Shogo Akiyama
Shogo Akiyama | ||||||||||||||
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Akiyama with the Saitama Seibu Lions | ||||||||||||||
Saitama Seibu Lions – No. 55 | ||||||||||||||
Outfielder | ||||||||||||||
Born: | April 16, 1988||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||
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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.
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