Yutaka Wada

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Men's Baseball

Yutaka Wada
Yutaka Wada
	Wada with the Hanshin Tigers
	Infielder / Manager
	Born: September 2, 1962; Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
NPB debut
	July 11, 1985, for the Hanshin Tigers
Last NPB appearance
	October 1, 2001, for the Hanshin Tigers
NPB statistics
Batting average	.291
Hits	1739
Runs batted in	407
Stolen Bases	94
Home runs	29
Managerial statistics
Wins	55
Losses	75
Teams
	As Player Hanshin Tigers (1985–2001); As Manager Hanshin Tigers (2012–2015); As Coach Hanshin Tigers (2001 – 2011);
Career highlights and awards
	2x NPB Best Nine Award (1992, 1994); 3x NPB Golden Glove Award (1992–1994); 7x NPB All-Star (1989, 1992–1996, 1999);

Yutaka Wada (和田豊, born September 2, 1962 in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan) is a retired Japanese baseball player for the Hanshin Tigers. He previously worked as a hitting coach for the Hanshin Tigers prior to the 2012 season. After the team failed to make the 2011 play-offs, team manager Akinobu Mayumi was fired, and Yutaka Wada was giving the position to replace him less than a week later. He is notable for various accomplishments, which include the following:

1500 games played
1500 hits
24 game hitting streak from opening game (1997)
3 straight seasons with playing every game
Golden Glove (2nd baseman)
All star player (1989, 1992–1996, 1999)

Career statistics

Season	Team	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB/HP	SO	SB	SH	E	AVG
1985	HT	39	49	10	14	0	2	5	3	0	0	2	.286
1986		8	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.333
1987		54	53	8	13	1	2	3	9	3	3	1	.245
1988		127	398	57	111	1	20	38	51	17	57	7	.279
1989		129	476	61	141	1	25	46	39	18	41	5	.296
1990		126	496	72	151	8	36	58	59	17	15	9	.304
1991		129	494	50	147	0	34	59	48	9	12	11	.298
1992		132	550	65	153	0	23	41	48	1	15	6	.278
1993		127	511	63	161	0	36	48	35	4	20	2	.315
1994		130	519	76	165	2	43	68	40	8	14	8	.318
1995		130	509	49	136	1	35	48	39	4	12	7	.267
1996		130	520	66	155	5	44	43	48	2	10	7	.298
1997		96	390	51	117	2	26	29	44	2	4	5	.300
1998		130	438	39	119	4	32	46	39	1	11	7	.272
1999		101	334	30	101	3	23	34	29	4	11	2	.302
2000		88	194	19	49	1	20	28	16	3	6	4	.253
2001		37	38	4	5	0	2	6	7	0	0	0	.132
Total		1713	5972	720	1739	29	403	600	554	114	212	83	.291

External links

Hanshin Tigers website

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