#55 Hideki Matsui, Centerfield, 33 yrs, Cincinnati Reds

#55 Hideki Matsui, Centerfield, 33 yrs, Cincinnati Reds
Friday, 10/29/2007

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Hideki Matsui

6/12/1974
33
Ishikawa, Japan
6"1
210

Centerfield
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R

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3 / 6 (Well Known)
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Prone
2.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 5,950,000
2008
5 Year(s), 21 Days (881 total Days)
172 Day(s)
5 Year(s), 21 Days (881 total Days)
6 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	53	54	76	43	46
Versus LHP	45	53	63	31	33
Versus RHP	56	55	81	48	51
Talent	6	6	8	6	6

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42
13
11
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2
Pull Hitter

Fielding Ratings
3B : 42 (Range), .951 (Fielding Pct.)
LF : 59 (Range), .984 (Fielding Pct.)
CF : 58 (Range), .985 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 53 (Range), .978 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 4
Infield Arm : 97
Outfield Arm : 55

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/23	@Ari	W 1-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	#5
9/24	@Pit	L 2-6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	#5
9/25	@Pit	L 1-10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	#5
9/26	@Pit	W 3-0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#5
9/27	Stl	L 0-1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5
9/28	Stl	W 8-5	3	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	#5
9/29	Stl	L 1-12	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	#5
10/1	LA	W 3-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	#8
10/2	LA	L 6-8	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
10/3	LA	L 3-6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	#5

Batting Stats 2007

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	156	549	143	21	3	39	93	90	45	157	.260	.322	.523	.844	.813	.262
Projected	156	549	143	21	3	39	93	90	45	157	.260	.322	.523	.844	.813	.262

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	144	603	6	7	0	9	0	3	287	63	1	2	33.3	93.5	6.0

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	148	38	4	0	10	24	27	11	48	1	0	1	.257	.311	.486	.797
vs. RHP	401	105	17	3	29	69	63	34	109	2	0	5	.262	.326	.536	.862
Close/Late	56	14	2	0	4	9	15	9	12	0	0	1	.250	.364	.500	.864
Scoring Position	120	32	9	0	10	56	0	18	42	3	0	2	.267	.364	.592	.955
Pinch Hitting	10	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	.300	.364	.300	.664

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	78	269	68	10	1	20	46	40	21	75	.253	.312	.520	.832
Road	78	280	75	11	2	19	47	50	24	82	.268	.331	.525	.856
March/April	23	81	22	2	0	10	20	18	10	24	.272	.355	.667	1.022
May	27	88	30	6	2	6	15	19	10	20	.341	.408	.659	1.067
June	26	103	34	5	0	9	20	17	4	26	.330	.364	.641	1.004
July	25	90	20	5	0	6	19	13	8	30	.222	.293	.478	.771
August	28	95	20	3	0	5	13	13	9	27	.211	.276	.400	.676
Sept/Oct	27	92	17	0	1	3	6	10	4	30	.185	.235	.304	.539

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2003	153	554	153	28	1	34	109	91	69	0	0	87	0	1	.276	.356	.514	.871	NYA
2004	139	433	125	27	3	31	87	74	74	0	0	76	0	1	.289	.393	.580	.972	NYY
2005	157	596	166	30	5	40	108	104	69	2	1	137	1	1	.279	.355	.547	.902	NYY LA,NL
2006	149	519	125	24	1	23	79	66	45	0	2	165	0	2	.241	.300	.424	.724	LA NYM Cin
2007	156	549	143	21	3	39	93	90	45	6	3	157	1	2	.260	.322	.523	.844	Cin,NL
Total	754	2651	712	130	13	167	476	425	302	8	6	622	2	7	.269	.344	.516	.861

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2003	4	10	1	0	0	1	1	2	6	2	0	0	.100	.438	.400	.838
2005	9	33	5	0	0	2	7	4	3	10	0	0	.152	.222	.333	.556
Total	13	43	6	0	0	3	8	6	9	12	0	0	.140	.288	.349	.637

Fielding Stats 2007

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Third Base	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	6.0	1.50
Centerfield	145	144	255	8	3	265	2	.992	1275.2	1.87
Rightfield	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	6.0	3.00

Player History

Had first career hit on 3/31/2003, off Roy Halladay (Tor)...
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/2003, off Joe Kennedy (TB)...
Hit 3 homeruns against Oakland, driving in 6 runs on 8/14/2004...
Traded from New York (A) to Los Angeles on 6/7/2005 (Going to LA: P Jose Contreras, LF Hideki Matsui. Going to NYY: P Chad Bradford, P Ben Sheets)...
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game...
7/31/2005: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $5,950,000 per year, for 3 years.
Traded from Los Angeles to New York (N) on 7/10/2006 (Going to LA: LF Randy Winn, LF Juan Rivera, P Rocky Biddle. Going to NYM: RF Shawn Green, CF Hideki Matsui, P Rafael Soriano)...
Traded from New York (N) to Cincinnati on 7/13/2006 (Going to Cin: 3B Hideki Matsui, P Chad Cordero. Going to NYM: P Luke Hudson, P Anthony Swarzak, 3B Tony Blanco)...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/19/2007, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 9 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/5/2007, hitting .600 with 4 HR, 11 RBI...
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

OBP 2004 - .393 - 10th	SLG 2004 - .580 - 7th 2005 - .547 - 9th	OPS 2004 - .972 - 7th	Homeruns 2005 - 40 - 4th	RBI 2005 - 108 - 10th

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