Kazuo Matsui
Kazuo Matsui
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 23, 1975 in Osaka, Japan
High School: PL Gakuen (Osaka City, Osaka)
Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets in 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 2004
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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
2004 28 NYM NL 114 509 460 65 125 32 2 7 44 14 3 40 97 .272 .331 .396 .727 88 182 3 2 5 2 4 *6/4 RoY-6
2005 29 NYM NL 87 295 267 31 68 9 4 3 24 6 1 14 43 .255 .300 .352 .652 72 94 2 5 5 4 1 4
2006 30 TOT NL 70 265 243 32 65 12 3 3 26 10 1 16 46 .267 .310 .379 .689 74 92 1 0 4 2 1 4/6
2006 30 NYM NL 38 139 130 10 26 6 0 1 7 2 0 6 19 .200 .235 .269 .505 31 35 1 0 3 0 1 4
2006 30 COL NL 32 126 113 22 39 6 3 2 19 8 1 10 27 .345 .392 .504 .896 120 57 0 0 1 2 0 4/6
2007 31 COL NL 104 453 410 84 118 24 6 4 37 32 4 34 69 .288 .342 .405 .746 87 166 1 0 8 1 1 4
2008 32 HOU NL 96 422 375 58 110 26 3 6 33 20 5 37 53 .293 .354 .427 .781 106 160 3 0 7 3 0 4
2009 33 HOU NL 132 533 476 56 119 20 2 9 46 19 3 34 85 .250 .302 .357 .659 74 170 4 3 16 4 2 *4
6 Seasons 603 2477 2231 326 605 123 20 32 210 101 17 175 393 .271 .325 .387 .712 85 864 14 10 45 16 9
162 Game Avg. 162 665 599 88 163 33 5 9 56 27 5 47 106 .271 .325 .387 .712 85 232 4 3 12 4 2
NYM (3 yrs) 239 943 857 106 219 47 6 11 75 22 4 60 159 .256 .308 .363 .670 75 311 6 7 13 6 6
COL (2 yrs) 136 579 523 106 157 30 9 6 56 40 5 44 96 .300 .353 .426 .779 95 223 1 0 9 3 1
HOU (2 yrs) 228 955 851 114 229 46 5 15 79 39 8 71 138 .269 .325 .388 .713 89 330 7 3 23 7 2

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
2004 28 NYM NL 509 348 64 4.9 110 .330 .272 .268 .331 .340 .396 .435 .727 .775 88 .491 -7.5 -0.7 .689 .235 .124 9.3
2005 29 NYM NL 295 211 30 3.8 106 .289 .255 .266 .300 .336 .352 .424 .652 .760 72 .392 -11.2 -1.1 .584 .169 .097 4.0
2006 30 TOT NL 265 186 34 4.9 116 .316 .267 .276 .310 .347 .379 .448 .689 .795 74 .482 -10.3 -1.0 .650 .214 .111 4.6
2006 30 NYM NL 139 108 9 2.2 111 .227 .200 .270 .235 .340 .269 .438 .505 .779 31 .180 -13.8 -1.3 .410 .131 .069 1.3
2006 30 COL NL 126 78 25 8.6 121 .430 .345 .283 .392 .355 .504 .459 .896 .814 120 .722 3.5 0.3 .987 .310 .159 3.2
2007 31 COL NL 453 306 64 5.6 117 .337 .288 .281 .342 .351 .405 .449 .746 .800 87 .546 -8.9 -0.8 .768 .268 .117 7.1
2008 32 HOU NL 422 283 61 5.8 106 .326 .293 .265 .354 .336 .427 .423 .781 .759 106 .575 4.1 0.4 .777 .272 .133 9.2
2009 33 HOU NL 533 384 56 3.9 106 .285 .250 .265 .302 .338 .357 .420 .659 .758 74 .406 -18.4 -1.8 .613 .212 .107 12.2
6 Seasons 2477 1718 309 4.8 110 .314 .271 .270 .325 .341 .387 .432 .712 .774 85 .488 -52.2 -5.0 .684 .232 .116 48.6
162 Game Avg. 665 462 83 4.8 110 .314 .271 .270 .325 .341 .387 .432 .712 .774 85 .488 -52.2 -5.0 .684 .232 .116 13
NYM (3 yrs) 943 667 103 4.1 109 .300 .256 .268 .308 .339 .363 .432 .670 .771 75 .416 -32.6 -3.1 .611 .198 .107 14.7
COL (2 yrs) 579 384 89 6.2 118 .356 .300 .281 .353 .352 .426 .451 .779 .803 95 .592 -5.3 -0.5 .812 .277 .126 10.4
HOU (2 yrs) 955 667 117 4.7 106 .304 .269 .265 .325 .337 .388 .421 .713 .758 89 .486 -14.3 -1.4 .683 .239 .119 21.7

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
2007 31 COL NL NLDS PHI W 3 14 12 2 5 1 2 1 6 0 0 2 2 .417 .500 1.083 1.583 13 0 0 0 0 1
2007 31 COL NL NLCS ARI W 4 19 17 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 .235 .278 .235 .513 4 0 0 1 0 0
