Tsutomu Itō

Tsutomu Itō
伊東勤
Tsutomu Itō; 伊東勤
	Ito with the Chiba Lotte Marines
	Head Coach / Catcher
	Born: August 29, 1962; Kumamoto, Japan
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
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 Seibu Lions (1982 – 2003); As manager Seibu Lions (2004 – 2007); Chiba Lotte Marines (2013 – 2017); As coach Seibu Lions (2002 – 2003); Doosan Bears (2011 – 2012); Chunichi Dragons (2019 – 2021);
Career highlights and awards
	16× NPB All-Star (1984 - 1998, 2002); 11× Mitsui Golden Glove Award (1985 - 1988, 1990 - 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998); 10× Best Nine Award (1985 - 1988, 1990 - 1992, 1997, 1998, 2002); Matsutaro Shoriki Award (2004);
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	2017

Tsutomu Itō (伊東勤, Itō Tsutomu, born August 29, 1962) 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.

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