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Matsui vs Seager

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MatsuiWinner
88.0

Matsui wins: Longevity

Seager
88.0

Seager wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Hideki Matsui
88.0

Matsui leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. World Series MVP in 2009 and a three-time MVP in Japan.

1. Hideki Matsui
88.0
2. Corey Seager
88.0

Category breakdown

Season form · Home runs per season

Career timeline · Home runs per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Home runs per season
1. 🇯🇵 Hideki Matsui5 seasons played · career day 1,825128 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Corey Seager5 seasons played · career day 2,19184 home runs
-34.4% vs Matsui at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Matsui001131128282
🇺🇸 Seager0002669166

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricMatsuiRetiredSeagerActive
World Series MVP awards12
NPB MVP awards3
MLB home runs175
NPB home runs332
All-Star selections2
World Series titles2
NLCS MVP awards1
Rookie of the Year awards1
Silver Sluggers4
Dominance w25%8486
Peak w20%9296
Longevity w20%8676
Honours w20%8890
Statistics w15%9294

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GOAT Rank · the data
Matsui88.0
Seager88.0
The people
Matsui
Seager

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