Hideki Matsui is a former Japanese professional baseball player who has a net worth of $60 million. Hideki’s compensation during his MLB career alone was $83 million.
Hideki Matsui spent the first ten seasons of his career in Japan, playing for the NPB’s Yomiuri Giants and winning three Japan Series championships.
Who is Hideki Matsui?
Hideki Matsui was born June 12, 1974, in Neagari, Ishikawa, Japan. As a teenager, he was recruited by Kanazawa’s Seiryo High School. Matsui competed in four National High School Baseball Tournaments as a teenager, and in 1992, he made headlines with five straight intentional walks in a single game. Despite being considered unsportsmanlike, the plan effectively stopped Matsui’s squad from winning.
During his Japanese career, Hideki had a.304 batting average, 332 home runs, and 889 RBIs. In Japan, he was a nine-time All-Star, a three-time Japan Series champion, a three-time CL MVP, got the Best Nine Award eight times, a three-time NPB All-star Game MVP, received the Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize in both 2000 and 2003, and was the Japan Series MVP in 2000, and earned the Matsutaro Shoriki Award in 2000.
How old is Hideki Matsui?
He is currently 49 years old.
What is Hideki Matsui’s net worth?
He is estimated to be worth $60 Million.
What is Hideki Matsui’s career?
After graduating from high school, Matsui was drafted by the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball. Although his first three seasons with the team were relatively unimpressive, he helped the Giants win the Japan Series in 1994.
Matsui had his breakout season in 1996, hitting 314 with 38 home runs and 99 RBIs. He went on to become a great sensation in the NPB, leading the league in home runs and RBIs three times (1998, 2000, and 2002) and winning the Japanese Central League MVP award three times (1996, 2000, 2002).
Matsui has won two more Japan Series championships for the Giants, in 2000 and 2002. His stretch of 1,250 straight games was the second-longest in Japanese history.
After ten seasons with the Yomiuri Giants, Matsui moved to the United States and signed with the MLB’s New York Yankees in late 2002. He made his Major League Baseball debut on March 31, 2003, against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Later, during the Yankees’ home opening, Matsui hit a grand slam, becoming the first Yankee to do it in his debut at Yankee Stadium. He ended the regular season with a.287 batting average, 16 home runs, and 106 RBI. The Yankees made it to the postseason, and then to the World Series, where Matsui became the first Japanese player to hit a World Series home run.
Finally, the Florida Marlins won the championship in six games. Matsui concluded the 2004 season with a.298 batting average, 31 home runs, and 108 RBI. The following season, he established MLB career highs with a.305 batting average and 116 RBIs. Matsui missed the majority of the 2006 season due to a wrist injury but still managed to hit 302 with eight home runs and 29 RBIs.
In 2007, Matsui became the first Japanese player to smash 100 home runs in Major League Baseball. The following season, he batted.295, despite being limited by injuries. Matsui bounced back strongly in 2009, his final season with the Yankees. That year, he hit 26 home runs as a designated hitter, breaking the team record.
The Yankees went on to defeat the defending World Series champions, the Philadelphia Phillies, in six games, with Matsui adding three home runs and eight RBIs. For his performance, he was named World Series MVP, becoming the first Japanese-born player to do so. Furthermore, Matsui became only the third MLB player to bat.500 or more and hit three home runs in a single World Series, joining Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
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