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Hideki Matsui

1974 - Today

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Hideki Matsui (松井 秀喜, Matsui Hideki; born June 12, 1974), nicknamed "Godzilla", is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Oakland Athletics, Tampa Bay Rays, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Matsui played the first 10 seasons of his career in Japan for NPB's Yomiuri Giants. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Hideki Matsui is the 43rd most popular baseball player (down from 37th in 2024), the 1,994th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,677th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Baseball Player.

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Hideki Matsui ranks 43 out of 91. Before him are Sammy Sosa, Carl Yastrzemski, Shohei Ohtani, Ernie Banks, Ken Griffey Jr., and Manny Ramirez. After him are Edgar Martínez, Albert Pujols, Hank Greenberg, David Ortiz, Pedro Martínez, and Yu Darvish.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Hideki Matsui ranks 317. Before him are Reki Kawahara, Ermonela Jaho, Andrey Gustavo dos Santos, Elvir Baljić, Shahab Hosseini, and Jeanna Friske. After him are Joo Jin-mo, Stephen Lee, Fermín IV, Ivo Ulich, Marta Jandová, and Noriaki Sugiyama.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hideki Matsui ranks 1,994 out of 6,245. Before him are Yū Aoi (1985), Akemi Noda (1969), Daichi Hakkaku (1992), Yoshiharu Horii (1953), Yui Horie (1976), and Kyohei Suzaki (1989). After him are Koichi Hashiratani (1961), Yuma Asami (1987), Hitoshi Tomishima (1964), Yuu Watase (1970), Atsushi Ohkubo (1979), and Sakon Yamamoto (1982).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In Japan

Among baseball players born in Japan, Hideki Matsui ranks 5. Before him are Sadaharu Oh (1940), Ichiro Suzuki (1973), Hideo Nomo (1968), and Shohei Ohtani (1994). After him are Yu Darvish (1986), Daisuke Matsuzaka (1980), Koji Uehara (1975), Masahiro Tanaka (1988), Hiroki Kuroda (1975), Kenta Maeda (1988), and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1998).

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