Hideki Matsui stats

Last played for the Tampa Bay Rays, 2012

Left Fielder · #35

Age 52 · 6' 2"

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Hideki Matsui played 10 MLB seasons, 2003 to 2012.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,236
AB
4,442
R
656
H
1,253
HR
175
RBI
760
SB
13
AVG
.282

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
2003NYY16362382179161062.287
2004NYY162584109174311083.298
2005NYY162629108192231162.305
2006NYY5117232528291.302
2007NYY143547100156251034.285
2008NYY9333743999450.294
2009NYY1424566212528900.274
2010LAA1454825513221840.274
2011ATH1415175813012721.251
2012TB3495714270.147

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
56
AB
205
R
32
H
64
HR
10
RBI
39
SB
0
AVG
.312

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
5,066
TB
2,051
XBH
436
HBP
21
IBB
35
GIDP
106
P/PA
3.87

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
2003NYY6952715935253.8
2004NYY6803056732113.9
2005NYY7043127137163.7
2006NYY20185170264.1
2007NYY634267573294.0
2008NYY3781432636103.8
2009NYY528232504143.9
2010LAA5582214616104.1
2011ATH5851944013103.8
2012TB1032130153.7

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
18.6
RC
735.5
RC/27
5.90
ISOP
.180
SECA
.304
BB/K
0.79
AB/HR
25.4
GO/FO
0.80

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
2003NYY1.990.65.1.1480.20.738.90
2004NYY4.6118.47.5.2240.40.918.80.7
2005NYY4.1110.96.5.1910.30.827.30.9
2006NYY0.732.86.9.1920.41.221.50.6
2007NYY3.999.76.5.2030.3121.90.7
2008NYY0.9525.7.1310.20.837.40.9
2009NYY2.486.26.9.2350.40.916.30.6
2010LAA1.3805.9.1850.30.7230.7
2011ATH0.263.94.2.1240.20.743.10.7
2012TB-1.41.80.6.0740.20.447.50.8

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
52 yearsJun 12, 1974
Height
6' 2"
Debut
2003
Birthplace
Kanazaka, Japan
World Series MVP
2009

Latest performance

Hideki Matsui

Jul 22 · vs SEA · L 2-1

AB
1
R
0
H
0
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
0
AVG
.147

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Sun, Jul 22vsSEAL 2-110000
Sat, Jul 21vsSEAL 2-140000
Fri, Jul 20vsSEAW 4-3 F/1420000
Thu, Jul 19vsCLEW 6-030000
Mon, Jul 16vsCLEL 3-210000
Sun, Jul 15vsBOSL 7-340000

What were Hideki Matsui's career stats?

Hideki Matsui played 10 seasons for the Yankees, the Angels, the Athletics and the Rays. He was a career .282 hitter with 1,253 hits, 175 home runs and 760 RBI. His best season was 2005: a .305 batting average, 23 home runs and 116 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

10 seasons, 4 postseasons, 2003 to 2012

Championships

Awards

More on Hideki Matsui

Playoff series

Hideki Matsui played 55 games across 6 MLB postseasons in 11 series — 6 won, 5 lost.

Hideki Matsui's line in each playoff series
AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
2009MINWon 3-039212
2009LAAWon 4-2621503
2009PHIWon 4-2613838
2007CLELost 1-3411200
2006DETLost 1-3416401
2005LAALost 2-2415411
2004MINWon 3-1417713
2004BOSLost 3-473414210
2003MINWon 3-1415413
2003BOSWon 4-3726804
2003MIALost 2-4623614

What the columns mean: AB · H · HR · RBI

Hideki Matsui’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.