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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

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2003 NYY AL 29 OF 159 156 1401.0 342 321 13 8 4 .977 -19.3 -16.5 -16.3 -6.2 -10.1 -3 2.15 2.10 .985 2.35 2.08 AS,RoY-2
2003 NYY AL 29 LF 118 110 997.1 228 210 11 7 3 .969 -20.4 -24.5 -17.4 -5.7 -11.7 -3 1.99 1.87 .985 2.17 1.84 AS,RoY-2
2003 NYY AL 29 CF 46 46 403.2 113 110 2 1 1 .991 1.1 3.3 1.1 -0.5 1.6 0 2.50 2.43 .990 2.78 2.45 AS,RoY-2
2003 NYY AL 29 DH 4 AS,RoY-2
2004 NYY AL 30 OF 162 162 1403.0 322 307 8 7 2 .978 -14.3 -12.2 -16.3 -5.7 -10.6 2 2.02 1.94 .985 2.30 2.05 AS,MVP-24
2004 NYY AL 30 LF 160 160 1388.0 318 303 8 7 2 .978 -14.2 -12.3 -16.2 -5.7 -10.5 2 2.02 1.94 .983 2.04 1.73 AS,MVP-24
2004 NYY AL 30 CF 3 2 15.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -8.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 2.40 1.33 1.000 2.64 2.33 AS,MVP-24
2005 NYY AL 31 OF 142 142 1229.1 289 279 7 3 1 .990 -11.6 -11.3 -12.6 -2.3 -10.3 1 2.09 2.01 .986 2.30 2.05 MVP-14
2005 NYY AL 31 LF 115 110 977.1 229 219 7 3 1 .987 -3.8 -4.7 -5.8 0.8 -6.6 2 2.08 1.97 .988 2.10 1.79 MVP-14
2005 NYY AL 31 CF 28 28 222.1 54 54 0 0 0 1.000 -4.8 -25.9 -4.8 -1.1 -3.7 0 2.19 1.93 .989 2.69 2.38 MVP-14
2005 NYY AL 31 DH 19 MVP-14
2005 NYY AL 31 RF 4 4 29.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -3.0 -121.3 -2.0 -2.0 0.0 -1 1.82 1.50 .983 2.12 1.82 MVP-14
2006 NYY AL 32 LF 36 36 289.0 84 82 1 1 1 .988 -6.3 -26.2 -4.3 -0.3 -4.0 -2 2.58 2.31 .986 2.06 1.69
2006 NYY AL 32 OF 36 36 289.0 84 82 1 1 1 .988 -6.3 -26.2 -4.3 -0.3 -4.0 -2 2.58 2.31 .986 2.30 1.99
2006 NYY AL 32 DH 13
2007 NYY AL 33 LF 112 111 980.0 222 213 6 3 0 .986 6.0 7.3 4.0 -2.8 6.8 2 2.01 1.96 .985 2.11 1.71
2007 NYY AL 33 OF 112 111 980.0 222 213 6 3 0 .986 6.0 7.3 4.0 -2.8 6.8 2 2.01 1.96 .987 2.30 2.00
2007 NYY AL 33 DH 32
2008 NYY AL 34 DH 66
2008 NYY AL 34 OF 23 22 194.1 45 42 2 1 1 .978 -0.7 -4.3 0.3 2.9 -2.6 -1 2.04 1.91 .987 2.31 2.02
2008 NYY AL 34 LF 21 20 176.1 43 40 2 1 1 .977 0.1 0.7 1.1 3.5 -2.4 -1 2.14 2.00 .984 2.05 1.66
2008 NYY AL 34 RF 3 2 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -53.3 -0.8 -0.6 -0.2 0 1.00 0.67 1.000 2.15 1.83
2009 NYY AL 35 DH 116
6 Seasons OF 634 629 5496.2 1304 1244 37 23 9 .982 -46.2 -10.1 -45.2 -14.4 -30.8 -1 2.10 2.02 .986 2.31 2.04
6 Seasons LF 562 547 4808.0 1124 1067 35 22 8 .980 -38.6 -9.6 -38.6 -10.2 -28.4 0 2.06 1.96 .985 2.10 1.76
6 Seasons DH 250
3 Seasons CF 77 76 641.0 171 168 2 1 1 .994 -3.8 -7.1 -3.8 -1.6 -2.2 0 2.39 2.21 .990 2.74 2.42
2 Seasons RF 7 6 47.2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -3.8 -95.7 -2.8 -2.6 -0.2 -1 1.51 1.14 .988 2.13 1.83
7 Seasons TOT 646 629 5496.2 1303 1243 37 23 9 .982 -46.2 -10.1 -45.2 -14.4 -30.8 -1 2.10 1.98 .968 2.17 1.84
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (513), 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

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  7. Bob Nieman (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
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
2008New York Yankees$13,000,000
2009New York Yankees$13,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$73,000,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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