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Hideki Matsui

Birthdate: 6/12/1974 Bats/Throws: L/R
Height/Weight: 6-2/210 Position: DH/OF
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12/27/2012: Matsui will announce his retirement Thursday, Jack Curry of the YES Network reports.

7/24/2012 - Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui and BABIP Aging by Bradley Woodrum (FanGraphs)

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5/29/2012 - Hideki Matsui Returns: The Rays, Godzilla, and LHP by Bradley Woodrum (FanGraphs)

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5/21/2012 - AL OF Stock Watch by David Wiers (RotoGraphs)

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3/26/2012 - MLB 2K12 Review: Eh, Why Not? by Bradley Woodrum (NotGraphs)

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2/7/2012 - Yankees Pursue Ibanez, But What About Damon? by Steve Slowinski (FanGraphs)

Date	Pitcher	Inn.	Outs	Base	Score	Play	LI	RE	WE	WPA	RE24	Score	Half
5/29	P Humber	4-B	2	1__	2-0	Hideki Matsui homered (Fly). Matt Joyce scored.	1.00	0.19	52.6 %	.263	1.89	1	1
6/20	S Strasburg	3-T	2	12_	3-2	Hideki Matsui singled to right (Grounder). Carlos Pena scored. B.J. Upton advanced to 3B.	1.83	0.41	26.8 %	.112	1.06	1	0
6/12	C Young	1-B	1	123	1-1	Hideki Matsui singled to right (Fliner (Liner)). Carlos Pena scored. B.J. Upton advanced to 3B. Matt Joyce advanced to 2B.	3.10	1.46	54.2 %	.106	1.00	1	1
6/1	W Chen	1-B	2	_2_	5-0	Hideki Matsui homered (Fliner (Fly)). Luke Scott scored.	0.59	0.28	82.7 %	.094	1.80	1	1
7/1	D Smyly	5-B	1	__3	2-3	Hideki Matsui singled to right (Liner). Ben Zobrist scored.	1.93	0.87	30.9 %	.080	0.57	1	1
6/14	J Santana	2-B	0	___	0-2	Hideki Matsui singled to center (Grounder). Hideki Matsui advanced to 2B on error. Error by Kirk Nieuwenhuis.	0.95	0.41	30.5 %	.070	0.60	0	1
7/1	P Coke	7-B	1	1__	3-5	Hideki Matsui singled to right (Grounder). Ben Zobrist advanced to 2B.	1.96	0.44	18.8 %	.068	0.37	0	1
6/21	M Gonzalez	7-T	2	12_	4-2	Hideki Matsui walked. Desmond Jennings advanced to 3B. Ben Zobrist advanced to 2B.	2.47	0.41	16.5 %	.054	0.32	0	0
6/14	F Francisco	9-B	2	12_	6-9	Hideki Matsui walked. Desmond Jennings advanced to 3B. Carlos Pena advanced to 2B.	1.48	0.39	3.5 %	.051	0.32	0	1
6/23	J Papelbon	9-T	1	___	6-4	Hideki Matsui singled to center (Grounder).	0.89	0.25	3.2 %	.047	0.25	0	0
7/15	J Beckett	3-B	0	___	3-3	Hideki Matsui walked.	1.00	0.41	55.0 %	.042	0.36	0	1
6/21	G Gonzalez	2-T	0	___	0-0	Hideki Matsui walked.	0.93	0.46	50.0 %	.038	0.37	0	0
