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Seiichi Uchikawa (内川 聖一, Uchikawa Seiichi, born August 4, 1982) is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama BayStars and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
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| Seiichi Uchikawa | ||||||||||||||
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 Uchikawa with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | ||||||||||||||
| Tokyo Yakult Swallows – No. 7 | ||||||||||||||
| First baseman, Outfielder | ||||||||||||||
| Born: August 4, 1982 Ōita, Japan | ||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | ||||||||||||||
| debut | ||||||||||||||
| March 30, 2001, for the Yokohama BayStars | ||||||||||||||
| Career statistics (through 2022 season) | ||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .302 | |||||||||||||
| Home runs | 196 | |||||||||||||
| Hits | 2,186 | |||||||||||||
| RBI | 960 | |||||||||||||
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Career
Yokohama BayStars
Yokohama BayStars selected Uchikawa with the first selection in the 2000 NPB draft.
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]
International career
He was selected for the Japanese national baseball team in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, 2013 World Baseball Classic and 2017 World Baseball Classic.
References
- "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.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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