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Daisuke Matsuzaka

1980 - Today

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Daisuke Matsuzaka (松坂 大輔, Matsuzaka Daisuke; [matsɯꜜzaka daꜜisɯ̥ke]; born September 13, 1980) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher, who pitched professionally for 23 seasons, 16 of them in NPB, 7 in MLB. He is currently a baseball color commentator, critic, reporter, and YouTuber. Daisuke is nicknamed "the Monster of the Heisei Era" (平成の怪物, heisei no kaibutsu) in Japan and "Dice-K" in the United States by The Boston Globe and USA Today. He played for the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Saitama Seibu Lions, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Internationally, Matsuzaka represented Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Daisuke Matsuzaka is the 50th most popular baseball player (down from 48th in 2024), the 2,455th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,922nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Japanese Baseball Player.

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Daisuke Matsuzaka ranks 50 out of 91. Before him are Edgar Martínez, Albert Pujols, Hank Greenberg, David Ortiz, Pedro Martínez, and Yu Darvish. After him are Roy Halladay, Jose Canseco, Koji Uehara, Mike Piazza, Clayton Kershaw, and Vladimir Guerrero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Daisuke Matsuzaka ranks 407. Before him are Maryam Touzani, Ti West, Remy Ma, Taio Cruz, Gus G, and Sonia Bompastor. After him are Hamzah bin Hussein, Katarina Waters, Tata Young, Drew Fuller, Yuka Yamazaki, and Shinya Kato.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Daisuke Matsuzaka ranks 2,455 out of 6,245. Before him are Shogo Hayashi (1997), Masato Otake (1971), Nagaru Tanigawa (1970), Yoshihiro Tajiri (1970), Miwa Yonetsu (1979), and Atsushi Shirai (1966). After him are Hideto Suzuki (1974), Atsuto Uchida (1988), Ryoko Tani (1975), Hiromi Kojima (1989), Hisao Egawa (1962), and Yuka Yamazaki (1980).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In Japan

Among baseball players born in Japan, Daisuke Matsuzaka ranks 7. Before him are Sadaharu Oh (1940), Ichiro Suzuki (1973), Hideo Nomo (1968), Shohei Ohtani (1994), Hideki Matsui (1974), and Yu Darvish (1986). After him are Koji Uehara (1975), Masahiro Tanaka (1988), Hiroki Kuroda (1975), Kenta Maeda (1988), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1998), and Jung-hoo Lee (1998).

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