Tsutomu Ito

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Tsutomu Ito (Japanese:伊東 勤, born August 29, 1962 in Kumamoto, Japan) is the former manager of Nippon Professional Baseball's Seibu Lions. He was the number 1 draft pick for the Seibu Lions in 1982 and went on the play for them until 2003. He was talented at leading picher, and led his team to winning 12 Pacific League championship and 10 Japan Series winner. After his retirement, he managed and led his team to 2004 Japan Series championship.

[edit] Career Statistics

Year Team Number G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI SB BB
+HBP		 SO ABG
(Place)
1982 Seibu Lions 27 33 33 3 8 3 0 0 11 1 0 3 3 .242 ―
1983 56 108 22 21 3 0 0 24 6 3 22 19 .194 ―
1984 113 345 44 98 15 1 10 145 44 20 49 46 .284 15th
1985 124 411 57 106 19 5 13 174 62 13 55 43 .258 30th
1986 129 418 59 98 20 3 11 157 40 18 41 70 .234 37th
1987 124 405 42 100 14 1 10 146 51 7 40 77 .247 26th
1988 129 429 51 108 16 5 11 167 56 2 51 68 .252 27th
1989 117 374 37 88 14 1 9 131 35 3 47 56 .235 32nd
1990 119 366 47 103 20 3 11 162 43 4 35 56 .281 12th
1991 124 392 51 83 17 0 8 124 44 3 40 59 .212 36th
1992 124 365 52 96 14 3 4 128 49 10 51 59 .263 27th
1993 128 401 36 90 15 1 7 128 39 6 48 63 .224 31st
1994 113 338 44 86 12 3 8 128 53 17 40 48 .254 23rd
1995 125 386 40 95 21 0 6 134 43 9 32 59 .246 22nd
1996 92 248 24 64 10 0 6 92 26 2 25 25 .258 ―
1997 129 436 50 122 19 1 13 182 56 5 35 48 .280 20th
1998 114 325 34 79 11 2 8 118 38 4 34 42 .243 ―
1999 95 258 27 74 10 1 3 95 24 1 25 35 .287 ―
2000 94 245 21 52 9 0 5 76 19 3 24 48 .212 ―
2001 106 236 15 48 5 1 2 61 20 1 38 41 .203 ―
2002 118 341 29 87 12 1 8 125 50 3 29 48 .255 ―
2003 73 190 13 32 7 0 3 48 12 0 12 31 .168 ―
Career Total 2379 7050 798 1738 286 32 156 2556 811 134 776 1044 .247 ―

[edit] Titles and Award

  • Best Nine : 10 times (1985-1988,1990-1992,1997-1998,2002)
  • Golden Glove : 11 times (1985-1988,1990-1992,1994-1995,1997-1998)
  • Commissioner's Award : once (2003)
  • All Star appearance : 16 times (1984-1998,2002)
  • 305 sacrificial bunts in career (Pacific League record)

[edit] External links

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Saitama Seibu Lions Managers

Kaname Miyazaki 1950 | Osamu Mihara 1951-59 | Tokuji Kawasaki 1960-61 | Futoshi Nakanishi 1962-69 | Kazuhisa Inao 1970-74 | Shinichi Eto 1975 | Masakazu Kito 1976-77 | Rikuo Nemoto 1978-81 | Tatsuro Hirooka 1982-85 | Masahiko Mori 1986-94 | Osamu Higashio 1995-2001 | Haruki Ihara 2002-03 | Tsutomu Ito 2004-07 | Hisanobu Watanabe 2008


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