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
Home runs	437
Hits	2,157
Runs batted in	1,321
Stolen bases	303
Teams
As player Seibu Lions (1981 – 1993) Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (1994 – 2002) As coach Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2005 – 2008) As manager Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2009 – 2014)
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	2014

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. 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

Year	Team	Squad number	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	SB	BB+HBP	SO	BA
1981	Seibu Lions	71	3	5	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	2	.200
1982		24	Played at San Jose Bees to train
1983			Played at San Jose Bees to train
1984			54	140	16	33	5	2	4	54	14	6	13	32	.236
1985			130	468	93	118	16	0	40	254	93	17	70	115	.252
1986			130	492	88	132	19	3	41	280	115	21	63	94	.268
1987		1	130	496	82	130	13	2	43	276	94	38	51	102	.262
1988			130	517	93	151	23	2	38	292	103	20	58	132	.292
1989			130	478	92	144	24	4	31	269	99	31	73	93	.301
1990			130	476	84	122	16	0	35	243	91	51	73	120	.256
1991			116	455	97	135	23	3	35	269	88	21	55	96	.297
1992			130	480	92	142	26	2	31	265	89	13	83	114	.296
1993			127	470	67	116	23	4	30	237	72	9	65	136	.247
1994	Daiei Hawks		129	473	93	120	26	5	24	228	73	26	90	125	.254
1995			122	476	61	127	25	1	21	217	66	13	48	101	.264
1996			121	466	53	140	27	0	9	194	66	13	41	78	.300
1997			97	371	46	91	20	2	12	151	52	11	47	62	.245
1998			115	423	43	110	32	4	10	180	49	7	46	76	.260
1999			113	386	41	99	16	2	12	155	44	3	30	83	.256
2000			124	427	44	112	23	1	5	152	48	2	51	63	.262
2001			82	269	31	77	13	3	11	129	32	1	18	43	.286
2002			76	229	14	57	7	0	5	79	25	0	9	45	.249
Career Total			2189	7997	1231	2157	377	41	437	3927	1312	303	985	1712	.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)

See also

• List of top Nippon Professional Baseball home run hitters

External links

• Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com