Professional baseball Softbank Seiichi Uchikawa did not sign a contract next season at 17:13 on November 2nd
Professional baseball / Softbank has officially announced that it will not sign a contract for next season with Seiichi Uchikawa, who has hit 2171 hits in total, which is the largest number of active players.
In his 20th year as a professional player, 38-year-old Uchikawa has hit a total of 2171 hits, which is the most active player, and has won the title with the most hits and the highest on-base percentage, including the two top hitters so far.
This season, the batting average of the 2nd army was in the 30% range, but so far it has never been promoted to the 1st army.
Softbank's general manager Sugihiko Mikasa officially announced at a press conference on the 2nd that he respected Uchikawa's intention to leave the team in the second half of the season and decided not to sign a contract for next season.
"I'm sorry that the players who supported me for a long time didn't have a chance," said Mikasa General Manager.
Uchikawa hopes to transfer to another team and continue his career.
Also, according to the team, they will not participate in the remaining games of the regular season and postseason games such as the Climax Series.