Fair-credit Baseball > Players > Player Information: Hideki Matsui

Positions: Leftfielder and Designated Hitter

Bats: Left  •  Throws: Right

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: June 12, 1974 in Nomi, Japan jp

High School: Seiryo HS (Kanazawa, Japan)

Debut: March 31, 2003 (Age 28-292d, 18,225th in major league history)
   vs. TOR 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 22, 2012 (Age 38-040d)
   vs. SEA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Agents: Arn Tellem

Full Name: Hideki Matsui

Nicknames: Godzilla

Pronunciation: \mat-SOO-ee\

Postseason Batting

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 WPA cWPA SRC OSWC
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 0.07 1.4%
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 -0.04 3.1% 3.116 0.476
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 0.53 14.6% 3.383 0.483
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 0.19 1.9%
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 0.29 2.9% 8.624 0.520
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 -0.32 -5.9%
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 0.08 1.0%
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 -0.18 -2.0%
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 -0.02 -0.2%
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 0.15 -0.4% 1.907 0.354