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Hideki Matsui

1974 - Today

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Hideki Matsui (松井 秀喜, Matsui Hideki, born June 12, 1974), nicknamed "Godzilla", is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who played baseball in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and Major League Baseball (MLB). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Matsui played the first 10 seasons of his career in Japan for NPB's Yomiuri Giants. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hideki Matsui has received more than 1,488,010 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hideki Matsui is the 37th most popular baseball player, the 1,675th most popular biography from Japan and the 5th most popular Japanese Baseball Player.

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  • 42.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Hideki Matsui ranks 37 out of 91. Before him are Shohei Ohtani, Tom Seaver, Carl Yastrzemski, Bob Gibson, Curt Schilling, and Mariano Rivera. After him are Sammy Sosa, Ernie Banks, Albert Pujols, Manny Ramirez, Hank Greenberg, and Ken Griffey Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Hideki Matsui ranks 268. Before him are Stephen Merchant, Maggie Siff, Marley Shelton, Mark Hunt, Elvir Baljić, and Santino Marella. After him are Numan Acar, Andrej Danko, Jonas Eriksson, Jo Cox, Eduardo Coudet, and Anke Huber.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hideki Matsui ranks 1,675 out of 6,245. Before him are Sugizo (1969), Kyoko Kuroda (1969), Hiroshi Sowa (1956), Reiko Yoshida (1967), Hiroyuki Takei (1972), and Masami Kuwashima (1950). After him are Kyōko Koizumi (1966), Riyo Mori (1986), Chris Horner (1971), Kazuro Watanabe (1955), Brian Tee (1977), and Jushin Liger (1964).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In Japan

Among baseball players born in Japan, Hideki Matsui ranks 5. Before him are Sadaharu Oh (1940), Ichiro Suzuki (1973), Hideo Nomo (1968), and Shohei Ohtani (1994). After him are Yu Darvish (1986), Daisuke Matsuzaka (1980), Koji Uehara (1975), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1998), and Kenta Maeda (1988).

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