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, 19,126th in major league history)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2007 season

2022 Contract Status: Signed thru 2022, 1 yr/$1.75M (22)

Service Time (01/2022): 14.113 • Free Agent: 2023

Agents: ALIGND Sports Agency • Previously: MVP Sports Group

National Team: us USA (Pro)

Full Name: Kurt Kiyoshi Suzuki

Nicknames: Zuk

Pronunciation: \soo-ZOO-kee\

Twitter: @kurtsuzuki

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SUMMARY

2022

Career

WAR

-0.1

19.8

5504

1412

141

.200

.257

591

RBI

724

OBP

.297

.315

SLG

.313

.389

OPS

.609

.704

OPS+

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	105	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	102	44	4	4	0	3	0	2/DH
2021	37	LAA	AL	72	247	219	17	49	8	0	6	16	0	0	12	44	.224	.294	.342	.636	74	75	7	11	2	3	0	2/H
2022	38	LAA	AL	27	91	80	7	16	3	0	2	9	0	0	10	18	.200	.297	.313	.609	75	25	3	1	0	0	0	2/H3
16 Yrs				1611	6095	5504	591	1412	294	6	141	724	20	11	382	740	.257	.315	.389	.704	91	2141	148	118	26	65	22
162 Game Avg.				162	613	553	59	142	30	1	14	73	2	1	38	74	.257	.315	.389	.704	91	215	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
LAA (2 yrs)				99	338	299	24	65	11	0	8	25	0	0	22	62	.217	.295	.334	.629	74	100	10	12	2	3	0
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

AL (12 yrs)				1185	4515	4092	420	1041	222	5	83	494	16	10	281	551	.254	.311	.372	.683	87	1522	119	77	21	44	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

Advanced Batting

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Postseason Batting

Postseason Game Log

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

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Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Statistics

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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