Kurt Suzuki
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 210LBS | Age: 40
Draft: 2004 | Rd: 2, #67, Oakland Athletics | California St U (CA)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2020 129 111 15 30 2 1 .270 .349 .396 .745
2021 247 219 17 49 6 0 .224 .294 .342 .636
2022 159 139 10 25 4 0 .180 .266 .295 .561
16 Seasons 6,163 5,563 594 1,421 143 20 .255 .314 .388 .702
AVG HR SB OPS
2020 .270 2 1 .745
2021 .224 6 0 .636
2022 .180 4 0 .561
16 Seasons .255 143 20 .702
MLB Percentile Rankings
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 31 1749 384 4 1.0 0.8 87.7 105.8 13.7 31.0 .249 .341 .269 .286 .296 29.9 12.3 6.1
2016 32 1332 302 8 2.6 2.1 87.3 106.3 14.6 31.5 .242 .361 .303 .284 .298 30.5 12.9 4.8
2017 33 1105 240 17 7.1 5.5 87.2 107.3 18.6 32.9 .259 .458 .372 .338 .351 34.5 12.6 5.5
2018 34 1331 310 12 3.9 3.1 87.2 106.0 18.4 33.2 .267 .409 .335 .327 .331 35.0 11.1 5.7
2019 35 1053 247 16 6.5 5.2 86.0 107.3 18.9 39.7 .277 .455 .337 .338 .351 32.4 11.7 6.5
2020 36 484 95 3 3.2 2.3 83.9 104.0 18.0 31.6 .243 .348 .326 .308 .306 24.2 14.7 8.5
2021 37 912 180 7 3.9 2.8 85.2 105.0 14.6 28.9 .204 .310 .282 .264 .272 27.2 17.8 4.9
2022 38 593 113 4 3.5 2.5 85.2 104.2 24.1 31.0 .191 .281 .254 .255 .255 26.5 18.2 9.4
Player 8559 1871 71 3.8 3.0 86.7 107.3 16.9 32.7 .247 .378 .311 .303 .312 31.0 13.2 6.0
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 45.1 23.7 24.2 7.0 38.8 38.8 22.4 2.3 33.9 28.9 26.6 4.2 1.0 0.8
2016 40.7 25.2 23.8 10.3 39.7 35.8 24.5 3.6 29.5 30.5 26.5 5.0 2.6 2.1
2017 35.0 28.7 24.6 11.7 43.8 38.3 17.9 3.8 24.6 33.3 23.3 5.0 7.1 5.5
2018 36.5 29.0 24.8 9.7 47.7 33.9 18.4 3.9 22.9 33.5 28.7 6.8 3.9 3.1
2019 33.6 28.7 27.9 9.7 50.2 34.4 15.4 5.3 22.7 32.0 29.1 4.5 6.5 5.2
2020 34.7 32.6 23.2 9.5 43.2 35.8 21.1 5.3 25.3 33.7 26.3 6.3 3.2 2.3
2021 44.4 25.0 22.8 7.8 47.8 31.7 20.6 3.9 33.9 31.7 20.6 5.0 3.9 2.8
2022 30.1 30.1 21.2 18.6 45.1 38.9 15.9 5.3 23.9 39.8 20.4 7.1 3.5 2.5
Player 38.6 27.1 24.4 9.8 44.0 36.0 19.9 3.8 27.6 32.1 25.9 5.2 3.8 3.0
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.9 -3 185 31.2 57 .176 .255 .245 13.0 12.3 14.6 .187 .260 .239 26.7
2022 Sinker -0.9 -1 124 20.9 33 .185 .185 .250 9.6 6.1 10.0 .267 .396 .352 38.5
2022 Slider -2.3 -3 112 18.9 29 .192 .192 .203 35.8 37.9 28.2 .189 .235 .214 6.3
2022 Curveball -2.3 -1 62 10.5 14 .143 .286 .179 24.0 28.6 20.0 .182 .280 .198 30.0
