Hatsuhiko Tsuji (Japanese: 辻 発彦, Hepburn: Tsuji Hatsuhiko, born October 24, 1958) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball player and manager. During his playing career he was well known as a skillful second baseman.
Career
After spending six seasons as the manager of the Saitama Seibu Lions, Tsuji stepped down from his position on October 9, 2022, with Kazuo Matsui filling the vacant role.[1]
Career statistics
- Bolded figures are League-leading
Year | Team | Number | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | SB | SF | BB +HBP |
SO | BA (Place) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1984 | Seibu Lions | 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 | 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 | ||
Career Total | 1562 | 5187 | 699 | 1462 | 217 | 35 | 56 | 510 | 242 | 152 | 37 | 580 | 556 | .282 |
Titles and awards
- Batting Champion: Once (1993)[2]
- On-Base Percentage Champion: Once (1993)[citation needed]
- Mitsui Golden Glove Award: 8 times (1996, 1998–1994)[2]
- Best Nine Award: 5 times (1986, 1989, 1991–1993)[2]
- NPB All-Star appearances: 9 times (1986, 1988–1994, 1996)[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Baseball: Ex-major leaguer K. Matsui named as Seibu manager". nippon.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Yakult Swallows Players: Hatsuhiko Tsuji". Latham's 1998 Guide to Japanese Baseball. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
External links
- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com
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