Hotaka Yamakawa

Hotaka Yamakawa
Born: November 23, 1991
Nahi, JP
Primary Position: First base
All Position(s) Played: 3B
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 231
Career: 2014-2025

Hotaka Yamakawa compiled a career batting average of .251 with 275 home runs and 731 RBI in his 1042-game career with the Saitama Seibu Lions and Fukuoka Softbank Hawks. He began playing during the 2014 season and last took the field during the 2025 campaign.

Saitama Seibu Lions

Fukuoka Softbank Hawks

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Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2014	Foreign Major	JPPL	Saitama Seibu Lions	14	34	30	3	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	4	10	.100	.206	.300	.506	9	0	0	0	0	0
2015	Foreign Major	JPPL	Saitama Seibu Lions	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
2016	Foreign Major	JPPL	Saitama Seibu Lions	49	157	139	24	36	4	0	14	32	0	0	15	36	.259	.335	.590	.925	82	1	1	2	0	0
2017	Foreign Major	JPPL	Saitama Seibu Lions	78	293	242	46	72	19	0	23	61	0	1	46	72	.298	.420	.661	1.081	160	7	5	0	0	1
2018	Foreign Major	JPPL	Saitama Seibu Lions	143	647	541	115	152	24	1	47	124	0	0	88	138	.281	.396	.590	.985	319	5	16	0	2	2
2019	Foreign Major	JPPL	Saitama Seibu Lions	143	626	524	93	134	20	0	43	120	1	0	86	142	.256	.372	.540	.912	283	13	13	0	3	8
2020	Foreign Major	JPPL	Saitama Seibu Lions	102	401	322	47	66	7	0	24	73	0	0	64	100	.205	.357	.450	.807	145	6	13	0	2	4
2021	Foreign Major	JPPL	Saitama Seibu Lions	110	414	358	42	83	13	0	24	66	0	0	43	101	.232	.321	.469	.791	168	7	7	0	6	0
2022	Foreign Major	JPPL	Saitama Seibu Lions	129	528	448	62	119	17	0	41	90	0	0	68	114	.266	.375	.578	.953	259	12	11	0	1	13
2024	Foreign Major	JPPL	Fukuoka Softbank Hawks	143	611	550	66	136	26	1	34	99	0	0	48	158	.247	.318	.484	.801	266	17	10	0	3	3
2025	Foreign Major	JPPL	Fukuoka Softbank Hawks	130	496	443	45	100	9	0	23	62	0	0	45	126	.226	.300	.402	.702	178	7	4	0	4	3
Totals				1042	4208	3598	543	902	139	2	275	731	1	1	507	997	.251	.354	.520	.874	1870	75	80	2	21	34

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
2014	Foreign Major	JPPL	Saitama Seibu Lions	3B	7	2	3	0	1	1.000	.714
2014	Foreign Major	JPPL	Saitama Seibu Lions	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
2016	Foreign Major	JPPL	Saitama Seibu Lions	1B	41	304	20	5	37	.985	7.902
2017	Foreign Major	JPPL	Saitama Seibu Lions	1B	66	568	39	5	48	.992	9.197
2018	Foreign Major	JPPL	Saitama Seibu Lions	1B	142	1288	110	14	133	.990	9.845
2019	Foreign Major	JPPL	Saitama Seibu Lions	1B	142	1303	86	8	120	.994	9.782
2020	Foreign Major	JPPL	Saitama Seibu Lions	1B	58	495	28	2	40	.996	9.017
2020	Foreign Major	JPPL	Saitama Seibu Lions	3B	4	2	7	0	0	1.000	2.250
2021	Foreign Major	JPPL	Saitama Seibu Lions	1B	105	824	66	4	85	.996	8.476
2022	Foreign Major	JPPL	Saitama Seibu Lions	1B	89	720	47	6	66	.992	8.618
2024	Foreign Major	JPPL	Fukuoka Softbank Hawks	1B	98	719	54	5	62	.994	7.888
2025	Foreign Major	JPPL	Fukuoka Softbank Hawks	1B	53	387	32	9	32	.979	7.906
Totals					655	5397	410	50	518	.991	8.866

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	First Appearance	Final Appearance
2014	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Saitama Seibu Lions	June 21, 2014	September 26, 2014
2015	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Saitama Seibu Lions	September 27, 2015	September 27, 2015
2016	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Saitama Seibu Lions
2017	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Saitama Seibu Lions	April 5, 2017	October 5, 2017
2018	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Saitama Seibu Lions
2019	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Saitama Seibu Lions
2020	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Saitama Seibu Lions
2021	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific	Saitama Seibu Lions
2022	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Saitama Seibu Lions
2023	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Saitama Seibu Lions
2024	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
2025	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Fukuoka Softbank Hawks

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