2007 31 COL NL WS BOS L 4 17 17 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .294 .294 .353 .647 6 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (3 Series) 11 50 46 5 14 2 2 1 8 2 0 3 12 .304 .347 .500 .847 23 0 0 1 0 1
1 NLDS 3 14 12 2 5 1 2 1 6 0 0 2 2 .417 .500 1.083 1.583 13 0 0 0 0 1
1 NLCS 4 19 17 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 .235 .278 .235 .513 4 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 4 17 17 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .294 .294 .353 .647 6 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
2004 28 NYM NL 509 1.4% 19.1% 7.9% 8.1% 33% 2.43 4.7 65.7 10.5 0.89 1.19 70% 21% 3.9% 6%
2005 29 NYM NL 295 1.0% 14.6% 4.8% 5.4% 24% 3.07 6.2 89.0 11.1 1.11 1.58 76% 19% 3.2% 10%
2006 30 TOT NL 265 1.1% 17.4% 6.0% 6.8% 28% 2.88 5.3 81.0 9.3 0.99 1.28 74% 17% 3.4% 9%
2006 30 NYM NL 139 0.7% 13.7% 4.3% 5.0% 27% 3.17 6.8 130.0 18.6 1.08 1.34 79% 12% 2.2% 13%
2006 30 COL NL 126 1.6% 21.4% 7.9% 8.7% 28% 2.70 4.2 56.5 5.9 0.89 1.18 68% 24% 4.7% 4%
2007 31 COL NL 453 0.9% 15.2% 7.5% 7.5% 29% 2.03 5.9 102.5 11.1 0.84 0.95 75% 21% 2.5% 10%
2008 32 HOU NL 422 1.4% 12.6% 8.8% 8.3% 32% 1.43 7.1 62.5 11.4 0.83 1.21 76% 18% 3.9% 12%
2009 33 HOU NL 533 1.7% 16.0% 6.4% 5.8% 26% 2.50 5.6 52.9 10.3 0.93 1.24 72% 18% 5.4% 14%
6 Seasons 2477 1.3% 15.9% 7.1% 7.1% 29% 2.25 5.7 69.7 10.6 0.91 1.21 74% 19% 3.8% 10%
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
2004 28 NYM NL 7 0 36% 215 14 3 82% 14 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 10 56% 11 5 5 7 4 3 16 2 11
2005 29 NYM NL 2 0 33% 127 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 33% 12 10 2 2 1 1 7 3 4
2006 30 TOT NL 3 0 37% 113 10 1 91% 9 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 41% 12 10 2 2 1 1 8 2 6
2006 30 NYM NL 0 0 29% 49 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 25% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
2006 30 COL NL 3 0 43% 64 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 44% 10 8 2 1 0 1 7 2 5
2007 31 COL NL 8 0 54% 176 32 4 89% 31 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 15 54% 19 13 6 10 6 4 28 7 21
2008 32 HOU NL 2 0 37% 189 20 5 80% 20 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 10 62% 21 11 9 8 3 5 18 1 15
2009 33 HOU NL 2 0 32% 176 19 3 86% 18 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 9 37% 14 11 3 4 3 1 17 8 9
6 Seasons 24 0 39% 996 101 17 86% 98 16 2 1 1 0 11 4 12 55 50% 89 60 27 33 18 15 94 23 66
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
2004 28 NYM NL 509 100% 125 15 4 2 1 0 0 2.28 7 0 8 4 3 4 3 0 7 5 71% 61 3 5% 41 16 39% 263 39 15% 20 11 55% 44 21 48% 0
2005 29 NYM NL 295 100% 68 10 1 18 4 0 0 0.90 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 0 8 5 63% 45 2 4% 33 16 48% 155 21 14% 16 11 69% 24 14 58% 0
2006 30 TOT NL 265 100% 65 12 1 14 4 0 0 1.31 3 0 7 3 0 0 3 1 5 4 80% 32 1 3% 21 7 33% 157 25 16% 15 8 53% 18 9 50% 0
2006 30 NYM NL 139 100% 26 4 0 7 0 0 0 0.80 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 100% 20 1 5% 15 4 27% 87 6 7% 7 2 29% 10 4 40% 0
2006 30 COL NL 126 100% 39 8 1 7 4 0 0 1.82 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 50% 12 0 0% 6 3 50% 70 19 27% 8 6 75% 8 5 63% 0
2007 31 COL NL 453 100% 118 24 3 3 0 0 0 0.90 4 0 6 3 1 4 0 0 9 8 89% 68 1 1% 44 21 48% 248 36 15% 16 7 44% 40 17 43% 0
