Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
Kosuke
Fukudome		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 240
 
Born: August 29, 1979 in Kagoshima, JAPAN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2009    2010   
All-Star Selections 2008    2009    2010    2014   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 27 HOU NL $ 11,000,000   88 88 80 50 50 50 87 91 90 53 53 53 66 85 79
2008 28 HOU NL $ 11,000,000   87 87 80 54 54 54 89 89 89 58 58 58 68 87 81
2009 29 HOU NL $ 11,000,000   88 88 80 54 54 54 93 93 93 58 58 58 67 86 80
2010 30 HOU NL $ 11,000,000   87 87 79 54 54 54 91 91 91 58 58 58 68 87 81
2011 31 HOU NL $ 11,000,000   79 79 71 54 54 54 86 86 86 53 53 53 66 85 79
2012 32 CHA AL $ 2,500,000   76 76 68 54 54 54 84 84 84 53 53 53 66 85 79
2013 33 ANA AL $ 2,500,000   77 77 69 54 54 54 86 86 86 54 54 54 66 85 79
2014 34 ANA AL $ 2,500,000   77 77 69 44 44 44 84 84 84 49 49 49 64 83 77
2015 35 MIL NL $ 4,000,001   74 74 67 38 38 38 86 86 86 42 42 42 60 79 73
2016 36 CHA AL $ 4,000,000   71 71 64 38 38 38 86 86 86 42 42 42 60 79 73
2017 37 COL NL $ 4,000,000   60 60 55 38 38 38 76 76 76 36 36 36 51 70 64
2018 38 COL NL $ 4,000,000   55 55 50 22 22 22 72 72 72 27 27 27 51 70 64
2019 39 CHA AL $ 460,000   39 39 35 16 16 16 44 44 44 27 27 27 38 57 51
2020 40 COL NL     31 31 27 16 16 16 29 29 29 27 27 27 28 46 41
OOTP6 Min Ratings     31 31 27 16 16 16 29 29 29 27 27 27 28 46 41
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,000,000   88 88 80 54 54 54 93 93 93 58 58 58 68 87 81
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1999 19 CD   132 461 76 131 25 2 16 52 4 7 50 121 .284 .354 .451 .805 70.9  
2000 20 CD   97 316 50 80 18 2 13 42 8 5 45 79 .253 .346 .446 .792 49.7  
2001 21 CD   120 375 51 94 22 2 15 56 8 4 56 90 .251 .348 .440 .788 54.2  
2002 22 CD   140 542 85 186 42 3 19 65 4 2 56 96 .343 .405 .537 .942 106.7  
2003 23 CD   140 528 107 165 30 11 34 96 10 5 78 118 .313 .401 .604 1.005 118.9  
2004 24 CD   92 350 61 97 19 7 23 81 8 3 48 93 .277 .364 .569 .933 70.6  
2005 25 CD   142 515 102 169 39 6 28 103 13 5 93 128 .328 .431 .590 1.021 121.8  
2006 26 CD   130 496 117 174 47 5 31 104 11 0 76 94 .351 .437 .653 1.090 126.1  
2007 27 HOU NL 152 550 95 163 41 11 14 79 30 18 57 42 .296 .364 .487 .851 95.2 16.5
2008 28 HOU NL 156 586 106 188 45 14 23 108 28 18 66 67 .321 .396 .563 .959 118.4 24.4
2009 29 HOU NL 154 610 119 193 42 14 23 103 25 19 74 59 .316 .393 .544 .937 120.2 23.2
2010 30 HOU NL 153 612 127 199 38 19 23 145 26 17 66 61 .325 .392 .562 .954 121.8 23.3
2011 31 HOU NL 116 442 77 138 29 7 10 66 29 12 33 39 .312 .363 .477 .841 75.3 13.6
2012 32 CHA AL 149 514 76 147 42 11 10 66 35 15 51 60 .286 .355 .469 .824 83.5 19.0
2013 33 ANA AL 104 401 71 119 29 9 15 78 10 4 35 43 .297 .354 .526 .881 69.8 12.5
    AAA   53 204 37 63 12 3 8 34 16 10 38 27 .309 .417 .515 .932 42.3  
2014 34 ANA AL 155 588 100 190 51 8 10 100 9 7 57 72 .323 .386 .488 .874 104.2 21.2
2015 35 MIL NL 143 473 73 165 33 8 9 82 0 4 36 74 .349 .391 .510 .901 85.2 18.4
2016 36 CHA AL 133 433 49 109 19 5 8 64 15 11 18 57 .252 .283 .374 .657 42.5 3.5
2017 37 COL NL 144 383 63 99 28 7 11 65 5 6 27 55 .258 .313 .454 .768 51.5 8.0
2018 38 COL NL 110 261 38 73 14 11 5 48 10 6 13 37 .280 .324 .475 .799 37.6 6.9
2019 39 CHA AL 49 121 12 30 7 1 0 9 3 2 3 20 .248 .272 .322 .594 9.2 0.4
2020 40 AA   28 34 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 3 .118 .250 .118 .368 1.5  
    A   4 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .400 .571 .600 1.171 1.6  
13 Years Sim 1718 5974 1006 1813 418 125 161 1013 225 139 536 686 .303 .364 .496 .860 1014.6 190.9
21 Years Pro 2711 9557 1655 2909 660 163 340 1612 291 170 1038 1505 .304 .373 .514 .887 1733.5  
1 Years AAA 53 204 37 63 12 3 8 34 16 10 38 27 .309 .416 .515 .931 42.3  
1 Years AA 28 34 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 3 .118 .250 .118 .368 1.5  
1 Years A 4 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .400 .571 .600 1.171 1.6  
3 Years Minors 85 243 42 69 13 3 8 35 18 10 46 31 .284 .397 .461 .858 45.5  
162 Game Average 563 94 170 39 11 15 95 21 13 50 64 .303 .364 .496 .860 95.7  
