Mac Suzuki

Full Name: Makoto Suzuki	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/195	First Game: July 7, 1996
Birthdate: May 31, 1975	Final Game: June 28, 2002
Birthplace: Kobe, Japan	MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on May 31, 1975 in Kobe, Japan, Mac Suzuki (Makoto Suzuki -- マック鈴木) played for the Seattle Mariners, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers and Colorado Rockies over the course of his 6 year career. Suzuki broke into the bigs on July 7, 1996 with the Seattle Mariners, and put up a 6.79 ERA in 110 innings pitched in 1999, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Mac Suzuki's best season was 2000, when he posted a 4.34 ERA and struck out 135 batters.

Suzuki quit high school and joined a minor league team in 1992, at the age of 17. He was the first Japanese player to enter the majors without having first played in the Japanese professional leagues.

He signed with the Seattle Mariners in 1993, and was promoted to the majors in 1995, but went without pitching in a major league game that year. He made his major league debut on July 7, 1996, becoming the third Japanese player to play in the major leagues, after Masanori Murakami and Hideo Nomo. He was sent back to the minors shortly afterwards, but marked his first major league win in 1998. He was sent briefly to the New York Mets in June, 1999, before being shipped away again to the Kansas City Royals. He won 8 games in 2000, including one shut-out victory. He went to the Colorado Rockies, then to the Milwaukee Brewers, before returning to the Royals again. He did not win a game in 2002, and was released by the Royals. He announced his decision to enter the Japanese professional leagues at the end of the season.

According to regulations, Suzuki still needed to be picked in the draft to join a Japanese team. The Yakult Swallows had originally intended to choose him, but the Orix Blue Wave forcefully picked Suzuki in the 2nd round, and he ended up joining the Bluewave. There was debate about whether Suzuki qualified for the Japanese rookie of the year award, since he had already played in the major leagues. The league granted him the qualification, but Suzuki rejected it, perhaps due to his pride as a former major leaguer. In the end, the debate proved meaningless, as Suzuki won only 4 games that year, and in August, 2003, he could not get a single out in a game against the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, where his team lost 1-29. He pitched horrendously against the Hawks in 2003, giving up 32 runs in only 6 games. In 2004, he started only 5 games (none of which were against the Hawks), all of which he failed to get past the 5th inning. His only win that year came against the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, where he won despite giving up 5 runs over 5 innings. He did not pitch at all in 2005, and was cut from the team during the off-season.

Suzuki returned to the United States, and signed a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics in December, 2005. He pitched poorly in spring training, and did not make the major league team. He joined a Mexican League team in 2006, and signed a minor league deal with the Chicago Cubs in the 2006 off-season.

He is sometimes confused with a player of the same name, Makoto Suzuki, who joined the Yomiuri Giants in 2007.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1996	SEA	A	1	0	0	0	2.25	1	3	3	0	0	1.1	2	0	2	1	0	0
1998	SEA	A	6	5	1	2	7.18	19	23	21	0	0	26.1	34	3	15	0	0	0
1999	SEA	A	16	4	0	2	9.43	32	47	44	0	0	42	47	7	34	2	2	4
1999	KC	A	22	9	2	3	5.16	36	45	39	0	0	68	77	9	30	1	9	3
1999	TOT	A	38	13	2	5	6.79	68	92	83	0	0	110	124	16	64	3	11	7
2000	KC	A	32	29	8	10	4.34	135	100	91	1	1	188.2	195	26	94	6	11	3
2001	MIL	N	15	9	3	5	5.30	47	37	33	0	0	56	52	5	37	3	8	4
2001	KC	A	15	9	2	5	5.30	37	38	33	0	0	56	61	12	25	1	6	3
2001	COL	N	3	1	0	2	15.63	5	12	11	0	0	6.1	9	3	11	0	2	1
2001	Total		33	19	5	12	5.86	89	87	77	0	0	118.1	122	20	73	4	16	8
2001	TOT	N	18	10	3	7	6.35	52	49	44	0	0	62.1	61	8	48	3	10	5
2002	KC	A	7	1	0	2	9.00	15	21	21	0	0	21	24	2	17	2	6	0
Total	NL		18	10	3	7	6.35	52	49	44	0	0	62.1	61	8	48	3	10	5
Total	AL		99	57	13	24	5.62	275	277	252	1	1	403.1	440	59	217	13	34	13
Total			117	67	16	31	5.72	327	326	296	1	1	465.2	501	67	265	16	44	18

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1996	SEA	A	P	1	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	SEA	A	P	6	5	26.1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.000
1999	SEA	A	P	16	4	42	1	5	0	0	0	6	4	1	1.000
1999	KC	A	P	22	9	68	5	6	1	0	0	8	3	1	.917
1999	TOT	A	P	38	13	110	6	11	1	0	0	14	7	2	.944
2000	KC	A	P	32	29	188.2	20	15	1	2	2	27	1	0	.972
2001	MIL	N	P	15	9	56	0	6	0	0	0	6	2	0	1.000
2001	KC	A	P	15	9	56	5	10	1	0	1	4	3	1	.938
2001	COL	N	P	3	1	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000
2001	Total		P	33	19	118.1	5	16	1	0	1	12	5	1	.955
2001	TOT	N	P	18	10	62.1	0	6	0	0	0	8	2	0	1.000
2002	KC	A	P	7	1	21	2	2	1	0	0	7	0	0	.800
Total			P	117	67	465.2	33	46	4	2	3	63	13	3	.952

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	AVG	OBP	SLG	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1996	SEA	A	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1998	SEA	A	6	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1999	SEA	A	16	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1999	KC	A	22	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1999	TOT	A	38	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
2000	KC	A	32	5	1	1	.200	.200	.200	0	2	1	0
2001	MIL	N	15	17	0	0	.000	.056	.000	1	9	2	1
2001	KC	A	15	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
2001	COL	N	3	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	1	0
2001	Total		33	18	0	0	.000	.053	.000	1	10	3	1
2001	TOT	N	18	18	0	0	.000	.053	.000	1	10	3	1
2002	KC	A	7	2	0	1	.500	.500	.500	0	1	0	0
Total	NL		18	18	0	0	.000	.053	.000	1	10	3	1
Total	AL		99	7	1	2	.286	.286	.286	0	3	1	0
Total			117	25	1	2	.080	.115	.080	1	13	4	1

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Sold by San Bernardino (California) to Seattle Mariners (September 5, 1993).
Traded by Seattle Mariners with a player to be named later to New York Mets in exchange for Allen Watson and cash (June 18, 1999); New York Mets received Justin Dunning (September 14, 1999).
Claimed on waivers by Kansas City Royals from New York Mets (June 22, 1999).
Traded by Kansas City Royals with Sal Fasano to Colorado Rockies in exchange for Brent Mayne (June 24, 2001).
Claimed on waivers by Milwaukee Brewers from Colorado Rockies (July 12, 2001).
Released by Milwaukee Brewers (October 12, 2001).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (December 3, 2001).
Granted free agency (September 30, 2002).
Signed by Oakland Athletics (December 19, 2005).
Granted free agency (March 31, 2006).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (August 11, 2006).
Granted free agency (October 15, 2006).

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