Koji Akiyama

Koji Akiyama 秋山 幸二, born April 6, 1962 in Miyahara, Kumamoto) is a retired professional baseball player for the Seibu Lions and the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (currently Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks) in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He is now the head coach of the Hawks and considered as the successor of the current manager Sadaharu Oh. On October 8, 2008, Akiyama was officially named as manager of the Hawks.

Career Statistics

※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)
*Best Nine : 8 times (1986-1993)
*Golden Glove : 11 times (1987-1996,1999)
*Matsutaro Shoriki Award : once (1991)
*Japan Series MVP : Twice (1991, 1999)
*Hitting for the cycle : once (Jul 13, 1989)

*400 HR and 300 SB (Only one other player in history)
*30 HR and 50 SB in single season (only he achieved)
*18 consecutive year's appearance at All-Star Game (1985-2002) (The longest for consecutive record)

External links

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