Kurt Suzuki

Kurt Kiyoshi Suzuki MLB 2007-2012 | 2002-2012

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30

Contact
84

Patience
59

Batting
59

Power
43

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Status Oakland Athletics Positions C-863, DH-22, 1B-1 Born Oct 4, 1983 (28) Place Wailuku,Hawaii Ht/Wt 5-11 / 200 Bats/Throws: Right / Right High School Baldwin (Wailuki,HI) College Cal State Fullerton
Drafted Oakland Athletics: 2004-2-67 (June-Reg)MLB Debut: June 12,2007 box

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Batting Statistics

Data Products Career Cumulative Career Home Run Log About the Stats

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/PA	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg	Record	TR	Year	Team
2002	Cal State Fullerton	BigWest	NCAA		-	18		-	29	51	10	20	1	0	1	8	0	0	9	6	5	0	0	0	0	.392	.523	.471	994	-	-	24	65	31	14	12.6	.432	.255	.078	1.50	1.5	10.0	13.8	9.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	37-22	4	2002	Cal State Fullerton
2003	Cal State Fullerton	BigWest	NCAA		-	19		24	47	143	34	50	10	0	2	28	1	3	10	11	15	0	2	2	4	.350	.441	.462	903	-	-	66	172	104	32	8.3	.364	.168	.112	0.91	1.2	24.0	5.8	6.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	50-16	2	2003	Cal State Fullerton
2004	Cal State Fullerton	BigWest	NCAA		-	20		1	69	252	77	104	17	4	16	87	9	2	49	25	11	0	5	9	4	.413	.511	.702	1213	-	-	177	326	168	96	15.4	.400	.512	.290	1.96	4.9	35.6	15.0	7.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	43-21	1	2004	Cal State Fullerton
	Vancouver	Nwst	A-	-	oak	20	c	37	46	175	27	52	10	3	3	31	0	1	18	26	12	0	3	3	3	.297	.394	.440	834	-	-	77	211	133	35	7	.329	.240	.143	0.69	1.4	30.8	8.5	12.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	42-34	1		Vancouver
2005	Stockton	Calif	A+		oak	21	c	29	114	441	85	122	26	5	12	65	5	3	63	61	12	0	2	5	16	.277	.378	.440	818	-	-	194	523	345	81	6.4	.295	.311	.163	1.03	2.3	35.2	12.0	11.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	78-62	2	2005	Stockton
2006	Midland	Tex	AA	-	oak	22	c	28	99	376	64	107	26	1	7	55	5	3	58	50	9	1	0	1	15	.285	.392	.415	807	-	-	156	444	288	67	6.3	.312	.290	.130	1.16	1.6	31.8	13.1	11.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	78-61	1	2006	Midland
2007	Sacramento	PCL	AAA		oak	23	c	-	55	211	32	59	9	0	3	27	0	0	21	41	4	1	1	3	10	.280	.351	.365	716	-	-	77	240	166	26	4.3	.329	.185	.085	0.51	1.3	20.3	8.8	17.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	84-60	1	2007	Sacramento
	Oakland	AL	MLB	28	oak	23	c	-	68	213	27	53	13	0	7	39	0	0	24	39	3	0	3	5	4	.249	.327	.408	735	63	93	87	248	172	32	5	.267	.272	.160	0.62	2.8	37.7	9.7	15.7	0.69	3.7	928	61.3	38.7	7.0	76-86	3		Oakland
2008	Oakland	AL	MLB	24	oak	24	c	68	148	530	54	148	25	1	7	42	2	3	44	69	11	2	2	1	20	.279	.346	.370	716	137	93	196	588	408	70	4.6	.310	.172	.091	0.64	1.2	22.3	7.5	11.7	0.86	3.7	2156	61.3	38.7	5.1	75-86	3	2008	Oakland
2009	Oakland	AL	MLB	8	oak	25	c	66	147	570	74	156	37	1	15	88	8	2	28	59	8	0	1	7	14	.274	.313	.421	734	140	95	240	614	438	84	5.2	.280	.207	.147	0.47	2.4	34.0	4.6	9.6	0.83	3.4	2111	65.1	34.9	5.4	75-87	4	2009	Oakland
2010	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	-	oak	26	c	-	3	8	4	3	2	0	1	5	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.375	.500	1.000	1500	-	-	8	10	6	4	16.4	.333	.875	.625	2.00	10.0	100.0	20.0	10.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	79-65	1	2010	Sacramento
	Oakland	AL	MLB	8	oak	26	c	55	131	495	55	120	18	2	13	71	3	2	33	49	12	3	0	4	22	.242	.303	.366	669	128	98	181	544	403	56	3.8	.245	.192	.123	0.67	2.4	27.5	6.1	9.0	0.74	3.5	1912	64.3	35.7	5.3	81-81	2		Oakland
2011	Oakland	AL	MLB	8	oak	27	c	89	134	460	54	109	26	0	14	44	2	2	38	64	7	1	3	7	14	.237	.301	.385	686	130	97	177	515	377	57	4.1	.244	.230	.148	0.59	2.7	36.7	7.4	12.4	0.59	4.0	2044	61.8	38.2	5.5	74-88	3	2011	Oakland
2012	Oakland	AL	MLB		oak	28	5/29/2012		43	151	7	32	8	0	0	15	1	0	6	28	2	0	0	2	3	.212	.248	.265	513	-	-	40	161	124	9	1.9	.256	.099	.053	0.21	0.0	25.0	3.7	17.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2012	Oakland
MLB Totals (6 years)									671	2419	271	618	127	4	56	299	16	9	173	308	43	6	9	26	77	.255	.313	.381	694	598	89	921	2670	1922	308	4.3	.270	.200	.125	0.56	2.1	30.3	6.5	11.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	.471	--	--	--
Minor League Totals (5 years)									317	1211	212	343	73	9	26	183	10	7	162	179	37	2	6	12	45	.283	.381	.423	804	--	--	512	1428	938	213	6.1	.311	.276	.140	0.91	1.8	31.5	11.3	12.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	.561	--	--	--
College Totals (3 years)									145	446	121	174	28	4	19	123	10	5	68	42	31	0	7	11	8	.390	.491	.599	1090	--	--	267	563	303	142	12.7	.391	.372	.209	1.62	3.4	29.3	12.1	7.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	.688	--	--	--
AAA Totals (2 years)									58	219	36	62	11	0	4	32	0	0	23	42	4	1	1	3	11	.283	.357	.388	746	--	--	85	250	172	30	4.7	.330	.210	.105	0.55	1.6	24.2	9.2	16.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	.566	--	--	--
AA Totals (1 year)									99	376	64	107	26	1	7	55	5	3	58	50	9	1	0	1	15	.285	.392	.415	807	--	--	156	444	288	67	6.3	.312	.290	.130	1.16	1.6	31.8	13.1	11.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	.561	--	--	--
A+ Totals (1 year)									114	441	85	122	26	5	12	65	5	3	63	61	12	0	2	5	16	.277	.378	.440	818	--	--	194	523	345	81	6.4	.295	.311	.163	1.03	2.3	35.2	12.0	11.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	.557	--	--	--
A- Totals (1 year)									46	175	27	52	10	3	3	31	0	1	18	26	12	0	3	3	3	.297	.394	.440	834	--	--	77	211	133	35	7	.329	.240	.143	0.69	1.4	30.8	8.5	12.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	.553	--	--	--

