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Hideki
Matsui		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: June 12, 1974 in Japan, , KANAZAWA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2005    2006   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 30 NYA AL $ 5,250,000   8 8 8 5 6 6 5 8 7 4 7 6 7 7 7
2005 31 OAK AL $ 5,250,000   9 9 9 4 6 6 5 8 7 4 7 6 7 8 7
2006 32 OAK AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 5 6 6 4 7 6 4 7 6 7 8 7
2007 33 OAK AL $ 4,700,000   8 8 8 5 6 6 4 7 6 4 7 6 7 8 7
2008 34 OAK AL $ 7,250,000   8 8 8 5 6 6 3 6 6 2 5 4 6 7 7
2009 35 OAK AL $ 7,250,000   8 8 8 5 6 6 4 7 6 2 5 4 6 7 7
2010 36 OAK AL $ 7,250,000   7 7 7 3 5 5 3 6 6 2 5 4 6 7 7
2011 37 OAK AL     6 6 6 3 5 5 3 6 5 2 5 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 3 5 5 3 6 5 2 5 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,250,000   9 9 9 5 6 6 5 8 7 4 7 6 7 8 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 30 NYA AL 147 543 85 173 18 1 22 95 4 0 54 69 .319 .380 .477 .857 92.2 17.8
2005 31 OAK AL 156 609 108 202 31 2 18 93 0 1 68 80 .332 .398 .478 .876 105.4 23.2
2006 32 OAK AL 155 554 101 200 31 3 18 103 1 1 73 67 .361 .430 .525 .955 114.2 28.3
2007 33 OAK AL 155 594 81 165 30 3 15 89 0 0 81 76 .278 .366 .414 .780 82.7 13.7
2008 34 OAK AL 156 609 95 185 24 4 17 73 1 1 62 91 .304 .372 .440 .812 95.1 16.0
2009 35 OAK AL 138 532 95 178 28 0 20 76 2 2 38 72 .335 .382 .500 .882 93.4 17.1
2010 36 OAK AL 157 588 75 167 33 0 16 84 2 2 45 112 .284 .337 .422 .759 78.7 11.9
2011 37 OAK AL 62 211 26 65 15 0 7 28 0 1 21 44 .308 .373 .479 .852 35.7 8.2
8 Years Sim 1126 4240 666 1335 210 13 133 641 10 8 442 611 .315 .380 .465 .845 697.4 136.3
162 Game Average 610 95 192 30 1 19 92 1 1 63 87 .315 .380 .465 .845 100.3  
Career Highs 157 609 108 202 33 4 22 103 4 2 81 112 .361 .430 .525 .955 114.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3287 545 1045 180 11 109 511 9 7 387 481 .318 .390 .479 .869 586.2
vs LH   953 121 290 30 2 24 130 1 1 55 130 .304 .344 .416 .760 130.2
Home 560 2038 312 630 99 4 58 302 3 5 220 293 .309 .377 .447 .824 332.0
Away 566 2202 354 705 111 9 75 339 7 3 222 318 .320 .384 .481 .865 384.3
RISP   1093 0 346 47 4 37 479 0 0 145 161 .317 .391 .468 .859 197.9
Pinch Hitting   59 6 18 3 0 1 6 0 0 9 8 .305 .397 .407 .804 9.7
Close/Late   419 50 138 11 1 14 61 0 0 66 55 .329 .423 .461 .884 80.6
Mar/Apr 181 708 116 230 39 3 25 104 2 0 68 87 .325 .381 .494 .875 126.3
May 186 695 97 205 27 3 21 99 0 2 80 101 .295 .368 .433 .801 109.3
June 197 726 129 236 32 2 26 108 1 2 83 111 .325 .395 .482 .877 131.3
July 182 686 100 217 41 1 16 92 3 1 76 107 .316 .388 .449 .836 114.1
August 184 694 115 211 28 3 25 114 1 2 56 107 .304 .360 .461 .821 109.0
Sep/Oct 196 731 109 236 43 1 20 124 3 1 79 98 .323 .389 .466 .856 126.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2004 30 NYA AL LF 133 131 1156.7 223 10 8 2 .967 1.81   2.4
    RF 9 4 42.3 8 1 0 1 1.000 1.91    
    CF 4 0 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27    
2005 31 OAK AL LF 148 146 1283.3 249 5 14 1 .948 1.78   2.7
    RF 6 4 42.0 11 0 1 0 .917 2.36    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2006 32 OAK AL CF 128 126 1107.3 267 1 3 1 .989 2.18   2.3
    LF 22 18 161.7 29 1 0 1 1.000 1.67    
    RF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
2007 33 OAK AL LF 119 117 1038.7 195 6 9 1 .957 1.74   2.7
    CF 11 10 91.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.68    
    RF 2 0 9.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96    