6/14	J Santana	6-B	0	___	4-8	Hideki Matsui singled to center (Fliner (Liner)).	0.61	0.41	7.0 %	.029	0.36	0	1
6/24	C Hamels	4-T	2	1__	0-0	Hideki Matsui singled to center (Fliner (Liner)). Jeff Keppinger advanced to 2B.	1.00	0.22	46.9 %	.024	0.20	0	0
6/16	A Sanchez	6-B	2	___	2-3	Hideki Matsui walked.	0.72	0.08	29.5 %	.022	0.11	0	1
6/26	B Chen	1-T	1	1_3	0-1	Hideki Matsui flied out to center (Fliner (Fly)). Carlos Pena scored on error. Jeff Keppinger advanced to 2B on error. Error by Brayan Pena.	1.83	1.18	56.6 %	.019	0.14	1	0
7/14	M Albers	7-B	1	_23	2-3	Hideki Matsui was intentionally walked.	3.66	1.31	53.1 %	.010	0.15	0	1
6/24	C Qualls	8-T	2	___	1-3	Hideki Matsui walked.	0.23	0.10	85.6 %	.006	0.12	0	0
6/3	D Eveland	6-B	1	___	5-2	Hideki Matsui singled to left (Fliner (Liner)).	0.16	0.21	92.5 %	.006	0.23	0	1
6/26	F Bueno	9-T	0	___	8-2	Hideki Matsui singled to left (Fliner (Liner)).	0.07	0.49	0.2 %	.003	0.38	0	0
6/12	T Byrdak	7-B	2	1__	2-9	Hideki Matsui walked. Matt Joyce advanced to 2B.	0.05	0.19	0.4 %	.002	0.19	0	1
6/9	S Cishek	9-T	0	___	4-12	Hideki Matsui doubled to left (Fliner (Liner)).	0.00	0.46	100.0 %	.000	0.61	0	0
6/15	S Rosario	8-B	0	___	11-0	Hideki Matsui flied out to center (Fliner (Fly)).	0.00	0.41	100.0 %	.000	-0.20	0	1
6/25	L Hochevar	9-T	0	___	8-0	Hideki Matsui flied out to right (Fly).	0.01	0.49	0.0 %	.000	-0.23	0	0
6/5	F Garcia	9-T	1	___	7-0	Hideki Matsui struck out swinging.	0.01	0.27	0.0 %	.000	-0.17	0	0
6/15	C Gaudin	7-B	0	___	6-0	Hideki Matsui flied out to left (Liner).	0.01	0.41	99.6 %	.000	-0.20	0	1
6/1	W Chen	6-B	1	___	5-0	Hideki Matsui flied out to left (Fliner (Fly)).	0.04	0.21	98.0 %	-.001	-0.13	0	1
6/13	R Dickey	8-B	0	___	0-7	Hideki Matsui grounded out to shortstop (Grounder).	0.05	0.41	0.3 %	-.001	-0.20	0	1
5/29	H Santiago	9-B	1	___	2-7	Hideki Matsui grounded out to first (Grounder).	0.06	0.21	0.2 %	-.001	-0.13	0	1
6/5	A Pettitte	7-T	0	___	7-0	Hideki Matsui fouled out to first (Fly).	0.11	0.51	0.9 %	-.003	-0.24	0	0
6/25	L Hochevar	6-T	0	___	7-0	Hideki Matsui flied out to shortstop (Fly).	0.15	0.49	1.3 %	-.004	-0.23	0	0
6/15	C Gaudin	5-B	0	___	4-0	Hideki Matsui flied out to center (Fly).	0.16	0.41	94.8 %	-.004	-0.20	0	1
6/30	J Valverde	9-B	2	_2_	2-6	Hideki Matsui flied out to right (Fliner (Fly)).	0.15	0.28	0.4 %	-.004	-0.28	0	1
6/17	R Choate	7-B	1	1__	3-0	Hideki Matsui struck out swinging.	0.21	0.44	95.5 %	-.005	-0.25	0	1
6/25	L Hochevar	4-T	1	___	6-0	Hideki Matsui grounded out to first (Grounder).	0.21	0.26	3.8 %	-.005	-0.16	0	0