Fielding Statistics

Data Products

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	P %	C %	1B %	2B %	3B %	SS %	LF %	CF %	RF %	OF %	PO	A	E
2004	Vancouver	Nwst	A-	oak	20	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	.995	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	184	15	1
2005	Stockton	Calif	A+	oak	21	0	104	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	.984	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	882	50	15
2006	Midland	Tex	AA	oak	22	0	91	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	.997	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	629	39	2
2007	Oakland	AL	MLB	oak	23	0	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	--	.996	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	431	32	2
2007	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	oak	23	0	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	.991	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	318	24	3
2008	Oakland	AL	MLB	oak	24	0	141	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	--	.994	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	927	53	6
2009	Oakland	AL	MLB	oak	25	0	135	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	--	.995	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	923	68	5
2010	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	oak	26	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	15	0	0
2010	Oakland	AL	MLB	oak	26	0	123	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	--	.991	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	825	35	8
2011	Oakland	AL	MLB	oak	27	0	129	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	--	.993	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	914	55	7
MLB Totals						0	594	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	--	.993	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	4020	243	28
Minor League Totals						0	269	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	.990	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2028	128	21

Transactions

Drafted: Selected by Oakland Athletics in 2nd round (67th overall) of 2004 Amateur Draft (June-Reg Phase)

2004-07-16 - signed 2008-02-28 - Signed by Athletics (1-year)

Awards

2004 - 1st team College All-American C; Big West Conference All-Star C; Big West Conference Player of the Year; Johnny Bench Award (Top College Catcher); 2006 - Double-A All-Star C; Texas League All-Star C;

Contracts

2007-2007 - Signed by OAK to 1-year contract worth $0.38m (6/10/2007) -- Contract purchased from minors
2008-2008 - Signed by OAK to 1-year contract worth $0.395m (2/28/2008)
2009-2009 - Signed by OAK to 1-year contract worth $0.41m (2/26/2009)
2010-2010 - Signed by OAK to 1-year contract worth $0.42m (3/8/2010)
2011-2011 - Signed by OAK to 4-year contract worth $16.25m (7/23/2010)

Disabled List

2010-04-30 - Disabled (Intercostal Strain); 2010-05-16 - Activated;

Salaries

$395,000

$410,000

$420,000

$3,437,500

$5,037,500

Salary data is available for Major Leaguers since 1985. Players not on opening day roster, for the most part, are assumed to have earned the minimum salary for that year. MLB rank in parentheses.

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Other Batting Statistics

Year	Team	League	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2005	Phoenix Desert Dogs	Az Fall	13	38	3	13	4	0	0	7	0	0	8	9	0	0	0	0	0	.342	.457	.447	904
2010	Oakland Athletics	MLB-ST	19	53	7	11	3	0	3	10	0	0	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	.208	.254	.434	688
2011	Oakland Athletics	MLB-ST	19	51	7	13	4	0	2	12	0	0	9	10	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.367	.451	818
2012	Oakland Athletics	MLB-ST	15	37	7	9	2	0	1	3	0	0	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.349	.378	727

Leaderboard History (Top Tens)

Hover over year/rank to see Stat value and Team/League.

Stat Category	Freq	MLB	Minor	College
BAVG	2x			2003-8 2004-1
SLG	1x			2004-1
OBP	3x		2006-4	2003-8 2004-1
OPS	1x			2004-1
G	1x			2004-2
AB	1x			2004-5
R	1x			2004-1
H	1x			2004-1
TB	1x			2004-1
DBL	1x			2004-9
TPL	2x		2004-8	2004-4
HR	1x			2004-2
RBI	1x			2004-1
BB	2x		2005-8	2004-1
HBP	5x	2008-8 2010-6	2004-4 2005-9	2003-3
SF	1x			2004-1
GDP	3x	2010-7	2005-6 2006-4
BBSO	3x		2005-4 2006-2	2004-1

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