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 |
|||
|
|||
| 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
|
|||
| Member of the Japanese | |||
 Baseball Hall of Fame
|
|||
| Inducted | 2017 | ||
As player
As manager
As coach
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.
...
Wikipedia