Tsutomu Ito

Tsutomu Ito
伊東勤

Ito with the Chiba Lotte Marines

Chiba Lotte Marines – No. 83

Manager / Catcher

Born: August 29, 1962
Kumamoto, Japan

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

NPB debut

April 11, 1982, for the Seibu Lions

Last 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 (伊東勤, Itō Tsutomu, 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
Norio Tanabe 2015-present

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

1 Kosuke Fukudome 2 Kenji Johjima 5 Kenta Kurihara 6 Hiroyuki Nakajima 7 Yasuyuki Kataoka 8 Akinori Iwamura 9 Michihiro Ogasawara 10 Shinnosuke Abe 11 Yu Darvish 14 Takahiro Mahara 15 Masahiro Tanaka 16 Hideaki Wakui 18 Daisuke Matsuzaka 19 Minoru Iwata 20 Hisashi Iwakuma 22 Kyuji Fujikawa 23 Norichika Aoki 24 Seiichi Uchikawa 25 Shuichi Murata 26 Tetsuya Utsumi 28 Satoshi Komatsu 29 Yoshiyuki Ishihara 31 Shunsuke Watanabe 35 Yoshiyuki Kamei 39 Tetsuya Yamaguchi 41 Atsunori Inaba 47 Toshiya Sugiuchi 51 Ichiro Suzuki 52 Munenori Kawasaki

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

Chiba Lotte Marines current roster

Pitchers	11 Yuta Omine 12 Ayumu Ishikawa 14 Tomohisa Otani 15 Ryota Sekiya 16 Hideaki Wakui 18 Takahiro Fujioka 19 Yuki Karakawa 20 Taiki Tojo 21 Tatsuya Uchi 27 Takuya Furuya 28 Takahiro Matsunaga 29 Yuji Nishino 30 Yoshihiro Ito 31 Eisuke Tanaka 33 Masaki Minami 34 Yuta Kimura 36 Hiroya Kawamitsu 38 Rhee Dae-eun 40 Shohei Yoshihara 41 Kakeru Narita 42 Ryoji Katsuki 43 Shota Kurosawa 46 Daiki Iwashita 47 Yasuhiro Tanaka 48 Atsushi Miyazaki 49 Chen Kuan-yu 51 Akifumi Shigaraki 52 Naoya Masuda 55 Jason Standridge 56 Shu Hara 58 Keisuke Takano 60 Kazunari Abe 64 Kota Futaki 67 Takayuki Kanamori

Catchers	24 Yuta Yoshida 25 Takeshi Kanazawa 35 Kandai Terashima 45 Tatsuhiro Tamura 53 Naoya Emura 69 Ryuzo Hijii

Infielders	00 Takuya Takahama 2 Shunichi Nemoto 6 Tadahito Iguchi 7 Daichi Suzuki 9 Kazuya Fukuura 10 Shoitsu Omatsu 13 Taiga Hirasawa 17 Yamaico Navarro 23 Shogo Nakamura 37 Ryo Miki 44 Seiya Inoue 50 Shota Omine 57 Kazuya Katsuki 59 Kei Hosoya 63 Keiyo Aomatsu

Outfielders	1 Ikuhiro Kiyota 3 Saburo 4 Takashi Ogino 5 Shota Ishimine 54 Alfredo Despaigne 61 Katsuya Kakunaka 62 Naoto Wakimoto 65 Shohei Kato 66 Yoshifumi Okada

Development players	121 Takamasa Ohki 122 Tomoya Kakinuma

First squad Coaching	Manager: 83 Tsutomu Ito Pitching coaches: 88 Eiji Ochiai, 79 Masahide Kobayashi Battery coach: 77 Kenji Yoshitsuru Hitting coaches: 78 Yoshiie Tachibana, 75 Koichi Hori Baserunning coaches: 72 Hideaki Matsuyama, 87 Masaji Shimizu Training coach: 95 Takahiko Kusunoki

Second squad Coaching	Manager: 71 Norihito Yamashita Pitching coaches: 70 Tadakatsu Kotani, 89 Hidetaka Kawagoe Hitting coach: 82 Shingo Ono Battery coach: 73 Yoichi Fukuzawa Baserunning coaches: 81 Kenichi Sato, 80 Akira Otsuka

Nippon Professional Baseball managers by team
Central League	Pacific League
Motonobu Tanishige (Chunichi Dragons)	Tsutomu Ito (Chiba Lotte Marines)
Tomoaki Kanemoto (Hanshin Tigers)	Kimiyasu Kudoh (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks)
Koichi Ogata (Hiroshima Toyo Carp)	Hideki Kuriyama (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters)
Mitsuru Manaka (Tokyo Yakult Swallows)	Junichi Fukura (Orix Buffaloes)
Alex Ramírez (Yokohama DeNA BayStars)	Norio Tanabe (Saitama Seibu Lions)
Yoshinobu Takahashi (Yomiuri Giants)	Masataka Nashida (Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles)
Defunct teams:

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