Hiroki Kuroda

Hiroki Kuroda 黒田 博樹
Kuroda with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Pitcher
Born: (1975-02-10) February 10, 1975 (age 49) Osaka, Japan
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Professional debut
NPB: April 25, 1997, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
MLB: April 4, 2008, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last appearance
MLB: September 25, 2014, for the New York Yankees
NPB: 2016, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
NPB statistics
Win–loss record	124–105
Earned run average	3.55
Strikeouts	1,461
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	79–79
Earned run average	3.45
Strikeouts	986
Teams
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (1997–2007) Los Angeles Dodgers (2008–2011) New York Yankees (2012–2014) Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2015–2016)
Career highlights and awards
5× NPB All-Star (2001, 2005–2007, 2015) Best Nine Award (2005) Golden Glove Award (2005) Hiroshima Toyo Carp No. 15 retired

Hiroki Kuroda

Medal record
Men's baseball
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens	Team

Hiroki Kuroda (黒田 博樹, Kuroda Hiroki, born February 10, 1975) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for Hiroshima Toyo Carp from 1997 to 2007 before playing in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2008 to 2011 and New York Yankees from 2012 to 2014. After the 2014 season, he chose to return to the Carp to finish out his career.

In NPB, Kuroda won the Best Nine Award in 2005 and was NPB ERA Champion in 2006. He also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with the Japanese national baseball team.

Kuroda was appointed UNITAR Goodwill Ambassador on 14 September 2015.^[1]