How Hideki Matsui's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players

Hideki Matsui posted a career Equivalent Average of .832, above the league average of .748 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Equivalent Average season came in 2004, posting .916, above the league average of .793 that year. The lowest point came in 2012 at .456, well below the league average of .753 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .827 in 2010 to .718 in 2011 and .456 in 2012. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 10 seasons.

Hideki Matsui Lifetime Equivalent Average

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Hideki Matsui Equivalent Average Per Season

Hideki Matsui's Equivalent Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, LF, Asia, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Hideki Matsui Equivalent Average per season line chart

Hideki Matsui Equivalent Average by Team

Hideki Matsui's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Hideki Matsui Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Hideki Matsui's career Equivalent Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Hideki Matsui Equivalent Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Hideki Matsui Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Hideki Matsui's seasonal Equivalent Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Hideki Matsui Equivalent Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Hideki Matsui Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Hideki Matsui's MLB career with Equivalent Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Hideki Matsui Equivalent Average season-by-season breakdown table