Hatsuhiko Tsuji

Hatsuhiko Tsuji
Hatsuhiko Tsuji
	Infielder / Manager
	Born: October 24, 1958 (age 65)
	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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ "Baseball: Ex-major leaguer K. Matsui named as Seibu manager". nippon.com. 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[edit]

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. 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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