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Hideki Matsui 2026 Season · TB

Career: .282/.360/.462, 175 HR, 1253 H in 1236 games.

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Hideki Matsui

#55

LF · TB

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+11.6Career NUT

+3.4 to Great

Career

.282AVG175HR760RBI1253H656R13SB

L/R · 6' 2", 210 lb · b. Jun 12, 1974 · Kanazawa, Japan · Signed International FA, 2009 (LAA)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2003	29	NYY	+0.7	163	695	623	82	179	42	1	16	106	63	3	5	86	2	2	6	25	.287	.353	.435	.148	.788	.309
2004	30	NYY	+3.4	162	680	584	109	174	34	2	31	108	88	3	2	103	3	0	5	11	.298	.390	.522	.224	.912	.314
2005	31	NYY	+2.3	162	703	629	108	192	45	3	23	116	63	3	7	78	2	2	8	16	.305	.367	.496	.191	.863	.315
2006	32	NYY	+0.7	51	201	172	32	52	9	0	8	29	27	0	2	23	1	0	2	6	.302	.393	.494	.192	.887	.308
2007	33	NYY	+1.9	143	633	547	100	156	28	4	25	103	73	3	2	73	4	2	10	9	.285	.367	.488	.203	.855	.285
2008	34	NYY	+0.5	93	378	337	43	99	17	0	9	45	38	3	6	47	0	0	0	10	.294	.370	.424	.130	.794	.320
2009	35	NYY	+2.2	142	526	456	62	125	21	1	28	90	64	4	1	75	0	1	2	4	.274	.367	.509	.235	.876	.273
2010	36	LAA	+1.5	145	554	482	55	132	24	1	21	84	67	1	6	98	0	1	4	10	.274	.361	.459	.185	.820	.302
2011	37	OAK	-0.5	141	583	517	58	130	28	0	12	72	56	1	3	84	1	1	9	10	.251	.321	.375	.124	.696	.274
2012	38	TB	-1.1	34	103	95	7	14	1	0	2	7	8	0	1	22	0	0	0	5	.147	.214	.221	.074	.435	.169
Career	—	10 yrs	+11.6	1236	5056	4442	656	1253	249	12	175	760	547	21	35	689	13	9	46	106	.282	.360	.462	.180	.822	.297

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Matsui's career NUT of +11.6

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

3.4

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NUT by Season

+0.7

+3.4

+2.3

+0.7

+1.9

+0.5

+2.2

+1.5

-0.5

-1.1

Awards

2003AL Player of the Week · AL Rookie of the Month · AL All-Star

2004AL Player of the Week · AL All-Star

2005AL Player of the Week

2007AL Player of the Month

2009Willie Mays World Series MVP · World Series Championship

2011AL Player of the Week

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SF	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	OPS	BAbip
2007	33	A+	2	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.000	.666	.333
2008	34	A+	3	10	8	1	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.625	.375	1.025	.143
2012	38	AAA	13	54	47	3	8	2	0	4	4	1	10	1	3	.170	.231	.213	.043	.444	.211

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