#45 Shintaro Kuga, Starting Pitcher, 33 yrs, Cleveland Crusaders

#45 Shintaro Kuga, Starting Pitcher, 33 yrs, Cleveland Crusaders
Tuesday, 10/29/2010

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Shintaro Kuga

2/14/1977
33
Japan
6"1
210

Starting Pitcher
R
R

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Prone
2.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 4,500,000
2010
10 Year(s), 48 Days (1748 total Days)
170 Day(s)
12 Year(s), 11 Days (2051 total Days)
12 Year(s)
Not eligible
Out of Option Years

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	54	78	44	88-91 Mph
Versus LHB	51	76	44
Versus RHB	57	79	44
Talent	62	85	53

Pitching Ratings
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Holding Runners :

54
55
2

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Screwball
Splitfinger-Fastball

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	35	27	16	20	19
Versus LHP	35	27	16	20	19
Versus RHP	35	27	16	20	19
Talent	35	27	16	20	19

Running & Bunting Ratings
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31
39
5
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 67 (Range), .969 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 18

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
9/2	SD	W 17-4	*	6.2	9	2	2	1	5	W
9/7	CT	W 7-3	*	6.2	6	3	1	2	2	W
9/12	@IND	L 6-10	*	4	9	7	6	1	4	L
9/17	CHI	W 6-0	*	8.1	2	0	0	0	6	W	PoG
9/22	DET	W 10-4	*	7.1	7	4	2	2	0	W
9/27	CHI	L 5-7	*	6	7	4	4	1	3
10/6	@CT	W 13-4	*	6.1	6	3	2	1	5	W
10/14	BOS	L 0-2	*	5.1	4	1	1	1	5	L
10/21	@LA	L 5-6	*	4.2	9	5	5	1	2	L
10/27	@LA	W 11-2	*	6	4	1	1	2	6	W

Pitching Stats 2010

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
	32	28	15	8	0	4.28	172.1	200	95	82	38	115	0	.0	0	12	42.9

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	4	1	12.5	10.4	6.0	2.0	27	8	29.6	4	3	75.0	4.27

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	293	85	9	0	11	39	40	24	43	0	0	1	.290	.346	.433	.779
vs. RHB	402	115	16	0	6	47	55	14	72	0	0	1	.286	.310	.371	.680

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	16	15	10	4	0	4.12	94.0	105	49	43	20	64
Road	16	13	5	4	0	4.48	78.1	95	46	39	18	51
Postseason	4	4	2	2	0	3.63	22.1	23	10	9	5	18
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	2	2	1	1	0	5.06	10.2	13	6	6	3	8

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	5	1	1	0	0	4.20	15.0	17	9	7	3	13
May	6	6	3	2	0	4.01	33.2	35	18	15	11	25
June	5	5	4	1	0	4.40	30.2	39	16	15	7	20
July	4	4	1	2	0	3.63	22.1	20	10	9	5	16
August	6	6	2	2	0	5.97	31.2	49	22	21	5	21
Sept./Oct.	6	6	4	1	0	3.46	39.0	40	20	15	7	20

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	Teams
2004	23	23	11	3	0	4.22	132.1	145	63	62	16	48	80	0	0	1.46	MIA
2005	32	32	18	7	0	3.66	201.2	198	91	82	24	51	108	0	0	1.23	MIA
2006	28	28	24	3	0	3.53	178.2	193	77	70	12	38	100	0	0	1.29	MIA
2007	30	30	18	3	0	3.56	179.1	200	79	71	20	36	126	0	0	1.32	MIA
2008	33	33	26	3	0	3.00	222.1	231	84	74	25	33	124	3	2	1.19	MIA
2009	34	34	11	10	0	4.10	195.1	226	102	89	24	45	111	1	1	1.39	MIA CLE
2010	32	28	15	8	0	4.28	172.1	200	95	82	17	38	115	0	0	1.38	CLE
Total	212	208	123	37	0	3.72	1282.0	1393	591	530	138	289	764	4	3	1.31

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

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ERA

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Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
2004	3	0	0	0	1	10.50	6.0	13	7	7	3	7	0	0
2005	3	3	3	0	0	1.31	20.2	17	3	3	3	14	0	0
2006	3	3	2	1	0	2.45	18.1	14	5	5	6	14	1	1
2007	2	0	0	1	0	13.50	3.1	11	6	5	1	3	0	0
2008	3	3	1	0	0	7.24	13.2	22	12	11	1	9	0	0
2010	4	4	2	2	0	3.63	22.1	23	10	9	5	18	0	0
Total	18	13	8	4	1	4.27	84.1	100	43	40	19	65	1	1

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2004	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	MIA
2005	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	MIA,SL
2006	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	MIA,SL
2007	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	MIA,SL
2008	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	MIA,SL
2009	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	MIA CLE
Total	180	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 2010

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

.976

172.1

2.14

Player History

Played for Japan in the 2004 World Cup...
Drafted in 35th round, 560th overall pick, by Miami in 2004...
Earned first career win on 4/12/2004...
Won World Championship with Miami in 2004...
2/3/2005: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration...
Won World Championship with Miami in 2005...
Selected to the All-ABL 2nd Team at SP in 2005...
Won Postseason Best Pitcher Award with Miami in 2005...
Played for Japan in the 2006 World Cup...
2/3/2006: Gets a new one-year contract worth $571,429 through salary arbitration...
8/23/2006: Signed a contract extension with Miami, $4,500,000 per year, for 4 years.
Selected to the All-ABL 2nd Team at SP in 2006...
Played for Japan in the 2008 World Cup...
Won World Championship with Miami in 2008...
Selected to the All-ABL 3rd Team at SP in 2008...
Traded from Miami to Cleveland on 6/10/2009 (Going to MIA: P Suve Tavarez. Going to CLE: P Shintaro Kuga)...
Won World Championship with Cleveland in 2010...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

ERA
2005 - 3.66 - 7th
2008 - 3.00 - 6th

Wins
2005 - 18 - 4th
2006 - 24 - 3rd
2007 - 18 - 9th
2008 - 26 - 3rd

SHO
2008 - 2 - 8th

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