Who is hideki matsui

Played in all of the Yankees' games with Alex Rodriguez to become the first pair of Yankees to each play in every game in the same season since , when Nick Etten and Snuffy Stirnweiss accomplished the feat for the second straight year - credit: Elias Sports Bureau Boston, becoming the 55th player in franchise history to homer on Opening Day In , Hideki Matsui became only the third player in Major League history to lead the league in games played in each of three consecutive seasons, joining Steve Garvey and Cal Ripken Credit: Elias Sports Bureau With his 8th-inning home run, became the 20th player 26th time to homer into the black "batter's-eye" section of remodeled Yankee Stadium Toronto was 2-for-4 with 1R and 1RBI NY Mets Joe DiMaggio holds the Yankees' rookie-record with 44 doubles in NL teams in Minnesota grand slam View More Videos.

October 30, DH Hideki Matsui elected free agency. November 7, DH Hideki Matsui elected free agency. November 9, DH Hideki Matsui elected free agency. Connect with MLB.

All rights reserved. MLB Career Stats. The year-old Matsui is a native of Japan and a legend of the Nippon Professional Baseball league there for his exploits with the Yomiuri Giants from Matsui was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in with CBS2 Videos. Giants New York Giants. Jets New York Jets.

Yanks New York Yankees. Matsui signed a three-year contract with the New York Yankees on January 14 , A parade was held for him in Tokyo to celebrate his signing with the Yankees and many reporters and photographers followed him to MLB from his home in Tokyo. His first game at Yankee Stadium was also very memorable. In the Yankee home opener, Matsui became the first Yankee to hit a grand slam in his first game at Yankee Stadium. Matsui went on to hit.

Another factor was that Matsui's 16 home runs were disappointing in view of his 50 the year before in Japan. Some writers admitted they voted Berroa first because Matsui had previous experience in Japan.

Also in his first game, Matsui did not understand what was happening when the Bleacher Creatures were chanting his name. He therefore did not acknowledge them and the chanting went on for almost two minutes. The fans in the Yankee Stadium bleachers are referred to as "Bleacher Creatures. In his second season, Matsui finished with a. In , Matsui hit a career high. In , Matsui finished his fourth season with a.

Matsui did not miss a game in his first three seasons with the Yankees, putting together a streak of games played. Before that, he played in 1, consecutive games with Yomiuri, for a total professional baseball streak of 1, His consecutive games set a record for most consecutive games to start a career Ernie Banks of Chicago Cubs held major league record of and Al Simmons of Philadelphia Athletics held AL mark of games