2022 Cutter 3.3 1 37 6.2 9 .250 .750 .439 33.3 33.3 27.3 .161 .385 .278 60.0
2022 Changeup 3.6 1 36 6.1 11 .250 1.000 .555 35.3 0.0 0.0 .118 .235 .300 12.5
2022 Sweeper -1.4 0 31 5.2 5 .000 .000 .140 28.6 20.0 10.0 .028 .036 .163 0.0
2022 Split-Finger 0.4 0 6 1.0 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 20.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.4 4 305 33.4 84 .306 .542 .408 13.6 6.0 5.6 .235 .414 .323 30.4
2021 Slider -3.7 -7 186 20.4 49 .087 .109 .123 37.8 36.7 30.0 .109 .142 .145 21.4
2021 Sinker -2.2 -4 167 18.3 45 .282 .308 .283 11.7 6.7 13.6 .229 .297 .270 26.3
2021 Changeup -1.1 -1 110 12.1 30 .200 .333 .228 33.9 33.3 31.3 .253 .392 .277 30.0
2021 Curveball 0.2 0 63 6.9 15 .083 .167 .177 22.7 26.7 21.1 .126 .181 .200 22.2
2021 Cutter 0.7 0 54 5.9 17 .308 .385 .397 4.5 5.9 8.3 .247 .326 .354 25.0
2021 Split-Finger -3.7 0 11 1.2 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 50.0 25.0 .087 .087 .085 0.0
2021 Slurve 0.3 0 9 1.0 3 .333 .667 .417 12.5 33.3 50.0 .264 .283 .241 50.0
2021 Sweeper -8.5 0 5 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -2 159 32.9 43 .286 .543 .399 10.3 7.0 5.8 .241 .453 .368 36.4
2020 Slider -1.6 -2 111 22.9 28 .167 .250 .254 32.7 25.0 20.6 .167 .217 .244 23.5
2020 Sinker -2.4 -2 71 14.7 23 .238 .286 .280 14.3 13.0 16.7 .255 .321 .263 21.1
2020 Curveball 0.0 0 57 11.8 12 .167 .250 .179 12.5 25.0 12.5 .245 .290 .234 11.1
2020 Cutter -2.4 -1 36 7.4 10 .222 .333 .375 15.0 10.0 20.0 .201 .241 .245 25.0
2020 Changeup 10.0 3 30 6.2 9 .750 .750 .600 11.1 11.1 7.1 .483 .569 .415 0.0
2020 Split-Finger -1.2 0 10 2.1 2 .000 .000 .350 33.3 50.0 16.7 -- -- .350 --
2020 Sweeper 15.0 1 9 1.9 2 1.000 1.000 .800 0.0 0.0 0.0 .560 .604 .609 0.0
2020 Slurve 0.0 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball 5.0 18 354 33.6 110 .323 .625 .440 9.2 3.6 4.3 .342 .612 .431 37.6
2019 Slider 0.9 2 213 20.2 63 .220 .407 .294 31.7 19.0 20.0 .210 .337 .263 25.5
2019 Sinker 0.3 0 178 16.9 51 .283 .500 .387 7.6 3.9 6.9 .285 .456 .349 34.1
2019 Curveball -0.1 0 114 10.8 21 .143 .286 .181 21.3 19.0 11.8 .138 .253 .163 23.5
2019 Cutter -6.4 -6 86 8.2 29 .192 .231 .216 24.4 13.8 22.2 .331 .420 .350 39.1
2019 Changeup -0.8 -1 85 8.1 25 .304 .609 .382 33.3 24.0 26.1 .291 .448 .318 22.2
2019 Split-Finger -6.6 -1 11 1.0 5 .200 .200 .180 71.4 60.0 60.0 .027 .032 .025 0.0
2019 Sweeper 13.8 1 7 0.7 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .406 .539 .395 50.0
