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
Oakland Athletics (2007–2012)
Washington Nationals (2012–2013)
Oakland Athletics (2013)
Minnesota Twins (2014–2016)
Atlanta Braves (2017–2018)
Washington Nationals (2019–2020)
Los Angeles Angels (2021–2022)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (2014)
World Series champion (2019)
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.
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.
July 2016. Suzuki took a brief paternity leave after his daughter's birth in 2011. In 2012, Suzuki and his wife Renee founded the KurtSuzuki Family Foundation...
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1988–2009) and setting a new MLB record. Leading off the top of the seventh, KurtSuzuki hit a home run to put the Nationals ahead, 3–2. Verlander exited one...
November 20, the Nationals announced a reunion with their former catcher KurtSuzuki, who last suited up for Washington in the 2013 season. Left-handed-hitting...
Lozano and MVP including Alex Rodriguez, Nick Swisher, Brian Wilson, KurtSuzuki, Manny Machado, Carlos Beltrán, Jonny Gomes, Fernando Tatis, Jr., Mike...
game in the 8th inning against the Texas Rangers with fellow Hawaiian KurtSuzuki doing the catching. This marked the first time in Major League Baseball...
or "any wrongdoing during the 2017 World Series". Nationals catcher KurtSuzuki said he believed the Astros were still cheating in the 2019 World Series:...
Stephen Piscotty Tyson Ross Brendan Ryan Tom Seaver JT Snow Dave Stieb KurtSuzuki Danny Valencia Frank Viola Jered Weaver C. J. Wilson Dave Winfield Western...
announced his retirement. Brown was the team's third-ranked catcher behind KurtSuzuki and Rob Bowen and was unlikely to make the major league roster. After...
bat handle including Mookie Betts, Dustin Pedroia, George Springer, KurtSuzuki and Dansby Swanson. Baseball bats are made of either hardwood or a metal...
June 25, 2003. p. 1D. Retrieved June 30, 2015. (subscription required) "Suzuki saluted with major award". USA Today. September 16, 2004. Retrieved March...
inning, when catcher KurtSuzuki led off with a walk, center fielder Victor Robles singled, advancing Suzuki to second, and Suzuki tagged and advanced...
Vancouver Canadians. He played in 38 games and hit just .237. Teammate KurtSuzuki, also taken in the 2004 draft, got more playing time as he played in...
Francisco Giants Jeremy Giambi Mark Kotsay Mike Lamb Phil Nevin Tim Wallach KurtSuzuki Justin Turner David L Jackson As of the 2021 season, there have been...
Pillar then called Motte a homophobic slur, Motte and Braves catcher KurtSuzuki confronted him, and both dugouts rushed onto the field. Following the...
Shoppach of Baylor University, Ryan Garko of Stanford University, and KurtSuzuki of Cal State Fullerton. The award was renamed the Buster Posey Award...
abroad (such as Lars Nootbaar, Steven Kwan, Gosuke Katoh, Keston Hiura, KurtSuzuki, Dave Roberts and Micheal Nakamura). Kleinberg, Alexander (December 24...
During the trading period, the A's had traded fan-favorite catcher KurtSuzuki to the Washington Nationals for cash considerations. The A's also traded...
player Zach Scott, American soccer player Mike Stone, martial artist KurtSuzuki, baseball player Hannibal Tavares (1919– 1998), politician Kanekoa Texeira...
to the gag. Bacus was traded to the Washington Nationals for catcher KurtSuzuki on August 23, 2013. In the Nationals system over the next few years,...
was placed on the 60-day disabled list for the 2012 season. Ramos and KurtSuzuki began 2013 as the Nationals starting catchers. However, on April 13,...
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