Kazuo Matsui

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-10, 187lb (178cm, 84kg)

Born: October 23, 1975 in Higashi-Osaka, Japan jp

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1995	19	-9.6	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		69	219	204	25	45	9	1	2	15	21	1	7	26	.221	.245	.304	.549	62	4	0	7	1	0
1996	20	-8.5	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		130	518	473	51	134	22	5	1	29	50	9	14	93	.283	.307	.357	.664	169	2	3	26	2	0
1997	21	-6.9	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		135	645	576	91	178	23	13	7	63	62	15	44	89	.309	.362	.431	.793	248	4	5	18	2	5
1998	22	-6.1	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		135	641	575	92	179	38	5	9	58	43	14	55	89	.311	.370	.442	.812	254	10	1	6	4	9
1999	23	-4.9	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		135	609	539	87	178	29	4	15	67	32	7	56	75	.330	.389	.482	.872	260	7	0	8	6	7
2000	24	-4.6	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		135	611	550	99	177	40	11	23	90	26	3	46	60	.322	.372	.560	.932	308	8	2	6	7	5
2001	25	-3.8	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		140	613	552	94	170	28	2	24	76	26	0	46	83	.308	.365	.496	.861	274	13	6	4	5	2
2002	26	-2.9	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		140	651	582	119	193	46	6	36	87	33	11	53	112	.332	.389	.617	1.006	359	3	4	9	3	6
2003	27	-1.8	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		140	655	587	104	179	36	4	33	84	13	10	55	124	.305	.365	.549	.914	322	4	4	3	6	6
2004	28	-1.4	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	114	509	460	65	125	32	2	7	44	14	3	40	97	.272	.331	.396	.727	182	3	2	5	2	4
2005	29		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-Rk-A-	NYM	7	26	21	7	8	1	0	1	4	2	0	4	4	.381	.500	.571	1.071	12	0	1	0	0	0
2005	29	4.5	Binghamton	EL	AA	NYM	3	10	9	4	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	.444	.500	.556	1.056	5	0	0	0	0	0
2005	29	7.7	Brooklyn	NYPL	A-	NYM	1	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	29	9.2	Mets	GULF	Rk	NYM	3	11	9	3	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	3	.444	.546	.778	1.323	7	0	1	0	0	0
2005	29	-0.4	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	87	295	267	31	68	9	4	3	24	6	1	14	43	.255	.300	.352	.652	94	2	5	5	4	1
2006	30		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-A+	NYM	37	150	134	29	38	6	0	3	17	3	1	10	22	.284	.331	.396	.727	53	0	1	2	3	0
2006	30		2 Teams	NL	Maj	COL-NYM	70	265	243	32	65	12	3	3	26	10	1	16	46	.268	.310	.379	.689	92	1	0	4	2	1
2006	30	3.2	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	COL	31	129	115	26	32	4	0	3	16	3	1	9	20	.278	.328	.391	.719	45	0	1	1	3	0
2006	30	2.8	Norfolk	IL	AAA	NYM	4	13	12	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.500	.833	6	0	0	1	0	0
2006	30	7.0	St. Lucie	FLOR	A+	NYM	2	8	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	2	0	0	0	0	0
2006	30	0.8	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	38	139	130	10	26	6	0	1	7	2	0	6	19	.200	.235	.269	.505	35	1	0	3	0	1
2006	30	0.8	COL	NL	Maj	COL	32	126	113	22	39	6	3	2	19	8	1	10	27	.345	.392	.504	.896	57	0	0	1	2	0
2007	31	4.2	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	COL	2	8	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	.500	.625	.500	1.125	3	0	0	0	0	0
2007	31	2.0	COL	NL	Maj	COL	104	453	410	84	118	24	6	4	37	32	4	34	69	.288	.342	.405	.747	166	1	0	8	1	1
2008	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	HOU	5	20	18	2	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	.278	.316	.667	.983	12	1	0	1	0	0
2008	32	5.1	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	HOU	3	12	11	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	.182	.250	.546	.796	6	0	0	0	0	0
2008	32	7.6	Corpus Christi	TL	AA	HOU	2	8	7	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.429	.429	.857	1.286	6	1	0	1	0	0
2008	32	3.3	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	96	422	375	58	110	26	3	6	33	20	5	37	53	.293	.354	.427	.781	160	3	0	7	3	0
