Takahiro Ikeyama

Takahiro Ikeyama (池山 隆寛, born December 17, 1965 in Amagasaki, Hyōgo, Japan) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder. A slugging shortstop, Ikeyama played for the Yakult Swallows his entire career, from 1984–2002.

Takahiro Ikeyama
Tokyo Yakult Swallows – No. 88
Shortstop, Third baseman / Coach
Born: (1965-12-17) December 17, 1965
Amagasaki, Hyōgo, Japan
Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
October 9, 1984, for the Yakult Swallows
Last NPB appearance
October 17, 2002, for the Yakult Swallows
NPB statistics
(through 2002)
Batting average.262
Home runs304
Hits1521
Teams
As player

As coach

Career highlights and awards
Last updated on: 9 January 2019

Ikeyama was a five-time Pacific League Best Nine Award-winner and a seven-time NPB All-Star. He won the 1992 Pacific League Golden Glove Award.

Ikeyama was part of the Central League-champion Swallows team that lost the 1992 Japan Series to Seibu. He was a member of the 1993 and 1995 Swallows squads that won the Japan Series those years.

Some years after retiring as a player, Ikeyama joined the coaching staff of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles; he has been a coach with the Swallows since 2011.

Jim Albright, expert on Japanese professional baseball, ranks Ikeyama as among the top shortstops in NPB history, on the Swallows' franchise all-star team, on the 1990s Central League all-star team, and on the overall 1990s all-star team.[1]

See also

References
  1. Albright, Jim. "Info Links: Takahiro Ikeyama," BaseballGuru.com. Accessed March 31, 2015.


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