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Kazuo
Matsui		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 188
 
Born: October 23, 1975 in Osaka, JAPAN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2004   
Rookie of the Year 2004   
Gold Glove Award 2007    2009    2010   
All-Star Selections 2004    2005    2006    2008    2010   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 28 LAN NL $ 4,690,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 9 8 8 5 5 5 7 6 6
2005 29 LAN NL $ 4,690,000   7 7 8 5 5 5 9 8 8 5 5 5 7 6 6
2006 30 LAN NL $ 4,690,000   7 7 8 4 5 5 9 8 8 5 5 5 7 6 6
2007 31 LAN NL $ 4,742,857   8 8 8 4 5 4 9 8 8 5 5 5 7 6 6
2008 32 LAN NL $ 5,128,572   8 8 8 4 5 4 9 8 8 5 5 5 7 6 6
2009 33 LAN NL $ 5,128,572   8 8 8 4 4 4 9 8 8 6 6 6 7 5 6
2010 34 COL NL $ 7,445,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 5
2011 35 COL NL $ 7,445,000   7 7 8 4 5 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 5
2012 36 ARI NL $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 7 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 5
2013 37 ARI NL $ 6,000,000   6 6 6 3 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 4 5
2014 38 MIN AL $ 3,750,000   6 6 6 3 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 3,750,000   6 6 6 3 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,445,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 9 8 8 6 6 6 7 6 6
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 28 NYN NL 27 103 20 33 3 2 6 21 15 5 18 12 .320 .423 .563 .986 24.6 6.2
  LAN NL 130 480 82 149 27 4 7 68 69 26 57 65 .310 .387 .427 .814 81.2 18.4
  TOT   157 583 102 182 30 6 13 89 84 31 75 77 .312 .394 .451 .845 105.8 24.6
2005 29 LAN NL 154 617 105 191 35 1 15 65 85 35 56 86 .310 .371 .442 .813 102.9 16.7
2006 30 LAN NL 156 567 87 195 36 4 11 88 61 28 56 73 .344 .408 .480 .887 106.0 23.6
2007 31 LAN NL 157 590 102 206 36 6 14 84 83 39 71 83 .349 .422 .502 .923 115.2 22.8
2008 32 LAN NL 156 621 120 211 38 4 14 78 100 41 64 93 .340 .405 .481 .886 118.1 22.3
2009 33 LAN NL 160 573 91 182 33 4 11 77 60 35 68 94 .318 .392 .447 .839 95.6 19.2
2010 34 COL NL 157 601 97 177 37 7 9 63 60 24 48 109 .295 .351 .424 .775 86.4 15.9
2011 35 COL NL 157 625 92 169 36 2 14 52 51 18 58 124 .270 .335 .402 .737 86.9 15.8
2012 36 ARI NL 155 578 91 187 35 9 13 77 44 20 48 106 .324 .380 .483 .863 98.5 18.3
2013 37 ARI NL 152 601 97 173 35 3 16 74 24 13 57 130 .288 .355 .436 .791 90.5 15.8
2014 38 MIN AL 90 268 42 63 13 2 2 25 2 4 18 70 .235 .285 .321 .606 22.4 1.1
11 Years Sim 1651 6224 1026 1936 364 48 132 772 654 288 619 1045 .311 .377 .449 .826 1028.3 196.1
162 Game Average 610 100 189 35 4 12 75 64 28 60 102 .311 .377 .449 .826 100.9  
Career Highs 160 625 120 211 38 9 16 89 100 41 75 130 .349 .422 .502 .923 118.1  
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   4717 763 1428 261 34 101 575 495 226 476 826 .303 .370 .437 .806 747.6
vs LH   1507 263 508 103 14 31 197 159 62 143 219 .337 .401 .486 .886 274.9
Home 814 3019 496 951 162 26 56 352 323 139 301 511 .315 .381 .442 .823 495.3
Away 837 3205 530 985 202 22 76 420 331 149 318 534 .307 .373 .455 .828 527.2
RISP   1462 0 483 96 13 25 603 0 0 195 251 .330 .406 .465 .872 265.5
Pinch Hitting   85 11 21 6 1 0 11 0 1 6 14 .247 .293 .341 .635 7.9
Close/Late   768 104 213 37 3 14 86 0 0 95 150 .277 .361 .388 .749 108.4
Mar/Apr 266 1038 158 301 58 4 20 127 103 47 116 195 .290 .364 .411 .776 156.4
May 283 1087 199 364 73 7 25 149 104 44 92 167 .335 .389 .484 .873 191.9
June 268 1000 179 314 47 8 23 114 124 42 95 163 .314 .381 .446 .827 168.6
July 259 979 163 305 52 9 16 117 122 47 102 175 .312 .378 .432 .810 160.7
August 290 1048 167 323 62 11 22 125 97 51 112 193 .308 .381 .451 .832 171.4
Sep/Oct 285 1072 160 329 72 9 26 140 104 57 102 152 .307 .370 .464 .834 173.5
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 28 NYN NL SS 26 25 246.6 39 92 3 20 .978 4.78   1.6
    3B 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LAN NL SS 126 121 1094.4 171 407 11 88 .981 4.75   6.5
    3B 1 0 3.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 5.45   0.0
    RF 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   SS 152 146 1341.0 210 499 14 108 .981 4.76   8.0
      3B 1 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
      RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2005 29 LAN NL SS 148 143 1299.7 213 464 12 77 .983 4.69   8.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2006 30 LAN NL SS 151 144 1300.3 194 466 11 100 .984 4.57   9.6
2007 31 LAN NL SS 155 151 1382.0 212 544 18 97 .977 4.92   11.8
2008 32 LAN NL SS 152 149 1356.0 176 442 15 67 .976 4.10   7.5
    2B 1 0 8.7 3 2 0 0 1.000 5.20   0.0
2009 33 LAN NL SS 152 145 1287.7 182 506 16 97 .977 4.81   9.5
2010 34 COL NL SS 151 145 1294.7 198 527 18 92 .976 5.04   7.7
2011 35 COL NL SS 154 148 1321.0 194 479 11 86 .984 4.59   6.6
2012 36 ARI NL SS 151 145 1286.3 170 419 11 66 .982 4.12   7.1
2013 37 ARI NL SS 152 148 1346.0 157 457 16 68 .975 4.11   8.9
2014 38 MIN AL SS 67 38 403.3 62 137 9 27 .957 4.44   1.6
    2B 18 18 157.3 32 66 4 9 .961 5.61   0.6
  SS 1585 1502 13618.0 1968 4940 151 885 .979 4.57   86.3
  2B 19 18 166.0 35 68 4 9 .963 5.58   0.7
  3B 2 0 6.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1607 1520 13791.0 2003 5010 155 894 .978 4.58   87.0
Career Highs   155 151 1382.0 213 544 18 108 .984 5.04    
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 28 LAN NL 19 77 13 18 4 0 1 9 10 6 7 11 .234 .306 .325 .631
2007 31 LAN NL 7 26 4 9 2 0 1 5 3 3 3 6 .346 .400 .538 .938
2008 32 LAN NL 9 39 5 11 2 0 1 7 4 4 2 9 .282 .317 .410 .727
2010 34 COL NL 12 54 5 16 3 0 0 8 5 3 3 11 .296 .333 .352 .685
2013 37 ARI NL 5 20 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 .300 .300 .350 .650
Career Post-Season Batting 52 216 29 60 12 0 3 30 22 18 15 42 .278 .326 .375 .701
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
2006-4-.344
2007-1-.349
2008-1-.340
2009-10-.318
2012-7-.324
CAR-17-.311
 On-Base Pct
2006-10-.408
2007-3-.422
2008-5-.405
2009-6-.392
CAR-40-.377
 OPS
2007-7-.923
 XR
2007-4-115.2
2008-4-118.1
 Games
2004-9-157
2006-10-156
2007-8-157
2009-3-160
 At-Bats
2005-9-617
2008-4-621
2010-8-601
2011-4-625
Runs
2007-10-102
2008-3-120
2010-9-97
 Hits
2005-7-191
2006-7-195
2007-4-206
2008-1-211
2009-10-182
 Total Bases
2008-8-299
 Singles
2004-6-133
2005-5-140
2006-6-144
2007-4-150
2008-2-155
2009-7-134
CAR-40-1392
 Triples
2010-7-7
2012-2-9
CAR-32-48
 Stolen Bases
2004-4-84
2005-2-85
2006-8-61
2007-3-83
2008-1-100
2009-8-60
2010-6-60
2011-9-51
CAR-6-654
Caught Stealing
2004-4-31
2005-3-35
2006-6-28
2007-2-39
2008-2-41
2009-4-35
2010-5-24
2011-6-18
2012-5-20
CAR-7-288
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 70    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 53    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Rafael Furcal (888)
  2. Jason Bartlett (888)
  3. Ramon Nivar (880)
  4. Oscar Rodas (868)
  5. Rickie Weeks (862)
  6. Delwyn Young (856)
  7. Angel Berroa (847)
  8. Erick Aybar (830)
  9. Hanley Ramirez (827)
  10. Juan Uribe (826)
History
Had first career hit on 4/6/2004, off Ben Sheets (MIL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/7/2004, off Chris Capuano (MIL)
Traded from New York (N) to Los Angeles on 5/7/2004 (Going to NYN: P Greg Miller, CF Milton Bradley. Going to LAN: SS Kazuo Matsui, CF Mike Cameron)
Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Los Angeles in 2004
Won Rookie of the Year in 2004, hitting .312 with 13 HR, 89 RBI
Injured on 6/15/2005 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against San Francisco on 8/10/2007
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2007
1/29/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,128,572 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Colorado on 4/13/2008
Won Player of the Week award on 7/11/2008, hitting .536 with 2 HR, 3 RBI
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game
1/29/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,128,572 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2009
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/3/2010 to a 2-year deal worth $7,445,000 per year
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2010
Signed as a free agent by Arizona on 2/4/2012 to a 2-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 6/13/2012
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/8/2014 to a 1-year deal worth $3,750,000 per year
 
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