2019 Slurve -15.4 -1 5 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 100.0 .034 .038 .030 0.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball 1.0 4 446 33.5 129 .331 .585 .412 12.2 6.2 7.1 .319 .502 .370 43.8
2018 Sinker -0.3 -1 298 22.4 97 .272 .346 .344 7.2 4.1 5.3 .306 .426 .381 39.7
2018 Slider -0.1 0 228 17.1 71 .231 .415 .291 32.2 29.6 30.4 .199 .350 .264 32.6
2018 Curveball 0.3 1 152 11.4 35 .281 .406 .311 19.7 11.4 9.3 .236 .364 .277 20.7
2018 Changeup 0.9 1 126 9.5 33 .233 .467 .332 24.7 12.1 10.5 .210 .320 .274 19.2
2018 Cutter -4.3 -2 54 4.1 12 .091 .091 .133 23.3 8.3 6.7 .178 .205 .214 0.0
2018 Knuckleball -4.6 0 9 0.7 3 .333 .667 .417 0.0 0.0 0.0 .262 .305 .247 33.3
2018 Split-Finger -1.9 0 7 0.5 4 .000 .000 .175 33.3 25.0 25.0 .087 .093 .236 0.0
2018 Sweeper -11.9 0 4 0.3 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .130 .188 .142 50.0
2018 Slurve -11.9 0 2 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .039 .039 .066 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 3 361 32.7 92 .321 .583 .409 14.1 10.9 11.9 .284 .520 .365 32.0
2017 Sinker 1.0 3 269 24.3 81 .243 .514 .360 8.8 3.7 5.5 .274 .478 .360 38.2
2017 Slider 4.3 8 199 18.0 58 .327 .709 .439 27.2 22.4 18.1 .251 .471 .323 33.3
2017 Changeup -1.9 -2 125 11.3 36 .167 .367 .303 25.7 19.4 21.2 .208 .363 .317 34.8
2017 Curveball 2.0 2 80 7.2 19 .333 .389 .339 18.8 15.8 20.0 .270 .367 .294 46.7
2017 Cutter -4.0 -2 41 3.7 13 .167 .250 .219 13.6 7.7 9.1 .204 .327 .262 18.2
2017 Split-Finger 0.0 0 12 1.1 2 .500 .500 .450 20.0 50.0 25.0 .052 .059 .047 0.0
2017 Sweeper -10.0 0 4 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 559 2,070 -16 -8 9 11 -3
2009 609 2,095 -14 0 7 8 2
2010 536 1,867 -15 -18 9 9 -14
2011 508 2,000 -31 -1 12 7 -12
2012 449 1,675 -14 -14 4 5 -19
2013 310 1,203 -9 -6 7 3 -5
2014 503 1,996 -9 -4 20 8 14
2015 475 1,730 -26 -2 8 4 -16
2016 373 1,332 4 -16 7 5 0
2017 302 1,091 6 -7 7 6 12
2018 395 1,356 4 -16 5 8 1
2019 343 1,206 8 -10 6 6 9
2020 129 484 -5 -4 6 2 -2
2021 247 912 -12 -9 8 6 -8
2022 159 593 -7 -4 4 1 -6
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,749 53.6 63.1 90.4 25.5 71.0 45.2 20.7 45.6 14.0 8.8 71.4
2016 1,332 52.0 66.0 90.4 28.9 67.0 44.8 19.8 48.2 15.9 8.0 77.4
2017 1,105 45.7 71.5 88.8 37.2 72.3 40.2 27.8 52.9 17.3 7.1 76.9
2018 1,331 49.4 73.3 89.6 33.8 69.6 41.3 36.9 53.3 16.8 7.3 86.6
