Hideki Matsui
Hideki Matsui (Godzilla)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 12, 1974 in Kanazawa, Japan
High School: Seiryo (Nagoya City, JP)
Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees in 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: March 31, 2003
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2003 29 NYY AL 163 695 623 82 179 42 1 16 106 2 2 63 86 .287 .353 .435 .788 109 271 25 3 0 6 5 *78/D AS,RoY-2
2004 30 NYY AL 162 680 584 109 174 34 2 31 108 3 0 88 103 .298 .390 .522 .912 137 305 11 3 0 5 2 *7/8 AS,MVP-24
2005 31 NYY AL 162 703 629 108 192 45 3 23 116 2 2 63 78 .305 .367 .496 .863 130 312 16 3 0 8 7 *78D/9 MVP-14
2006 32 NYY AL 51 201 172 32 52 9 0 8 29 1 0 27 23 .302 .393 .494 .887 128 85 6 0 0 2 2 7D
2007 33 NYY AL 143 633 547 100 156 28 4 25 103 4 2 73 73 .285 .367 .488 .855 123 267 9 3 0 10 2 *7D
2008 34 NYY AL 93 378 337 43 99 17 0 9 45 0 0 38 47 .294 .370 .424 .795 108 143 10 3 0 0 6 D7/9
2009 35 NYY AL 142 526 456 62 125 21 1 28 90 0 1 64 75 .274 .367 .509 .876 131 232 4 4 0 2 1 *D
7 Seasons 916 3816 3348 536 977 196 11 140 597 12 7 416 485 .292 .370 .482 .852 124 1615 81 19 0 33 25
162 Game Avg. 162 675 592 95 173 35 2 25 106 2 1 74 86 .292 .370 .482 .852 124 286 14 3 0 6 4

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2003 29 NYY AL 695 477 91 5.1 105 .309 .287 .265 .353 .331 .435 .425 .788 .756 109 .506 9.9 0.9 .715 .249 .148 3.6
2004 30 NYY AL 680 426 124 7.8 108 .314 .298 .268 .390 .336 .522 .430 .912 .766 137 .678 34.8 3.2 .948 .380 .224 5.5
2005 31 NYY AL 703 463 114 6.6 103 .315 .305 .266 .367 .328 .496 .422 .863 .750 130 .631 28.4 2.7 .831 .291 .191 3.7
2006 32 NYY AL 201 128 34 7.1 112 .308 .302 .276 .393 .341 .494 .440 .887 .781 128 .636 8.0 0.7 .897 .355 .192 1.8
2007 33 NYY AL 633 412 102 6.6 108 .285 .285 .272 .367 .340 .488 .425 .855 .765 123 .621 19.2 1.8 .858 .340 .203 6.9
2008 34 NYY AL 378 248 52 5.6 108 .320 .294 .272 .370 .340 .424 .426 .795 .767 108 .556 4.5 0.4 .742 .243 .131 .0
2009 35 NYY AL 526 338 90 7.1 105 .273 .274 .264 .367 .332 .509 .423 .876 .756 131 .650 20.8 1.9 .890 .373 .235 .0
7 Seasons 3816 2492 607 6.5 106 .304 .292 .268 .370 .334 .482 .426 .852 .760 124 .615 125.6 11.6 .836 .316 .191 22.1
162 Game Avg. 675 441 107 6.5 106 .304 .292 .268 .370 .334 .482 .426 .852 .760 124 .615 22 2 .836 .316 .191 4

