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Hideki Matsui
Hideki Matsui (Godzilla)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 210 lb.

Debut March 31, 2003

Born June 12, 1974 in Kanazawa, Japan

Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees in 2002. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2003 29 NYY AL 163  623   82  179  42  1  16  106   2  2  63  86  .287  .353  .435  109  271   0   6   5   3  25 RoY-2,AS
 2004 30 NYY AL 162  584  109  174  34  2  31  108   3  0  88 103  .298  .390  .522  137  305   0   5   2   3  11 MVP-24,AS
 2005 31 NYY AL 162  629  108  192  45  3  23  116   2  2  63  78  .305  .367  .496  130  312   0   8   7   3  16 MVP-14
 2006 32 NYY AL  51  172   32   52   9  0   8   29   1  0  27  23  .302  .393  .494  128   85   0   2   2   0   6
 2007 33 NYY AL 143  547  100  156  28  4  25  103   4  2  73  73  .285  .367  .488  123  267   0  10   2   3   9
 2008 34 NYY AL  35  127   14   42   6  0   4   17   0  0  15  15  .331  .414  .472  146   60   0   0   3   3   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      716 2682  445  795 164 10 107  479  12  6 329 378  .296  .373  .485  126 1300   0  31  21  15  69
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        607  101  180  37  2  24  108   3  1  74  86  .296  .373  .485  126  294   0   7   5   3  16
 Career High    163  629  109  192  45  4  31  116   4  2  88 103  .331  .414  .522  146  312   0  10   7   3  25
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2003 29 NYY AL  695  477   91   5.1   105| .287  .265| .353  .331| .435  .425| .788  .756| 109  .506   9.9   0.9  50%
 2004 30 NYY AL  680  426  124   7.8   108| .298  .268| .390  .336| .522  .430| .912  .766| 137  .678  34.8   3.2 100%
 2005 31 NYY AL  703  463  114   6.6   103| .305  .266| .367  .328| .496  .422| .863  .750| 130  .631  28.4   2.7  50%
 2006 32 NYY AL  201  128   34   7.1   112| .302  .276| .393  .341| .494  .440| .887  .781| 128  .636   8.0   0.7 100%
 2007 33 NYY AL  633  412  102   6.6   107| .285  .271| .367  .339| .488  .424| .855  .762| 123  .621  20.1   1.9  66%
 2008 34 NYY AL  145   87   26   7.9    96| .331  .257| .414  .328| .472  .393| .886  .722| 146  .739   8.5   0.8   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      3057 1993  491   6.6   106| .296  .268| .373  .334| .485  .425| .858  .758| 126  .620 109.6  10.2  66%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2003 29 NYY AL OF 159 321 13 8 4 .977 .985 2.10 2.08 2.15 2.35 156 1401.0 AS LF 118 210 11 7 3 .969 .985 1.87 1.84 1.99 2.17 110 997.3 AS CF 46 110 2 1 1 .991 .990 2.43 2.45 2.50 2.78 46 403.7 AS DH 4 AS 2004 30 NYY AL OF 162 307 8 7 2 .978 .985 1.94 2.05 2.02 2.30 162 1403.0 AS LF 160 303 8 7 2 .978 .983 1.94 1.73 2.02 2.04 158 1388.0 AS CF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.33 2.33 2.40 2.64 2 15.0 AS 2005 31 NYY AL OF 142 279 7 3 1 .990 .986 2.01 2.05 2.09 2.30 142 1229.3 LF 115 219 7 3 1 .987 .988 1.97 1.79 2.08 2.10 110 977.3 CF 28 54 0 0 0 1.000 .989 1.93 2.38 2.19 2.69 28 222.3 DH 19 RF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.82 1.82 2.12 4 29.7 2006 32 NYY AL LF 36 82 1 1 1 .988 .986 2.31 1.69 2.58 2.06 36 289.0 DH 13 2007 33 NYY AL LF 112 213 6 3 0 .986 .985 1.96 1.71 2.01 2.11 111 980.0 DH 32 2008 34 NYY AL DH 20 LF 12 23 1 1 0 .960 .992 2.00 1.71 2.11 2.09 12 102.3 RF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.80 1.00 2.05 2 18.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2003 29 NYY AL CF 46 110 2 1 1 .991 .990 2.43 2.45 2.50 2.78 46 403.7 2004 30 NYY AL CF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.33 2.33 2.40 2.64 2 15.0 2005 31 NYY AL CF 28 54 0 0 0 1.000 .989 1.93 2.38 2.19 2.69 28 222.3 2003 29 NYY AL DH 4 2005 31 NYY AL DH 19 2006 32 NYY AL DH 13 2007 33 NYY AL DH 32 2008 34 NYY AL DH 20 2003 29 NYY AL LF 118 210 11 7 3 .969 .985 1.87 1.84 1.99 2.17 110 997.3 2004 30 NYY AL LF 160 303 8 7 2 .978 .983 1.94 1.73 2.02 2.04 158 1388.0 2005 31 NYY AL LF 115 219 7 3 1 .987 .988 1.97 1.79 2.08 2.10 110 977.3 2006 32 NYY AL LF 36 82 1 1 1 .988 .986 2.31 1.69 2.58 2.06 36 289.0 2007 33 NYY AL LF 112 213 6 3 0 .986 .985 1.96 1.71 2.01 2.11 111 980.0 2008 34 NYY AL LF 12 23 1 1 0 .960 .992 2.00 1.71 2.11 2.09 12 102.3 2003 29 NYY AL OF 159 321 13 8 4 .977 .985 2.10 2.08 2.15 2.35 156 1401.0 2004 30 NYY AL OF 162 307 8 7 2 .978 .985 1.94 2.05 2.02 2.30 162 1403.0 2005 31 NYY AL OF 142 279 7 3 1 .990 .986 2.01 2.05 2.09 2.30 142 1229.3 2006 32 NYY AL OF 36 82 1 1 1 .988 .986 2.31 1.99 2.58 2.30 36 289.0 2007 33 NYY AL OF 112 213 6 3 0 .986 .987 1.96 2.00 2.01 2.30 111 980.0 2005 31 NYY AL RF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.82 1.82 2.12 4 29.7 2008 34 NYY AL RF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.80 1.00 2.05 2 18.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 611 1202 35 22 8 .983 .986 2.02 2.05 2.10 2.31 607 5302.3 553 77 7# LF* 553 1050 34 22 7 .980 .985 1.96 1.76 2.06 2.10 537 4734.0 DH 88 Games not counted in Overall Total below CF* 77 168 2 1 1 .994 .990 2.21 2.42 2.39 2.74 76 641.0 RF* 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 1.14 1.81 1.51 2.09 6 47.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 611 1202 35 22 8 .983 .986 2.02 2.05 2.10 2.31 607 5302
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2003   ALDS  NYY MIN     W   4  15   2   4  1  0  1   3   2   3  .267  .353  .533   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  NYY BOS     W   7  26   3   8  3  0  0   4   1   3  .308  .321  .423   0  0   0   1   0 
        WS    NYY FLA     L   6  23   1   6  0  0  1   4   3   2  .261  .370  .391   0  0   0   0   1 
 2004   ALDS  NYY MIN     W   4  17   3   7  1  0  1   3   3   4  .412  .476  .647   0  0   0   1   0 
        ALCS  NYY BOS     L   7  34   9  14  6  1  2  10   2   4  .412  .444  .824   0  0   0   0   0 
 2005   ALDS  NYY LAA     L   5  20   4   4  1  0  1   1   2   3  .200  .273  .400   0  0             
 2006   ALDS  NYY DET     L   4  16   1   4  1  0  0   1   0   2  .250  .250  .313   0  0             
 2007   ALDS  NYY CLE     L   4  11   4   2  0  0  0   0   5   2  .182  .438  .182   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Div Series       2-3  21  79  14  21  4  0  3   8  12  14  .266  .359  .430   0  0   0   1   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1  14  60  12  22  9  1  2  14   3   7  .367  .391  .650   0  0   0   1   0 
  8 Postseason Series   3-5  41 162  27  49 13  1  6  26  18  23  .302  .372  .506   0  0   0   2   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2003   NYY AL   *   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 2004   NYY AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      1   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .333 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2003 (CF)
2004 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2004-AL-24-0.01
2005-AL-14-0.02
Car-1205-0.03 shares

