Shogo Akiyama
| Shogo Akiyama | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Akiyama with the Saitama Seibu Lions | |||||||||||||||
| Saitama Seibu Lions – No. 55 | |||||||||||||||
| Outfielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: April 16, 1988 | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
| April 12, 2011, for the Saitama Seibu Lions | |||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through 2016 season) | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .296 | ||||||||||||||
| Hits | 1,038 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 72 | ||||||||||||||
| RBI | 374 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs | 556 | ||||||||||||||
| Stolen bases | 85 | ||||||||||||||
| Teams | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Medals
| |||||||||||||||
Shogo Akiyama (秋山 翔吾, Akiyama Shōgo, born April 16, 1988 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
Carrer
Saitama Seibu Lions selected him with the third selection in the 2010 NPB draft.[1]
In 2015, Akiyama set the NPB record for hits in a single season with 216,[2] surpassing the 214 collected by Matt Murton of the Hanshin Tigers in 2010.
He was selected to the 2018 NPB All-Star game.[3]
International Career
He was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2015 WBSC Premier12 and 2017 World Baseball Classic.
On August 20, 2018, he was selected 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.[4]
References
- ^ "埼玉西武ライオンズ 選択選手一覧". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ^ http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2015/10/01/baseball/japanese-baseball/lions-akiyama-sets-single-season-hit-record/#.VrrIB1ZlxA9 Japan Times. Lions' Akiyama Sets Single Season Hits Mark. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ^ "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 ファン投票結果". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). June 26, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
- ^ "「2018日米野球」出場選手6名、コーチングスタッフが決定". 野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). August 20, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- NPB.com
.jpg){kind=small}  | This biographical article relating to a Japanese baseball outfielder is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |