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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Hideki Matsui is the 43rd most popular baseball player (down from 37th in 2019), the 1,980th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,678th 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 Albert Pujols, Hank Greenberg, David Ortiz, Pedro Martínez, Yu Darvish, and Daisuke Matsuzaka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Hideki Matsui ranks 312. Before him are Reki Kawahara, Ermonela Jaho, Andrey Gustavo dos Santos, Elvir Baljić, Shahab Hosseini, and Jeanna Friske. After him are Stephen Lee, Fermín IV, Ivo Ulich, Marta Jandová, Noriaki Sugiyama, and Donald Faison.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hideki Matsui ranks 1,980 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), Sakon Yamamoto (1982), and Takumi Horiike (1965).

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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), Kenta Maeda (1988), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1998), and Jung-hoo Lee (1998).

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