Professional baseball DeNA Lopez Japan-US league 1000 hits First foreign player

Professional baseball DeNA Lopez Japan-US league 1000 hits First foreign player October 31 21:55

Professional baseball player DeNA Lopez hit a home run in the match against Hanshin Tigers at Yokohama Stadium on the 31st, achieving a total of 1000 hits in Japan.

Lopez is 36 years old.

In the major leagues, he played for the Mariners for a total of nine seasons, marking 1005 hits, and has been playing in the Japanese baseball world for seven years.

This season, he achieved a total of 2000 hits in Japan and the United States in the match against Hiroshima on the 24th of this month, and by the 30th he had hit 70 hits in 76 games and had only one more hit in Japan. ..

Lopez started in the Hanshin Tigers match at Yokohama Stadium on the 31st with 3rd and 1st, and hit No. 11 solo home run in the 2nd at bat in the 4th inning to achieve 1000 hits.

According to the team, this is the first time a foreign player has achieved 1000 hits each in Major League Baseball and Japan.

Among Japanese players, Ichiro and Hideki Matsui have been marked so far.

After the match, a ceremony was held to celebrate the achievement of the achievement, and Lopez said with tears in his eyes, "Looking back, there were good times and bad times. I would like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart."