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

Debut: April 6, 2004 (Age 28-166d, 18,397th in major league 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

2302

615

.267

330

RBI

211

102

OBP

.321

SLG

.380

OPS

.701

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	34-36 / in Starts: 25-29
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	53 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 7 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	6

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 265 PAs	26
Actual Runners on Base	157 (57-67-33)
Avg. MLBer w/ 265 PAs	32
Avg. Runners on Base	167 (82-55-29)

Most Driven In
C Iannetta	5
T Tulowitzki	5
Self	3
J Reyes	1
D Wright	1
C Floyd	1
C Barmes	1
J Closser	1

Most Driven In By
G Atkins	5
M Holliday	5
T Helton	4
Self	3
J Reyes	2
B Hawpe	2
J Salazar	2
P Lo Duca	2

2006 Batting Game Log

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2006 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	202	15 (14)	Apr 20	NYM	@	SDP	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	8	1.14	-0.001	1.37	0.00%	0.23	2B
2	203	16	Apr 21	NYM	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG(14)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.556	.778	7	2.14	-0.120	2.61	-0.09%	-0.71	2B
3	204	18 (1)	Apr 23	NYM	@	SDP	L,4-7	GS-6	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.462	.692	1	1.80	-0.124	2.19	-0.09%	-0.85	2B
4	205	19	Apr 24	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.294	.471	.765	7	1.17	0.065	1.41	0.05%	0.32	2B
5	206	20	Apr 25	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.476	.810	7	.77	-0.002	.91	0.00%	-0.23	2B
6	207	21	Apr 26	NYM	@	SFG	W,9-7	GS-6	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.320	.480	.800	2	1.13	0.087	1.39	0.06%	0.31	2B
7	208	22	Apr 28	NYM	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.345	.345	.483	.828	7	.90	0.102	1.32	0.09%	1.09	2B
8	209	23	Apr 29	NYM	@	ATL	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.344	.364	.469	.832	8	.90	-0.013	1.28	-0.01%	0.04	2B
9	210	24	Apr 30	NYM	@	ATL	L,5-8	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.316	.405	.721	2	1.74	-0.234	2.43	-0.20%	-2.38	2B
May		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
10	211	25	May 1	NYM		WSN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.310	.415	.724	8	2.17	-0.152	2.91	-0.12%	-1.11	2B
11	212	26	May 2	NYM		WSN	L,2-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.289	.386	.675	8	.74	-0.058	.95	-0.05%	-0.66	2B
12	213	27	May 3	NYM		PIT	W,4-3	CG(12)	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.275	.380	.655	2	1.20	-0.140	1.45	-0.10%	-1.37	2B
13	214	29 (1)	May 5	NYM		ATL	W,8-7	CG(14)	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.268	.364	.631	8	2.37	-0.033	3.47	-0.03%	-0.76	2B
14	215	30	May 6	NYM		ATL	W,6-5	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.262	.367	.629	2	1.14	0.097	1.56	0.08%	0.41	2B
15	216	31	May 7	NYM		ATL	L,3-13	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.277	.365	.642	8	.52	0.003	.68	0.00%	0.10	2B
16	217	32	May 9	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.275	.358	.634	8	2.21	-0.213	3.33	-0.19%	-0.90	2B
17	218	33	May 10	NYM	@	PHI	W,13-4	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.284	.352	.636	8	.27	0.030	.43	0.03%	-0.02	2B
18	219	34	May 11	NYM	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG(5)	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.289	.370	.659	7	.74	0.002	1.13	0.00%	-0.03	2B
19	220	35	May 12	NYM	@	MIL	L,6-9	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.284	.359	.643	7	1.00	-0.133	1.27	-0.10%	-1.89	2B
20	221	37 (1)	May 14	NYM	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG(10)	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.299	.361	.660	2	1.52	-0.001	1.95	0.00%	0.11	2B
21	222	38	May 16	NYM	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.289	.349	.638	8	.99	-0.079	1.32	-0.06%	-0.84	2B
22	223	39	May 17	NYM	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.280	.337	.617	8	1.65	-0.154	2.14	-0.12%	-1.12	2B
23	224	40	May 18	NYM	@	STL	L,3-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.277	.333	.610	9	.53	-0.014	.70	-0.01%	-0.25	PH
24	225	41	May 19	NYM		NYY	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.276	.330	.605	7	1.22	0.055	1.54	0.04%	0.31	2B
25	226	42	May 20	NYM		NYY	L,4-5	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.282	.327	.608	2	.66	-0.012	.80	-0.01%	-0.10	2B
26	227	43	May 21	NYM		NYY	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.238	.274	.317	.590	8	.86	-0.084	1.05	-0.06%	-1.13	2B
27	228	44	May 23	NYM		PHI	W,9-8	CG(16)	7	7	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.265	.315	.580	7	2.04	-0.206	3.34	-0.20%	-0.53	2B
28	229	45	May 24	NYM		PHI	W,5-4	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.261	.309	.570	9	.84	-0.031	1.37	-0.03%	-0.46	PH 2B
29	230	46	May 25	NYM		PHI	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.252	.298	.550	8	1.80	-0.201	2.84	-0.19%	-1.54	2B
30	231	47	May 26	NYM	@	FLA	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.246	.291	.536	8	1.01	-0.077	1.31	-0.06%	-0.51	2B
31	232	48	May 27	NYM	@	FLA	W,7-4	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.252	.289	.541	8	.73	-0.072	.97	-0.06%	0.26	2B
32	233	49	May 28	NYM	@	FLA	W,7-3	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.250	.287	.537	9	.27	-0.007	.35	-0.01%	-0.24	PH
33	234	50	May 29	NYM		ARI	W,8-7	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.248	.285	.533	9	.40	-0.010	.54	-0.01%	-0.17	PH
