Yuya Hasegawa

Yuya Hasegawa of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks retired at the end of last season.  Hasegawa was drafted by the Hawks in the fifth round of the 2006 draft out of Senshu University.  He struggled with some injuries his first couple seasons - completely missing 2007 with a neck fracture and the last month or so of 2008 with a broken finger.  Given a chance to play regularly in 2009 he responded by hitting .312.  He was pretty much a regular starting outfielder for the Hawks over the next few years.  He had probably his best year in 2013, leading the Pacific League in batting with a .341 average and in hits with 198 and winning a Best 9 award.  He suffered an ankle injury towards the end of 2014 which ended up costing him a lot of playing time the following season.  He was a regular again in 2016 but after that injuries and ineffectiveness started to limit his time on the ichi-gun team.  This didn't keep him off the Hawks Nippon Series rosters, however, as he won seven championships with the team (2011, 2014-15 and 2017-20).  He also was named to four All Star teams (2009, 2013-14 and 2016).  He'll be a coach for the Hawks this season.

Hasegawa's first BBM cards are (of course) from the 2007 Rookie Edition (#23) and 1st Version (#107) sets.  His first Calbee card wasn't until 2009 though - #247 in the Series Three set.  Here's a bunch of his cards:

2007 BBM Rookie Edition #23

2007 BBM 1st Version #107

2009 BBM All Stars #A28

2011 BBM Tohto 80th Memorial #85

2011 BBM Nippon Series #S24

2012 BBM Hawks #H60

2014 BBM Classic #023

2016 Calbee #075

2018 BBM Hawks 80th Anniversary #58

2021 Calbee #150