Kazuo Matsui

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-10, 187lb (178cm, 84kg)

Born: October 23, 1975 in Higashi-Osaka, Japan jp

High School: PL Gakuen (Osaka, Japan)

Debut: April 6, 2004 (Age 28-166d, 16,005th in MLB history)
vs. ATL 3 AB, 3 H, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 18, 2010 (Age 34-207d)
vs. LAD 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Agents: Arn Tellem, John Kim

Full Name: Kazuo Matsui

Nicknames: Kaz

Pronunciation: \mat-SOO-ee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.3

AB

2302

R

330

H

615

BA

.267

HR

RBI

211

SB

102

OBP

.321

SLG

.380

OPS

.701

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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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
1995	19	SEI	Fgn	69	219	204	25	45	9	1	2	15	21	1	7	26	.221	.245	.304	.549		62	4	0	7	1	0		SEI · JPPL
1996	20	SEI	Fgn	130	518	473	51	134	22	5	1	29	50	9	14	93	.283	.307	.357	.664		169	2	3	26	2	0		SEI · JPPL
1997	21	SEI	Fgn	135	645	576	91	178	23	13	7	63	62	15	44	89	.309	.362	.431	.793		248	4	5	18	2	5		SEI · JPPL
1998	22	SEI	Fgn	135	641	575	92	179	38	5	9	58	43	14	55	89	.311	.370	.442	.812		254	10	1	6	4	9		SEI · JPPL
1999	23	SEI	Fgn	135	609	539	87	178	29	4	15	67	32	7	56	75	.330	.389	.482	.872		260	7	0	8	6	7		SEI · JPPL
2000	24	SEI	Fgn	135	611	550	99	177	40	11	23	90	26	3	46	60	.322	.372	.560	.932		308	8	2	6	7	5		SEI · JPPL
2001	25	SEI	Fgn	140	613	552	94	170	28	2	24	76	26	0	46	83	.308	.365	.496	.861		274	13	6	4	5	2		SEI · JPPL
2002	26	SEI	Fgn	140	651	582	119	193	46	6	36	87	33	11	53	112	.332	.389	.617	1.006		359	3	4	9	3	6		SEI · JPPL
2003	27	SEI	Fgn	140	655	587	104	179	36	4	33	84	13	10	55	124	.305	.365	.549	.914		322	4	4	3	6	6		SEI · JPPL
2004	28	NYM	NL	114	509	460	65	125	32	2	7	44	14	3	40	97	.272	.331	.396	.727	89	182	3	2	5	2	4	*6/4	RoY-6
2005	29	NYM-min	AA,Rk,A-	7	26	21	7	8	1	0	1	4	2	0	4	4	.381	.500	.571	1.071		12	0	1	0	0	0		BNG,MET,BKN · EL,GULF,NYPL
2005	29	NYM	NL	87	295	267	31	68	9	4	3	24	6	1	14	43	.255	.300	.352	.652	73	94	2	5	5	4	1	4
2006	30	COL-NYM-min	AAA,A+	37	150	134	29	38	6	0	3	17	3	1	10	22	.284	.331	.396	.727		53	0	1	2	3	0		CSP,NFK,SCE · PCL,IL,FLOR
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-min	AAA	2	8	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	.500	.625	.500	1.125		3	0	0	0	0	0		CSP · PCL
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-min	AAA,AA	5	20	18	2	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	.278	.316	.667	.982		12	1	0	1	0	0		RRK,CPC · PCL,TL
2008	32	HOU	NL	96	422	375	58	110	26	3	6	33	20	5	37	53	.293	.354	.427	.781	107	160	3	0	7	3	0	4
2009	33	HOU-min	AA	4	16	14	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.214	.313	.214	.527		3	0	0	0	0	0		CPC · TL
2009	33	HOU	NL	132	533	476	56	119	20	2	9	46	19	3	34	85	.250	.302	.357	.659	75	170	4	3	16	4	2	*4
2010	34	COL-min	AAA	82	338	301	54	79	12	4	2	29	7	0	31	50	.262	.331	.349	.680		105	3	1	3	2	0		CSP · PCL
2010	34	HOU	NL	27	78	71	4	10	1	0	0	1	1	1	4	10	.141	.197	.155	.352	-2	11	0	1	2	0	0	4
2011	35	TOH	Fgn	139	572	538	51	140	34	2	9	48	15	3	26	94	.260	.294	.381	.675		205	8	1	4	3	0		TOH · JPPL
2012	36	TOH	Fgn	106	433	402	55	107	22	4	9	43	14	3	26	55	.266	.312	.408	.720		164	6	1	3	1	3		TOH · JPPL
2013	37	TOH	Fgn	125	497	448	55	111	26	2	11	58	1	1	40	85	.248	.311	.388	.700		174	4	3	2	4	2		TOH · JPPL
2014	38	TOH	Fgn	128	488	444	57	129	32	3	8	46	9	0	36	78	.291	.342	.430	.772		191	9	1	2	5	0		TOH · JPPL
2015	39	TOH	Fgn	126	501	445	52	114	17	1	10	48	14	2	43	82	.256	.324	.366	.690		163	7	3	7	3	3		TOH · JPPL
2016	40	TOH	Fgn	56	179	160	19	34	6	1	2	13	3	0	17	42	.213	.291	.300	.591		48	5	1	0	1	1		TOH · JPPL
2017	41	TOH	Fgn	44	83	76	6	16	2	1	2	10	0	1	6	23	.211	.277	.342	.619		26	1	1	0	0	0		TOH · JPPL
2018	42	SEI	Fgn	23	33	31	7	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	9	.129	.182	.129	.311		4	1	0	0	0	0		SEI · JPPL
7 Yrs				630	2555	2302	330	615	124	20	32	211	102	18	179	403	.267	.321	.380	.701	83	875	14	11	47	16	9
162 Game Avg.				162	657	592	85	158	32	5	8	54	26	5	46	104	.267	.321	.380	.701	83	225	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
HOU (3 yrs)				255	1033	922	118	239	47	5	15	80	40	9	75	148	.259	.315	.370	.685	83	341	7	4	25	7	2
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

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Kazuo Matsui

SUMMARY

WAR

AB

R

H

BA

HR

RBI

SB

OBP

SLG

OPS

OPS+

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Player News

Postseason Batting

Standard Fielding

Appearances

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