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Kenji Akashi

Positions: First Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 154lb (175cm, 69kg)

Born: January 9, 1986 in Asahikawa, Japan jp

Full Name: Kenji Akashi

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2004	18	-10.9	Daiei	JPPL	Fgn		7	5	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.750	1.150	3	0	0	0	0	0

2007	21	-8.4	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		15	18	17	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.177	.222	.235	.458	4	1	0	0	0	0
2008	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		75	230	205	30	55	4	9	0	16	11	1	13	46	.268	.315	.376	.691	77	3	2	8	2	0
2008	22	-3.1	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		46	175	156	22	44	2	8	0	12	10	1	12	29	.282	.337	.397	.735	62	3	1	6	0	0
2008	22	-7.0	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		29	55	49	8	11	2	1	0	4	1	0	1	17	.225	.245	.306	.551	15	0	1	2	2	0
2009	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		103	284	249	39	70	14	3	4	21	24	10	25	50	.281	.348	.410	.757	102	1	1	8	1	0
2009	23	-2.5	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		55	170	146	25	40	5	1	3	12	18	10	17	23	.274	.354	.384	.737	56	1	1	6	0	0
2009	23	-6.7	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		48	114	103	14	30	9	2	1	9	6	0	8	27	.291	.339	.447	.786	46	0	0	2	1	0
2010	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		80	212	187	30	47	9	3	0	13	16	5	18	37	.251	.316	.332	.647	62	3	0	6	1	0
2010	24	-1.6	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		41	161	140	22	41	7	3	0	13	14	4	16	25	.293	.363	.386	.749	54	2	0	4	1	0
2010	24	-5.6	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		39	51	47	8	6	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	12	.128	.163	.170	.334	8	1	0	2	0	0
2011	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		81	197	171	17	45	6	6	1	21	11	4	17	29	.263	.330	.386	.716	66	3	1	6	2	1
2011	25	-4.2	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		58	105	90	8	25	1	5	1	15	5	2	10	21	.278	.347	.433	.780	39	2	0	4	1	1
2011	25	-0.5	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		23	92	81	9	20	5	1	0	6	6	2	7	8	.247	.311	.333	.644	27	1	1	2	1	0
2012	26	-3.0	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		135	567	508	54	129	8	6	1	27	25	10	33	98	.254	.302	.299	.601	152	2	2	23	1	0
2013	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		84	280	245	37	67	9	5	2	28	19	5	27	37	.274	.353	.376	.728	92	8	3	5	0	1
2013	27	1.5	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		51	191	166	29	49	8	4	1	21	17	3	21	21	.295	.384	.410	.794	68	7	3	1	0	1
2013	27	-1.4	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		33	89	79	8	18	1	1	1	7	2	2	6	16	.228	.282	.304	.586	24	1	0	4	0	0
2014	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		96	284	261	39	64	10	4	1	21	17	4	13	58	.245	.285	.326	.611	85	5	2	7	1	1
2014	28	-0.3	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		93	273	250	38	63	10	4	1	21	17	4	13	54	.252	.293	.336	.629	84	4	2	7	1	1
2014	28	3.0	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		3	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	1	0	0	0	0
2015	29	0.6	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		115	394	342	49	90	12	3	3	30	11	5	31	64	.263	.330	.342	.672	117	4	5	12	4	1
2016	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		59	193	172	23	44	7	4	0	23	11	3	9	40	.256	.296	.343	.639	59	4	2	7	3	0
2016	30	1.8	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		47	152	135	17	31	6	2	0	16	6	2	7	34	.230	.274	.304	.578	41	3	2	6	2	0
2016	30	4.0	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		12	41	37	6	13	1	2	0	7	5	1	2	6	.351	.375	.487	.862	18	1	0	1	1	0
2017	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		113	380	323	41	95	10	3	2	29	7	7	36	61	.294	.363	.362	.725	117	4	1	16	4	1
2017	31	2.9	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		103	339	290	37	81	10	3	1	23	5	6	30	57	.279	.346	.345	.691	100	3	1	15	3	1
2017	31	5.2	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		10	41	33	4	14	0	0	1	6	2	1	6	4	.424	.500	.515	1.015	17	1	0	1	1	0
2018	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		97	306	271	43	74	16	8	4	38	7	2	29	51	.273	.343	.435	.779	118	3	1	3	2	1
2018	32	6.5	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		52	191	168	27	45	11	5	3	26	5	1	18	30	.268	.335	.446	.782	75	3	0	3	2	0
2018	32	4.1	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		45	115	103	16	29	5	3	1	12	2	1	11	21	.282	.357	.418	.774	43	0	1	0	0	1
2019	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		109	342	305	35	75	14	3	5	23	6	2	30	69	.246	.315	.361	.675	110	7	1	5	1	1
2019	33	5.1	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		99	315	282	31	70	12	3	5	21	6	2	26	66	.248	.313	.365	.678	103	6	1	5	1	1
2019	33	8.6	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		10	27	23	4	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	.217	.333	.304	.638	7	1	0	0	0	0
2020	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		72	195	175	22	44	10	1	2	19	4	2	14	36	.251	.305	.354	.660	62	1	0	5	1	0
2020	34	6.0	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		63	172	154	20	39	9	1	2	17	4	2	12	32	.253	.305	.364	.669	56	1	0	5	1	0
2020	34	10.1	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		9	23	21	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.238	.304	.286	.590	6	0	0	0	0	0
2021	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		73	153	131	9	30	4	1	0	15	1	1	20	26	.229	.333	.275	.608	36	5	1	0	1	1
2021	35	6.9	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		57	95	84	5	17	2	0	0	7	1	1	9	18	.202	.284	.226	.510	19	1	1	0	1	0
2021	35	10.8	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		16	58	47	4	13	2	1	0	8	0	0	11	8	.277	.414	.362	.776	17	4	0	0	0	1
2022	36		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		70	152	127	18	30	4	2	0	11	0	1	22	25	.236	.349	.299	.648	38	2	0	3	0	0
2022	36	11.6	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		48	117	97	16	25	4	1	0	8	0	1	19	20	.258	.379	.320	.699	31	1	0	1	0	0
2022	36	8.1	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		22	35	30	2	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	5	.167	.242	.233	.476	7	1	0	2	0	0
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Foreign (17 seasons)					Foreign		1384	4192	3693	491	963	138	62	25	336	170	62	339	735	.261	.325	.352	.677	1300	56	22	114	24	8
NPB (17 seasons)					NPB		1008	2894	2567	320	648	90	36	17	213	93	38	204	550	.252	.309	.335	.645	861	30	16	89	18	6
All Levels (17 Seasons)							1384	4192	3693	491	963	138	62	25	336	170	62	339	735	.261	.325	.352	.677	1300	56	22	114	24	8