2019 1,053 49.8 74.2 89.5 29.7 61.1 42.1 34.1 51.9 18.7 8.5 83.1
2020 484 51.0 68.8 88.2 27.8 69.7 45.0 31.8 48.8 16.9 7.9 76.3
2021 912 49.1 70.1 86.0 28.7 58.6 43.1 26.7 49.0 21.7 7.0 73.4
2022 593 50.8 68.1 87.3 27.4 57.5 42.0 30.8 48.1 21.1 10.6 76.2
Player 8,559 50.4 68.9 89.1 30.1 67.0 43.1 27.7 49.6 17.3 8.1 77.5
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2015 18 40 18 15 34 6 6 33 47 24 86 32 90 73 28
2016 11 26 17 20 11 9 13 20 49 18 88 11 86 50 25
2017 55 28
2018 50 74 46 33 59 14 18 23 46 37 96 15 87 17 24
2019 52 19
2020 30 38 13 9 52 6 10 3 20 3 89 42 90 47 7
2021 37 12
2022 15 3
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.3 8 9.3 -1 3 9 3 37.5
2017 24.5 19 18.9 0 6 7 12 63.2
2018 25.8 12 11.0 1 11 7 5 41.7
2019 25.3 18 16.7 1 9 6 11 61.1
2020 25.0 2 2.5 -1 3 2 1 50.0
2021 24.7 6 5.1 1 3 1 4 66.7
2022 24.5 4 3.2 1 3 5 0 0.0
Player 24.8 69 66.6 2 38 37 36 52.2

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 8 11 7 6 10 8 11 10 11 5 10 13 5 8 10 8 4 5 11 12 8 10 12 12 5 9 12 13 10 12 11
2017 19 20 19 18 19 19 19 17 18 19 19 23 20 19 18 20 17 18 21 18 19 19 19 19 15 17 19 21 20 19 18
2018 12 15 11 11 11 10 11 11 9 9 10 16 13 11 9 10 10 9 12 12 13 14 13 12 7 8 11 10 12 11 9
2019 18 20 13 16 17 16 19 16 14 13 15 19 19 16 15 16 15 14 17 20 16 18 21 20 16 14 15 21 21 16 13
2020 2 3 3 3 4 3 4 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 3 3 4 3 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 2
2021 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 6 7 4 4 5 5 4 5 6 5 4 6 5 5 4 5 6 6 5 5 5
2022 4 0 4 2 4 3 5 1 2 1 3 4 3 3 3 5 2 1 4 5 3 4 6 3 1 1 5 6 3 5 4
Player 69 75 62 61 70 64 74 61 62 52 65 84 65 62 62 67 53 54 74 75 66 75 79 73 49 56 71 80 74 71 62
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.7 87.3 -0.4 ↓ 87.2 -0.1 ↓ 87.2 0.0 86.0 -1.2 ↓ 83.9 -2.1 ↓ 85.2 1.3 ↑ 85.2 0.0
Launch Angle 13.7 14.6 0.9 ↑ 18.6 4.0 ↑ 18.4 -0.2 ↓ 18.9 0.5 ↑ 18.0 -0.9 ↓ 14.6 -3.4 ↓ 24.1 9.5 ↑
Barrel % 1.0 2.6 1.6 ↑ 7.1 4.5 ↑ 3.9 -3.2 ↓ 6.5 2.6 ↑ 3.2 -3.3 ↓ 3.9 0.7 ↑ 3.5 -0.4 ↓
Hard Hit % 29.9 30.5 0.6 ↑ 34.5 4.0 ↑ 35.0 0.5 ↑ 32.4 -2.6 ↓ 24.2 -8.2 ↓ 27.2 3.0 ↑ 26.5 -0.7 ↓
Sweet Spot % 31.0 31.5 0.5 ↑ 32.9 1.4 ↑ 33.2 0.3 ↑ 39.7 6.5 ↑ 31.6 -8.1 ↓ 28.9 -2.7 ↓ 31.0 2.1 ↑
xBA .249 .242 -0.007 ↓ .259 0.017 ↑ .267 0.008 ↑ .277 0.010 ↑ .243 -0.034 ↓ .204 -0.039 ↓ .191 -0.013 ↓
BA .240 .258 0.018 ↑ .283 0.025 ↑ .271 -0.012 ↓ .264 -0.007 ↓ .270 0.006 ↑ .224 -0.046 ↓ .180 -0.044 ↓