2009	33	8.9	Corpus Christi	TL	AA	HOU	4	16	14	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.214	.313	.214	.527	3	0	0	0	0	0
2009	33	4.3	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	132	533	476	56	119	20	2	9	46	19	3	34	85	.250	.302	.357	.659	170	4	3	16	4	2
2010	34	7.2	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	COL	82	338	301	54	79	12	4	2	29	7	0	31	50	.263	.331	.349	.680	105	3	1	3	2	0
2010	34	5.2	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	27	78	71	4	10	1	0	0	1	1	1	4	10	.141	.197	.155	.352	11	0	1	2	0	0
2011	35	5.8	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		139	572	538	51	140	34	2	9	48	15	3	26	94	.260	.294	.381	.675	205	8	1	4	3	0
2012	36		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		115	458	427	61	117	25	4	9	44	15	3	26	57	.274	.317	.415	.731	177	7	1	3	1	3
2012	36	7.0	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		106	433	402	55	107	22	4	9	43	14	3	26	55	.266	.312	.408	.720	164	6	1	3	1	3
2012	36	10.7	Rakuten	JPEL	Fgn		9	25	25	6	10	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	.400	.400	.520	.920	13	1	0	0	0	0
2013	37	8.6	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		125	497	448	55	111	26	2	11	58	1	1	40	85	.248	.311	.388	.700	174	4	3	2	4	2
2014	38	9.7	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		128	488	444	57	129	32	3	8	46	9	0	36	78	.291	.342	.430	.772	191	9	1	2	5	0
2015	39	10.6	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		126	501	445	52	114	17	1	10	48	14	2	43	82	.256	.324	.366	.690	163	7	3	7	3	3
2016	40		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		77	266	237	31	56	9	1	2	15	5	1	26	58	.236	.312	.308	.620	73	6	1	0	2	1
2016	40	11.8	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		56	179	160	19	34	6	1	2	13	3	0	17	42	.213	.291	.300	.591	48	5	1	0	1	1
2016	40	15.1	Rakuten	JPEL	Fgn		21	87	77	12	22	3	0	0	2	2	1	9	16	.286	.356	.325	.681	25	1	0	0	1	0
2017	41		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		59	147	138	8	26	3	1	3	17	1	1	8	40	.188	.238	.290	.528	40	4	1	0	0	0
2017	41	12.9	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		44	83	76	6	16	2	1	2	10	0	1	6	23	.211	.277	.342	.619	26	1	1	0	0	0
2017	41	15.9	Rakuten	JPEL	Fgn		15	64	62	2	10	1	0	1	7	1	0	2	17	.161	.188	.226	.413	14	3	0	0	0	0
2018	42		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		31	46	43	9	8	2	0	0	5	1	0	3	10	.186	.239	.233	.472	10	1	0	0	0	0
2018	42	14.1	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		30	41	39	8	6	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	10	.154	.195	.180	.375	7	1	0	0	0	0
2018	42	17.3	Seibu	JPEL	Fgn		1	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	.500	.600	.750	1.350	3	0	0	0	0	0
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Majors (7 seasons)					Majors		630	2555	2302	330	615	124	20	32	211	102	18	179	403	.267	.321	.380	.701	875	14	11	47	16	9
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		137	558	494	96	136	23	4	7	53	13	2	50	83	.275	.342	.381	.723	188	4	3	6	5	0
Foreign (17 seasons)					Foreign		1959	8137	7358	1086	2134	419	65	202	850	367	81	584	1255	.290	.343	.447	.790	3289	101	36	105	54	49
NPB (17 seasons)					NPB		1913	7956	7190	1065	2090	411	65	201	837	363	80	572	1220	.291	.344	.450	.794	3234	96	36	105	53	49
All Levels (24 Seasons)							2726	11250	10154	1512	2885	566	89	241	1114	482	101	813	1741	.284	.338	.429	.767	4352	119	50	158	75	58

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		122	500	445	84	120	19	4	6	47	11	2	43	74	.270	.333	.371	.704	165	3	2	5	5	0
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		9	34	30	8	10	4	0	0	2	2	0	3	6	.333	.394	.467	.861	14	1	0	1	0	0
A+ (1 season)					Minors		2	8	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	2	0	0	0	0	0
A- (1 season)					Minors		1	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk (1 season)					Minors		3	11	9	3	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	3	.444	.546	.778	1.323	7	0	1	0	0	0