Tsutomu Ito

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Tsutomu Ito 伊東勤

Chiba Lotte Marines – No. 83
Manager / Catcher
Born: (1962-08-29) August 29, 1962 Kumamoto, Japan
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
Professional debut
NPB: April 11, 1982 for the Seibu Lions
Last professional appearance
September 27, 2003 for the Seibu Lions
NPB statistics
Batting average	.247
Hits	1738
RBIs	811
Teams
As player Seibu Lions (1982 - 2003) As manager Seibu Lions (2004 - 2007) Chiba Lotte Marines (2013 - present) As coach Doosan Bears (2011 - 2012)

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 to play for them until 2003. He was talented at leading pitcher, and led his team to winning 12 Pacific League championships and 10 Japan Series winners. After his retirement, he managed and led his team to the 2004 Japan Series championship.

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	―

Titles and awards

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 sacrifice bunts in career (Pacific League record)

External links

Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from Japanesebaseball.com

Saitama Seibu Lions Managers

Kaname Miyazaki (Player-manager) 1950
Osamu Mihara 1951-59
Tokuji Kawasaki 1960-61
Futoshi Nakanishi（Player-manager） 1962-69
Masakazu Kito 1969
Kazuhisa Inao 1970-74
Shinichi Eto (Player-manager) 1975
Leo Durocher 1976
Masakazu Kito 1976-77
Rikuo Nemoto 1978-81
Tatsuro Hirooka 1982-85
Masaaki Mori 1986-94
Osamu Higashio 1995-2001
Haruki Ihara 2002-03
Tsutomu Ito 2004-07
Hisanobu Watanabe 2008-13
Haruki Ihara 2014-

Japan 2009 World Baseball Classic Champions Roster (2nd Title)

Manager 83 Tatsunori Hara
Coach 72 Tsutomu Ito
Coach 71 Hisashi Yamada
Coach 92 Tsuyoshi Yoda
Coach 81 Kazunori Shinozuka
Coach 63 Nobuhiro Takashiro

v t e Chiba Lotte Marines current roster

First squad	1 Ikuhiro Kiyota 2 Shunichi Nemoto 3 Saburo 4 Takashi Ogino 5 Shota Ishimine 6 Tadahito Iguchi 7 Daichi Suzuki 8 Toshiaki Imae 9 Kazuya Fukuura 10 Shoitsu Omatsu 14 Tomohisa Otani 15 Hiroki Ueno 16 Hideaki Wakui 17 Yoshihisa Naruse 18 Takahiro Fujioka 19 Yuki Karakawa 20 Yasutaka Hattori 21 Tatsuya Uchi 22 Tomoya Satozaki 23 Hisao Heiuchi 27 Takuya Furuya 28 Takahiro Matsunaga 29 Yuji Nishino 30 Yoshihiro Ito 32 Craig Brazell 46 Seth Greisinger 47 Luis Cruz 52 Naoya Masuda 55 Takumi Kobe 56 Chad Huffman 59 Kei Hosoya 61 Katsuya Kakunaka 66 Yoshifumi Okada 99 Carlos Rosa

Second squad	00 Takuya Takahama 0 Tadahiro Ogino 11 Yuta Omine 12 Ayumu Ishikawa 13 Yuhei Nakaushiro 24 Yuta Yoshida 25 Takeshi Kanazawa 33 Masaki Minami 34 Yuta Kimura 36 Hiroya Kawamitsu 37 Ryo Miki 39 Ryohei Kawamoto 40 Shohei Yoshihara 41 Atsushi Kobayashi 42 Ryoji Katsuki 43 Shota Kurosawa 44 Seiya Inoue 45 Tatsuhiro Tamura 47 Wil Ledezma 48 G.G. Sato 50 Shota Omine 51 Masatomo Uematsu 53 Naoya Emura 54 Shuhei Fujitani 57 Shota Koike 60 Kazunari Abe 63 Keiyo Aomatsu 64 Kota Futaki 65 Shohei Kato 68 Keisuke Hayasaka 69 Kota Sumi

Development players	120 Takayuki Kanamori 121 Keisuke Kishi 122 Ryuzo Hijii

First squad Coaching	Manager: 83 Tsutomu Ito Pitching coaches: 84 Kenjiro Kawasaki, 89 Hidetaka Kawagoe Hitting coaches: 78 Yoshiie Tachibana, 75 Koichi Hori Baserunning coaches: 86 Kenichi Sato, 87 Masaji Shimizu Battery coach: 82 Takeshi Nakamura Physical coach: 89 Koichi Osako

Second squad Coaching	Manager: 76 Michio Aoyama Pitching coaches: 70 Tadakatsu Kotani, 85 Akio Saito Hitting coach: 71 Norihito Yamashita Battery coach: 73 Yoichi Fukuzawa Baserunning coaches: 72 Hideaki Matsuyama, 80 Akira Otsuka Bullpen coach: 77 Kenji Yoshitsuru

Persondata
Name	Ito, Tsutomu
Alternative names
Short description	Baseball player
Date of birth	August 29, 1962
Place of birth	Kumamoto, Japan
Date of death
Place of death

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