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 29 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 4 17 15 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 3 .267 .353 .533 .886 8 1 0 0 0 0
2003 29 NYY AL ALCS BOS W 7 28 26 3 8 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 .308 .321 .423 .745 11 1 0 0 1 0
2003 29 NYY AL WS FLA L 6 27 23 1 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 2 .261 .370 .391 .762 9 0 1 0 0 0
2004 30 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 4 21 17 3 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 4 .412 .476 .647 1.123 11 0 0 0 1 1
2004 30 NYY AL ALCS BOS L 7 36 34 9 14 6 1 2 10 0 0 2 4 .412 .444 .824 1.268 28 0 0 0 0 0
2005 31 NYY AL ALDS LAA L 5 22 20 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 .200 .273 .400 .673 8 2 0 0 0 0
2006 32 NYY AL ALDS DET L 4 16 16 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .313 .563 5 0 0 0 0 0
2007 33 NYY AL ALDS CLE L 4 16 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 .182 .438 .182 .619 2 0 0 0 0 1
2009 35 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 3 12 9 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 3 .222 .417 .556 .972 5 0 0 0 0 0
2009 35 NYY AL ALCS LAA W 6 26 21 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 4 .238 .385 .286 .670 6 1 0 0 0 0
2009 35 NYY AL WS PHI W 6 14 13 3 8 1 0 3 8 0 0 1 3 .615 .643 1.385 2.027 18 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (11 Series) 56 235 205 32 64 15 1 10 39 0 0 27 33 .312 .391 .541 .933 111 5 1 0 2 2
6 ALDS 24 104 88 15 23 4 0 4 10 0 0 15 17 .261 .365 .443 .809 39 3 0 0 1 2
3 ALCS 20 90 81 13 27 10 1 2 17 0 0 8 11 .333 .389 .556 .944 45 2 0 0 1 0
2 WS 12 41 36 4 14 1 0 4 12 0 0 4 5 .389 .463 .750 1.213 27 0 1 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 NYY AL 29 as CF 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2004 NYY AL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2003 29 NYY AL 695 2.3% 12.4% 9.1% 8.5% 33% 1.37 7.2 38.9 5.9 1.31 1.80 76% 19% 7.2% 6%
2004 30 NYY AL 680 4.6% 15.2% 12.9% 9.9% 39% 1.17 5.7 18.8 5.4 0.73 0.94 67% 18% 11.7% 6%
2005 31 NYY AL 703 3.3% 11.1% 9.0% 10.1% 37% 1.24 8.1 27.3 5.4 0.89 1.18 76% 16% 8.5% 8%
2006 32 NYY AL 201 4.0% 11.4% 13.4% 8.5% 33% 0.85 7.5 21.5 5.9 0.64 0.81 71% 17% 9.2% 5%
2007 33 NYY AL 633 4.0% 11.5% 11.5% 9.0% 37% 1.00 7.5 21.9 5.3 0.73 0.96 73% 22% 10.0% 11%
2008 34 NYY AL 378 2.4% 12.4% 10.1% 6.9% 26% 1.24 7.2 37.4 7.5 0.91 1.27 74% 21% 6.7% 12%
2009 35 NYY AL 526 5.3% 14.3% 12.2% 9.5% 40% 1.17 6.1 16.3 5.1 0.64 0.87 67% 20% 13.9% 14%
7 Seasons 3816 3.7% 12.7% 10.9% 9.1% 36% 1.17 6.9 23.9 5.6 0.84 1.13 72% 19% 9.8% 9%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2003 29 NYY AL 7 0 29% 292 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 15 43% 42 27 15 13 8 5 15 4 10
2004 30 NYY AL 7 0 33% 290 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 23 46% 37 24 12 15 12 3 22 1 19
2005 31 NYY AL 5 1 36% 287 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 21 46% 33 20 13 8 5 1 24 8 16
2006 32 NYY AL 1 0 34% 83 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 27% 10 9 1 3 3 0 9 4 5
