Kosuke Fukudome
December 11th, 2007
So the Cubs reportedly are offering 50 million to this guy. I hope he’s more than what his stats shows. Because while they are pretty good, they are not impressive.
BUT, given what the Cubs had been working with since Sammy Sosa, I’d say this is a huge improvement. Unless Matt Murton did a Barry Bond like transformation but I truly doubt that.
At any rate, here are Fukudome’s stat through sometimes in 2007.
| Year | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | Avg | Slg | OBP |
| 1999 | 132 | 461 | 76 | 131 | 16 | 52 | 50 | 121 | .284 | .451 | .359 |
| 2000 | 97 | 316 | 50 | 80 | 13 | 42 | 45 | 79 | .253 | .446 | .350 |
| 2001 | 120 | 375 | 51 | 94 | 15 | 56 | 56 | 90 | .251 | .440 | .352 |
| 2002 | 140 | 542 | 85 | 186 | 19 | 65 | 56 | 96 | .343 | .537 | .406 |
| 2003 | 140 | 528 | 107 | 165 | 34 | 96 | 78 | 118 | .312 | .604 | .401 |
| 2004 | 92 | 350 | 61 | 97 | 23 | 81 | 48 | 93 | .277 | .569 | .367 |
| 2005 | 142 | 515 | 102 | 169 | 28 | 103 | 93 | 128 | .328 | .590 | .430 |
| 2006 | 130 | 496 | 117 | 174 | 31 | 104 | 76 | 94 | .351 | .653 | .438 |
| 2007 | 81 | 269 | 64 | 79 | 13 | 48 | 69 | 66 | .294 | .520 | .443 |
| Totals: | 1074 | 3852 | 713 | 1175 | 192 | 647 | 571 | 885 | .305 | .543 | .397 |
Hey look, he can play defense. What a refreshing idea!
| Year | G | PO | A | E | F% |
| 2001 | 61 | 90 | 1 | 2 | .978 |
| 2002 | 139 | 241 | 14 | 4 | .985 |
| 2003 | 136 | 244 | 14 | 4 | .985 |
| 2004 | 92 | 147 | 10 | 1 | .994 |
| 2005 | 141 | 256 | 12 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2006 | 129 | 251 | 7 | 1 | .996 |
| 2007 | 79 | 171 | 6 | 3 | .983 |
| Totals: | 777 | 1400 | 64 | 15 | .990 |