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Kurt Suzuki
Kurt Kiyoshi Suzuki

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 205 lb.
School California State University, Fullerton

Debut June 12, 2007

Born October 4, 1983 in Wailuku, HI

Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 16, 2004. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2007 23 OAK AL  68  213   27   53  13  0   7   39   0  0  24  39  .249  .327  .408   99   87   3   5   0   3   4
 2008 24 OAK AL 148  530   54  148  25  1   7   42   2  3  44  69  .279  .346  .370   97  196   2   1   2  11  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons      216  743   81  201  38  1  14   81   2  3  68 108  .271  .341  .381   97  283   5   6   2  14  24
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        557   61  151  29  1  11   61   2  2  51  81  .271  .341  .381   97  212   4   5   2  11  18
 Career High    148  530   54  148  25  1   7   42   2  3  44  69  .279  .346  .370   97  196   3   5   2  11  20
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2007 23 OAK AL  248  172   30   4.7   101| .249  .262| .327  .329| .408  .410| .735  .739|  99  .463   0.9   0.1   0%
 2008 24 OAK AL  588  408   65   4.3    99| .279  .260| .346  .326| .370  .408| .716  .734|  97  .431  -0.8  -0.1  40%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons       836  580   95   4.4   100| .271  .261| .341  .327| .381  .408| .722  .736|  97  .441   0.1   0.0  40%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

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Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2007 23 OAK AL C 66 431 32 2 0 .996 .991 7.02 6.41 7.73 7.28 61 539.0 7 21 29 7 DH 2 2008 24 OAK AL C 141 927 53 6 4 .994 .991 6.95 6.47 7.26 7.26 136 1215.0 5 55 32 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2007 23 OAK AL C 66 431 32 2 0 .996 .991 7.02 6.41 7.73 7.28 61 539.0 7 21 29 7 2008 24 OAK AL C 141 927 53 6 4 .994 .991 6.95 6.47 7.26 7.26 136 1215.0 5 55 32 2007 23 OAK AL DH 2 2008 24 OAK AL DH 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 207 1358 85 8 4 .994 .991 6.97 6.45 7.40 7.27 197 1754.0 12 21 84 39 DH 3 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 207 1358 85 8 4 .994 .991 6.97 6.45 7.40 7.27 197 1754
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hit By Pitch
2008 AL-11-7

Grounded into Double Plays
2008 AL-20-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2291) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 7, 2004: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 16, 2004.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2008Oakland Athletics$395,000
Career (may be incomplete)$395,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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