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Portrait of Kazuo Matsui

Kazuo Matsui 2B

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
8 2555 .267 .321 .380 78 3.4
Birth Date10-23-1975
Height5' 10"
Weight187 lbs
Age48 years, 6 months, 1 days
BatsB
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2004 NYN 28 114 509 125 32 2 7 40 97 2 14 3 .272 .331 .396 80 -11.9 1.3 -3.2 0.8
2005 NYN 29 87 295 68 9 4 3 14 43 5 6 1 .255 .300 .352 68 -11.0 0.5 2.0 0.0
2006 COL 30 32 126 39 6 3 2 10 27 0 8 1 .345 .392 .504 68 -4.6 0.4 -0.4 -0.1
2006 NYN 30 38 139 26 6 0 1 6 19 0 2 0 .200 .235 .269 67 -5.4 1.1 3.0 0.3
2007 COL 31 104 453 118 24 6 4 34 69 0 32 4 .288 .342 .405 86 -6.5 4.6 11.6 2.2
2008 HOU 32 96 422 110 26 3 6 37 53 0 20 5 .293 .354 .427 92 -2.9 2.1 -14.1 -0.3
2009 HOU 33 132 533 119 20 2 9 34 85 3 19 3 .250 .302 .357 71 -17.5 3.3 8.1 0.9
2010 HOU 34 27 78 10 1 0 0 4 10 1 1 1 .141 .197 .155 51 -4.3 0.1 -0.7 -0.3
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Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
2004 NYN MLB NL 114 509 .265 .330 .426 .330 92 -0.1 15.1 6.7 80 7 -3.2 1.3 -11.9 0.8
2005 NYN MLB NL 87 295 .266 .327 .419 .289 95 -7.2 8.5 -0.4 68 12 2.0 0.5 -11.0 0.0
2005 BRO A- NYP 1 5 .224 .307 .346 .000 106 -0.2 0.1 0 103 0 0.1 -0.3 0.0 0.0
2005 BIN AA EAS 3 10 .266 .319 .378 .500 111 1 0.3 0 131 0 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.1
2006 COL MLB NL 32 126 .259 .325 .411 .430 104 5.9 3.8 0 68 10 -0.4 0.4 -4.6 -0.1
2006 NYN MLB NL 38 139 .274 .341 .446 .227 88 -13.4 4.2 -0.2 67 10 3.0 1.1 -5.4 0.3
2006 SLU A+ FSL 2 8 .277 .345 .406 .286 69 0.5 0.2 0 103 0 -0.1 1.2 -0.1 0.1
2006 CSP AAA PCL 31 129 .268 .338 .409 .312 112 -0.7 3.6 1.4 86 0 -0.7 1.7 -1.4 0.4
2006 NOR AAA INT 4 13 .284 .341 .443 .364 90 0.4 0.4 0 96 0 0.6 -0.1 0.0 0.1
2007 COL MLB NL 104 453 .263 .327 .411 .337 108 -3 13.4 -0.6 86 10 11.6 4.6 -6.5 2.2
2007 CSP AAA PCL 2 8 .287 .364 .478 .500 85 1.6 0.2 0 138 0 -0.2 -0.2 0.4 0.0
2008 HOU MLB NL 96 422 .264 .332 .418 .326 100 4.5 12.2 -0.6 92 6 -14.1 2.1 -2.9 -0.3
2008 CCH AA TXS 2 8 .230 .286 .346 .429 97 0.9 0.2 0 164 0 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1
2008 ROU AAA PCL 3 12 .254 .304 .400 .125 110 0.5 0.4 0 74 0 -0.2 0.0 -0.5 0.0
2009 HOU MLB NL 132 533 .258 .325 .412 .285 95 -15.9 15.3 -0.7 71 9 8.1 3.3 -17.5 0.9
2009 CCH AA TXS 4 16 .278 .349 .388 .300 111 -0.5 0.5 0 87 0 -0.4 -0.1 -0.4 0.0
2010 HOU MLB NL 27 78 .253 .310 .382 .164 88 -10.3 2.2 -0.1 51 13 -0.7 0.1 -4.3 -0.3
2010 CSP AAA PCL 82 338 .280 .355 .439 .306 109 -9.3 10.3 0.2 70 0 -1.4 3.8 -11.5 0.1
2013 JPN int WBC 5 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
2004 NYN MLB NL 509 460 65 125 32 2 7 182 44 40 97 14 3 .272 .331 .396 .124 2 5
2005 BRO A- NYP 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .000 .400 .000 .000 0 0
2005 BIN AA EAS 10 9 4 4 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 2 0 .444 .500 .556 .111 0 0
2005 NYN MLB NL 295 267 31 68 9 4 3 94 24 14 43 6 1 .255 .300 .352 .097 4 5
2006 SLU A+ FSL 8 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .000 0 0
2006 CSP AAA PCL 129 115 26 32 4 0 3 45 16 9 20 3 1 .278 .333 .391 .113 1 1
2006 COL MLB NL 126 113 22 39 6 3 2 57 19 10 27 8 1 .345 .392 .504 .159 2 1
2006 NYN MLB NL 139 130 10 26 6 0 1 35 7 6 19 2 0 .200 .235 .269 .069 0 3
2006 NOR AAA INT 13 12 2 4 2 0 0 6 1 0 2 0 0 .333 .308 .500 .167 1 1
2007 COL MLB NL 453 410 84 118 24 6 4 166 37 34 69 32 4 .288 .342 .405 .117 1 8
2007 CSP AAA PCL 8 6 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 .500 .625 .500 .000 0 0
2008 HOU MLB NL 422 375 58 110 26 3 6 160 33 37 53 20 5 .293 .354 .427 .133 3 7
2008 CCH AA TXS 8 7 1 3 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 .429 .375 .857 .429 1 1
2008 ROU AAA PCL 12 11 1 2 1 0 1 6 1 1 2 0 0 .182 .250 .545 .364 0 0
2009 CCH AA TXS 16 14 3 3 0 0 0 3 2 2 4 0 0 .214 .313 .214 .000 0 0
2009 HOU MLB NL 533 476 56 119 20 2 9 170 46 34 85 19 3 .250 .302 .357 .107 4 16
2010 HOU MLB NL 78 71 4 10 1 0 0 11 1 4 10 1 1 .141 .197 .155 .014 0 2
2010 CSP AAA PCL 338 301 54 79 12 4 2 105 29 31 50 7 0 .262 .330 .349 .086 3 3
2013 JPN int WBC 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .091 .000 .000 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 1682 0.5143 0.4281 0.8500 0.5618 0.2864 0.8868 0.7735 0.1500 -0.0093
2009 1979 0.4982 0.4421 0.8297 0.5578 0.3273 0.8745 0.7538 0.1703 -0.0092
2010 327 0.4893 0.3976 0.8615 0.5250 0.2754 0.9167 0.7609 0.1385 0.0025
Career39880.50430.43250.84090.55680.30580.88310.76270.1591-0.0083