Career Highs 156 612 127 199 51 19 23 145 35 19 74 74 .349 .396 .563 .959 121.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4767 803 1482 335 100 127 804 190 124 438 456 .311 .372 .503 .875 816.2
vs LH   1207 203 331 83 25 34 209 35 15 98 230 .274 .331 .469 .800 179.9
Home 861 2904 479 870 195 67 78 480 95 71 256 350 .300 .359 .493 .853 473.6
Away 857 3070 527 943 223 58 83 533 130 68 280 336 .307 .368 .499 .867 522.5
RISP   1719 0 527 120 33 46 804 0 0 184 205 .307 .368 .495 .863 299.1
Pinch Hitting   180 31 55 7 0 3 22 4 2 15 24 .306 .359 .394 .753 25.0
Close/Late   670 111 188 28 13 16 107 0 3 61 81 .281 .345 .433 .777 95.7
Mar/Apr 256 877 133 260 61 24 21 136 39 22 81 90 .296 .358 .493 .851 144.4
May 282 965 171 302 65 23 31 156 35 36 86 111 .313 .377 .524 .901 167.2
June 291 1036 150 295 65 12 25 161 36 13 72 130 .285 .333 .443 .776 147.4
July 274 983 162 284 67 18 23 167 38 20 105 126 .289 .364 .464 .828 157.1
August 317 1133 216 365 93 29 35 226 40 29 95 115 .322 .374 .548 .923 208.0
Sep/Oct 298 980 174 307 67 19 26 167 37 19 97 114 .313 .375 .500 .875 171.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2007 27 HOU NL LF 145 140 1246.0 248 7 11 0 .959 1.84 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    1B 1 0 5.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2008 28 HOU NL LF 152 148 1337.0 281 3 5 1 .983 1.91 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2009 29 HOU NL LF 151 149 1377.3 292 4 9 0 .970 1.93 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    RF 2 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92 0 0 .000 0  
2010 30 HOU NL LF 153 149 1343.7 290 3 14 0 .954 1.96 0 0 .000 0 3.6
2011 31 HOU NL LF 113 108 964.3 190 7 3 0 .985 1.84 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2012 32 CHA AL LF 129 120 1073.7 218 6 6 1 .974 1.88 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    RF 9 2 29.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 0 0 .000 0  
2013 33 ANA AL RF 102 99 874.0 158 3 2 0 .988 1.66 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2014 34 ANA AL RF 152 150 1306.7 263 6 3 1 .989 1.85 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2015 35 MIL NL LF 129 112 1028.7 199 2 7 0 .966 1.76 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    RF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
2016 36 CHA AL RF 107 97 883.3 232 9 4 4 .984 2.46 0 0 .000 0 4.3
    LF 14 11 101.0 20 2 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2017 37 COL NL LF 94 91 790.0 157 5 5 3 .970 1.85 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    RF 13 0 23.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 0 0 .000 0  
    C 2 0 8.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 2 0 .000 0 0.0
2018 38 COL NL LF 62 59 506.0 123 3 2 0 .984 2.24 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    C 2 0 3.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 8.11 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2019 39 CHA AL LF 20 18 165.3 39 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 19 9 99.7 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.63 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 1166 1105 9941.0 2057 42 63 5 .971 1.90 0 0 .000 0 24.9
  RF 414 357 3235.6 688 18 9 5 .987 1.96 0 0 .000 0 9.5
  C 4 0 11.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 8.74 2 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 2 0 6.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1588 1462 13198.9 2762 60 72 11 .975 1.92 2 0 .000 0 34.4
Career Highs   154 150 1381.0 294 11 14 5 1.000 2.41 2 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Manager of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2008 28 HOU NL 5 22 6 10 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 .455 .478 .727 1.206
2009 29 HOU NL 17 64 20 25 11 0 2 13 4 1 7 8 .391 .461 .656 1.117
2010 30 HOU NL 14 53 9 18 3 2 1 9 3 3 3 3 .340 .379 .528 .908
2011 31 HOU NL 17 66 7 21 5 2 1 12 1 1 2 11 .318 .333 .500 .833
2013 33 ANA AL 8 29 5 13 2 1 2 5 0 2 4 5 .448 .515 .793 1.308
2016 36 CHA AL 3 10 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .300 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 64 244 48 89 23 6 7 43 11 7 17 28 .365 .409 .594 1.003
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2008-4-.321
