Tsutomu Itō (
Tsutomu Itō | |
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Head Coach / Catcher | |
Born: Kumamoto, Japan | August 29, 1962|
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
As manager
As coach
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Member of the Japanese | |
Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Induction | 2017 |
On 30th October 2018, it was announced that Itō would be joining the Chunichi Dragons as head coach under new manager Tsuyoshi Yoda.[1]
Career statistics
editYear | Team | Number | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | BB +HBP |
SO | ABG (Place) | |
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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
edit- 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 : (2003)
- All Star appearance : 16 times (1984–1998, 2002)
- 305 sacrifice bunts in career (Pacific League record)
References
edit- ^ "
中日 が新 コーチングスタッフ発表 与田 新 監督 、伊東 ヘッド、村上 1軍 打撃 C". Full-count | フルカウント —野球 ・MLBの総合 コラムサイト— (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-10-30.
External links
edit- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com