34	235	52 (1)	May 31	NYM		ARI	W,1-0	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.248	.285	.533	9						PR
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
35	236	53	Jun 3 (1)	NYM		SFG	L,4-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.246	.282	.528	9	1.91	-0.050	2.53	-0.04%	-0.25	PH
36	237	54	Jun 3 (2)	NYM		SFG	W,3-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.239	.273	.512	7	1.45	-0.130	1.94	-0.11%	-0.93	2B
37	238	57 (2)	Jun 6	NYM	@	LAD	L,5-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.237	.271	.508	9	.94	-0.025	1.26	-0.02%	-0.26	PH
38	239	58	Jun 7	NYM	@	LAD	W,9-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.235	.269	.505	9	.29	-0.008	.40	-0.01%	-0.26	PH
Aug		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
				Player went from New York Mets to Colorado Rockies
39	240	126	Aug 23	COL	@	MIL	L,1-7	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.243	.278	.521	7	.62	0.036	.37	0.01%	0.16	SS
40	241	127	Aug 24	COL	@	MIL	L,6-12	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.248	.284	.532	9	1.37	0.059	.68	0.02%	0.40	PH
41	242	128	Aug 25	COL		SDP	W,13-5	CG	6	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.217	.265	.290	.555	1	.58	0.028	.24	0.01%	0.43	2B
42	243	129	Aug 26	COL		SDP	L,2-5	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.231	.276	.301	.577	1	.72	0.135	.39	0.04%	1.30	SS
43	244	130	Aug 27	COL		SDP	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.269	.293	.562	1	.74	-0.078	.25	-0.02%	-1.49	SS
44	245	131	Aug 29	COL		NYM	L,5-10	CG	5	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.237	.280	.309	.589	1	.94	0.080	.35	0.02%	1.90	2B
45	246	132	Aug 30	COL		NYM	L,3-11	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.279	.308	.586	1	.22	-0.022	.05	0.00%	0.19	2B
Sep/Oct		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
46	247	134 (1)	Sep 1	COL	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.282	.317	.599	1	.94	-0.005	.20	0.00%	-0.02	2B
47	248	135	Sep 2	COL	@	LAD	L,5-14	GS-8	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.287	.321	.609	1	.47	0.022	.07	0.00%	0.36	2B
48	249	136	Sep 3	COL	@	LAD	W,12-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.253	.291	.335	.626	1	.77	0.156	.06	0.01%	1.09	2B
49	250	138 (1)	Sep 5	COL	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.283	.326	.608	1	1.89	-0.245	.09	-0.01%	-1.62	2B
50	251	139	Sep 6	COL	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.286	.324	.610	1	1.35	-0.121	.04	0.00%	-0.60	2B
51	252	141 (1)	Sep 8	COL		WSN	W,11-8	8-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.286	.324	.610	2		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
52	253	142	Sep 9	COL		WSN	W,9-5	7-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.289	.328	.617	9	1.52	0.055	.02	0.00%	0.40	PH
53	254	143	Sep 10	COL		WSN	W,13-9	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.297	.337	.634	1	1.57	0.108	.04	0.00%	1.46	2B
54	255	144	Sep 12	COL	@	SFG	L,6-10	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.300	.340	.640	1	.87	-0.045	.03	0.00%	0.78	2B
55	256	146 (1)	Sep 14	COL	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.294	.333	.627	1	.71	-0.074	.02	0.00%	-0.87	2B
56	257	147	Sep 15	COL	@	ARI	L,1-5	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.298	.337	.634	9	2.61	0.105	.02	0.00%	0.62	PH
57	258	148	Sep 16	COL	@	ARI	L,6-7	CG(16)	7	6	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.256	.297	.352	.649	1	2.44	-0.232	.00	0.00%	0.10	2B
58	259	149	Sep 17	COL	@	ARI	W,6-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.251	.290	.345	.635	1	.94	0.063	.00	0.00%	0.50	2B
59	260	151 (1)	Sep 19	COL		SFG	W,12-4	CG	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.254	.291	.344	.636	1	.63	0.093	.00	0.00%	1.33	2B
60	261	152	Sep 20	COL		SFG	L,4-7	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.290	.343	.633	9	.36	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
61	262	153	Sep 21	COL		ATL	L,3-6	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.257	.297	.346	.643	1	1.45	0.132	.00	0.00%	0.59	2B
62	263	154	Sep 22	COL		ATL	W,6-4	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.260	.299	.347	.646	1	1.28	0.129	.00	0.00%	1.04	2B
63	264	155	Sep 23	COL		ATL	W,10-9	CG	5	3	2	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.266	.307	.360	.667	1	.66	0.114	.00	0.00%	2.32	2B
64	265	156	Sep 24	COL		ATL	W,9-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.305	.359	.664	9	2.52	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
65	266	157	Sep 26	COL		LAD	L,4-11	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.305	.357	.661	1	.52	0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.12	2B
66	267	158	Sep 27	COL		LAD	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.303	.355	.659	8	2.06	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
67	268	159	Sep 28	COL		LAD	L,11-19	CG	6	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.312	.362	.674	1	.98	0.074	.00	0.00%	0.79	2B
68	269	160	Sep 29	COL	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.310	.359	.668	1	.72	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.50	2B
69	270	161	Sep 30	COL	@	CHC	W,11-9	13-13	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.313	.370	.682	9	2.38	0.275	.00	0.00%	0.93	PH
70	271	162	Oct 1	COL	@	CHC	L,5-8	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.310	.379	.689	1	.69	0.126	.00	0.00%	0.77	2B
							34-36		265	243	32	65	12	3	3	26	16	1	46	0	4	2	3	1	10	1	.267	.310	.379	.689		1.15	-1.128	.92	-1.54%	-4.90

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