2008 34 OAK AL RF 107 105 920.7 193 5 5 0 .975 1.94   2.6
    CF 44 40 354.0 86 0 1 0 .989 2.19    
    LF 6 0 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
2009 35 OAK AL RF 104 101 883.7 186 5 4 1 .979 1.95   1.5
    CF 18 16 136.7 41 1 1 0 .977 2.77    
    LF 6 2 25.7 3 0 1 0 .750 1.05    
2010 36 OAK AL CF 117 114 996.0 256 9 0 2 1.000 2.39   4.9
    LF 23 18 161.0 28 0 1 0 .966 1.57    
    RF 15 12 106.0 25 1 1 0 .963 2.21    
2011 37 OAK AL RF 37 36 311.0 64 1 3 0 .956 1.88   1.6
    LF 19 18 160.3 21 1 2 0 .917 1.23    
    CF 2 2 18.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
  LF 476 450 3998.3 749 23 35 5 .957 1.74   7.9
  CF 325 308 2716.0 674 11 5 3 .993 2.27   7.1
  RF 283 262 2320.0 490 13 14 2 .973 1.95   5.7
Career Totals   1084 1020 9034.3 1913 47 54 10 .973 1.95   20.7
Career Highs   157 150 1327.3 309 11 15 3 .994 2.27    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2004 30 NYA AL 9 34 7 9 3 0 2 5 0 0 6 2 .265 .366 .529 .895
2005 31 OAK AL 12 54 9 22 4 0 0 7 0 1 4 5 .407 .448 .481 .930
2006 32 OAK AL 13 48 5 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 5 5 .229 .315 .271 .586
2007 33 OAK AL 14 53 9 15 2 0 1 8 0 0 7 8 .283 .355 .377 .732
Career Post-Season Batting 48 189 30 57 11 0 3 25 0 1 22 20 .302 .372 .407 .780
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2004-8-.319
2005-3-.332
2006-2-.361
2009-9-.335
CAR-13-.315
 On-Base Pct
2005-8-.398
2006-1-.430
CAR-30-.380
 Slugging Pct
2006-8-.525
 OPS
2006-3-.955
CAR-48-.845
 XR
2006-5-114.2
 Games
2008-9-156
2010-6-157
Runs
2005-7-108
 Hits
2005-3-202
2006-7-200
 Singles
2004-6-132
2005-4-151
2006-9-148
2008-10-140
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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  1. Reinaldo Cubillan (944)
  2. Howard Benitez (935)
  3. Randy Bergeron (927)
  4. Chris Seeger (914)
  5. Jay Garthwaite (913)
  6. Sean Casey (911)
  7. Michael Restovich (905)
  8. Arnoldo Betancourt (904)
  9. Tyler Davidson (899)
  10. Herman Salas (896)
History
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/5/2004, off Jamie Moyer (SEA)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/21/2004, hitting .450 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Traded from New York (A) to San Francisco on 1/29/2005 (Going to SFN: LF Hideki Matsui, P Mark Phillips. Going to NYA: P Jesse Foppert)
Traded from San Francisco to Oakland on 2/28/2005 (Going to SFN: CF Mark Kotsay, P Tim Hudson, LF David Dellucci, C Adam Melhuse. Going to OAK: CF Torii Hunter, LF Hideki Matsui, C Brad Ausmus)
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/19/2005, hitting .556 with 1 HR, 12 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Detroit on 10/6/2005
Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Boston on 4/14/2007
Won Player of the Week award on 4/18/2007, hitting .593 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
7/9/2007: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $7,250,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Toronto on 7/17/2009
7/18/2010: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $3,790,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 4/26/2011 with a Fractured Hip, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 7/18/2011 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/14/2011 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Released by Oakland on 10/5/2011
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 11/1/2011 to a 1-year deal worth $448,000 per year
Released by Washington on 11/1/2011
 
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