Hideki Matsui

Positions: Leftfielder and Designated Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: June 12, 1974 in Nomi, Japan jp

High School: Seiryo HS (Kanazawa, Japan)

Debut: March 31, 2003 (Age 28-292d, 18,211th in major league history)
vs. TOR 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 22, 2012 (Age 38-040d)
vs. SEA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Agents: Arn Tellem

Full Name: Hideki Matsui

Nicknames: Godzilla

Pronunciation: \mat-SOO-ee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.2

4442

1253

175

.282

656

RBI

760

OBP

.360

SLG

.462

OPS

.822

OPS+

118

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-26 / in Starts: 28-25
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	14 games
Most Games w/o HR	10 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	2003	ALDS g1	Sep 30	NYY		MIN	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	7	1.27	-0.052	19.85	-0.56%	-0.40	LF
2	2003	ALDS g2	Oct 2	NYY		MIN	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.375	.167	.542	6	.97	-0.068	14.78	-0.57%	-1.34	LF
3	2003	ALDS g3	Oct 4	NYY	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.417	.600	1.017	6	.83	0.110	17.45	1.49%	1.20	LF
4	2003	ALDS g4	Oct 5	NYY	@	MIN	W,8-1	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.353	.533	.886	6	.58	0.078	11.06	1.01%	0.28	LF
5	2003	ALCS g1	Oct 8	NYY		BOS	L,2-5	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.294	.350	.529	.879	6	1.33	-0.037	34.68	-0.71%	-0.18	LF
6	2003	ALCS g2	Oct 9	NYY		BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.375	.500	.875	6	1.07	-0.027	27.56	-0.47%	-0.38	LF
7	2003	ALCS g3	Oct 11	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.292	.357	.500	.857	7	1.06	0.016	33.34	0.43%	0.06	LF
8	2003	ALCS g4	Oct 13	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.313	.429	.741	6	1.34	-0.145	40.69	-2.43%	-1.21	LF
9	2003	ALCS g5	Oct 14	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.306	.406	.712	6	.91	0.004	37.68	0.17%	0.00	LF
10	2003	ALCS g6	Oct 15	NYY		BOS	L,6-9	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.325	.417	.742	6	.94	0.095	35.99	2.45%	0.59	LF
11	2003	ALCS g7	Oct 16	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	CG(11)	5	5	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.333	.463	.797	5	1.54	0.053	128.50	3.66%	0.16	LF
12	2003	WS g1	Oct 18	NYY		FLA	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.367	.489	.856	5	1.42	0.134	74.10	4.34%	0.69	LF
13	2003	WS g2	Oct 19	NYY		FLA	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.327	.358	.531	.889	5	.62	0.216	31.86	6.13%	1.60	LF
14	2003	WS g3	Oct 21	NYY	@	FLA	W,6-1	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.327	.379	.519	.899	5	1.59	0.290	99.79	11.43%	1.21	LF
15	2003	WS g4	Oct 22	NYY	@	FLA	L,3-4	CG(12)	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.327	.397	.509	.906	5	1.68	0.101	102.41	3.55%	0.83	LF
16	2003	WS g5	Oct 23	NYY	@	FLA	L,4-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.368	.467	.834	4	.90	-0.107	74.20	-5.05%	-1.35	LF
17	2003	WS g6	Oct 25	NYY		FLA	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.347	.438	.785	4	1.01	-0.108	91.01	-5.78%	-0.87	LF
2004 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	2004	ALDS g1	Oct 5	NYY		MIN	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	6	1.47	-0.018	23.07	-0.28%	0.21	LF
19	2004	ALDS g2	Oct 6	NYY		MIN	W,7-6	CG(12)	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.375	.400	.500	.900	4	1.86	0.082	28.33	0.70%	-0.39	LF
20	2004	ALDS g3	Oct 8	NYY	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.462	.467	.769	1.236	4	.54	0.034	11.24	0.50%	1.80	LF
21	2004	ALDS g4	Oct 9	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG(11)	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.412	.476	.647	1.123	4	1.40	0.088	26.82	0.95%	0.87	LF
22	2004	ALCS g1	Oct 12	NYY		BOS	W,10-7	CG	5	5	2	3	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455	.500	.727	1.227	4	.72	0.149	18.87	2.15%	2.93	LF
23	2004	ALCS g2	Oct 13	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.423	.467	.654	1.121	4	.79	-0.079	21.03	-1.15%	-0.81	LF
24	2004	ALCS g3	Oct 16	NYY	@	BOS	W,19-8	CG	6	6	5	5	2	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.528	.938	1.465	4	.67	0.265	14.02	3.58%	5.34	LF
25	2004	ALCS g4	Oct 17	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG(12)	6	5	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.486	.524	.946	1.470	4	1.58	0.153	15.04	0.84%	0.90	LF
26	2004	ALCS g5	Oct 18	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG(14)	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.432	.469	.818	1.288	4	2.06	-0.183	36.34	-2.09%	-1.89	LF