Batting Average
2005 AL-.305-8
2008 AL-.331-3
Act-.296-28

On-base %
2008 AL-.414-5
Act-.373-27

OPS
2004 AL-.912-10
2008 AL-.886-8

Games
2003 AL-163-1
2004 AL-162-1
2005 AL-162-1

Runs
2004 AL-109-8

Hits
2005 AL-192-9

Total Bases
2005 AL-312-8

Doubles
2003 AL-42-8
2005 AL-45-2

RBI
2003 AL-106-10
2004 AL-108-10
2005 AL-116-8

Bases on Balls
2004 AL-88-3

Singles
2003 AL-120-8
2008 AL-32-6

Adjusted OPS+
2004 AL-137-9
2008 AL-146-7
Act-126-29

Runs Created
2004 AL-124-6
2008 AL-26-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
2004 AL-35-7
2008 AL-9-7

Batting Wins
2004 AL-3.2-7
2008 AL-.8-7

Extra-Base Hits
2005 AL-71-9

Times on Base
2004 AL-265-5
2005 AL-258-6
2008 AL-60-7

Offensive Win%
2004 AL-.678-9
2008 AL-.739-4

Hit By Pitch
2008 AL-3-9

Sac. Flies
2005 AL-8-7
2007 AL-10-3

Intentional Walks
2008 AL-3-5

Grounded into Double Plays
2003 AL-25-2

Outs
2003 AL-477-9

         

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (510) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 35 (674) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 22.0 (531) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 34.5 (522) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 19, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2003New York Yankees$6,000,000
2004New York Yankees$7,000,000
2005New York Yankees$8,000,000
2006New York Yankees$13,000,000
2007New York Yankees$13,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$47,000,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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