Kurt Suzuki

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 205lb (180cm, 92kg)

Team: Atlanta Braves (majors, bereavement list)

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, 16,735th in MLB history)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2007 season

2017 Contract Status: Signed thru 2017, 1 yr/$1.5M (17)

Service Time (01/2017): 9.113 • Free Agent: 2018

Agents: Dan Lozano

Full Name: Kurt Kiyoshi Suzuki

Pronunciation: \soo-ZOO-kee\

Twitter: @kurtsuzuki

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

2017

Career

WAR

1.1

16.0

AB

140

4331

R

450

H

1107

BA

.257

.256

HR

RBI

546

SB

OBP

.342

.312

SLG

.471

.375

OPS

.813

.687

OPS+

110

7/21 The Braves have released lefty Eric O’Flaherty, per a club announcement. He had been on the 10-day DL. A roster spot was needed so that catcher Anthony Recker could be brought up. Kurt Suzuki is
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Standard Batting

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+,Fal	127	570	479	88	135	30	5	12	72	5	3	71	70	.282	.384	.441	.824		211	19	12	2	6	0		STK,PHO · CALL,AZFL
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/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-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/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	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
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
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
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
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
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	*2/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
2016	32	MIN	AL	106	373	345	34	89	24	1	8	49	0	0	18	48	.258	.301	.403	.704	88	139	9	5	1	4	0	2/D
2017	33	ATL	NL	44	162	140	18	36	6	0	8	27	0	0	11	22	.257	.342	.471	.813	110	66	4	8	1	2	2	2
11 Yrs				1252	4784	4331	450	1107	233	6	91	546	19	10	301	563	.256	.312	.375	.687	87	1625	117	78	24	50	21
162 Game Avg.				162	619	560	58	143	30	1	12	71	2	1	39	73	.256	.312	.375	.687	87	210	15	10	3	6	3

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
MIN (3 yrs)				368	1355	1230	107	323	75	1	16	160	0	1	81	153	.263	.316	.364	.680	87	448	32	21	8	15	4
WSN (2 yrs)				122	445	398	36	95	16	1	8	50	3	0	31	52	.239	.297	.344	.641	75	137	4	5	4	7	9
ATL (1 yr)				44	162	140	18	36	6	0	8	27	0	0	11	22	.257	.342	.471	.813	110	66	4	8	1	2	2

AL (10 yrs)				1086	4177	3793	396	976	211	5	75	469	16	10	259	489	.257	.313	.375	.688	88	1422	109	65	19	41	10
NL (3 yrs)				166	607	538	54	131	22	1	16	77	3	0	42	74	.243	.309	.377	.686	85	203	8	13	5	9	11

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

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Kurt Suzuki

SUMMARY

WAR

AB

R

H

BA

HR

RBI

SB

OBP

SLG

OPS

OPS+

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Advanced Batting

Postseason Batting

All-Star Batting

Ratio Batting *

Win Probability *

Baserunning & Misc. Stats *

Situational Batting *

Pitch Summary -- Batting *

Cumulative Batting

Neutralized Batting

* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

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