Tsutomu Wakamatsu

Tsutomu Wakamatsu
Outfielder
Born: April 17, 1947 (1947-04-17) (age 64) Rumoi, Hokkaidō, Japan
Batted: Left	Threw: Right
Professional debut
NPB: 1971 for the Yakult Atoms
Last professional appearance
1989 for the Yakult Swallows
statistics
Batting average	.319
Home runs	220
Hits	2,173
Runs batted in	884
Teams
As Player Yakult Atoms/Yakult Swallows (1971–1989) As Manager Yakult Swallows (1999–2005)
Career highlights and awards
1978 Central League MVP Japanese record .319 Batting average

Tsutomu Wakamatsu (born April 17, 1947 in Hokkaidō) was a Japanese baseball player, coach, and manager for the Yakult Swallows in Nippon Professional Baseball. He batted left-handed, and threw right-handed. His number 1 is honoured by the Swallows.

Awards and Accomplishments

MVP (1978)
2x Batting Title (1972,1977)
9x Best Nine Award (1972–1974, 1976–1980, 1984)
Golden Glove Award (1977, 1978)
Championship Series MVP (1978)
11x times All-Star selection(1972–1980, 1983, 1984)
2x All-Star games MVP (1973, 1977)

References

Player profile at Japanasebaseball.com

Awards
Preceded by Sadaharu Oh	Central League MVP 1978	Succeeded by Yutaka Enatsu

Central League MVP Award

1950: Kozuru
1951: Kawakami
1952: Bessho
1953: Otomo
1954: Sugishita
1955: Kawakami
1956: Bessho
1957: Yonamine
1958: Fujita
1959: Fujita
1960: Akiyama
1961: Nagashima
1962: Murayama
1963: Nagashima
1964: Oh
1965: Oh
1966: Nagashima
1967: Oh
1968: Nagashima
1969: Oh
1970: Oh
1971: Nagashima
1972: Horiuchi
1973: Oh
1974: Oh
1975: Yamamoto
1976: Oh
1977: Oh
1978: Wakamatsu
1979: Enatsu
1980: Yamamoto
1981: Egawa
1982: Nakao
1983: Hara
1984: Kinugasa
1985: Bass
1986: Kitabeppu
1987: Yamakura
1988: G. Kaku
1989: Cromartie
1990: Saito
1991: Sasaoka
1992: Howell
1993: Furuta
1994: Kuwata
1995: O'Malley
1996: H. Matsui
1997: Furuta
1998: Sasaki
1999: Noguchi
2000: H. Matsui
2001: Petagine
2002: H. Matsui
2003: Igawa
2004: Kawakami
2005: Kanemoto
2006: Fukudome
2007: Ogasawara
2008: Ramírez
2009: Ramírez
2010: Wada
2011: Asao

Tokyo Yakult Swallows

Formerly the Kokutestu Swallows, Sankei Swallows, Sankei Atoms, and Yakult Atoms • Based in Tokyo, Japan

The Franchise	Yakult • History • Seasons • Records • Players • Managers • Broadcasters

Ballparks	Meiji Jingu Stadium

Retired Numbers (Honoured)	1 • 27

Japan Series Championships (5)	1978 • 1993 • 1995 • 1997 • 2001

Central League Championships (6)	1978 • 1992 • 1993 • 1995 • 1997 • 2001

Persondata
Name	Wakamatsu Tsutomu
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	April 17, 1947
Place of birth	Rumoi, Hokkaidō, Japan
Date of death
Place of death