Seiichi Uchikawa

Seiichi Uchikawa (内川 聖一, Uchikawa Seiichi, born August 4, 1982) is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He rose to prominence in 2008 with a league-leading .378 batting average. He was a part of the Japanese baseball team during the 2009 World Baseball Classic, as well as the 2013 World Baseball Classic.

Seiichi Uchikawa
Uchikawa with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 1
First baseman, Outfielder
Born: (1982-08-04) August 4, 1982 Ōita, Japan
Bats: Right Throws: Right
debut
March 30, 2001, for the Yokohama BayStars
Career statistics (through 2018)
Batting average	.306
Home runs	187
Hits	2,081
RBI	928
Teams
Yokohama BayStars (2001–2010) Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2011–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)
Medals Men's baseball Representing  Japan World Baseball Classic 2009 Los Angeles Team

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.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)