2007 33 NYY AL 10 1 36% 287 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 43% 45 31 14 13 8 5 25 8 17
2008 34 NYY AL 3 0 26% 170 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 39% 25 20 5 9 4 5 7 1 6
2009 35 NYY AL 5 2 21% 164 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 40% 22 16 6 8 4 4 15 6 8
7 Seasons 38 4 31% 1573 12 7 63% 12 6 0 1 0 0 4 1 20 95 43% 214 147 66 69 44 23 117 32 81
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2003 29 NYY AL 695 70% 179 14 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 25 13 3 9 7 0 0 0 177 25 14% 75 30 40% 507 94 19% 49 33 67% 32 16 50% 0
2004 30 NYY AL 680 68% 174 9 0 0 0 0 0 31 2 32 25 6 18 13 0 0 0 154 11 7% 58 16 28% 489 79 16% 44 28 64% 38 21 55% 0
2005 31 NYY AL 704 67% 192 14 0 1 1 0 0 0.01 23 0 21 15 8 15 8 0 0 0 166 16 10% 78 26 33% 519 96 19% 39 30 77% 46 25 54% 0
2006 32 NYY AL 201 71% 52 4 0 1 0 0 1 1.78 8 0 10 7 1 1 7 0 0 0 43 6 14% 20 8 40% 146 21 14% 12 6 50% 8 3 38% 0
2007 33 NYY AL 634 70% 156 13 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 23 17 8 16 9 0 0 0 150 9 6% 78 33 42% 483 81 17% 44 31 70% 42 14 33% 0
2008 34 NYY AL 378 69% 99 6 0 5 1 0 0 1.30 9 1 10 8 1 3 6 0 0 0 72 10 14% 24 5 21% 239 37 15% 16 10 63% 26 12 46% 0
2009 35 NYY AL 528 72% 125 11 0 19 7 1 3 1.54 28 0 16 15 13 13 15 0 0 0 96 4 4% 48 13 27% 384 66 17% 30 17 57% 31 13 42% 0
7 Seasons 3820 69% 977 71 0 26 9 1 4 1.45 140 5 137 100 40 75 65 0 0 0 858 81 9% 381 131 34% 2767 474 17% 234 155 66% 223 104 47% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2003 29 NYY AL 695 2604 3.75 1552 60% 37% 9% 19% 35% 63% 2% 37% 86% 20% 6% 39 4 15% 105 31 12% 83 45 35% 0 0 0
2004 30 NYY AL 680 2620 3.85 1522 58% 34% 11% 23% 32% 66% 1% 38% 83% 24% 7% 45 5 21% 143 58 12% 84 32 29% 0 0 0
2005 31 NYY AL 704 2607 3.70 1566 60% 29% 9% 26% 36% 71% 3% 43% 87% 26% 5% 38 9 16% 116 49 7% 52 24 28% 0 0 1
2006 32 NYY AL 201 816 4.06 469 57% 34% 9% 25% 32% 66% 2% 38% 87% 19% 4% 9 1 19% 39 19 10% 20 9 39% 0 0 0
2007 33 NYY AL 634 2550 4.02 1475 58% 35% 10% 23% 33% 65% 1% 38% 85% 21% 5% 32 5 15% 98 39 12% 76 35 32% 0 0 1
2008 34 NYY AL 378 1425 3.77 877 62% 29% 10% 27% 33% 71% 4% 44% 85% 31% 5% 18 0 12% 45 19 8% 32 17 34% 0 0 0
2009 35 NYY AL 528 2073 3.93 1212 58% 33% 11% 24% 32% 67% 0% 39% 83% 23% 6% 34 3 19% 100 38 13% 71 32 25% 0 0 2
7 Seasons 3820 14695 3.85 8673 59% 33% 10% 23% 33% 67% 2% 39% 85% 23% 6% 215 27 17% 646 253 11% 418 194 31% 0 0 4
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 29 163 695 623 82 179 42 1 16 106 2 2 63 86 .287 .353 .435 .788 109 271 25 3 0 6 5
2004 30 325 1375 1207 191 353 76 3 47 214 5 2 151 189 .292 .371 .477 .848 123 576 36 6 0 11 7
2005 31 487 2078 1836 299 545 121 6 70 330 7 4 214 267 .297 .370 .484 .853 125 888 52 9 0 19 14
2006 32 538 2279 2008 331 597 130 6 78 359 8 4 241 290 .297 .372 .485 .856 125 973 58 9 0 21 16
2007 33 681 2912 2555 431 753 158 10 103 462 12 6 314 363 .295 .371 .485 .856 125 1240 67 12 0 31 18
2008 34 774 3290 2892 474 852 175 10 112 507 12 6 352 410 .295 .371 .478 .849 123 1383 77 15 0 31 24
2009 35 916 3816 3348 536 977 196 11 140 597 12 7 416 485 .292 .370 .482 .852 124 1615 81 19 0 33 25

