Tsutomu Ito is the former manager

Manager (baseball)

In baseball, the field manager is an individual who is responsible for matters of team strategy on the field and team leadership. Managers are typically assisted by between one and six assistant coaches, whose responsibilities are specialized...

 of Nippon Professional Baseball's 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...

. 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

Japan Series

, or is the annual championship series in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top baseball league in Japan. It is a seven-game series between the winning clubs of the league's two circuits, the Central League and the Pacific League....

 winners. After his retirement, he managed and led his team to the 2004 Japan Series championship.

Career statistics

Year

Team

Number

G

AB

R

H

2B

3B

HR

TB

RBI

SB

BB +HBP

SO

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...

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

• 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 : once (2003)
• All Star appearance : 16 times (1984–1998, 2002)

• 305 sacrifice bunts in career (Pacific League record)

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