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  NAME     : Hideki Matsui
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : Japan
 
  BIRTHDAY : 6/12/1974
  AGE      : 30
  HEIGHT   : 6"1
  WEIGHT   : 209
 
  POSITION : Leftfield
  BATS     : Left
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $4,900,000 through 2005
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Average
  LOYALTY                  : Minimal
  TEAM LEADER              : None at all
  CONSISTENCY              : VERY inconsistent
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Normal
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at Leftfield : D (Fielding Pct. : .991) Range at Rightfield : C (Fielding Pct. : .979) Outfield Arm : C
OFFENSIVE RATINGS : (Rated by an average league scout) Speed : D Stealing Ability : C Sacrifice Bunt : E Bunt for Hit : D Hitter Type : Normal Getting Hits : 5 (VS. RHP : 5, VS. LHP : 5, Talent Average) Hitting Doubles : 6 (VS. RHP : 5, VS. LHP : 7, Talent Good) Hitting Homeruns : 6 (VS. RHP : 7, VS. LHP : 4, Talent Good) Getting BB's : 4 (VS. RHP : 4, VS. LHP : 5, Talent Average) Avoiding Strikeouts : 6 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 6, Talent Average)
BATTING STATS : Category AVG HR RBI AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG Overall .208 3 16 106 22 6 0 19 2 2 13 15 .317 .349 vs RHP .211 3 11 76 16 4 0 14 1 2 6 10 .295 .382 vs LHP .200 0 5 30 6 2 0 5 1 0 7 5 .368 .267 At Home .169 2 11 71 12 3 0 13 0 2 9 13 .306 .296 Away .286 1 5 35 10 3 0 6 2 0 4 2 .341 .457 R.I.S.P. .304 1 13 23 7 2 0 0 0 0 5 5 .419 .522 Pinch Hitting .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Close/Late .429 0 3 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .556 .571 This Week .333 2 5 18 6 0 0 5 0 0 1 2 .368 .667 Last Week .286 0 4 21 6 1 0 4 1 2 8 1 .500 .333 Apr/Mar .208 3 16 106 22 6 0 19 2 2 13 15 .317 .349 May .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
CAREER STATS : YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS 2003 .311 29 123 160 607 189 45 4 114 12 7 67 86 .380 .542 NYA,MIN,COL 2004 .316 47 120 159 642 203 38 4 152 19 7 54 108 .369 .607 COL,NL Total AB : 1355 Total AVG : .306 Total Hits: 414 Total HR : 79 Total RBI : 259 Total Runs: 285 Total SB : 33
PLAYER HISTORY
Traded from New York (A) to Minnesota on 3/31/2003 (Going to MIN: SS D. Jeter, LF H. Matsui. Going to NYA: SS C. Guzman, RF M. Cuddyer)... Traded from Minnesota to Colorado on 3/31/2003 (Going to MIN: RF L. Walker. Going to COL: LF H. Matsui)... Had first career hit on 4/4/2003, off Brian Anderson (SF)... Hit first career homerun on 4/5/2003, off Jason Simontacchi (SF)... Won Rookie of the Year in 2003, hitting .311 with 29 HR, 123 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2004, hitting .400 with 11 HR, 38 RBI... Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game...