Hatsuhiko Tsuji

Hatsuhiko Tsuji
Hatsuhiko Tsuji
	Infielder / Manager
	Born: October 24, 1958 (age 66)
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
	April 3, 1984, for the Seibu Lions
Last appearance
	October 14, 1999, for the Yakult Swallows
NPB statistics ; (through 1999 season)
Batting average	.282
Hits	1462
Home runs	56
RBIs	510
Stolen bases	242
Teams
	As player Seibu Lions (1984–1995); Yakult Swallows (1996–1999); As manager Saitama Seibu Lions (2017–2022); As coach Yakult Swallows (2000–2001); Yokohama BayStars (2002–2003); Chunichi Dragons (2004–2011, 2014 – 2016);
Career highlights and awards
	9× NPB All-Star (1986, 1988–1994, 1996); 5× Best Nine Award (1986, 1989, 1991–1993); 8× Golden Glove Award (1986, 1988–1994); Pacific League batting champion (1993);

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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[1] "Baseball: Ex-major leaguer K. Matsui named as Seibu manager". nippon.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved June 28, 2023.

[YSHomePlate-2] "Yakult Swallows Players: Hatsuhiko Tsuji". Latham's 1998 Guide to Japanese Baseball. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-04-05.

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