What is Hideki Matsui?
[[File:Hideki Matsui 2009.jpg|thumb|Hideki Matsui with the Yankees]] [[File:Hideki Matsui tips hat.jpg|thumb|Hideki Matsui with the Angels]] {{nihongo|'''Hideki Matsui'''|松井 秀喜|Matsui Hideki|extra=born June 12, 1974}} is a [[Japan]]ese former professional [[baseball]] [[outfielder]] and [[designated hitter]] who played baseball in [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] (NPB) and [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/yankeesblog/former_yankees_slugger_matsui_to_CFPWLt6B5Kq7TgGFhsMsZI#axzz2GU9vIWt3|title=Former Yankees slugger Matsui retires|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231010722/http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/yankeesblog/former_yankees_slugger_matsui_to_CFPWLt6B5Kq7TgGFhsMsZI#axzz2GU9vIWt3|archive-date=2012-12-31}}</ref> He batted [[Left-handedness|left-handed]] and threw [[Right-handedness|right-handed]]. After playing the first ten seasons of his career for the [[Yomiuri Giants]] of NPB, he played the next seven seasons, from 2003 to 2009, for the [[New York Yankees]] of MLB. As a free agent, Matsui then had one-year stints with the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim]], the [[Oakland Athletics]], and the [[Tampa Bay Rays]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Matsui, Hideki}} [[Category:1974 births]] [[Category:Japanese baseball players]] [[Category:American League All-Stars]] [[Category:Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim players]] [[Category:New York Yankees players]] [[Category:Oakland Athletics players]] [[Category:Tampa Bay Rays players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Ishikawa Prefecture]] [[Category:Living people]] {{Japan-sports-bio-stub}}