Seiichi Uchikawa

Seiichi Uchikawa
Uchikawa with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 1
First baseman, Outfielder
Born: August 4, 1982 Ōita, Japan
Bats: Right Throws: Right
debut
March 30, 2001, for the Yokohama BayStars
Career statistics
Batting average	.311
Home runs	53
Hits	603
Teams
Yokohama BayStars (2001–2010) Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2011–present)
Career highlights and awards
5× NPB All-Star (2008–2009, 2011–2013) 1× Pacific League MVP (2011) 1× Japan Series Most Valuable Player (2014) 5× Best Nine Award (2008–2009, 2011–2013) 2× Batting Champion (2008, 2011) 2× Japan Series Champion (2011, 2014)

Seiichi Uchikawa

Medal record
Representing  Japan
Men's Baseball
World Baseball Classic
	2009 Los Angeles	Team

Seiichi Uchikawa (内川 聖一, born August 4, 1982 in Ōita, Japan) 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.

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

• Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com