Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 11 | |
| 1994 | 20 | |
| 1995 | 22 | |
| 1996 | 38 | |
| 1997 | 37 | |
| 1998 | 34 | |
| 1999 | 42 | |
| 2000 | 42 | |
| 2001 | 36 | |
| 2002 | 50 | |
| 2003 | 16 | |
| 2004 | 31 | |
| 2005 | 23 | |
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 25 | |
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 28 | |
| 2010 | 21 | |
| 2011 | 12 | |
| 2012 | 2 |
Data sources
- MLB.com
- Baseball Reference
- National Baseball Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Hideki Matsui ranks #89 in Baseball
Hideki Matsui ranks 89th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1253rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 86, Honours 88, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Baseball reference universe of 262 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1993–2012 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2002, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world series mvp awards 1, npb mvp awards 3, mlb home runs 175, npb home runs 332.
Immediately ahead sits Frankie Frisch on 88.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Biz Mackey on 88.0. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Hideki Matsui GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Matsui stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2002. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Matsui comparisons
Hideki Matsui — frequently asked
- Is Hideki Matsui the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Hideki Matsui ranks 89th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.0, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Hideki Matsui's GOAT Score?
- 88.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Hideki Matsui rank all time?
- 1253rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 89th within Baseball.
- Hideki Matsui vs Frankie Frisch: who ranks higher?
- Hideki Matsui, on 88.0 against Frankie Frisch's 88.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.