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Rickey Henderson League 8-20-2072 |
| Hideki Matsui |  Left FieldRetired (1981, Age 35) |
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CAREER | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | ||||
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| AVG | .267 | Total Rating |
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Bats/Throws | L/R | |
| OPS | .721 | Status | Deceased (2023) | Option Years | 0
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| H | 650 | Age at Death | 77 | Date of Birth | 01-27-1946 | |
| HR | 51 | Drafted | Round 2, Pick 23 (1971) |
Majors Svc Time | 8 years (50 games) |
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| RBI | 285 | |||||
| SB | 20 | |||||
| OFFENSE | PITCHING | MENTORING | |||||||
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| Contact vs. R | Contact vs. L | Endurance |
Ldrship |
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| Power vs. R | Power vs. L | Velocity |
Mentor vR |
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| Speed | Bunt | Control |
Mentor vL |
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| POSITIONS | DEFENSE/HEALTH | POSTSEASON | |||||||
| C * | --- | SS | --- | Range | WS Rings | 0 | |||
| 1B | --- | LF | (100%) | Arm | WS Appearances | 0 | |||
| 2B | --- | CF | (98.8%) |
Health |
LCS Appearances | 1 | |||
| 3B | --- | RF | --- |
Injured Days |
0 | All Star Teams | 0 | ||
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.
| Year | Type | OS Age | Chances
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Active | GS | Injured | Contact vs R | Power vs R | Contact vs L | Power vs L | Speed | Arm | Range | Total |
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| 1971 | Minors | 25 | 31.00 | 1 / 8 | 2 / 5 | 1 / 4 | 3 / 7 | 3 / 3 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 11 / 31 | |||
| 1971 | Majors | 25 | 13.89 | 2 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 2 | 2 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 3 | 7 / 13 | |||
| 1972 | Majors | 26 | 51.51 | 5 / 9 | 1 / 6 | 1 / 4 | 4 / 6 | 6 / 12 | 4 / 6 | 2 / 8 | 23 / 51 | |||
| 1973 | Majors | 27 | 38.57 | 2 / 10 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 3 | 3 / 8 | 0 / 2 | 2 / 3 | 0 / 5 | 7 / 38 | |||
| 1974 | Minors | 28 | 5.00 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 2 / 5 | |||
| 1974 | Majors | 28 | 33.60 | 1 / 7 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 5 | 0 / 3 | 3 / 33 | |||
| 1975 | Majors | 29 | 62.08 | 151 | 102 | 0 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 10 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 10 | 1 / 6 | 0 / 9 | 1 / 12 | 2 / 62 |
| 1976 | Minors | 30 | 3.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 3 | |||
| 1976 | Majors | 30 | 47.26 | 116 | 93 | 33 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 7 | 2 / 10 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 8 | 2 / 10 | 0 / 5 | 5 / 47 |
| 1977 | Majors | 31 | 34.52 | 162 | 3 | 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 6 | 1 / 34 |
| 1978 | Majors | 32 | 29.02 | 162 | 3 | 0 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 29 |
| 1979 | Minors | 33 | 5.00 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 5 | |||
| 1979 | Majors | 33 | 17.56 | 111 | 2 | 0 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 17 |
| 1980 | Majors | 34 | 35.77 | 162 | 26 | 0 | -4 / 8 | -7 / 6 | -6 / 6 | -6 / 6 | -6 / 3 | -2 / 4 | -2 / 2 | -33 / 35 |
| 1981 | Minors | 35 | 2.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | |||
| 1981 | Majors | 35 | 20.00 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 20 | |||
| Total | 864 | 229 | 33 | 7 / 68 | -1 / 60 | 0 / 62 | 6 / 63 | 5 / 56 | 9 / 58 | 4 / 58 | 30 / 425 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1981-11-01 | Hideki Matsui has retired from the Free Agency Pool |
| 1981-04-10 | The New York Citylovers have waived Hideki Matsui. |
| 1981-03-07 | The New York Citylovers have promoted Pinky Klusman to the major league team. The New York Citylovers have designated Hideki Matsui for assignment. |
| 1980-03-13 | The New York Rocks have promoted Hideki Matsui to the major league team. The New York Rocks have sent Harry McLean to the minors. |
| 1979-09-06 | The New York Rocks have acquired Hideki Matsui from the waiver wire. |
| 1979-09-02 | The New York Highlanders have waived Hideki Matsui. |
| 1979-08-06 | The New York Highlanders have designated Hideki Matsui for assignment. |
| 1976-08-20 | Hideki Matsui of the New York Bronx Bombers is injured and is expected to be out 38 days. |
| 1976-07-30 | The New York Bronx Bombers have promoted Hideki Matsui to the major league team. The New York Bronx Bombers have designated Mickey Rivers for assignment. |
| 1976-07-20 | The New York Bronx Bombers have sent Hideki Matsui down to the minors. |
| 1975-04-13 | The New York Bronx Bombers have promoted Hideki Matsui to the major league team. The New York Bronx Bombers have designated Len Piniella for assignment. |
| 1974-08-31 | The New York Bronx Bombers have sent Hideki Matsui to the minors. |
| 1974-04-25 | The New York Bronx Bombers have promoted Hideki Matsui to the major league team. The New York Bronx Bombers have designated Mickey Rios for assignment. |
| 1973-09-28 | The New York Bronx Bombers have promoted Ralph Houk to the major league team. The New York Bronx Bombers have sent Hideki Matsui to the minors. |
| 1973-04-28 | The New York Bronx Bombers have renamed Mort Shokes to Hideki Matsui. |
| 1972-03-01 | The New York Redbirds have promoted Mort Shokes to the major league team. |
| 1971-08-13 | The New York Redbirds have sent Seth Alten to the minors. The New York Redbirds have sent Mort Shokes to the minors. |
| 1971-06-25 | The New York Redbirds have promoted Mort Shokes to the major league team. |