Born: (1975-02-10) February 10, 1975 (age 49) Osaka, Japan
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Professional debut
NPB: April 25, 1997, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
MLB: April 4, 2008, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last appearance
MLB: September 25, 2014, for the New York Yankees
NPB: 2016, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
NPB statistics
Win–loss record
124–105
Earned run average
3.55
Strikeouts
1,461
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
79–79
Earned run average
3.45
Strikeouts
986
Teams
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (1997–2007)
Los Angeles Dodgers (2008–2011)
New York Yankees (2012–2014)
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2015–2016)
Career highlights and awards
5× NPB All-Star (2001, 2005–2007, 2015)
Best Nine Award (2005)
Golden Glove Award (2005)
Hiroshima Toyo Carp No. 15 retired
Hiroki Kuroda
Medal record
Men's baseball
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
2004 Athens
Team
Hiroki Kuroda (黒田 博樹, Kuroda Hiroki, born February 10, 1975) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for Hiroshima Toyo Carp from 1997 to 2007 before playing in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2008 to 2011 and New York Yankees from 2012 to 2014. After the 2014 season, he chose to return to the Carp to finish out his career.
In NPB, Kuroda won the Best Nine Award in 2005 and was NPB ERA Champion in 2006. He also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with the Japanese national baseball team.
Kuroda was appointed UNITAR Goodwill Ambassador on 14 September 2015.[1]
^"Japanese Professional Baseball Player, Hiroki Kuroda, appointed as UNITAR Goodwill Ambassador". UNITAR. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
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a response that would have to wait until Game 3 by Dodgers starter HirokiKuroda. The Phillies batted through their whole lineup in both the second and...
MLB history that the two starting pitchers were both Japanese, with HirokiKuroda on the mound for the Yankees. The game was also televised in Japan....
catcher Jorge Posada.[5] On January 26, the New York Yankees signed (RHP) HirokiKuroda to a one-year contract worth $10M. [6] On February 19, the New York...
pitch. It is commonly thrown by right-handed Japanese pitchers such as HirokiKuroda, Noboru Akiyama, Kenjiro Kawasaki, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Yu Darvish and...
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vs. Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Tropicana Field (98P, 9H, 6K, 0BB, 36BF) HirokiKuroda (Los Angeles Dodgers): July 7, 2008, vs. Atlanta Braves at Dodger Stadium...
that date; the team reached a one-year, $16 million deal with pitcher HirokiKuroda, which became official the following day. Also on December 6, the Yankees...
Halladay. HirokiKuroda outpitched Halladay, taking a no-hitter into the eighth inning before Shane Victorino broke it up with a one-out single. Kuroda and...
singer 1974 – Henry Paul, New Zealand rugby player and coach 1975 – HirokiKuroda, Japanese baseball player 1975 – Tina Thompson, American basketball...
the 2010 season. At the conclusion of the 2010 season, Rod Barajas, HirokiKuroda, Vicente Padilla, Jay Gibbons, Reed Johnson and Jeff Weaver all became...
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Victorino in the midst of controversy. After being brushed back by HirokiKuroda, Victorino began to gesture towards the non-English-speaking pitcher...
had not appeared in the Japan Series since 1991. Hiroshima pitcher HirokiKuroda announced that he would retire following the series. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham...
out the Cubs 10-3 to take a 2-0 series lead headed to Los Angeles. HirokiKuroda and the Dodgers' bullpen would then complete the sweep with a 3-1 victory...
two losses. Koufax (1964), Chan Ho Park (2001), Brad Penny (2008), HirokiKuroda (2009) and Julio Urías (2023) are the only Los Angeles Dodgers Opening...
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