Kazuhiro Kiyohara 清原和博
by Gen on Oct.01, 2008 @ 12:33 pm, under NPB
Kazuhiro Kiyohara 清原和博
Born: August 18, 1967
Height: 188cm
Weight: 104kg
Bats: R Throws: R
High School: PL Gakuen
1985 Draft First Round Pick
Positions: First, Third, DH
Uniform Numbers: Seibu Lions #3, Yomiuri Giants #5, Orix Buffaloes #5
Code:
YEAR TM GM AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI SB CS SH SF BB HBP SO GIDP BA OBP 1986 SEI 126 404 66 123 18 1 31 236 78 6 3 4 3 49 11 109 8 .304 .392 1987 SEI 130 444 66 115 25 3 29 233 83 11 4 0 2 80 10 88 10 .259 .382 1988 SEI 130 451 97 129 21 0 31 243 77 5 4 0 3 82 15 102 10 .286 .410 1989 SEI 128 445 92 126 22 2 35 257 92 7 2 0 2 94 16 60 13 .283 .424 1990 SEI 129 436 99 134 19 2 37 268 94 11 5 0 4 105 15 85 7 .307 .454 1991 SEI 126 448 73 121 20 0 23 210 79 3 3 0 2 80 9 77 12 .270 .390 1992 SEI 129 464 82 134 17 0 36 259 96 5 3 0 3 85 4 98 13 .289 .401 1993 SEI 128 448 66 120 15 1 25 212 75 3 2 0 2 84 6 120 9 .268 .389 1994 SEI 129 455 78 127 29 0 26 234 93 5 1 0 5 100 5 117 12 .279 .411 1995 SEI 118 404 63 99 13 3 25 193 64 2 0 0 2 90 9 111 6 .245 .392 1996 SEI 130 487 67 125 30 0 31 248 84 0 2 0 0 70 6 122 14 .257 .357 1997 YOM 130 462 65 115 24 0 32 235 85 0 0 0 7 69 12 152 7 .249 .356 1998 YOM 116 384 67 103 14 0 23 186 80 1 0 0 11 67 8 76 13 .268 .379 1999 YOM 86 263 39 62 12 0 13 113 46 0 0 0 4 46 10 68 12 .236 .365 2000 YOM 75 216 41 64 10 0 16 122 54 0 0 0 3 25 8 51 6 .296 .385 2001 YOM 134 467 67 139 29 0 29 255 121 0 1 1 4 65 14 140 20 .298 .396 2002 YOM 55 148 24 47 1 0 12 84 33 0 0 0 1 18 7 36 1 .318 .414 2003 YOM 114 341 47 99 9 0 26 186 68 0 0 0 4 42 16 97 9 .290 .390 2004 YOM 40 101 18 23 2 0 12 61 27 0 0 0 0 15 4 41 4 .228 .350 2005 YOM 96 321 42 68 6 0 22 140 52 0 1 0 3 41 10 111 6 .212 .317 2006 ORI 67 203 21 45 7 0 11 85 36 0 0 0 1 36 1 83 6 .222 .340 2007 ORI DID NOT PLAY, INJURED 2008 ORI 22 22 0 4 2 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 11 0 .182
Titles
- Rookie of the Year (1986)
- Top OBP: 1990, 1992
- Best Nine: 1988, 1990, 1992
- Golden Glove: 1988, 1990, 1992-1994
Awards
- MVP of the Month: 9/1986, 8/1990, 9/1992, 5/1994, 6/2001
- Nippon Series MVP: 1986, 1988, 2002
- Noppon Series Fighting Spirit Award: 1993, 1994
- JCB/MEP Award for Excellence: 2001
- All-Star MVP: 1986 Gm 2, 1987 Gm 3, 1990 Gm 2, 1993 Gm 1, 1996 Gm 2, 1997 Gm 2, 2000 Gm 3
Records
- 21 Consecutive seasons of double-digit HRs (1986-2006)
- 13 Consecutive seasons of 20 or more HRs (1986-1998)
- 20+ HR seasons: 16
- Walk-off HRs: 12 (NPB Record)
- Walk-off Hits: 20 (NPB Record)
- Grand Slams: 11
- Walk-off Grand Slams: 2
- 3 Consecutive Innings with a HR: 6/9/2001
- All-Star Appearances: 18 (1986-1998, 2000-2002, 2005, 2006)
- All-Star Batting Avg: .365
- All-Star HRs: 13
- All-Star RBIs: 34
- All-Star Runs: 26
- All-Star Total Bases: 96
Below are some pictures from Kiyohara's retirement game (various sources).
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What a great career. Thanks for sharing the stats and photos.
I thought these might be fun as well:
1986 rookie card
1997 Giants’ card
He really did have one heckuva career. I just realized I forgot to include his career totals… I’ll have to add those in.
BTW: Thanks for the baseball card links.
This post inspired me to read a bit more about him. It seems like he was a tad bit of a controversial figure at times, but everyone seemed to be very respectful of him in their retirement articles.
Kiyohara had a fairly rocky start. And I think he was really disappointed (and shocked) that the Giants didn’t show any interest in him when he was drafted.
I think his celebrity status at such a young age got to him when he was younger. And I think he softened up quite a bit later on in his career. I know a handful of people around me that started out hating him but have come to really respect him over the last few years. He really played with a lot of heart and emotion.