Hatsuhiko Tsuji
Encyclopedia
Hatsuhiko Tsuji was a professional
baseball
player for the Seibu Lions
in Nippon Professional Baseball. During his career, he was well-known as a skillful second baseman
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Professional
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baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
player for the Seibu Lions
Seibu Lions
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based west of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Prince Hotels, which in turn is owned by the Seibu Group...
in Nippon Professional Baseball. During his career, he was well-known as a skillful second baseman
Second baseman
Second base, or 2B, is the second of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that player's team. A second baseman is the baseball player guarding second base...
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Career statistics
- Bolded figures are League-leading
Year Team Number G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB SB SF BB
+HBPSO BA
(Place)1984 Seibu Lions Seibu LionsThe are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based west of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Prince Hotels, which in turn is owned by the Seibu Group...5 41 91 13 19 5 0 3 10 2 6 0 11 13 .209 1985 110 251 45 69 11 4 5 35 27 15 5 39 26 .275 1986 130 425 65 126 19 5 7 57 35 23 5 44 63 .296（13） 1987 51 125 9 25 5 1 2 9 10 4 0 7 21 .200 1988 130 419 45 110 19 1 3 39 13 9 1 31 51 .263（23） 1989 130 437 58 133 12 5 3 52 33 9 5 39 33 .304（7） 1990 130 421 59 112 17 2 3 39 31 22 2 53 38 .266（22） 1991 129 498 61 135 27 2 8 43 16 20 2 51 48 .271（14） 1992 123 474 66 135 23 4 6 48 23 11 1 67 38 .285（14） 1993 110 429 68 137 26 5 3 31 14 10 5 57 37 .319（1） 1994 105 412 63 121 21 1 4 45 9 2 5 39 51 .294（8） 1995 107 307 31 73 8 2 2 20 7 13 1 49 30 .238 1996 Yakult Swallows Tokyo Yakult Swallowsis a professional baseball team in Japan's Central League.The Swallows are named after their corporate owners, the Yakult Corporation. From 1950 to 1965, the team was owned by the former Japanese National Railways and called the Kokutetsu Swallows; the team was then owned by the newspaper Sankei...8 103 400 59 133 9 2 2 41 9 1 2 53 46 .333（2） 1997 85 279 33 73 10 1 2 18 6 6 1 22 37 .262 1998 61 168 20 51 5 0 3 18 6 0 2 12 17 .304 1999 17 51 4 10 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 6 7 .196 Carer Total 1562 5187 699 1462 217 35 56 510 242 152 37 580 556 .282
Titles and Awards
- Batting Champion : Once (1993)
- On-Base Percentage Champion : Once (1993)
- Golden Glove : 8 times (1996, 1998-1994)
- Best Nine : 5 times (1986,1989,1991-1993)
- All Star appearance : 9 times (1986,1988-1994,1996)