27	2004	ALCS g6	Oct 19	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.404	.453	.766	1.219	4	1.41	-0.002	53.93	0.03%	-0.72	LF
28	2004	ALCS g7	Oct 20	NYY		BOS	L,3-10	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.412	.456	.765	1.221	4	.25	-0.009	20.42	-0.51%	0.52	LF
2005 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	2005	ALDS g1	Oct 4	NYY	@	LAA	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	5	.64	-0.004	10.10	-0.06%	-0.55	LF
30	2005	ALDS g2	Oct 5	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	5	1.25	-0.076	19.04	-0.73%	-0.70	LF
31	2005	ALDS g3	Oct 7	NYY		LAA	L,7-11	CG	5	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.462	.727	1.189	5	1.24	0.156	26.07	2.13%	1.87	LF
32	2005	ALDS g4	Oct 9	NYY		LAA	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.267	.353	.533	.886	5	1.09	-0.143	20.77	-1.57%	-1.26	LF
33	2005	ALDS g5	Oct 10	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.400	.673	5	1.92	-0.248	80.08	-5.67%	-2.07	LF CF
2006 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	2006	ALDS g1	Oct 3	NYY		DET	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.68	-0.072	10.64	-0.61%	-1.37	LF
35	2006	ALDS g2	Oct 5	NYY		DET	L,3-4	GS-9	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	7	1.70	0.173	27.31	1.87%	0.81	LF
36	2006	ALDS g3	Oct 6	NYY	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.417	.750	7	.72	0.013	15.00	0.15%	-0.01	LF
37	2006	ALDS g4	Oct 7	NYY	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.313	.563	5	.33	-0.034	7.46	-0.42%	-0.72	DH
2007 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
38	2007	ALDS g1	Oct 4	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-12	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	1.52	-0.159	23.79	-1.44%	-1.58	DH
39	2007	ALDS g2	Oct 5	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG(11)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	5	1.41	-0.106	22.65	-1.04%	-0.65	DH
40	2007	ALDS g3	Oct 7	NYY		CLE	W,8-4	CG	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.417	.222	.639	7	.70	0.079	7.21	0.52%	1.24	DH
41	2007	ALDS g4	Oct 8	NYY		CLE	L,4-6	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.438	.182	.619	6	.72	0.002	13.70	0.01%	-0.06	DH
2009 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	2009	ALDS g1	Oct 7	NYY		MIN	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	1.333	1.833	5	.66	0.077	10.36	0.67%	1.55	DH
43	2009	ALDS g2	Oct 9	NYY		MIN	W,4-3	CG(11)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.375	.667	1.042	5	1.66	-0.133	26.64	-1.18%	-0.72	DH
44	2009	ALDS g3	Oct 11	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-1	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.417	.556	.972	5	1.10	0.040	11.38	0.33%	0.71	DH
45	2009	ALCS g1	Oct 16	NYY		LAA	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	5	.89	0.104	23.27	1.49%	0.97	DH
46	2009	ALCS g2	Oct 17	NYY		LAA	W,4-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.313	.450	.563	1.013	5	1.14	-0.085	30.26	-1.26%	-0.90	DH
47	2009	ALCS g3	Oct 19	NYY	@	LAA	L,4-5	GS-8	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.556	1.056	5	1.05	0.133	21.87	1.63%	0.93	DH
48	2009	ALCS g4	Oct 20	NYY	@	LAA	W,10-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.414	.435	.849	6	.81	-0.128	24.54	-2.53%	-1.91	DH
49	2009	ALCS g5	Oct 22	NYY	@	LAA	L,6-7	GS-9	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.441	.423	.864	5	1.84	0.200	32.26	1.94%	0.66	DH
50	2009	ALCS g6	Oct 25	NYY		LAA	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.395	.367	.761	6	.69	-0.076	26.48	-1.70%	-0.91	DH
51	2009	WS g1	Oct 28	NYY		PHI	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.390	.364	.754	6	1.07	0.004	56.13	0.28%	-0.05	DH
52	2009	WS g2	Oct 29	NYY		PHI	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.422	.472	.894	5	.64	0.222	33.00	6.42%	1.23	DH
53	2009	WS g3	Oct 31	NYY	@	PHI	W,8-5	8-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.435	.568	1.002	9	.26	0.040	16.32	1.64%	1.00	PH
54	2009	WS g4	Nov 1	NYY	@	PHI	W,7-4	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.426	.553	.978	9	2.32	-0.059	141.28	-1.99%	-0.24	PH
55	2009	WS g5	Nov 2	NYY	@	PHI	L,6-8	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.438	.564	1.002	9	1.47	0.092	51.60	1.77%	0.72	PH
56	2009	WS g6	Nov 4	NYY		PHI	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	1	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.349	.462	.674	1.136	5	1.15	0.330	87.77	13.88%	4.68	DH
									235	205	32	64	15	1	10	39	27	2	33	1	0	2		5	0	0	.312	.391	.541	.933

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