Kazuo Matsui

Kazuo Matsui

Second Baseman / Third Baseman / Shortstop / OutfielderRight/Switch

A professional 2B 3B SS OF.Across MLB and NPB, he totaled 2,705 H, 233 HR, 1,048 RBI and 1,395 R in his career.In NPB in 2002, he recorded .332 AVG, 36 HR, 193 H and 33 SB, and excelled at the plate.In NPB, he earned 2× hits title, 3× stolen-base title and 1× Most Valuable Player (NPB).

YearTeamGPAABRH2B3BHRTBRBISBCSSHSFBBIBBHBPSOGDPAVGOBPSLGOPS
1995Seibu692192042545912621521171700264.221.245.304.549
1996Seibu130518473511342251169295092621403932.283.307.357.664
1997Seibu13564557691178231372486362151824455894.309.362.431.793
1998Seibu1356415759217938592545843146455918910.311.370.442.812
1999Seibu135609539871782941526067327865670757.330.389.482.872
2000Seibu1356115509917740112330890263674652608.322.372.560.932
2001Seibu1406135529417028224274762604546268313.308.365.496.861
2002Seibu140651582119193466363598733119353641123.332.389.6171.006
2003Seibu140655587104179364333228413103655641244.305.365.549.914
2004NYM11450946065125322718244143524042973.272.331.396.727
2005NYM872952673168943942461541415432.255.300.352.652
2006COL321261132239632571981121000270.345.392.504.896
2006NYM3813913010266013572030610191.200.235.269.505
2007COL10445341084118246416637324813410691.288.342.405.746
2008HOU9642237558110263616033205733700533.293.354.427.781
2009HOU132533476561192029170461931643423854.250.302.357.659
2010HOU2778714101001111120401100.141.197.155.352
2011Rakuten13957253851140342920548153432601948.260.294.381.675
2012Rakuten10643340255107224916443143312631556.266.312.408.720
2013Rakuten12549744855111262111745811244023854.248.311.388.700
2014Rakuten1284884445712932381914690253601789.291.342.430.772
2015Rakuten126501445521141711016348142734333827.256.324.366.690
2016Rakuten561791601934612481330011711425.213.291.300.591
2017Rakuten44837661621226100100601231.211.277.342.619
2018Seibu30413986100721000200101.154.195.179.375
MLB Career (7 yrs)63025552302330615124203287521110218471617991140314.267.321.380.701
NPB Career (17 yrs)1913795671901065209041165201323483736380105535724936122096.291.344.450.793
Career2543105119492139527055358523341091048465981526975158471623110.285.338.433.771
Sabermetrics
YearTeamISOBABIPBB%K%BB/KSB%RCRC27
1995Seibu.083.2433.2%11.9%0.2795.5%15.282.40
1996Seibu.074.3492.7%18.0%0.1584.7%51.363.67
1997Seibu.122.3556.8%13.8%0.4980.5%88.805.49
1998Seibu.130.3538.6%13.9%0.6275.4%94.345.92
1999Seibu.152.3589.2%12.3%0.7582.1%102.257.10
2000Seibu.238.3257.5%9.8%0.7789.7%115.247.84
2001Seibu.188.3247.5%13.5%0.55100.0%98.976.61
2002Seibu.285.3598.1%17.2%0.4775.0%139.089.05
2003Seibu.244.3358.4%18.9%0.4456.5%117.367.35
2004NYM.124.3307.9%19.1%0.4182.4%60.064.66
2005NYM.097.2894.7%14.6%0.3385.7%27.433.51
2006COL.159.4307.9%21.4%0.3788.9%22.717.86
2006NYM.069.2274.3%13.7%0.32100.0%8.242.06
2007COL.117.3377.5%15.2%0.4988.9%56.835.01
2008HOU.133.3268.8%12.6%0.7080.0%57.095.45
2009HOU.107.2856.4%15.9%0.4086.4%51.003.59
2010HOU.014.1645.1%12.8%0.4050.0%2.050.87
2011Rakuten.121.2994.5%16.4%0.2883.3%60.343.92
2012Rakuten.142.2896.0%12.7%0.4782.4%50.964.47
2013Rakuten.141.2818.0%17.1%0.4750.0%53.844.18
2014Rakuten.140.3337.4%16.0%0.46100.0%65.665.36
2015Rakuten.110.2928.6%16.4%0.5287.5%52.444.05
2016Rakuten.087.2749.5%23.5%0.40100.0%13.832.83
2017Rakuten.132.2757.2%27.7%0.260.0%6.983.04
2018Seibu.026.2074.9%24.4%0.20100.0%1.371.08
MLB Career (7 yrs).113.3107.0%15.8%0.4485.0%280.034.24
NPB Career (17 yrs).159.3247.2%15.3%0.4781.9%1109.115.51
Career.148.3217.1%15.4%0.4682.6%1386.385.19