Esteban German, the bullet for win.

The Saitama Seibu might not compete top of the league if they didn't acquire the man. But nobody could predict the foreign player do well in whole of the season. His success overwhelm our expect in a good way,

Esteban German, Saitama Seibu's top stolen base recorder of this year, add the team agressive mobility. His total 41SB is 2nd of the league, and he is 1st over 40SB foreign player since 1956 when Barbon who belong Hankyu Braves marked it.

He marked .385BA(20 for 52) and .475OBP in 15games with 8 stolen bases at preseason games. Although it might show that he could adjust for Japanese baseball soon, it didn't prove it. After the opening game, he had been struggling to adjust Japanese baseball. In april his stats was .200BA(13 for 65) and .325OBP with 6RBIs and 5 stolen bases.

But in 5/5, his bat created 4hits in a game. From the month, it looked he could get the feel for adjusting to fareast countries baseball. His monthly stats in May was .313BA(25 for 80) and .356OBP with 14RBIs and 5 stolen bases.

Now he broke the stolen base record in team as a foreign player. It will be difficult to catch up Ryo Hijirisawa, stolen base king (50SB) of the league in 9/30. But with he add the number, he step up to the historical foreign player of the team and the league, with his head-first sliding.