![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:640/1*tBH9RRuHhR-ILlp-34BPfg.jpeg)
Hideki Matsui: A Unique Hall of Fame Candidate
![Hideki Matsui: A Unique Hall of Fame Candidate](https://media.tegna-media.com/assets/KFSM/images/318ca522-99e3-41ec-b38c-62fd617782c8/318ca522-99e3-41ec-b38c-62fd617782c8_1140x641.jpg)
Chipper Jones Highlights 2018 Baseball Hall Of Fame Class
![Hideki Matsui: A Unique Hall of Fame Candidate](https://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/styles/story_popup_thumb_540/public/damon.mangin.jpg.jpeg?itok=QW3_n6a_)
2018 BBWAA Hall of Fame Ballot
![Hideki Matsui: A Unique Hall of Fame Candidate](https://apps.bostonglobe.com/sports/graphics/2018/01/baseball-hof-2018/assets/img/bhof-2018.jpg)
Three unanimous votes for the Hall of Fame. After that, it's complicated - The Boston Globe
MORE
![Hideki Matsui: A Unique Hall of Fame Candidate](https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/r/2018/01/01/ff96c795-dc80-4316-b716-a6f481b31010/thumbnail/1200x675/497c87643828282c27031547f2c18d45/usatsi-7964702.jpg)
Hideki Matsui's Hall of Fame case: How much should career in Japan weigh?
![Hideki Matsui: A Unique Hall of Fame Candidate](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/acn8gUyAUWo5y3I6C2maCdoQNiE=/0x423:2690x2216/1400x1050/filters:focal(0x423:2690x2216):format(jpeg)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/26622559/3450740.0.jpg)
The kinds of writers who reveal their Hall of Fame ballots
![Hideki Matsui: A Unique Hall of Fame Candidate](https://i0.wp.com/www.captainsblog.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/matsui.jpg?resize=185%2C270)
Hideki Matsui a Hall of Famer? « The Captain's Blog
Former Orioles ace Mussina misses out on Hall of Fame; Guerrero, Thome among four elected
![Hideki Matsui: A Unique Hall of Fame Candidate](https://www.cantonrep.com/gcdn/authoring/2017/11/20/NREP/ghows-OH-5e75ad22-df94-3e71-e053-0100007f33c5-82065073.jpeg)
Hall of Fame ballot newcomers: Jones, Thome, Vizquel
![Hideki Matsui: A Unique Hall of Fame Candidate](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsHxOgA244P6scILYiTqIVi0Y2eD9A6m6XIAKsdiajEBbMpoxRPzIBOj2SFFj2PUsocTznnqEI1Z70VcMZ_zxWvXO5QLSS9T-lwoIt5T3FDHe7ZR07VOLoFRNvJMqF03Pgjg3AT9WYLe0g7merx0PkbEeKon-kQ0TyenphHRmZk0_RAanDqJB4Q8De/s225/2003-09%20Hideki%20Matsui.jpg)
Uncle Mike's Musings: A Yankees Blog and More: Is Hideki Matsui a Hall-of- Famer?
Hall of Fame 2018: Is it one-and-done for these ex-baseball stars?
![Hideki Matsui: A Unique Hall of Fame Candidate](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/rockcms/2022-06/220623-hideki-matsui-al-1106-76a55d.jpg)
Former Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui honored during 150th anniversary of baseball in Japan
![Hideki Matsui: A Unique Hall of Fame Candidate](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/72081265/76852455.0.jpg)
Reevaluating the Hall of Fame merits of Julio Franco - Battery Power
![Hideki Matsui: A Unique Hall of Fame Candidate](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/65NQxsuyPJvr26MhEJT8E-H6q1c=/1400x1400/filters:format(jpeg)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/9994095/usa_today_10184689.jpg)
The Id, Ego, and Superego of Phillies Hall of Fame Candidates - The Good Phight
![Hideki Matsui: A Unique Hall of Fame Candidate](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DW3JFOW2JNFGXGTFFHS2KTO3DI.jpg)
Former White Sox slugger Jim Thome voted to Hall of Fame; Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Trevor Hoffman also elected