Softbank Seiichi Uchikawa declares that he will leave the team Hope to continue working with other teams November 1, 19:10
Seiichi Uchikawa, a veteran of Softbank who has hit 2171 hits in total, which is the most active in professional baseball, has announced that he will leave the team for this season only.
Uchikawa wants to transfer to another team and continue his career.
In his 20th year as a professional player, 38-year-old Uchikawa has been having trouble batting before the start of the season and has been making adjustments in the second army.
After the start of the season, the 2nd army has achieved stable results such as a temporary batting average of over 40%, but so far it has not participated in the 1st army.
Uchikawa started in the final game of this season of the 2nd army held in Chikugo City, Fukuoka Prefecture on the 1st, and dropped out of 2 at-bats. Was done.
After the match, he stood in front of the fans and said, "Today I will be wearing a Softbank uniform for the last time," and stated that he would leave the group.
He has already informed Softbank of his intention to leave the team and hopes to transfer to another team and continue working.
Uchikawa told the interview, "I think it's a shame that the coach and other leaders didn't make Uchikawa into one army. But I did what I could do. I could do more. That's why I felt like moving on to the next step, "he said.
Uchikawa has hit 2171 hits in total, which is the most active player, and has won the title with the most hits and the highest on-base percentage, including the top hitter twice so far.
The team will officially announce the departure of Uchikawa on the 2nd.