| Tsutomu Itō 伊東 勤 | |
| Position: | Head Coach / Catcher |
| Birth Date: | 29 August 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Kumamoto, Japan |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Debutleague: | NPB |
| Debutdate: | April 11 |
| Debutyear: | 1982 |
| Debutteam: | Seibu Lions |
| Finaldate: | September 27 |
| Finalyear: | 2003 |
| Finalteam: | Seibu Lions |
| Statleague: | NPB |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .247 |
| Stat2label: | Hits |
| Stat2value: | 1738 |
| Stat3label: | RBIs |
| Stat3value: | 811 |
| Teams: | As player
As manager
As coach
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| Hoflink: | Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame |
| Hoftype: | Japanese |
| Hofdate: | 2017 |
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.
On 30th October 2018, it was announced that Itō would be joining the Chunichi Dragons as head coach under new manager Tsuyoshi Yoda.[1]
| 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 | — | |||