2009-8-.316
2014-3-.323
2015-1-.349
CAR-43-.303
 On-Base Pct
2008-6-.396
2009-9-.393
2014-7-.386
2015-3-.391
 Slugging Pct
2008-5-.563
2009-7-.544
2010-9-.562
2015-10-.510
CAR-34-.496
 OPS
2008-5-.959
2009-8-.937
2010-9-.954
2014-9-.874
2015-7-.901
CAR-32-.860
 XR
2008-2-118.4
2009-6-120.2
2010-7-121.8
2014-7-104.2
 Games
2008-8-156
At-Bats
2008-10-586
2009-6-610
2010-10-612
 Runs
2008-8-106
2009-4-119
2010-5-127
2014-8-100
 Hits
2008-3-188
2009-3-193
2010-8-199
2014-5-190
 Total Bases
2008-2-330
2009-4-332
2010-5-344
2014-7-287
 Doubles
2007-7-41
2008-4-45
2009-4-42
2010-10-38
2012-6-42
2014-1-51
CAR-35-418
 Triples
2007-6-11
2008-1-14
2009-2-14
2010-1-19
2012-5-11
2013-8-9
2014-9-8
2018-5-11
CAR-10-125
RBIs
2008-6-108
2010-2-145
2014-10-100
 Caught Stealing
2012-10-15
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 15)
   Gray Ink Test: 88    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 75)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Andre Ethier (913)
  2. Luis Matos (904)
  3. Nolan Reimold (903)
  4. Corey Patterson (887)
  5. Jeremy Reed (883)
  6. Jeff Zwilling (872)
  7. Akinori Iwamura (867)
  8. Nic Jackson (865)
  9. Cameron Maybin (864)
  10. Jody Gerut (863)
History
Had first career hit on 4/6/2007, off Rafael Soriano (SF)
Hit first career homerun on 4/10/2007, off Ricky Nolasco (CHN)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/4/2007, hitting .450 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/15/2008, hitting .423 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Milwaukee on 8/18/2008
Won Player of the Week award on 8/22/2008, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 14 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2008, hitting .434 with 7 HR, 29 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Colorado on 5/3/2009
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia on 8/13/2009
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (N) on 8/31/2009
Won World Championship with Houston in 2009
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/8/2010, hitting .522 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against San Francisco on 9/20/2010
Won Player of the Week award on 9/26/2010, hitting .478 with 1 HR, 11 RBI
Won World Championship with Houston in 2010
2/3/2011: Gets a new one-year contract worth $11,000,000 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Chicago (N) on 4/30/2011
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2011, hitting .418 with 3 HR, 17 RBI
Injured on 6/16/2011 with a Pulled Calf Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 9/10/2011 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Released by Houston on 10/30/2011
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/5/2012 to a 3-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 5/16/2012, hitting .440 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Hit for the cycle against Toronto on 7/29/2012
Hit for the cycle against Toronto on 7/29/2012
Traded from Chicago (A) to St. Louis on 3/5/2013 (Going to CHA: 3B Ian Desmond. Going to STL: LF Kosuke Fukudome)
Traded from St. Louis to Anaheim on 6/4/2013 (Going to STL: P Eric Dowell, RF Jody Gerut, SS Cristian Regalado. Going to ANA: P Chad Cordero, LF Kosuke Fukudome)
Hit 3 homeruns against Minnesota, driving in 5 runs on 8/19/2013
Won Player of the Week award on 9/5/2013, hitting .452 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Toronto on 5/8/2014
Won Player of the Week award on 5/23/2014, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game
Drove in 9 runs against Detroit on 8/15/2014
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 2/7/2015 to a 1-year deal worth $4,000,001 per year
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/11/2016 to a 3-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 9/19/2016, hitting .522 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Traded from Chicago (A) to Colorado on 3/5/2017 (Going to COL: LF Kosuke Fukudome. Going to CHA: SS Herbert Burton)
Traded from Chicago (A) to Colorado on 3/5/2017 (Going to COL: LF Kosuke Fukudome. Going to CHA: SS Herbert Burton)
Injured on 5/27/2018 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.