Seiichi Uchikawa

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 2017)
Batting average	.308
Home runs	179
Hits	2006
RBI	899
Teams
Yokohama BayStars (2001–2010) Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2011–present)
Career highlights and awards
6× NPB All-Star (2008–2009, 2011–2013, 2017) 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× Climax Series MVP (2011, 2015, 2017) 5× Best Nine Award (2008–2009, 2011–2013) 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) 4× Japan Series champion (2011, 2014, 2015, 2017)
Medals Men's baseball Representing Japan 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

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