Kurtis Kiyoshi Suzuki (Japanese: 鈴木 清, born October 4, 1983) is an American former professional baseball catcher.

Before playing professionally, Suzuki attended Cal State Fullerton, and in 2004, won the College World Series and the Johnny Bench and Brooks Wallace awards.

CSUF appeared in the 2003 College World Series[2] and captured the 2004 College World Series championship, thanks to Suzuki's two-out RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning, giving the Titans a 3–2 win over the Texas Longhorns.

Playing in 114 games, Suzuki put up a .277 average, 12 home runs, 65 RBIs and a .440 slugging percentage.

Suzuki joined the major league club on June 9, 2007, after rarely used catcher Adam Melhuse was traded to the Texas Rangers, and made his debut three days later as a pinch hitter in a game against the Houston Astros.

On July 23, 2010, Suzuki signed a four-year extension with the Oakland Athletics, estimated to be worth $16.25 million.

On August 3, 2012, Suzuki was traded to the Washington Nationals for minor league catcher David Freitas.

[12] On May 12, 2013, Suzuki was ejected for the first time in his MLB career by umpire John Tumpane for arguing a strike-three call.

[13] On August 22, 2013, Suzuki was traded back to the Oakland Athletics for minor leaguer Dakota Bacus.

[18] He set a career high in home runs that season, hitting 19 in 276 at-bats while platooning with Tyler Flowers.

[22] On November 20, 2018, the Washington Nationals announced that they had signed Suzuki to a two-year contract worth $10 million.

[22] On October 23, 2019, Suzuki became the first Hawaii-born player to hit a home run in the World Series, doing so off of Justin Verlander in Game 2.

He and his wife (along with Orlando and Katie Cabrera) have also helped former Titan catcher Jon Wilhite, who was severely injured in the car crash that killed Nick Adenhart.