Seiichi Uchikawa
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| Seiichi Uchikawa | |||||||||||||||
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 Uchikawa with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |||||||||||||||
| First baseman, Outfielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: August 4, 1982 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 | |||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .302 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 196 | ||||||||||||||
| Hits | 2,186 | ||||||||||||||
| RBI | 960 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | |||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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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.
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]
On September 27, 2022, Uchikawa announced his retirement from professional baseball.[3]
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