xwOBA .286 .284 -0.002 ↓ .338 0.054 ↑ .327 -0.011 ↓ .338 0.011 ↑ .308 -0.030 ↓ .264 -0.044 ↓ .255 -0.009 ↓
wOBA .269 .303 0.034 ↑ .372 0.069 ↑ .335 -0.037 ↓ .337 0.002 ↑ .326 -0.011 ↓ .282 -0.044 ↓ .254 -0.028 ↓
xSLG .341 .361 0.020 ↑ .458 0.097 ↑ .409 -0.049 ↓ .455 0.046 ↑ .348 -0.107 ↓ .310 -0.038 ↓ .281 -0.029 ↓
SLG .314 .403 0.089 ↑ .536 0.133 ↑ .444 -0.092 ↓ .486 0.042 ↑ .396 -0.090 ↓ .342 -0.054 ↓ .295 -0.047 ↓
K% 12.3 12.9 0.6 ↑ 12.6 -0.3 ↓ 11.1 -1.5 ↓ 11.7 0.6 ↑ 14.7 3.0 ↑ 17.8 3.1 ↑ 18.2 0.4 ↑
BB% 6.1 4.8 -1.3 ↓ 5.5 0.7 ↑ 5.7 0.2 ↑ 6.5 0.8 ↑ 8.5 2.0 ↑ 4.9 -3.6 ↓ 9.4 4.5 ↑
Swing % 45.6 48.2 2.6 ↑ 52.9 4.7 ↑ 53.3 0.4 ↑ 51.9 -1.4 ↓ 48.8 -3.1 ↓ 49.0 0.2 ↑ 48.1 -0.9 ↓
Whiff% 14.0 15.9 1.9 ↑ 17.3 1.4 ↑ 16.8 -0.5 ↓ 18.7 1.9 ↑ 16.9 -1.8 ↓ 21.7 4.8 ↑ 21.1 -0.6 ↓
In Zone % 53.6 52.0 -1.6 ↓ 45.7 -6.3 ↓ 49.4 3.7 ↑ 49.8 0.4 ↑ 51.0 1.2 ↑ 49.1 -1.9 ↓ 50.8 1.7 ↑
Out of Zone % 46.4 48.0 1.6 ↑ 54.3 6.3 ↑ 50.6 -3.7 ↓ 50.2 -0.4 ↓ 49.0 -1.2 ↓ 50.9 1.9 ↑ 49.2 -1.7 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 25.5 28.9 3.4 ↑ 37.2 8.3 ↑ 33.8 -3.4 ↓ 29.7 -4.1 ↓ 27.8 -1.9 ↓ 28.7 0.9 ↑ 27.4 -1.3 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 20.7 19.8 -0.9 ↓ 27.8 8.0 ↑ 36.9 9.1 ↑ 34.1 -2.8 ↓ 31.8 -2.3 ↓ 26.7 -5.1 ↓ 30.8 4.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 61.0 53.1 -7.9 ↓ 56.3 3.2 ↑ 62.1 5.8 ↑ 64.3 2.2 ↑ 66.7 2.4 ↑ 56.3 -10.4 ↓ 61.6 5.3 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 369 20 5.4 .295 .380
2017 Shifts R 303 6 2.0 .371 .498
2018 Shifts R 387 76 19.6 .328 .368
2019 Shifts R 308 117 38.0 .354 .309
2020 Shifts R 129 79 61.2 .268 .364
2021 Shifts R 243 100 41.2 .250 .335
2022 Shifts R 159 73 45.9 .233 .278
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 456 16.0 25.7% 2.0% 441 23.0 0.9% 8.6%
2011 599 16.5 25.5% 1.5% 391 22.5 0.0% 7.4%
2012 466 18.4 10.3% 2.4% 283 24.5 0.0% 16.3%
2013 424 18.5 8.0% 2.4% 199 25.1 0.0% 16.6%
2014 629 18.7 3.7% 2.5% 377 24.8 0.0% 12.5%
2015 545 20.3 11.6% 8.1% 277 26.7 2.2% 34.7%
2016 361 20.3 7.2% 7.8% 246 26.2 5.7% 29.7%
2017 280 19.8 2.9% 3.2% 170 24.6 0.0% 17.1%
2018 320 19.4 1.3% 3.4% 216 24.1 0.0% 13.0%
2019 243 19.5 2.5% 3.3% 194 25.4 0.0% 17.5%
2020 112 20.9 0.0% 6.3% 88 26.4 0.0% 15.9%
2021 288 20.2 1.0% 4.2% 121 25.4 0.0% 18.2%
2022 171 19.4 3.5% 3.5% 98 25.8 0.0% 12.2%
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Statcast Rankings

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