Hideki Okajima

Quick Facts

Full Name	Hideki Okajima
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Dec 25, 1975(1975-12-25)
Age	49
Birthplace	Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
Country	Japan
Birth City	Kyoto Prefecture
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Hideki Okajima Biography

Hideki Okajima is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on December 25, 1975 in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. All-Star lefty reliever, known for his outrageous delivery. He was part the 2007 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox.

His teammate was Designated hitter David Ortiz was his teammate on the Red Sox. , designated hitter.

Okajima was drafted in the third round in 1993 by the Yomiuri Giants of the Nippon Professional Baseball League. Okajima pitched mostly as a setup man, but sometimes played the role of a starter until 1999. When he played with the Giants in Japan, Okajima chose to go by the nickname “Okaji” instead of “Hideki” because Hideki Matsui had preceded him on the Giants.

Okajima attended Higashiyama High School and pitched in the 1994 Koshien National High School Tournament.

He married Yuka Kurihara in 2001.

Hideki Okajima Net Worth

Hideki Okajima is one of the richest Baseball Player from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hideki Okajima 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He played baseball at Higashiyama high school in Japan.

In 2013, he joined the Oakland Athletics.

Hideki Okajima (岡島 秀樹 , Okajima Hideki, born December 25, 1975) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. Okajima pitched for the Yomiuri Giants, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, and Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball, and the Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. Okajima was elected to the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game as a first time All-Star via the All-Star Final Vote. He became the first Japanese-born pitcher to play in the World Series in Game 2 of the 2007 World Series. On July 18, 2016, Okajima announced his retirement.

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Okajima made the All-Star team as the winner of the final vote, but did not play in the game; he is the third Red Sox player to make the team this way. Following the All-Star break, Okajima continued to pitch solid and reliable relief innings occasionally closing games for the Sox as they held their place at the top of the AL East. However, the rigors of the MLB season began to catch up with Okajima in the later stages of the season and he began to struggle culminating in a career-high four-run meltdown in a game against the Yankees on September 14, 2007. Red Sox management decided to shut him down following this outing to allow Okajima to relieve the physical and mental fatigue of the longer American season. On his return during the final stages of the regular season, Okajima regained his sharp early season form, pitching scoreless frames to establish himself again as an integral part of the dominant Red Sox bullpen as they headed into the postseason. He was selected to the 2007 Topps Major League Rookie All-Star Team. The selection was the result of the 49th annual Topps balloting of Major League managers.

Facts & Trivia

Hideki Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Hideki Okajima celebrates birthday on December 25 of every year.

Okajima earned his first MLB save on April 20, 2007, against the New York Yankees. After getting a save in his first appearance during a Red Sox–Yankees series, Okajima compared the experience to winning the pennant.

Top Facts about Hideki Okajima

1. Hideki Okajima is a retired Japanese professional baseball player.
2. He played as a left-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB).
3. Okajima played for the Boston Red Sox from 2007 to 2010.
4. He was part of the Red Sox team that won the 2007 World Series.
5. Okajima had a career ERA of 3.11 in MLB.
6. He also played for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Yomiuri Giants in Japan.
7. Okajima was named an All-Star during his rookie season with Boston.
8. He recorded 17 saves and struck out 246 batters in his MLB career.
9. Okajima pitched in over 400 games across his professional career.
10. In Japan, he won three Pacific League championships and one Japan Series championship with Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks