Combined Japanese/U.S. Streak
Hideki Matsui assembled a consecutive games streak of 1,768 games combined between the Japanese league Yomiuri Giants and the Major league New York Yankees, placing him behind only Ripken and Gehrig for streaks in top-flight professional baseball. The MLB portion of Matsui's streak extended for 518 games and represent a record for consecutive games to start a player's big-league career. The entire combined streak stretched from August 22, 1993 to May 10, 2006 and was ended by a wrist injury in what would have been his 519th consecutive game (see above). The major league portion of the streak extended from March 31, 2003 (opening day) until May 10, 2006.
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