Yuki Yanagita

Yuki Yanagita
Yuki Yanagita
	Yanagita with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 9
	Outfielder
	Born: October 9, 1988 (age 29); Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Bats: Left	Throws: Right
debut
	May 8, 2011, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
NPB statistics ; (through 2017 season)
Batting average	.314
Home runs	114
RBI	400
Hits	754
Stolen base	118
Teams
	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2011–present);
Career highlights and awards
	3x Pacific League Best Nine Award (2014, 2015, 2017); 3x Pacific League Golden Glove Award (2014, 2015, 2017); Pacific League MVP (2015); Pacific League Batting Leader (2015); 3x Pacific League OBP Leader (2015, 2016, 2016); Triple 3 Club: min. .300 BA, 30 HR, 30 SB (2015); 2x Interleague play (NPB) MVP (2015, 2017); 3× Japan Series champion (2014, 2015, 2017); Japan Series MVP (2015); 5× NPB All-Star Game (2014-2018); NPB All-Star Game MVP (2014); Hit for the cycle on April 21, 2018;

Yuki Yanagita (柳田悠岐, Yanagita Yūki, born October 9, 1988 in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. Yanagita was a member of the 2014 and 2015 Japan Series-winning Hawks teams.

CareerEdit

In 2015, Yanagita won the Pacific League MVP award after ranking at or near the top of the league in several offensive categories. Yanagita led both leagues with a .363 batting average and led the Pacific League in runs (110), total bases (317), slugging percentage (.631), on base percentage (.469), and walks (88). He ranked second in hits (182) and stolen bases (32) and third in home runs (34, tied) and RBI (99).^[1] With the exception of stolen bases, all of these stats were career highs, and Yanagita became the just the 10th player in either league to join the "Triple 3" club (.300 average, 30 home runs, 30 stolen bases).^[2]

After the season, Yanagita underwent a right elbow surgery and is expected to recover in time for the 2016 season.^[3]

In 2018, he selected 2018 NPB All-Star game (jp).^[4]