Kazuo Matsui
Japanese baseball player & coach (born 1975) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kazuo Matsui (松井 稼頭央, Matsui Kazuo, born October 23, 1975) is a Japanese former professional baseball player who played as a shortstop and is the current manager of the Saitama Seibu Lions. He is a switch-hitter.[1]
Quick Facts Saitama Seibu Lions – No. 77, Professional debut ...
Kazuo Matsui 松井 稼頭央 | |||||||||||||||
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Saitama Seibu Lions – No. 77 | |||||||||||||||
Infielder / Outfielder / Coach / Manager | |||||||||||||||
Born: (1975-10-23) October 23, 1975 (age 48) Higashiōsaka, Osaka, Japan | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
Professional debut | |||||||||||||||
NPB: April 5, 1995, for the Seibu Lions | |||||||||||||||
MLB: April 6, 2004, for the New York Mets | |||||||||||||||
Last appearance | |||||||||||||||
MLB: May 18, 2010, for the Houston Astros | |||||||||||||||
NPB: October 6, 2018, for the Saitama Seibu Lions | |||||||||||||||
NPB statistics | |||||||||||||||
Batting average | .291 | ||||||||||||||
Hits | 2,090 | ||||||||||||||
Home runs | 201 | ||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 837 | ||||||||||||||
Stolen bases | 363 | ||||||||||||||
MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
Batting average | .267 | ||||||||||||||
Hits | 615 | ||||||||||||||
Home runs | 32 | ||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 211 | ||||||||||||||
Stolen bases | 102 | ||||||||||||||
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Matsui signed with the New York Mets on December 17, 2003, becoming the first Japanese infielder to sign with a Major League Baseball team.[2]