7/1	D Smyly	2-B	2	___	1-0	Hideki Matsui grounded out to second (Grounder).	0.34	0.08	63.9 %	-.008	-0.08	0	1
6/28	J Valverde	9-B	1	___	2-5	Hideki Matsui flied out to center (Fly).	0.39	0.21	1.3 %	-.009	-0.13	0	1
6/21	G Gonzalez	3-T	2	___	0-1	Hideki Matsui grounded out to first (Grounder).	0.40	0.09	58.6 %	-.010	-0.09	0	0
6/3	J Arrieta	2-B	2	___	0-1	Hideki Matsui grounded out to pitcher (Grounder).	0.44	0.08	37.9 %	-.011	-0.08	0	1
6/14	T Byrdak	8-B	0	___	4-8	Hideki Matsui grounded out to first (Grounder).	0.46	0.41	3.0 %	-.011	-0.20	0	1
6/5	A Pettitte	4-T	2	___	2-0	Hideki Matsui flied out to left (Fly).	0.45	0.11	22.5 %	-.012	-0.11	0	0
6/1	W Chen	3-B	0	1__	5-0	Hideki Matsui grounded into a double play to shortstop (Grounder). Sean Rodriguez out at second.	0.24	0.77	95.6 %	-.012	-0.69	0	1
7/19	U Jimenez	6-B	1	___	1-0	Hideki Matsui grounded out to first (Grounder).	0.53	0.21	74.3 %	-.012	-0.13	0	1
5/29	P Humber	6-B	2	1__	2-6	Hideki Matsui grounded out to second (Grounder).	0.45	0.19	5.5 %	-.012	-0.19	0	1
6/6	R Soriano	9-T	2	__3	4-1	Hideki Matsui flied out to right (Fly).	0.48	0.37	1.3 %	-.013	-0.37	0	0
7/15	J Beckett	5-B	1	___	3-6	Hideki Matsui struck out swinging.	0.59	0.21	13.0 %	-.014	-0.13	0	1
6/6	I Nova	7-T	2	___	2-0	Hideki Matsui flied out to left (Fliner (Fly)).	0.54	0.11	12.7 %	-.014	-0.11	0	0
7/15	M Melancon	7-B	2	__3	3-7	Hideki Matsui grounded out to second (Grounder).	0.55	0.32	4.0 %	-.014	-0.32	0	1
5/29	P Humber	2-B	1	___	0-0	Hideki Matsui flied out to left (Fly).	0.64	0.21	52.5 %	-.015	-0.13	0	1
6/2	B Matusz	2-B	1	___	0-0	Hideki Matsui struck out swinging.	0.64	0.21	52.5 %	-.015	-0.13	0	1
6/24	C Hamels	6-T	2	___	0-0	Hideki Matsui struck out swinging.	0.65	0.10	44.4 %	-.016	-0.10	0	0
6/6	I Nova	2-T	1	___	0-0	Hideki Matsui grounded out to shortstop (Grounder).	0.65	0.27	47.6 %	-.017	-0.17	0	0
6/2	B Matusz	5-B	0	_2_	0-1	Hideki Matsui grounded out to second (Grounder). Sean Rodriguez advanced to 3B.	2.10	1.01	48.5 %	-.017	-0.14	0	1
6/16	A Sanchez	4-B	1	___	1-3	Hideki Matsui flied out to right (Fliner (Fly)).	0.74	0.21	24.4 %	-.017	-0.13	0	1
6/23	R Valdes	5-T	1	___	5-3	Hideki Matsui struck out swinging.	0.77	0.25	20.7 %	-.019	-0.15	0	0
6/16	A Sanchez	2-B	0	___	0-3	Hideki Matsui struck out swinging.	0.82	0.41	21.3 %	-.020	-0.20	0	1
6/15	C Zambrano	1-B	2	1__	0-0	Hideki Matsui struck out looking.	0.80	0.19	52.1 %	-.021	-0.19	0	1
6/16	R Webb	13-B	1	1__	3-3	Hideki Matsui grounded out to first (Grounder). B.J. Upton advanced to 2B.	2.82	0.44	61.9 %	-.021	-0.16	0	1
