Tsutomu Itō Explained

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

Highlights:
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]

Career statistics

YearTeamNumberGABRH2B3BHRTBRBISBBB
+HBP
SOABG
(Place)
1982Seibu Lions27333338300111033.242
198356108222130024632219.194
198411334544981511014544204946.28415th
1985124411571061951317462135543.25830th
198612941859982031115740184170.23437th
198712440542100141101465174077.24726th
198812942951108165111675625168.25227th
1989117374378814191313534756.23532nd
199011936647103203111624343556.28112th
1991124392518317081244434059.21236th
19921243655296143412849105159.26327th
1993128401369015171283964863.22431st
19941133384486123812853174048.25423rd
1995125386409521061344393259.24622nd
19969224824641006922622525.258
199712943650122191131825653548.28020th
1998114325347911281183843442.243
19999525827741013952412535.287
2000942452152905761932448.212
20011062361548512612013841.203
2002118341298712181255032948.255
2003731901332703481201231.168
Career Total2379705079817382863215625568111347761044.247

Titles and awards

Notes and References

  1. News: 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— . 2018-10-30 . ja-JP.