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2003 29 163 687 617 81 173 41 1 15 105 2 61 86 .280 .345 .423 .768 90 163
2004 30 162 680 584 105 174 34 2 31 104 3 88 103 .298 .390 .522 .912 119 162
2005 31 162 703 629 109 192 45 3 23 118 2 63 78 .305 .367 .496 .863 115 162
2006 32 51 198 170 30 50 9 0 8 27 1 26 23 .294 .384 .488 .872 32 51
2007 33 143 632 546 96 155 28 4 25 99 4 73 73 .284 .366 .487 .853 98 143
2008 34 93 374 334 41 96 16 0 9 43 0 37 47 .287 .364 .416 .780 50 93
2009 35 142 529 458 60 127 21 1 28 86 0 65 75 .277 .371 .511 .881 86 142
7 Seasons 916 3803 3338 522 967 194 11 139 582 12 413 485 .290 .368 .479 .847 590 916
162 Game Avg. 162 673 590 92 171 34 2 25 103 2 73 86 .290 .368 .479 .847 104 916

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2003 (CF)
2004 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
2009-ML-WS MVP

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2004-AL-24-1%
2005-AL-14-2%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

Batting Average s c a p y
2005 AL--.305--8th
Active--.292--33rd

On-Base% s c a p y
Active--.370--34th

Slugging % s c a p y
Active--.482--48th
Career--.482--163rd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2004 AL--.912--10th
Active--.852--37th
Career--.852--158th

Games Played s c a p y
2003 AL--163--1st
2004 AL--162--1st
2005 AL--162--1st

Runs Scored s c a p y
2004 AL--109--8th

Hits s c a p y
2005 AL--192--9th

Total Bases s c a p y
2005 AL--312--8th

Doubles s c a p y
2003 AL--42--8th
2005 AL--45--2nd

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2003 AL--106--10th
2004 AL--108--10th
2005 AL--116--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2004 AL--88--3rd

Singles s c a p y
2003 AL--120--8th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2004 AL--137--9th
Active--124--35th

Runs Created s c a p y
2004 AL--124--6th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2004 AL--35--7th
Active--126--49th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2004 AL--3.2--7th
Active--11.6--49th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2005 AL--71--9th

Times On Base s c a p y
2004 AL--265--5th
2005 AL--258--6th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2004 AL--.678--9th
Active--.615--36th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2005 AL--8--7th
2007 AL--10--3rd

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2003 AL--25--2nd

AB per HR s c a p y
2009 AL--16.3--7th
Career--23.9--239th

Outs Made s c a p y
2003 AL--477--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (507), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 31 (754), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (533), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (580), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Bob Nieman (941)
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  3. Leon Durham (939)
  4. Marty Cordova (927)
  5. Trot Nixon (922)
  6. Richard Hidalgo (920)
  7. Mike Easler (919)
  8. Jason Bay (919)
  9. Justin Morneau (918)
  10. George Selkirk (916)
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  1. Bob Nieman (941)
  2. Rico Carty (936)
  3. Mike Easler (925)
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  5. Moose Solters (917)
  6. Ripper Collins (913)
  7. Glenallen Hill (912)
  8. Matt Stairs (909)
  9. Jeff Conine (905)
  10. Raul Ibanez (904)
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  2. Charlie Maxwell (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Kevin Millar (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Raul Ibanez (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Moose Solters (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rico Carty (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Nieman (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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