6/13	R Dickey	5-B	0	___	0-3	Hideki Matsui grounded out to shortstop (Grounder).	0.92	0.41	15.2 %	-.022	-0.20	0	1
6/20	S Strasburg	1-T	2	1__	0-0	Hideki Matsui grounded out to shortstop (Grounder).	0.80	0.21	47.6 %	-.022	-0.21	0	0
6/13	R Dickey	2-B	0	___	0-0	Hideki Matsui flied out to center (Fliner (Fly)).	0.92	0.41	54.7 %	-.022	-0.20	0	1
6/17	J Johnson	1-B	1	1__	1-0	Hideki Matsui singled to right (Grounder). Carlos Pena out at third. Hideki Matsui	0.98	0.44	66.1 %	-.022	-0.25	0	1
6/21	G Gonzalez	6-T	0	_2_	2-1	Hideki Matsui flied out to right (Fly). Ben Zobrist advanced to 3B.	2.14	1.06	42.9 %	-.022	-0.16	0	0
6/16	E Mujica	8-B	2	___	3-3	Hideki Matsui grounded out to third (Grounder).	0.94	0.08	52.2 %	-.022	-0.08	0	1
6/23	K Kendrick	2-T	0	___	0-0	Hideki Matsui struck out swinging.	0.93	0.46	50.0 %	-.023	-0.22	0	0
6/24	C Hamels	2-T	0	___	0-0	Hideki Matsui flied out to left (Fliner (Liner)).	0.93	0.46	50.0 %	-.023	-0.22	0	0
6/5	A Pettitte	2-T	0	___	2-0	Hideki Matsui grounded out to shortstop (Grounder).	0.92	0.51	30.2 %	-.023	-0.24	0	0
7/5	V Pestano	8-T	2	___	2-1	Hideki Matsui flied out to left (Fliner (Liner)).	1.02	0.10	15.5 %	-.026	-0.10	0	0
6/26	B Chen	4-T	0	___	4-2	Hideki Matsui struck out swinging.	1.04	0.49	26.5 %	-.026	-0.23	0	0
5/30	J Crain	8-B	2	___	3-4	Hideki Matsui flied out to center (Fly).	1.14	0.08	16.7 %	-.027	-0.08	0	1
6/3	J Arrieta	5-B	0	___	2-2	Hideki Matsui flied out to left (Fliner (Fly)).	1.17	0.41	56.1 %	-.028	-0.20	0	1
6/23	K Kendrick	3-T	0	12_	0-3	Hideki Matsui struck out swinging.	0.99	1.43	85.8 %	-.028	-0.56	0	0
7/21	J Vargas	2-B	1	1__	0-2	Hideki Matsui struck out swinging.	1.31	0.44	31.0 %	-.030	-0.25	0	1
6/2	B Matusz	7-B	1	___	1-2	Hideki Matsui flied out to shortstop (Fly).	1.34	0.21	27.7 %	-.031	-0.13	0	1
6/15	C Zambrano	2-B	2	123	3-0	Hideki Matsui grounded out to second (Grounder).	1.32	0.71	85.9 %	-.031	-0.71	0	1
6/23	A Bastardo	7-T	2	1__	5-3	Hideki Matsui flied out to left (Fly).	1.12	0.22	13.6 %	-.031	-0.22	0	0
7/19	U Jimenez	3-B	2	__3	1-0	Hideki Matsui flied out to right (Fly).	1.29	0.32	67.8 %	-.033	-0.32	0	1
6/14	J Santana	3-B	1	1__	3-4	Hideki Matsui struck out swinging.	1.49	0.44	41.6 %	-.034	-0.25	0	1
6/20	S Strasburg	6-T	0	___	3-2	Hideki Matsui struck out swinging.	1.46	0.46	32.7 %	-.036	-0.22	0	0
6/2	J Johnson	9-B	2	___	1-2	Hideki Matsui grounded out to second (Grounder).	1.55	0.08	3.7 %	-.037	-0.08	0	1
6/16	H Bell	15-B	2	___	3-4	Hideki Matsui struck out looking.	1.55	0.08	3.7 %	-.037	-0.08	0	1
7/16	C Perez	9-B	2	___	2-3	Hideki Matsui struck out looking.	1.55	0.08	3.7 %	-.037	-0.08	0	1
