Mac Suzuki
| Mac Suzuki マック鈴木 |
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: May 31, 1975 Kobe, Japan |
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| Professional debut | |||
| MLB: July 7, 1996, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
| NPB: 2003, for the Orix BlueWave | |||
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| MLB: June 26, 2002, for the Kansas City Royals | |||
| NPB: 2005, for the Orix Buffaloes | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 16-31 | ||
| Earned run average | 5.72 | ||
| Strikeouts | 327 | ||
| NPB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 5–15 | ||
| Earned run average | 7.82 | ||
| Strikeouts | 130 | ||
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Mac Suzuki (マック鈴木?, born Makoto Suzuki (鈴木 誠 Suzuki Makoto?) May 31, 1975 in Kobe, Japan) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. Over his career, Suzuki played 18 seasons in professional baseball, including six in Major League Baseball and two in the Japan Pacific League. In his major league career, he has played for the Seattle Mariners (1996, 1998–1999), the Kansas City Royals (1999–2001, 2002), the Colorado Rockies (2001), and the Milwaukee Brewers (2001). With those teams, he has had a combined record of 16–31 with a 5.72 earned run average (ERA), one complete game, one shutout, and 327 strikeouts in 117 games, 67 starts.
At the age of 16, Suzuki was sent away from his home by his parents after getting expelled from high school. He then got a job with the Salinas Spurs, an independent baseball club based in Salinas, California. With the Spurs, Suzuki pitched the final game of the season in 1992, after he spent the entire season as their laundry boy. The next season, Suzuki became a full-time player for the San Bernardino Spirit. Suzuki later stated that his parents were proud of him for learning the English language and how much he matured after he was sent away.
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