Daniel
Ku
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: ' ''
Weight:
 
Born: June 13, 1968 in Japan
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 33 NRF GL $ 1,300,000   3 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
2002 34 ORN VL $ 3,120,000   3 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
2003 35 ORN VL $ 3,120,000   1 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
2004 36 ORN VL $ 3,120,000   0 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
2005 37 MIL VL $ 3,120,000   0 2 2 2 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
2006 38 PHI VL $ 100,000   0 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 7 7 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2
Min Ratings $ 100,000   0 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 7 7 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2
Max Ratings $ 3,120,000   3 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 33 NRF GL $ 1,300,000 0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2002 34 ORN VL $ 3,120,000 0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2003 35 ORN VL $ 3,120,000 0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2004 36 ORN VL $ 3,120,000 0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2005 37 MIL VL $ 3,120,000 0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2006 38 PHI VL $ 100,000 0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Min Ratings $ 100,000 0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Max Ratings $ 3,120,000 0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Pitcher or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2001 33 NRF GL 7 8 .467 22 21 1 0 0 123.7 148 72 19 32 91 5.24 .291 .336 .451 .787 4.7
    AAA   5 1 .833 8 8 0 0 0 63.3 59 19 6 17 42 2.70 .244 .293 .368 .661  
2002 34 ORN VL 22 11 .667 38 38 6 2 0 276.0 310 134 16 68 248 4.37 .282 .326 .396 .722 19.2
2003 35 ORN VL 12 12 .500 33 33 4 2 0 219.0 258 130 25 66 181 5.34 .288 .339 .446 .785 8.9
2004 36 ORN VL 1 0 1.000 4 1 0 0 0 13.3 13 9 3 3 12 6.09 .245 .310 .491 .801 0.7
    AAA   8 7 .533 21 21 0 0 0 136.7 167 84 24 50 142 5.53 .303 .360 .491 .851  
    A   1 2 .333 4 4 2 0 0 31.3 33 11 6 1 26 3.16 .256 .262 .419 .680  
2005 37 MIL VL 0 4 .000 9 6 0 0 0 34.7 47 34 3 22 23 8.82 .324 .414 .476 .890 0.0
    AA   9 7 .563 18 18 3 2 0 132.3 127 56 11 30 108 3.81 .250 .292 .386 .678  
2006 38 AAA   1 5 .167 8 8 1 0 0 45.0 73 44 12 16 34 8.80 .369 .416 .646 1.062  
    AA   4 10 .286 16 16 5 1 0 122.7 121 44 10 36 48 3.23 .260 .313 .385 .698  
5 Years Sim 42 35 .545 106 99 11 4 0 666.7 776 379 66 191 555 5.12 .287 .337 .429 .766 33.6
3 Years AAA 14 13 .519 37 37 1 0 0 245.0 299 147 42 83 218 5.40 .301 .355 .492 .847  
2 Years AA 13 17 .433 34 34 8 3 0 255.0 248 100 21 66 156 3.53 .255 .302 .385 .688  
1 Years A 1 2 .333 4 4 2 0 0 31.3 33 11 6 1 26 3.16 .256 .262 .419 .680  
6 Years Minors 28 32 .467 75 75 11 3 0 531.3 580 258 69 150 400 4.37 .277 .325 .438 .763  
Season Average 8 7 .533 21 19 2 0 0 133.3 155 75 13 38 111 5.12 .287 .337 .429 .766  
Career Highs 22 12 1.000 38 38 6 2 0 276.0 310 134 25 68 248 8.82 .324 .414 .491 .890  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Pitching split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   399 190 33 78 288   .283 .321 .415 .736
vs LH   377 189 33 113 267   .292 .349 .444 .792
Home 15 16 .484 47 44 3 1 0 295.7 374 180 22 84 261 5.48 .306 .350 .427 .777
Away 27 19 .587 59 55 8 3 0 371.0 402 199 44 107 294 4.83 .272 .321 .431 .752
Mar/Apr 7 3 .700 16 13 1 1 0 103.3 104 45 9 22 93 3.92 .257 .295 .395 .690
May 6 7 .462 16 16 1 0 0 108.0 128 74 15 36 79 6.17 .292 .346 .477 .823
June 9 4 .692 17 17 3 2 0 110.3 123 56 11 32 89 4.57 .278 .327 .421 .748
July 5 4 .556 14 14 1 0 0 94.3 105 58 11 32 75 5.53 .282 .338 .426 .765
August 8 4 .667 15 15 2 1 0 106.0 115 45 8 25 80 3.82 .273 .314 .387 .701
Sep/Oct 7 13 .350 28 24 3 0 0 144.7 201 101 12 44 139 6.28 .323 .367 .453 .820
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player 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
2001 33 NRF GL 22 42 2 5 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 14 .119 .136 .214 .351 0.7 0.0
2002 34 ORN VL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
2004 36 AAA   6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
2005 37 AA   5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
2006 38 AA   4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
2 Years Sim 23 45 2 5 4 0 0 7 0 0 1 15 .111 .128 .200 .328 0.5 0.0
1 Years AAA 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
2 Years AA 9 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
3 Years Minors 15 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3  
162 Game Average 316 14 35 28 0 0 49 0 0 7 105 .111 .128 .200 .328 3.2  
Career Highs 22 42 2 5 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 14 .119 .136 .214 .351 0.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   31 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 12 .065 .091 .097 .188 -1.2
vs LH   14 2 3 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .214 .214 .429 .643 1.1
Home 9 21 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .048 .091 .048 .139 -1.1
Away 14 24 2 4 4 0 0 6 0 0 0 9 .167 .160 .333 .493 1.0
RISP   17 0 3 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 6 .176 .167 .353 .520 0.8
Close/Late   3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Mar/Apr 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
May 4 11 2 4 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .364 .364 .636 1.000 2.0
June 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .000 .083 .000 .083 -0.6
July 4 9 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .222 .333 0.0
August 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Sep/Oct 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2001 33 NRF GL P 22 21 123.7 4 10 1 0 .933 1.02    
2002 34 ORN VL P 38 38 276.0 15 24 3 7 .929 1.27    
2003 35 ORN VL P 33 33 219.0 11 15 4 2 .867 1.07    
2004 36 ORN VL P 4 1 13.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.03    
2005 37 MIL VL P 9 6 34.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.26    
Career Totals   106 99 666.7 32 51 8 9 .912 1.12    
Career Highs   38 38 276.0 15 24 4 7 1.000 2.03    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
2002-4-22
Games Started
2002-4-38
Complete Games
2002-6-6
Shutouts
2002-3-2
2003-7-2
Innings Pitched
2002-1-276.0
Hits Allowed
2002-1-310
2003-2-258
Strikeouts
2002-3-248
2003-9-181
Walks per 9IP
2002-2-2.2
2003-7-2.7
Strikeouts per 9IP
2002-7-8.1
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 23)
   Gray Ink Test: 26    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 102)
 
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