5/30	N Jones	6-B	0	1__	1-4	Hideki Matsui struck out looking.	1.82	0.77	17.0 %	-.039	-0.32	0	1
6/26	B Chen	6-T	1	1__	4-2	Hideki Matsui reached on fielder's choice to second (Grounder). Jeff Keppinger out at second.	1.64	0.52	22.0 %	-.039	-0.29	0	0
6/12	C Young	5-B	1	1__	2-3	Hideki Matsui flied out to center (Fly).	1.87	0.44	38.9 %	-.042	-0.25	0	1
7/15	A Aceves	9-B	2	123	3-7	Hideki Matsui flied out to right (Fly).	1.69	0.71	4.2 %	-.042	-0.71	0	1
7/15	J Beckett	1-B	1	12_	1-1	Hideki Matsui struck out swinging.	2.03	0.81	58.4 %	-.043	-0.43	0	1
6/6	I Nova	4-T	2	__3	1-0	Hideki Matsui flied out to center (Fly).	1.66	0.37	36.0 %	-.046	-0.37	0	0
6/12	C Young	3-B	0	12_	2-1	Hideki Matsui flied out to center (Fly).	1.70	1.36	76.4 %	-.046	-0.55	0	1
7/21	J Vargas	4-B	1	12_	0-2	Hideki Matsui reached on fielder's choice to second (Grounder). Jeff Keppinger advanced to 3B. Matt Joyce out at second.	2.73	0.81	32.7 %	-.051	-0.37	0	1
6/16	R Choate	11-B	0	___	3-3	Hideki Matsui grounded out to second (Grounder).	2.15	0.41	61.7 %	-.051	-0.20	0	1
6/19	M Gonzalez	8-T	2	_23	4-5	Hideki Matsui grounded out to first (Grounder).	1.90	0.57	76.9 %	-.054	-0.57	0	0
7/19	U Jimenez	1-B	2	123	0-0	Hideki Matsui struck out swinging.	3.05	0.71	57.2 %	-.072	-0.71	0	1
6/17	J Johnson	5-B	1	12_	1-0	Hideki Matsui grounded into a double play to first (Grounder). Ben Zobrist out at second.	1.73	0.81	76.0 %	-.074	-0.81	0	1
7/21	T Wilhelmsen	9-B	0	___	1-2	Hideki Matsui struck out swinging.	3.19	0.41	16.7 %	-.076	-0.20	0	1
6/25	L Hochevar	1-T	1	12_	0-0	Hideki Matsui grounded into a double play to third (Grounder). B.J. Upton out at second.	1.94	0.91	53.8 %	-.086	-0.91	0	0
6/27	A Crow	8-T	2	12_	4-4	Hideki Matsui struck out swinging.	3.52	0.43	48.4 %	-.090	-0.43	0	0
7/20	J Kinney	12-B	2	12_	3-3	Hideki Matsui struck out swinging.	4.21	0.39	60.1 %	-.101	-0.39	0	1
6/17	J Johnson	3-B	1	1_3	1-0	Hideki Matsui lined out to first (Liner). Ben Zobrist out at second.	1.85	1.10	74.9 %	-.105	-1.10	0	1
6/20	S Burnett	8-T	1	1__	3-2	Hideki Matsui grounded into a double play to shortstop (Grounder). Carlos Pena out at second.	2.90	0.48	24.7 %	-.123	-0.48	0	0
7/21	J Vargas	6-B	1	12_	0-2	Hideki Matsui grounded into a double play to second (Grounder). Jeff Keppinger out at second.	3.26	0.81	28.6 %	-.132	-0.81	0	1
7/20	J Kinney	10-B	2	123	3-3	Hideki Matsui flied out to left (Fly).	6.40	0.71	64.9 %	-.149	-0.71	0	1
7/22	T Wilhelmsen	9-B	2	12_	1-2	Hideki Matsui flied out to shortstop (Fly).	6.33	0.39	15.3 %	-.153	-0.39	0	1

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