Kurt Suzuki
American baseball player (born 1983) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kurtis Kiyoshi Suzuki (Japanese: 鈴木 清, born October 4, 1983) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, Washington Nationals, Minnesota Twins, Atlanta Braves, and Los Angeles Angels.
Kurt Suzuki | |
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Catcher | |
Born: (1983-10-04) October 4, 1983 (age 40) Wailuku, Hawaii, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
June 12, 2007, for the Oakland Athletics | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 4, 2022, for the Los Angeles Angels | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .255 |
Home runs | 143 |
Runs batted in | 730 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Before playing professionally, Suzuki attended Cal State Fullerton, and in 2004, won the College World Series and the Johnny Bench and Brooks Wallace awards. That year, the Athletics selected him in the second round of the MLB draft, and Suzuki made his MLB debut in 2007. He was named an MLB All-Star in 2014 as a member of the Twins while hitting a career-best .288. In 2019, Suzuki caught for the Nationals as they won the World Series, making him both a College World Series and MLB World Series champion.