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, 18,211th 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\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.2

4442

1253

175

.282

656

RBI

760

OBP

.360

SLG

.462

OPS

.822

OPS+

118

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	11-23 / in Starts: 7-16
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 103 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	76 (38-24-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 103 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	61 (30-20-10)

Most Driven In
C PeÃ±a	2
Self	2
B Zobrist	1
M Joyce	1
L Scott	1

Most Driven In By
Self	2
E Johnson	1
J Keppinger	1
M Joyce	1
J Molina	1
D Jennings	1

2012 Batting Game Log

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2012 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1203	50 (49)	May 29	TBR		CHW	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	6	.57	0.210	.77	0.17%	1.36	LF
2	1204	51	May 30	TBR		CHW	L,3-4	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.667	.833	9	1.54	-0.072	2.06	-0.06%	-0.45	PH LF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	1205	52	Jun 1	TBR		BAL	W,5-0	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.222	.889	1.111	7	.33	0.081	.49	0.07%	0.89	LF
4	1206	53	Jun 2	TBR		BAL	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.615	.769	6	1.43	-0.114	2.23	-0.11%	-0.57	LF
5	1207	54	Jun 3	TBR		BAL	W,8-4	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.563	.750	6	.60	-0.033	.95	-0.03%	-0.07	LF
6	1208	55	Jun 5	TBR	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.150	.450	.600	4	.38	-0.038	.58	-0.04%	-0.76	RF
7	1209	56	Jun 6	TBR	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.375	.500	5	.83	-0.090	1.28	-0.08%	-1.01	DH
8	1210	59 (2)	Jun 9	TBR	@	MIA	W,13-4	9-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.160	.440	.600	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.62	PH LF
9	1211	61 (1)	Jun 12	TBR		NYM	L,2-11	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.207	.429	.635	5	1.60	0.011	2.11	0.01%	0.35	DH
10	1212	62	Jun 13	TBR		NYM	L,1-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.188	.387	.575	5	.66	-0.049	.86	-0.04%	-0.67	DH
11	1213	63	Jun 14	TBR		NYM	L,6-9	GS-9	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.243	.400	.643	4	1.05	0.103	1.29	0.08%	0.82	DH
12	1214	64	Jun 15	TBR		MIA	W,11-0	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.214	.350	.564	4	.49	-0.063	.59	-0.05%	-1.64	DH
13	1215	65	Jun 16	TBR		MIA	L,3-4	CG(15)	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.204	.304	.508	4	1.46	-0.168	1.82	-0.13%	-0.86	DH
14	1216	66	Jun 17	TBR		MIA	W,3-0	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.160	.208	.300	.508	4	1.19	-0.215	1.41	-0.15%	-2.60	LF
15	1217	67	Jun 19	TBR	@	WSN	W,5-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.204	.294	.498	9	1.95	-0.057	2.35	-0.04%	-0.59	PH
16	1218	68	Jun 20	TBR	@	WSN	L,2-3	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.164	.207	.291	.498	4	1.74	-0.074	2.07	-0.05%	0.11	RF
17	1219	69	Jun 21	TBR	@	WSN	L,2-5	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.226	.281	.507	5	1.48	0.058	1.86	0.04%	0.44	RF
18	1220	70	Jun 23	TBR	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.224	.274	.498	4	.96	-0.055	1.14	-0.04%	-0.93	RF
19	1221	71	Jun 24 (1)	TBR	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.239	.277	.516	4	.71	-0.009	.81	-0.01%	0.00	LF
20	1222	73 (1)	Jun 25	TBR	@	KCR	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.159	.227	.261	.488	4	.57	-0.095	.72	-0.07%	-1.56	DH
21	1223	74	Jun 26	TBR	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.228	.260	.488	4	1.14	-0.045	1.31	-0.03%	-0.02	DH
22	1224	75	Jun 27	TBR	@	KCR	L,4-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.225	.257	.482	8	3.52	-0.091	4.00	-0.06%	-0.44	PH
23	1225	76	Jun 28	TBR		DET	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.222	.253	.476	8	.46	-0.012	.47	-0.01%	-0.15	PH
24	1226	78 (1)	Jun 30	TBR		DET	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.220	.250	.470	7	.20	-0.005	.23	0.00%	-0.31	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	1227	79	Jul 1	TBR		DET	L,3-5	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.235	.266	.501	7	1.41	0.137	1.45	0.09%	0.86	LF
26	1228	80	Jul 2	TBR		NYY	W,4-3	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.177	.235	.266	.501	4						RF
27	1229	83 (2)	Jul 5	TBR	@	CLE	L,1-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.233	.263	.495	9	1.01	-0.026	1.05	-0.02%	-0.10	PH
28	1230	88 (4)	Jul 14	TBR		BOS	W,5-3	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.241	.263	.504	8	3.36	0.011	3.24	0.01%	0.17	PH
29	1231	89	Jul 15	TBR		BOS	L,3-7	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.239	.250	.489	5	1.19	-0.082	1.24	-0.05%	-1.33	DH
30	1232	90	Jul 16	TBR		CLE	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.165	.237	.247	.484	2	1.73	-0.044	1.57	-0.02%	-0.10	PH
31	1233	93 (2)	Jul 19	TBR		CLE	W,6-0	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.229	.239	.468	6	1.59	-0.120	1.33	-0.06%	-1.25	RF
32	1234	94	Jul 20	TBR		SEA	W,4-3	10-GF(14)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.224	.233	.458	6	5.35	-0.264	4.61	-0.14%	-1.17	PH DH
33	1235	95	Jul 21	TBR		SEA	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.149	.216	.223	.439	6	2.63	-0.303	2.45	-0.17%	-1.78	DH
34	1236	96	Jul 22	TBR		SEA	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.214	.221	.435	6	6.55	-0.165	5.45	-0.08%	-0.42	PH
							11-23		103	95	7	14	1	0	2	7	8	1	22	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	.147	.214	.221	.435		1.28	-1.678	1.47	-1.07%	-13.14

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