Kurt Suzuki
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Suzuki with Minnesota Twins
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| Atlanta Braves – No. 24 | |||
| Catcher | |||
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Born: October 4, 1983 Wailuku, Hawaii |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 12, 2007, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| MLB statistics (through April 9, 2017) |
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| Batting average | .255 | ||
| Hits | 1,072 | ||
| Home runs | 83 | ||
| Runs batted in | 520 | ||
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Kurtis Kiyoshi "Kurt" Suzuki (Japanese: 鈴木 清 Hepburn: Suzuki Kiyoshi?, born October 4, 1983), is an American professional baseball catcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Washington Nationals, Oakland Athletics, and Minnesota Twins. Prior to playing professionally, Suzuki attended Cal State Fullerton and won the Johnny Bench Award and Brooks Wallace Award.
Suzuki attended California State University, Fullerton, where he played college baseball for the Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team. Cal State Fullerton captured the 2004 College World Series championship, thanks to Suzuki's two-out RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning, giving the Titans a 3-2 win over the Texas Longhorns.
That same year, he won the Johnny Bench Award as the country's top collegiate catcher. He was also selected All-American by two publications, Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball. He was also the recipient of the first ever Brooks Wallace Award. Kurt's nickname in college was Kurt Clutch.
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