Shogo Akiyama
Shogo Akiyama was born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan on April 16th, 1988 and is the Japanese Baseball Player. At the age of 36, Shogo Akiyama biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Saitama Seibu Lions selected him with the third selection in the 2010 NPB draft.
In 2015, Akiyama set the NPB record for hits in a single season with 216, surpassing the 214 collected by Matt Murton of the Hanshin Tigers in 2010. He also batted a career-best .359 average for the year. In 2017, he led the NPB with a .322 average. Over the last 5 seasons of his career in NPB (2015–2019), Akiyama batted a .321 average and appeared in 5 consecutive NPB All-Star games.
On October 29, 2019, Akiyama held a press conference to announce that he had filed for free agency for the rights to play overseas in Major League Baseball (MLB).
On January 6, 2020, Akiyama signed a 3-year, $21 million contract with the Cincinnati Reds. On July 24, 2020, Akiyama made his MLB debut. During the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, Akiyama hit .245/.357/.297 and made no defensive errors in 54 games. He was released by the Reds on April 5, 2022.
On April 30, 2022, Akiyama signed a minor league deal with the San Diego Padres. On May 9 he was assigned to the El Paso Chihuahuas, the Triple-A affiliate of the Padres. On June 16 he was released by El Paso.
On June 27, 2022, Akiyama signed a three-year contract with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
International career
Akiyama represented the Japan national baseball team in the 2012 exhibition games against Cuba, 2013 exhibition games against Chinese Taipei, 2015 WBSC Premier12, 2016 exhibition games against Chinese Taipei, 2016 exhibition games against Mexico and Netherlands, 2017 World Baseball Classic and 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.
On October 1, 2019, Akiyama was selected to the 2019 WBSC Premier12. But on October 31, he broke his right toe due to a hit by pitch (HBP) in a practice game with Canada, and he withdrew from the 2019 WBSC Premier12.