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AB	HR	AVG	RBI	R	SB
456	28	.274	90	62	0

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Matsui clinches MVP with six RBI: Yankees DH Hideki Matsui, who had to serve as a pinch hitter during the three games at Philadelphia, did all sorts of damage in his return to the starting lineup Wednesday night in New York, setting a record with six RBI in a World Series clincher. His performance won Game 6 and clinched the MVP trophy. Matsui became the first Japanese-born player to win the award that started in 1955. He homered, doubled and singled, highlighting a Series in which he hit .615 with three home runs and eight RBI.
(Updated 11/05/2009).

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Now strictly a DH and pinch-hitter because of bad knees, Matsui accomplished so much in so little time. His 13 at-bats tied Baltimore's Rick Dempsey in 1983 for the fewest by a Series MVP (nonpitchers only, naturally). At 35, Matsui's greatest achievement might've come in his last game in pinstripes. He hit a grand slam in his first game at old Yankee Stadium in 2003, and this year wrapped up his $52 million, four-year contract. He had an underrated season in Fantasy, hitting 28 homers, driving in 90 runs and posting an .876 OPS. His age will make him a bit of a risk in Fantasy, but he's a value pick if he falls to the late rounds.
(Updated 11/05/2009).

Matsui became the first Japanese-born player to win the World Series MVP award that started in 1955. (Updated 11/05/2009)

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He homered, doubled and singled, highlighting a Series in which he hit .615 with three home runs and eight RBIs. Matsui became the first player to win the award as a full-time DH in the Series. Toronto DH Paul Molitor played in the field when the Blue Jays won the 1993 title. Matsui became the 11th Yankees player to win the award, joining teammates Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, along with the likes of Reggie Jackson and Whitey Ford.

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No information available at this time (Updated 11/9/09).

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Position	Current	Last Week	Rating
Designated Hitters	4	4	66.20
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Situational Stats
11/5/2009 vs Philadelphia
Situation	AB	H	HR	OBP	SLG	AVG
vs Philadelphia	10	1	0	.100	.100	.100
vs Hamels (Career)	3	0	0	0	0	0
vs LHP	131	37	13	.358	.618	.282

Awards
Year	Award
2009	World Series MVP

Last 6 Games

	OPP	AB	H	RBI	BB
09/26	BOS	4	1	0	0
09/27	BOS	4	1	2	0
09/29	KC	3	0	0	1
09/30	KC	4	0	0	0
10/03	@TB	4	0	0	0
10/04	@TB	2	1	0	0

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13		12		18		22		12		13		8		28		13		29		4		1		34		19		5		14		18		19		26		33		20		14		22		24		25		2
1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15		16		17		18		19		20		21		22		23		24		25		26

Batting Stats
Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	AVG
2003	NYY	163	623	82	179	16	106	63	86	2	2	.353	.435	.287
2004	NYY	162	584	109	174	31	108	88	103	3	0	.390	.522	.298
2005	NYY	162	629	108	192	23	116	63	78	2	2	.367	.496	.305
2006	NYY	51	172	32	52	8	29	27	23	1	0	.393	.494	.302
2007	NYY	143	547	100	156	25	103	73	73	4	2	.367	.488	.285
2008	NYY	93	337	43	99	9	45	38	47	0	0	.370	.424	.294
2009	NYY	142	456	62	125	28	90	64	75	0	1	.367	.509	.274
Total		916	3348	536	977	140	597	416	485	12	7	.370	.482	.292

Fielding Stats
Year	Team	Posn	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FLD%
2003	NYY	OF	159	156	341	320	13	8	4	.977
2004	NYY	OF	160	160	322	307	8	7	2	.978
2005	NYY	OF	142	142	289	279	7	3	1	.990
2006	NYY	OF	36	36	84	82	1	1	1	.988
2007	NYY	OF	112	111	222	213	6	3	0	.986
2008	NYY	OF	23	22	45	42	2	1	1	.978
Total			632	627	1303	1243	37	23	9	.982

More Batting Stats
Year	Team	2B	3B	TB	SF	SH	HBP	IBB	GDP
2003	NYY	42	1	271	6	0	3	5	25
2004	NYY	34	2	305	5	0	3	2	11
2005	NYY	45	3	312	8	0	3	7	16
2006	NYY	9	0	85	2	0	0	2	6
2007	NYY	28	4	267	10	0	3	2	9
2008	NYY	17	0	143	0	0	3	6	10
2009	NYY	21	1	232	2	0	4	1	4
Total		196	11	1615	33	0	19	25	81

Postseason Batting Stats
Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	AVG
2003	NYY	17	64	6	18	2	11	6	8	0	0	.347	.438	.281
2004	NYY	11	51	12	21	3	13	5	8	0	0	.456	.765	.412
2005	NYY	5	20	4	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	.273	.400	.200
2006	NYY	4	16	1	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	.250	.313	.250
2007	NYY	4	11	4	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	.438	.182	.182
2009	NYY	15	43	5	15	4	13	9	10	0	0	.462	.674	.349
Total		56	205	32	64	10	39	27	33	0	0	.391	.541	.312

International Batting Stats
Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	AVG
1993	JPN-Yomiuri	57	184	27	41	11	27	17	50	1	0	.000	.451	.223
1994	JPN-Yomiuri	130	503	70	148	20	66	57	101	60	3	.000	.475	.294
1995	JPN-Yomiuri	131	501	76	142	22	80	62	93	9	7	.000	.481	.283
1996	JPN-Yomiuri	130	487	97	153	38	99	71	98	7	2	.000	.622	.314
1997	JPN-Yomiuri	135	484	93	144	37	103	100	84	9	0	.000	.564	.298
1998	JPN-Yomiuri	135	487	103	142	34	100	104	101	3	5	.000	.563	.292
1999	JPN-Yomiuri	135	471	100	143	42	95	93	99	0	4	.000	.631	.304
2000	JPN-Yomiuri	135	474	116	150	42	108	106	108	5	2	.000	.654	.316
2001	JPN-Yomiuri	140	481	107	160	36	104	120	96	3	3	.000	.617	.333
2002	JPN-Yomiuri	140	500	112	167	50	107	114	104	3	0	.000	.692	.334

Minor League Batting Stats
Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	AVG
2007	A-Tampa	2	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	--	--	0	0	.333	.333	.333
2008	A-Tampa	3	8	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	--	0	0	.400	.625	.250
Total		1273	4586	903	1394	245	16	333	890	846	934	100	26	.413	.582	.304

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