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Hideki Matsui played 10 major-league seasons (2003-2012) as a OF (692). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 10 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 29 | NYA | 163 | 623 | 82 | 179 | 16 | 106 | 2 | 63 | 86 | .287 | .788 | 107 |
| 2004 | 30 | NYA | 162 | 584 | 109 | 174 | 31 | 108 | 3 | 88 | 103 | .298 | .912 | 136 |
| 2005 | 31 | NYA | 162 | 629 | 108 | 192 | 23 | 116 | 2 | 63 | 78 | .305 | .863 | 128 |
| 2006 | 32 | NYA | 51 | 172 | 32 | 52 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 27 | 23 | .302 | .887 | 129 |
| 2007 | 33 | NYA | 143 | 547 | 100 | 156 | 25 | 103 | 4 | 73 | 73 | .285 | .855 | 124 |
| 2008 | 34 | NYA | 93 | 337 | 43 | 99 | 9 | 45 | 0 | 38 | 47 | .294 | .795 | 111 |
| 2009 | 35 | NYA | 142 | 456 | 62 | 125 | 28 | 90 | 0 | 64 | 75 | .274 | .876 | 128 |
| 2010 | 36 | LAA | 145 | 482 | 55 | 132 | 21 | 84 | 0 | 67 | 98 | .274 | .820 | 123 |
| 2011 | 37 | OAK | 141 | 517 | 58 | 130 | 12 | 72 | 1 | 56 | 84 | .251 | .696 | 91 |
| 2012 | 38 | TBA | 34 | 95 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 22 | .147 | .435 | 21 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | OF | 159 | 156 | 320 | 13 | 8 | 4 |
| 2004 | OF | 160 | 162 | 307 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| 2005 | OF | 142 | 142 | 279 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 2006 | OF | 36 | 36 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | OF | 112 | 111 | 213 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 2008 | OF | 23 | 22 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | OF | 18 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | OF | 27 | 27 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | OF | 15 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Hideki Matsui won: World Series MVP 2009 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 2005, 2004, 2003.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Rookie of the Year | AL | 2 | 84 / 140 | 10 |
| 2004 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 29 | 2 / 392 | 0 |
| 2005 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 14 | 8 / 392 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.