Seiichi Uchikawa

Seiichi Uchikawa
Seiichi Uchikawa
	Uchikawa with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Tokyo Yakult Swallows – No. 7
	First baseman, Outfielder
	Born: August 4, 1982 (age 39); Ōita, Japan
	Bats: Right Throws: Right
debut
	March 30, 2001, for the Yokohama BayStars
Career statistics ; (through 2020 season)
Batting average	.303
Home runs	196
Hits	2,171
RBI	957
Teams
	Yokohama BayStars (2001–2010); Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2011–2020); Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2021–present);
Career highlights and awards
	6× NPB All-Star (2008, 2009, 2011–2013, 2017); 6× Japan Series champion (2011, 2014, 2015, 2017–2019); 3× Climax Series MVP (2011, 2015, 2017); 5× Best Nine Award (2008–2009, 2011–2013); 2× NPB All-Star Game MVP (2013, 2017); 1× Pacific League MVP (2011); 1× Japan Series MVP (2014); 1× Interleague play (NPB) MVP (2011); 1× Central League Batting champions (2008); 1× Pacific League Batting champions (2011); 1× Central League OBP champions (2008); 1× Central League Hits champions (2008); 1× Pacific League Hits champions (2012);
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Men's baseball
Representing Japan
World Baseball Classic

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.

Career[]

Yokohama BayStars[]

Yokohama BayStars selected Uchikawa with the first selection in the [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]

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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[1] "2020年度自由契約選手". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). Retrieved January 10, 2021.

[2] "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.

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show v t Tokyo Yakult Swallows current roster
Pitchers	11 Yasunobu Okugawa 12 Taichi Ishiyama 14 Hirotoshi Takanashi 15 Rick van den Hurk 16 Juri Hara 17 Noboru Shimizu 18 Naruki Terashima 19 Masanori Ishikawa 20 Naofumi Kizawa 21 Taichi Yamano 24 Tomoya Hoshi 26 Koshiro Sakamoto 28 Daiki Yoshida 29 Yasuhiro Ogawa 34 Kazuto Taguchi 35 37 Scott McGough 38 Yugo Umeno 40 43 Albert Suárez 44 47 Keiji Takahashi 48 Yuto Kanakubo 52 Hiroki Kondoh 53 Hiroki Hasegawa 54 Cy Sneed 56 61 62 Hiroaki Saiuchi 63 Hikaru Nakao 64 Yuma Ohshita 67 68 Kohei Miyadai 69 Ryuta Konno 99
Catchers	2 Yuhei Nakamura 30 Akihisa Nishida 32 Naoki Matsumoto 33 45 Motohiro Shima 57 Yudai Koga 59
Infielders	00 Nobuyuki Okumura 1 Tetsuto Yamada 3 Naomichi Nishiura 5 Shingo Kawabata 6 Hiyu Motoyama 7 Seiichi Uchikawa 10 Takahiro Araki 13 José Osuna 39 Takeshi Miyamoto 46 Kengo Ohta 55 Munetaka Murakami 58 Hideki Nagaoka 60 Ryusei Takeoka 65 Yu Matsumoto 66 Taisei Yoshida
Outfielders	0 Hidetaka Namiki 8 Shota Nakayama 9 Yasutaka Shiomi 23 Norichika Aoki 25 Domingo Santana 31 Kotaro Yamasaki 41 Yuhei 42 Tomotaka Sakaguchi 49 Daiki Watanabe 51 Taiki Hamada
Development pitchers	014 Reiji Kozawa 017 019
Development catchers	022 025
Development infielders	023
First squad coaching	Manager: 22 Shingo Takatsu Head coach: 76 Ryuji Miyade Pitching coaches: 89 Tomohito Ito, 98 Hirotoshi Ishii Hitting coaches: 74 , 82 Yuichi Matsumoto Infield defense and base running coach: 75 Ryosuke Morioka Outfield defense and base running coach: 73 Kazuki Fukuchi Battery coach: 83
Second squad coaching	Manager: 88 Takahiro Ikeyama Pitching coaches: 77 Takao Obana, 72 Chikara Onodera, 84 Kenichi Matsuoka Hitting coaches: 78 Shoitsu Omatsu, 85 Kazuhiro Hatakeyama Infield defense and base running coach: 80 Koichi Ogata Outfield defense and base running coach: 81 Shinichi Sato Battery coach: 87 Development chief coach: 95 Katsuyuki Dobashi Development pitching coach: 92 Tetsuya Yamamoto

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