There is a noteworthy record of Takeya Nakamura (Seibu), also known as “Refill-kun”. That is “total home run” and “total strikeout”.
Seibu and Takeya Nakamura challenge two great records
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3 more to go over Shigeo Nagashima
Takumi Kuriyama (Seibu), who achieved 2000 hits in total, has counted 54 people in the past, but 400 home runs in total is 20 people. When it comes to 500 home runs or more, there are only eight people.
(1) Sadaharu Oh / 868 books
(2) Katsuya Nomura / 657 books
(3) Hiromitsu Kadota / 567 books
(4) Koji Yamamoto / 536 books
(5) Kazuhiro Kiyohara / 525 books
(6) Hiromitsu Ochiai / 510
(7) Isao Harimoto / 504
(8) Sachio Kinugasa / 504 books
(9) Katsuo Osugi / 486 books
(10) Tomoaki Kanemoto / 476
(11) Koichi Tabuchi / 474 books
(12) Masahiro Doi / 465 books
(13) Tuffy Rhodes / 464
(14) Shigeo Nagashima / 444 books
(15) Takeya Nakamura / 442 books
(16) Koji Akiyama / 437 books
(17) Hiroki Kokubo / 413 books
(18) Shinnosuke Abe / 406 books
(19) Norihiro Nakamura / 404 books
(20) Takeshi Yamasaki / 403
So far (as of April 14, 2022), Nakamura has hit 442 home runs, and of course he is aiming to reach No. 500, the ninth person in history. However, if he hits two more before that, he will line up with Shigeo Nagashima of No. 444 in total.
Nagashima was a middle-distance batter with 6 top hits, 10 hits, and 2 home runs, but 444 home runs mean something special for professional baseball players to “line up with Mr.”.
Nakamura is the king of home bases six times after King (15 times) and Nomura (9 times). In the history of 72 years after the separation of the Central League, there are only 11 Central League players and 9 Pacific League players who have become “home base hitters with more than 40 games”. Among them, King has won the title of home run king 11 times, Nomura 4 times, and more than 40 home runs, but Nakamura also recorded 3 times along with Kadota and Yamamoto. In that sense, Nakamura can be said to be a natural “home run artist.”
