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.

Hatsuhiko Tsuji
Infielder / Manager
Born: (1958-10-24) 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
Hits1462
Home runs56
RBIs510
Stolen bases242
Teams
As player

As manager

As coach

Career highlights and awards

Career

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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

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  • 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

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References

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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.
  2. ^ 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.
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