Koji Akiyama

Koji Akiyama (秋山 幸二 Akiyama Kōji, born April 6, 1962) is a retired Japanese professional baseball player. He played for the Seibu Lions and the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (currently the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks) in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Koji Akiyama
秋山 幸二
Outfielder / Manager
Born: (1962-04-06) April 6, 1962
Miyahara, Kumamoto, Japan
Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
September 29, 1981, for the Seibu Lions
Last appearance
October 6, 2002, for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
NPB statistics
Batting average.270
Hits2157
HR437
RBIs1312
SB303
Teams
As player

As coach

As manager

Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction2014

A speedy slugger, Akiyama accumulated more than 400 career home runs and 300 career stolen bases, a feat matched only by one other NPB player in history (Isao Harimoto). Akiyama was an integral part of the "Invincible Seibu" during the 1980s and 1990s, named such due to their sustained domination of the league, winning 11 league championships and eight Japan Series championships between 1982–1994. (Akiyama left Seibu after the 1993 season.) On July 13, 1989, Akiyama hit for the cycle.

Akiayma was a Best Nine Award-winner eight times, a Golden Glove winner 11 times (1987–1996, 1999), and appeared in 18 consecutive Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series (1985–2002), an NPB record. In addition, Akiyama was Japan Series MVP twice (1991 and 1999), and a Matsutaro Shoriki Award-winner three times (1991, 2011, and 2014). (He also struck out 1,712 times, third on the all-time list.) Akiyama was elected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014.[1] He is also a member of Meikyukai (the Golden Players Club).

He replaced Sadaharu Oh on October 8, 2008 as manager of the Hawks, serving as the team's manager through 2014.

Career statistics

YearTeamSquad
number
GABRH2B3BHRTBRBISBBB+HBPSOBA
1981Seibu Lions71351101030012.200
198224Played at San Jose Bees to train
1983Played at San Jose Bees to train
1984541401633524541461332.236
19851304689311816040254931770115.252
19861304928813219341280115216394.268
198711304968213013243276943851102.262
198813051793151232382921032058132.292
1989130478921442443126999317393.301
19901304768412216035243915173120.256
1991116455971352333526988215596.297
19921304809214226231265891383114.296
1993127470671162343023772965136.247
1994Daiei Hawks1294739312026524228732690125.254
19951224766112725121217661348101.264
199612146653140270919466134178.300
19979737146912021215152114762.245
199811542343110324101804974676.260
19991133864199162121554433083.256
20001244274411223151524825163.262
2001822693177133111293211843.286
200276229145770579250945.249
Career Total 218979971231215737741437392713123039851712.270

Bolded figures are league leading

Titles and accomplishments

  • Home Run Champion : once (1987)
  • Stolen Bases Champion : once (1990)
  • Decisive RBIs Champion : 4 times (1985,1987)

References

  1. "Hall of Famers List | The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum". english.baseball-museum.or.jp. Retrieved 2020-10-13.

See also

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