Seiichi_Uchikawa
Seiichi Uchikawa
Japanese baseball player
Seiichi Uchikawa (内川 聖一, Uchikawa Seiichi, born August 4, 1982) is a Japanese former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama BayStars, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, and Tokyo Yakult Swallows from 2001 to 2022.
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 Uchikawa with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |||||||||||||||
| First baseman, Outfielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: (1982-08-04) August 4, 1982 (age 41) Ōita, Japan | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
| March 30, 2001, for the Yokohama BayStars | |||||||||||||||
| Last NPB appearance | |||||||||||||||
| October 3, 2022, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows | |||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .302 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 196 | ||||||||||||||
| Hits | 2,186 | ||||||||||||||
| RBI | 960 | ||||||||||||||
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Yokohama BayStars
Yokohama BayStars selected Uchikawa with the first selection in the 2000 NPB draft [jp].
On March 30, 2001, Uchikawa made his NPB debut.
He rose to prominence in 2008 with a league-leading .378 batting average.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
During the 2010 offseason, he exercised his free agent option and after weeks of negotiations between the Yokohama BayStars, Hiroshima Toyo Carp, and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, he decided to sign a four-year deal with SoftBank worth up to 1.36 billion yen.
On December 2, 2020, he became a free agent.[1]
Tokyo Yakult Swallows
On December 11, 2020, Uchikawa signed with Tokyo Yakult Swallows of NPB and held press conference.[2]
On September 27, 2022, Uchikawa announced his retirement from professional baseball.[3]
He was selected for the Japanese national baseball team in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, 2013 World Baseball Classic and 2017 World Baseball Classic.
- "2020年度 自由契約選手". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- "内川聖一選手が正式契約！「チームの勝利に貢献できるように頑張りたい」". 東京ヤクルトスワローズ公式サイト Tokyo Yakult Swallows (in Japanese). December 11, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- "Baseball: Uchikawa, once hitting machine, announces retirement". nippon.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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