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2009-09-27 2009-09-27 DTD 0 0 General Medical Respiratory Flu -
2009-07-23 2009-07-24 DTD 1 0 Right Knee Contusion -
2009-07-19 2009-07-20 DTD 1 1 Left Thigh Soreness Hamstring -
2009-05-26 2009-06-16 15-DL 21 18 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2009-04-14 2009-04-19 DTD 5 4 Low Back Tightness -
2008-08-13 2008-09-02 15-DL 20 19 Low Back Cartilage Injury Bulging Disc -
2008-06-23 2008-07-09 15-DL 16 15 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2008-03-21 2008-04-18 15-DL 28 16 General Medical Recovery From Surgery Anal Fissure 2008-03-17
2008-03-11 2008-03-21 Camp 10 0 General Medical Surgery Anal Fissure 2008-03-17
2007-09-09 2007-09-19 DTD 10 10 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2007-04-15 2007-05-21 15-DL 36 33 Low Back Spasms -
2007-03-16 2007-03-21 Camp 5 0 Right Foot Strain -
2006-06-20 - Minors - - Low Back Cartilage Injury Bulging Disc -
2006-03-21 2006-04-19 15-DL 29 13 Right Knee Sprain MCL -
2005-09-17 2005-09-27 DTD 10 9 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2005-06-18 2005-08-09 15-DL 52 44 Left Knee Contusion Patella -
2005-05-27 2005-05-29 DTD 2 2 Neck Strain -
2005-05-24 2005-05-26 DTD 2 2 Neck Strain -
2005-04-14 2005-04-16 DTD 2 2 Abrasion Cornea -
2004-08-09 2004-09-24 15-DL 46 43 Low Back Strain -
2004-08-02 2004-08-06 DTD 4 3 Right Ankle Soreness -
2004-07-31 2004-07-31 DTD 0 0 Right Ankle Contusion Foul Ball -
2004-05-11 2004-05-11 DTD 0 0 Right Ankle Contusion Foul Ball -
2004-02-29 2004-03-08 Camp 8 0 Right Fingers Laceration Middle Finger -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2011 $
2010 HOU $5,500,000
2009 HOU $5,500,000
2008 HOU $5,000,000
2007 COL $1,500,000
2006 NYN $8,000,000
2005 NYN $7,000,000
2004 NYN $5,000,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
7 yrPrevious$37,500,000
7 yrTotal$37,500,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 111 dArn Tellum3 yr/$16.5M (08-10)

Details
  • signed as a free agent from HOU 5/25/10 (minor-league contract)
  • released 5/20/10 signed as a free agent from COL 12/1/07, 3 year/$16.5M (08-10), $1.5M signing bonus, 08-10:$5M/year
  • limited no-trade protection
  • club provides translator, physical therapist
  • re-signed as a free agent 11/06, 1 year/$1.5M (07)+$0.95M performance bonus:$0.125M each 120,130,140,150,games started
  • $40K each 450,475 plate appearances, $50K 500,525,550,575 plate appearances
  • $60K each 600,625 plate appearances
  • perks:translator for ST, reg season
  • may elect FA if not re-signed by 10/15/07 or 5 days after 07 WS
  • recalled 8/06 optioned to Triple-A 6/06 acquired in trade from NYM 6/06 (waived no-trade protection, NYM paying $4.6M to COL to cover bal of 06 sal)
  • signed as a free agent from Japan 12/03, 3 year/$20.1M (04-06), $0.1M signing bonus, 04:$5M, 05:$7M), 06:$8M
  • $0.1M/year bonuses (500,550,600 plate appearances)+8 round-trip air tix to Japan, car, $25K housing/relocation pymts
  • $0.125M MVP, $50K SS bonuses

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
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