2008 32 HOU NL 422 100% 110 16 3 2 0 0 1 0.28 6 0 11 5 1 4 2 0 10 7 70% 54 3 6% 41 20 49% 185 28 15% 15 10 67% 24 12 50% 0
2009 33 HOU NL 533 100% 119 28 8 2 1 0 0 3.09 9 0 11 6 3 5 4 0 19 16 84% 71 4 6% 47 23 49% 267 37 14% 21 11 52% 33 19 58% 0
6 Seasons 2477 100% 605 105 20 41 10 0 1 1.18 32 0 47 24 8 18 14 1 58 45 78% 331 14 4% 227 103 45% 1275 186 15% 103 58 56% 183 92 50% 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
2004 28 NYM NL 509 2016 3.96 1278 63% 26% 15% 30% 29% 74% 2% 47% 80% 22% 6% 31 0 16% 81 24 10% 50 38 25% 0 0 0
2005 29 NYM NL 295 1091 3.70 720 66% 28% 13% 27% 32% 72% 1% 48% 82% 22% 3% 10 0 13% 39 11 6% 19 14 7% 0 0 0
2006 30 TOT NL 265 1062 4.01 675 64% 28% 13% 29% 30% 72% 1% 46% 82% 20% 6% 16 0 14% 37 6 10% 27 21 20% 0 0 0
2006 30 NYM NL 139 551 3.96 347 63% 27% 11% 29% 33% 73% 1% 46% 85% 22% 10% 14 0 16% 22 1 14% 19 17 16% 0 0 0
2006 30 COL NL 126 511 4.06 328 64% 30% 14% 28% 27% 70% 0% 45% 79% 17% 2% 2 0 12% 15 5 6% 8 4 22% 0 0 0
2007 31 COL NL 453 1818 4.01 1159 64% 28% 13% 29% 30% 72% 1% 46% 82% 20% 5% 22 0 11% 52 13 9% 43 26 14% 0 0 0
2008 32 HOU NL 422 1784 4.23 1123 63% 30% 10% 30% 30% 70% 0% 44% 85% 12% 7% 29 0 18% 77 15 11% 48 36 19% 0 0 0
2009 33 HOU NL 533 2021 3.79 1320 65% 28% 12% 29% 31% 72% 1% 47% 84% 21% 6% 30 0 13% 69 16 7% 37 25 21% 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2477 9792 3.95 6275 64% 28% 13% 29% 30% 72% 1% 46% 82% 20% 6% 138 0 14% 355 85 9% 224 160 19% 0 0 0
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
2004 28 114 509 460 65 125 32 2 7 44 14 3 40 97 .272 .331 .396 .727 88 182 3 2 5 2 4
2005 29 201 804 727 96 193 41 6 10 68 20 4 54 140 .265 .320 .380 .700 83 276 5 7 10 6 5
2006 30 271 1069 970 128 258 53 9 13 94 30 5 70 186 .266 .318 .379 .697 80 368 6 7 14 8 6
2007 31 375 1522 1380 212 376 77 15 17 131 62 9 104 255 .272 .325 .387 .712 82 534 7 7 22 9 7
2008 32 471 1944 1755 270 486 103 18 23 164 82 14 141 308 .277 .331 .395 .727 87 694 10 7 29 12 7
2009 33 603 2477 2231 326 605 123 20 32 210 101 17 175 393 .271 .325 .387 .712 85 864 14 10 45 16 9

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
2004 28 114 507 462 63 127 33 2 7 43 14 41 97 .275 .335 .400 .736 62 114
2005 29 87 296 272 32 73 10 4 3 25 6 15 43 .268 .314 .368 .682 31 87
2006 30 70 263 245 29 67 12 3 3 23 10 16 46 .273 .316 .384 .699 30 70
2007 31 104 444 409 74 117 24 6 4 33 32 34 69 .286 .340 .403 .744 56 104
2008 32 96 422 380 58 115 27 3 6 33 21 39 53 .303 .365 .437 .802 61 96
2009 33 132 523 481 55 124 21 2 9 45 20 35 85 .258 .310 .366 .676 55 132
6 Seasons 603 2455 2249 311 623 127 20 32 202 103 180 393 .277 .331 .394 .725 295 603
162 Game Avg. 162 660 604 84 167 34 5 9 54 28 48 106 .277 .331 .394 .725 79 603

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Stolen Bases s c a p y
2007 NL--32--9th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2009 NL--16--3rd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1722), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  9. Luis Rivas (955)
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  8. Glenn Myatt (944)
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  3. Dave Berg (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jeff Frye (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Gene Baker (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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