Hideki Matsui
Japanese professional baseball player, MLB player (1974-)
Hideki Matsui (松井 秀喜, Matsui Hideki, born June 12, 1974) is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who played baseball in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and Major League Baseball (MLB).[1] He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
After playing the first ten seasons of his career for the Yomiuri Giants of NPB, he played the next seven seasons, from 2003 to 2009, for the New York Yankees of MLB. As a free agent, Matsui then had one-year stints with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, the Oakland Athletics, and the Tampa Bay Rays.
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- ↑ "Former Yankees slugger Matsui retires". Archived from the original on 2012-12-31.
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