Koji Chikamoto of the Hanshin Tigers got his 1000th career hit yesterday. I was thinking to myself that that was pretty impressive as Chikamoto hadn't been in the league wrong but then I realized that this is his seventh season already and he's 30 years old. It turns out, though, that he was the eighth fastest player in NPB history to reach that milestone, so he still did it pretty fast. (H/T NPB Reddit)
Here's his card from the 2021 BBM Tigers set (#T59):
My favorite player in the Japanese leagues. Too bad about his late start, but he is one of those guys who is never injured, so he could still put up some very impressive numbers yet.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I like him too. His two years at Osaka Gas delayed his debut but he was probably more ready to step into the starting lineup because of them
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