Yuhei Takai
Japanese baseball player
Baseball player
| Yuhei Takai 雄平 | |
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| Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – No. 84 | |
| Pitcher / Outfielder / Coach | |
| Born: (1984-06-25) June 25, 1984 (age 40) Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| NPB debut | |
| April 22, 2003, for the Yakult Swallows | |
| Last NPB appearance | |
| November 1, 2021, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows | |
| Career statistics | |
| Batting average | .291 |
| Runs batted in | 386 |
| Home runs | 66 |
| Teams | |
| As player As coach
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Yuhei Takai (高井 雄平, Takai Yūhei, born June 25, 1984 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese former professional baseball player. Yuhei played a total of 18 years for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. He began his career as a pitcher, and later converted to an outfielder following the 2009 season and changed his registered name. Starting with the 2022 season, he will be a hitting coach with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Career
Takai began his career in 2003 with the Yakult Swallows, making his NPB debut on April 22, 2003. From 2011 to 2021, he register name changed as Yuhei (雄平, Yūhei) and changed from pitcher to outfielder. On September 28, 2021, Yuhei announced he would be retiring from professional baseball following the 2021 season after 18 years.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- NPB.com
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Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles current roster
- 11 Takayuki Kishi
- 13 Cody Ponce
- 14 Takahiro Norimoto
- 17 Tatsuki Koja
- 18 Masahiro Tanaka
- 19 Kōsei Shōji
- 20 Nik Turley
- 21 Takahisa Hayakawa
- 22 Ryūji Komago
- 28 Tomohito Sakai
- 29 Kōichi Takada
- 31 Shōta Watanabe
- 38 Hayato Yuge
- 40 Shūto Sakurai
- 41 Mao Itoh
- 43 Sung Chia-hao
- 45 Tomotaka Matsui
- 46 Shōma Fujihira
- 47 Masaru Fujii
- 49 Masaya Nishigaki
- 52 Taisei Tsurusaki
- 53 Haruto Sakai
- 54 Naoki Hinata
- 56 Sora Suzuki
- 57 Ryōta Takinaka
- 58 Wataru Karashima
- 59 Katsutoshi Tai
- 61 Takuma Matsuda
- 64 Yūki Hayashi
- 67 Seiya Ōuchi
- 69 Seiryū Uchi
- 71 Kazuki Yoshikawa
- 72 Satoshi Miyamori
- 79 Kotarō Seimiya
- 2 Hikaru Ohta
- 44 Takaya Tanaka
- 55 Yūma Yasuda
- 65 Kengo Horiuchi
- 70 Tsuyoshi Ishihara
- 0 Hiroto Kobukata
- 3 Hideto Asamura
- 4 Toshiki Abe
- 5 Eigorō Mogi
- 7 Daichi Suzuki
- 23 Maikel Franco
- 24 Fumiya Kurokawa
- 30 Ryūya Taira
- 34 Tsuyoshi Yamasaki
- 39 Yukiya Itoh
- 42 Haruka Yamada
- 48 Yoshiaki Watanabe
- 60 Rikai Waters
- 63 Daiki Irie
- 66 Itsuki Murabayashi
- 68 Takumi Aono
- 78 Kōnosuke Tatsumi
- 8 Ryōsuke Tatsumi
- 9 Sōshi Yoshino
- 25 Kazuki Tanaka
- 27 Takerō Okajima
- 32 Daisuke Nakashima
- 35 Hiroaki Shimauchi
- 36 Ginji Maeda
- 50 Atsuki Mutoh
- 51 Yūya Ogo
- 017 Wang Yan-cheng (P)
- 062 Naoto Nishiguchi (P)
- 130 Kōsei Koga (P)
- 138 Shinri Komine (P)
- 155 Akihiro Takeshita (P)
- 022 Kei Mizukami (C)
- 137 Yūto Egawa (C)
- 131 Sōtarō Nagata (IF)
- 141 Kiyoharu Sawano (IF)
- 142 Ōzora Yanagisawa (OF)
- 144 Shō Ōkawara (OF)
coaching
- Manager: 99 Toshiaki Imae
- Head coach: 74 Naoto Watanabe
- Batting coaches: 93 Taketoshi Gotō, 89 Keizō Kawashima
- Battery coach: 82 Naoki Matoba
- Infield defense/base running coach: 86 Tatsuya Shiokawa
- Outfield defense/base running coach: 76 Yoshifumi Okada
coaching
- Manager: 88 Hajime Miki
- Batting coaches: 84 Yūhei, 95 Toshitake Yokoo
- Pitching coaches: 80 Takashi Ishii, 75 Shinichirō Koyama, 91 Yūya Kubo
- Battery coach: 96 Masahiko Tanaka
- Infield defense/base running coach: 92 Nobuyuki Okumura
- Outfield defense/base running coach: 85 Akihisa Makida
- General development coach: 87 Yasunaga Makishi
- Development coach: 90 Fumitoshi Takano
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