Tsutomu Wakamatsu

Tsutomu Wakamatsu
Tsutomu Wakamatsu
	Outfielder / Manager
	Born: April 17, 1947; Rumoi, Hokkaidō, Japan
Batted: Left	Threw: Right
NPB debut
	1971, for the Yakult Atoms
Last appearance
	1989, for the Yakult Swallows
Career statistics
Batting average	.319
Home runs	220
Hits	2,173
Runs batted in	884
Teams
	As Player; Yakult Atoms/Yakult Swallows (1971–1989); As Coach; Yakult Swallows (1993–1998); As Manager; Yakult Swallows (1999–2005);
Career highlights and awards
	Central League MVP 1978; 2x Batting Title (1972,1977); 9x Best Nine Award (1972–1974, 1976–1980, 1984); 2x Golden Glove Award (1977, 1978); Championship Series MVP (1978); 11x times All-Star selection(1972–1980, 1983, 1984); 2x All-Star games MVP (1973, 1977); Tokyo Yakult Swallows #1 retired; NPB record Japanese record .319 Batting average;
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	2009

Tsutomu Wakamatsu (若松勉, Wakamatsu Tsutomu, born April 17, 1947 in Hokkaidō) is a Japanese former baseball player, coach, and manager for the Yakult Swallows in Nippon Professional Baseball. He batted left-handed, and threw right-handed. His number 1 is honoured by the Swallows.

Awards and accomplishments

MVP (1978)
2x Batting Title (1972,1977)
9x Best Nine Award (1972–1974, 1976–1980, 1984)
Golden Glove Award (1977, 1978)
Championship Series MVP (1978)
11x times All-Star selection(1972–1980, 1983, 1984)
2x All-Star games MVP (1973, 1977)

References

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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