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Daisuke Matsuzaka

1980 - Today

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Daisuke Matsuzaka (松坂 大輔, Matsuzaka Daisuke, [matsɯꜜzaka daꜜisɯ̥ke]; born September 13, 1980) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher, who pitched professionally for 23 seasons, 16 of them in NPB, 7 in MLB. He is currently a baseball color commentator, critic, reporter, and YouTuber. Daisuke is nicknamed "the Monster of the Heisei Era" (平成の怪物, heisei no kaibutsu) in Japan and "Dice-K" in the United States by The Boston Globe and USA Today. He played for the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Saitama Seibu Lions, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Internationally, Matsuzaka represented Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Daisuke Matsuzaka is the 48th most popular baseball player, the 1,923rd most popular biography from Japan and the 7th most popular Japanese Baseball Player.

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Daisuke Matsuzaka ranks 48 out of 91. Before him are Hank Greenberg, Ken Griffey Jr., Derek Jeter, Yu Darvish, Greg Maddux, and David Ortiz. After him are Hyun-jin Ryu, Pedro Martínez, Miguel Cabrera, Koji Uehara, Cal Ripken Jr., and Mike Trout.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Daisuke Matsuzaka ranks 308. Before him are Duda, David Giuntoli, David Haye, Kim Sung-kyun, Felipe Reyes, and Ashanti. After him are Kristen Connolly, Alexandra Jiménez, Wilmar Roldán, Bada, Shizuka Itō, and Tobias Santelmann.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Daisuke Matsuzaka ranks 1,923 out of 6,245. Before him are Kento Yamazaki (1994), Yui Ishikawa (1989), Takeshi Watanabe (1972), Sōichirō Hoshi (1972), Kazuko Sawamatsu (1951), and Nagaru Tanigawa (1970). After him are Daisuke Oku (1976), Hiroshi Hirakawa (1965), Rui Hachimura (1998), Koji Murofushi (1974), Sui Ishida (1986), and Daizen Maeda (1997).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In Japan

Among baseball players born in Japan, Daisuke Matsuzaka ranks 7. Before him are Sadaharu Oh (1940), Ichiro Suzuki (1973), Hideo Nomo (1968), Shohei Ohtani (1994), Hideki Matsui (1974), and Yu Darvish (1986). After him are Koji Uehara (1975), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1998), Kenta Maeda (1988), and Jung-hoo Lee (1998).

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