Hideki Matsui
New York Yankees 2003–2009; Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2010; Oakland Athletics 2011; Tampa Bay Rays 2012
Percentile snapshot
2011 season — qualified batters
of 145 qualified 2011 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 163 | 695 | 623 | 82 | 179 | 42 | 1 | 16 | 106 | 63 | 86 | 2 | 2 | .287 | .353 | .435 | .788 | 110.0 | 109.6 | .346 | 2.7 |
| 2004 | 162 | 680 | 584 | 109 | 174 | 34 | 2 | 31 | 108 | 88 | 103 | 3 | 0 | .298 | .390 | .522 | .912 | 139.0 | 137.1 | .396 | 4.8 |
| 2005 | 162 | 703 | 629 | 108 | 192 | 45 | 3 | 23 | 116 | 63 | 78 | 2 | 2 | .305 | .367 | .496 | .863 | 128.7 | 129.4 | .371 | 4.1 |
| 2006 | 51 | 201 | 172 | 32 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .302 | .393 | .494 | .887 | 129.8 | 128.2 | .386 | 1.1 |
| 2007 | 143 | 633 | 547 | 100 | 156 | 28 | 4 | 25 | 103 | 73 | 73 | 4 | 2 | .285 | .367 | .488 | .855 | 124.1 | 123.6 | .375 | 3.2 |
| 2008 | 93 | 378 | 337 | 43 | 99 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 45 | 38 | 47 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .370 | .424 | .795 | 111.1 | 110.4 | .354 | 0.9 |
| 2009 | 142 | 526 | 456 | 62 | 125 | 21 | 1 | 28 | 90 | 64 | 75 | 0 | 1 | .274 | .367 | .509 | .876 | 128.0 | 125.6 | .381 | 2.3 |
| 2010 | 145 | 554 | 482 | 55 | 132 | 24 | 1 | 21 | 84 | 67 | 98 | 0 | 1 | .274 | .361 | .459 | .820 | 127.1 | 126.7 | .362 | 2.2 |
| 2011 | 141 | 583 | 517 | 58 | 130 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 72 | 56 | 84 | 1 | 1 | .251 | .321 | .375 | .696 | 93.8 | 94.0 | .310 | 0.1 |
| 2012 | 34 | 103 | 95 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .147 | .214 | .221 | .435 | 18.7 | 23.5 | .197 | -0.9 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-10-16 | NYY @ BOS Gameday | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 2009-08-13 | NYY @ SEA Gameday | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 2003-06-05 | NYY @ CIN Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 2004-08-06 | TOR @ NYY Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 2007-07-22 | TB @ NYY Gameday | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.