Hideki Matsui [松井 秀喜]

Hideki Matsui [松井 秀喜]

Registered as Matsui [松井]  in 2002
YOM #55 - Outfielder [外野手]

Bats/Throws:  Left/Right Height/Weight:  186 cm/95 kg Birthday:  1974-06-12 Born:  Ishikawa [石川] Nationality:  Japan [日本]   Played at Koshien   Number 1 draft pick by the Yomiuri Giants in 1993.

Who is Hideki Matsui? And more imporantly, how good is he? [Admin: An excellent essay about the slugging former Giant.] (by CFiJ)

I get a great many requests for "interesting" and "personal" information on Matsui. The most intersting "Matsui story" Ive heard comes from his Little League years. He was apparently so powerful back then that the other kids made the naturally right handed slugger bat left handed as a handicap. From that "handicap," the most powerful left handed hitting Japanese player of a generation was born. Or, so the legend goes. (by westbaystars)

Fielding - Outfielder

Year	Team	Games	Put Outs	Assists	Errors	DPs	Field%	Rank
1995	null	131	260	10	3	2	.989	-
1996	YOM	130	215	10	6	2	.974	-
1997	YOM	135	287	10	7	4	.977	-
1998	YOM	135	277	12	4	1	.986	-
1999	YOM	134	240	3	1	1	.996	-
2000	YOM	135	278	7	2	1	.993	-
2001	YOM	140	278	4	6	2	.979	14
2002	YOM	140	262	5	2	0	.993	4
Totals:		1080	2097	61	31	13	.986	-

Batting

Year	Team	Games	PA	AB	Runs	Hits	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBIs	GWRBIs	SB	CS	SacH	SacF	BB	(IBB)	HBP	K	DP	LOB	Avg	Slg	OBP	RiSP	Rank	Err
1993	YOM	57	203	184	27	41	9	0	11	83	27	-	1	0	0	0	17	(-)	2	50	1	-	.223	.451	.296	-	-	1
1994	YOM	130	569	503	70	148	23	4	20	239	66	-	6	3	1	4	57	(-)	4	101	12	-	.294	.475	.368	-	11	5
1995	YOM	131	569	501	76	142	31	1	22	241	80	-	9	7	2	2	62	(-)	2	93	12	-	.283	.481	.363	-	13	3
1996	YOM	130	569	487	97	153	34	1	38	303	99	-	7	2	0	7	71	(-)	4	98	5	-	.314	.622	.401	-	7	6
1997	YOM	135	596	484	93	144	18	0	37	273	103	-	9	3	0	6	100	(-)	6	84	5	-	.298	.564	.419	-	13	7
1998	YOM	135	603	487	103	142	24	3	34	274	100	-	3	5	0	4	104	(-)	8	101	7	-	.292	.563	.421	-	11	4
1999	YOM	135	573	471	100	143	24	2	42	297	95	-	0	4	0	6	93	(-)	2	99	3	-	.304	.631	.416	-	9	1
2000	YOM	135	590	474	116	150	32	1	42	310	108	-	5	2	0	7	106	(-)	2	108	1	-	.316	.654	.438	-	3	2
2001	YOM	140	611	481	107	160	23	3	36	297	104	-	3	3	0	7	120	(-)	3	96	9	-	.333	.617	.463	-	1	6
2002	YOM	140	623	500	112	167	27	1	50	346	107	-	3	4	0	3	114	(17)	6	104	4	151	.334	.692	.461	.294	2	2
Totals:		1268	5506	4572	901	1390	245	16	332	2663	889	0	46	33	3	46	844	(17)	39	934	59	151	.304	.582	.413	-	-	37