	28	WSN	NL	43	164	146	17	39	5	0	5	25	1	0	11	20	.267	.321	.404	.725	95	59	2	2	2	3	3	2/H
2013	29	TOT	MLB	94	316	285	25	66	13	1	5	32	2	0	22	35	.232	.290	.337	.627	72	96	2	3	2	4	6	2/H
2013	29	WSN	NL	79	281	252	19	56	11	1	3	25	2	0	20	32	.222	.283	.310	.593	63	78	2	3	2	4	6	2/H
2013	29	OAK	AL	15	35	33	6	10	2	0	2	7	0	0	2	3	.303	.343	.545	.888	143	18	0	0	0	0	0	2
2014	30	MIN	AL	131	503	452	37	130	34	0	3	61	0	1	34	46	.288	.345	.383	.727	105	173	9	9	1	7	0	*2H/D	AS
2015	31	MIN	AL	131	479	433	36	104	17	0	5	50	0	0	29	59	.240	.296	.314	.610	69	136	14	7	6	4	4	*2/H
2016	32	MIN	AL	106	373	345	34	89	24	1	8	49	0	0	18	48	.258	.301	.403	.704	89	139	9	5	1	4	0	2/HD
2017	33	ATL	NL	81	309	276	38	78	13	0	19	50	0	0	17	39	.283	.351	.536	.887	128	148	5	13	1	2	2	2/H
2018	34	ATL	NL	105	388	347	45	94	24	0	12	50	0	0	22	43	.271	.332	.444	.776	107	154	6	13	0	6	0	2H/D
2019	35	WSN	NL	85	309	280	37	74	11	0	17	63	0	1	20	36	.264	.324	.486	.809	106	136	10	6	0	3	1	2H
2020	36	WSN	NL	33	129	111	15	30	8	0	2	17	1	0	11	19	.270	.349	.396	.745	103	44	4	4	0	3	0	2/DH
2021	37	LAA	AL	19	64	55	4	11	2	0	1	4	0	0	4	13	.200	.286	.291	.577	63	16	3	3	1	1	0	2/H
15 Yrs				1531	5821	5260	571	1358	285	6	134	703	20	11	364	691	.258	.316	.391	.707	91	2057	141	109	25	63	22
162 Game Avg.				162	616	557	60	144	30	1	14	74	2	1	39	73	.258	.316	.391	.707	91	218	15	12	3	7	2
				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
OAK (7 yrs)				718	2822	2563	289	653	136	4	59	309	16	9	178	336	.255	.311	.380	.691	88	974	77	44	11	26	6
WSN (4 yrs)				240	883	789	88	199	35	1	27	130	4	1	62	107	.252	.314	.402	.716	90	317	18	15	4	13	10
MIN (3 yrs)				368	1355	1230	107	323	75	1	16	160	0	1	81	153	.263	.316	.364	.680	88	448	32	21	8	15	4
ATL (2 yrs)				186	697	623	83	172	37	0	31	100	0	0	39	82	.276	.341	.485	.825	117	302	11	26	1	8	2
LAA (1 yr)				19	64	55	4	11	2	0	1	4	0	0	4	13	.200	.286	.291	.577	63	16	3	3	1	1	0

AL (11 yrs)				1105	4241	3848	400	987	213	5	76	473	16	10	263	502	.256	.312	.374	.686	87	1438	112	68	20	42	10
NL (6 yrs)				426	1580	1412	171	371	72	1	58	230	4	1	101	189	.263	.326	.438	.764	102	619	29	41	5	21	12

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Sabermetric Batting

Postseason Batting

Postseason Game Log

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

All-Star Batting

Ratio Batting *

Win Probability *

Baserunning & Misc. Stats *

Situational Batting *

Pitch Summary -- Batting *

Cumulative Batting

Neutralized Batting

Adjust to Different Run-Scoring Environments

* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Statistics

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Other Resources & Links

More Suzuki Pages

Kurt Suzuki Overview

Minor & Fall Lg Stats

Batting Splits

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Kurt Suzuki Pages at Baseball Reference