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Rickey Henderson League
8-18-2072
Hideki Matsui Left Field
Retired (1981, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .267 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .721 Status Deceased (2023) Option Years 0  
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)
RBI 285
SB 20
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D 
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity C+   Mentor vR B-
Speed C+ Bunt B- Control C-   Mentor vL B-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm B  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (98.8%)   Health B- LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1971 LF NYN 30 30 270.1 63 61 0 2 0 -1 2.03 .968
CF NYN 2 2 19.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1.89 1.000
RF NYN 2 2 18.0 7 6 0 1 0 +1 3.00 .857
1972 LF NYN 132 132 1134.0 250 249 1 0 0 -1 1.98 1.000
RF NYN 3 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1973 LF NYN 50 40 361.2 94 94 0 0 0 +1 2.34 1.000
3B NYN 18 18 152.0 60 14 42 4 2 -2 3.32 .933
CF NYN 18 17 150.1 48 47 0 1 0 0 2.81 .979
RF NYN 17 14 125.0 30 30 0 0 0 +1 2.16 1.000
1B NYN 5 4 36.0 38 38 0 0 3 0 9.50 1.000
1974 LF NYN 54 48 436.1 87 85 2 0 2 -1 1.79 1.000
CF NYN 19 19 171.1 45 44 0 1 0 0 2.31 .978
3B NYN 5 5 46.0 30 4 24 2 2 -1 5.48 .933
RF NYN 8 4 38.0 5 5 0 0 0 +1 1.18 1.000
1B NYN 1 1 12.0 8 8 0 0 2 0 6.00 1.000
1975 LF NYN 74 66 595.0 130 127 0 3 0 +2 1.92 .977
RF NYN 30 25 225.1 42 42 0 0 0 +2 1.68 1.000
CF NYN 14 11 104.0 26 26 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
1976 RF NYN 33 33 294.2 59 59 0 0 0 -3 1.80 1.000
LF NYN 31 31 281.1 61 59 0 2 0 0 1.89 .967
CF NYN 29 29 258.2 76 74 0 2 0 -1 2.57 .974
3B NYN 1 0 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
1977 RF NYN 50 3 96.0 17 17 0 0 0 -1 1.59 1.000
1978 RF NYN 30 3 64.0 12 12 0 0 0 +1 1.69 1.000
1979 RF NYN-NYA 2 2 17.2 3 2 1 0 1 +1 1.53 1.000
1980 RF NYA 19 19 173.0 43 43 0 0 0 0 2.24 1.000
CF NYA 6 6 53.0 19 18 0 1 0 +1 3.06 .947
LF NYA 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
Pos Total LF 372 348 3087.2 686 676 3 7 2 0 1.98 .990
RF 194 105 1056.0 218 216 1 1 1 +3 1.85 .995
CF 88 84 756.1 218 213 0 5 0 0 2.53 .977
3B 24 23 200.0 92 18 68 6 4 -3 3.87 .935
1B 6 5 48.0 46 46 0 0 5 0 8.62 1.000
Total 684 565 5148.0 1260 1169 72 19 12 0 2.17 .985
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1981-11-01Hideki Matsui has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1981-04-10The New York Citylovers have waived Hideki Matsui.
1981-03-07The New York Citylovers have promoted Pinky Klusman to the major league team. The New York Citylovers have designated Hideki Matsui for assignment.
1980-03-13The New York Rocks have promoted Hideki Matsui to the major league team. The New York Rocks have sent Harry McLean to the minors.
1979-09-06The New York Rocks have acquired Hideki Matsui from the waiver wire.
1979-09-02The New York Highlanders have waived Hideki Matsui.
1979-08-06The New York Highlanders have designated Hideki Matsui for assignment.
1976-08-20Hideki Matsui of the New York Bronx Bombers is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
1976-07-30The New York Bronx Bombers have promoted Hideki Matsui to the major league team. The New York Bronx Bombers have designated Mickey Rivers for assignment.
1976-07-20The New York Bronx Bombers have sent Hideki Matsui down to the minors.
1975-04-13The New York Bronx Bombers have promoted Hideki Matsui to the major league team. The New York Bronx Bombers have designated Len Piniella for assignment.
1974-08-31The New York Bronx Bombers have sent Hideki Matsui to the minors.
1974-04-25The New York Bronx Bombers have promoted Hideki Matsui to the major league team. The New York Bronx Bombers have designated Mickey Rios for assignment.
1973-09-28The 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.
1973-04-28The New York Bronx Bombers have renamed Mort Shokes to Hideki Matsui.
1972-03-01The New York Redbirds have promoted Mort Shokes to the major league team.
1971-08-13The New York Redbirds have sent Seth Alten to the minors. The New York Redbirds have sent Mort Shokes to the minors.
1971-06-25The New York Redbirds have promoted Mort Shokes to the major league team.