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Yutaka Wada

Wada with the Hanshin Tigers

Hanshin Tigers – No. 86

Infielder / Manager

Born: (1962-09-02) September 2, 1962 (age 62)
Matsudo, Chiba, Japan

Batted: RightThrew: Right

NPB debut

July 11, 1985, for the Hanshin Tigers

Last NPB appearance

October 1, 2001, for the Hanshin Tigers

NPB statistics

.291

1,739

407

Managerial statistics

Wins

Losses

Teams

As Player

Hanshin Tigers (1985–2001)

As Manager

Hanshin Tigers (2012–2015)

As Coach

Hanshin Tigers (2001–2011, 2023-present)

Career highlights and awards

2× Central League Best Nine Award (1992, 1994)
3× Central League Golden Glove Award (1992–1994)
7× NPB All-Star (1989, 1992–1996, 1999)

Medals

Men's Baseball

	1984 Los Angeles	Team competition

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

v t e Hanshin Tigers roster
Pitchers	00 Javy Guerra 13 Suguru Iwazaki 14 Yuta Iwasada 15 Junya Nishi 16 Yuki Nishi 17 Koyo Aoyagi 19 Kaito Shimomura 20 Daichi Moriki 21 Takumi Akiyama 26 Tsuyoshi Shiiba 27 Masashi Itoh 28 Yūto Suzuki 29 Haruto Takahashi 30 Keito Monbetsu 34 Taisei Urushihara 35 Hiroto Saiki 36 Masumi Hamachi 37 Masaki Oyokawa 41 Shōki Murakami 46 Hiroya Shimamoto 47 Takuma Kirishiki 48 Hidetoshi Ibaragi 49 Kotaro Otake 50 Ren Tomida 54 Ren Kajiya 56 Keisuke Kobayashi 63 Yuya Ishiguro 64 Hidetaka Okadome 65 Atsuki Yuasa 66 Junya Tsuda 69 Daichi Ishii 92 Riku Kawahara 93 Masaki Iwata 98 Ren Satoh 99 Jeremy Beasley
Catchers	2 Ryutaro Umeno 12 Seishiro Sakamoto 39 Yuki Sakaeda 57 Kenya Nagasaka 59 Kento Fujita 68 Hayato Nakagawa 95 Yuya Katayama
Infielders	0 Seiya Kinami 3 Yusuke Ohyama 4 Takahiro Kumagai 8 Teruaki Sato 25 Ryo Watanabe 33 Kento Itohara 38 Ryuhei Obata 44 Reiji Toi 45 Jō Endo 51 Takumu Nakano 52 Shuya Yamada 56 Aoi Momosaki 62 Kai Ueda 67 Nozomu Takatera 94 Fumihito Haraguchi
Outfielders	1 Shōta Morishita 5 Koji Chikamoto 7 Sheldon Neuse 32 Kōta Inoue 40 Hinase Itsubo 43 Yuto Takahama 53 Kairi Shimada 55 Johan Mieses 58 Ukyō Maegawa 60 Dan Onodera 61 Hiroshi Toyoda 97 Kyosuke Noguchi
Development	122 Ippei Ogawa (P) 123 Kai Matsubara (P) 125 Ryō Itō (P) 126 Kein Fukushima (OF) 131 Jose Betances (P) 132 Anthony Martinez (P)
First squad coaching	Manager: 80 Akinobu Okada Head coach: 78 Katsuo Hirata Pitching coaches: 86 Yuya Andoh, 90 Tomoyuki Kubota Battery coach: 83 Munehiko Shimada Hitting coaches: 77 Makoto Imaoka, 73 Eiji Mizuguchi Infield defense/base running coaches: 81 Toshifumi Baba, 74 Atsushi Fujimoto Outfield defense/base running coach: 96 Sō Tsutsui
Second squad coaching	Manager: 86 Yutaka Wada Pitching coaches: 85 Shinobu Fukuhara, 72 Hirotaka Egusa, 89 Ryo Watanabe Battery coaches: 87 Katsunori Nomura, 84 Takeshi Hidaka Hitting coaches: 91 Hirotoshi Kitagawa, 75 Noriharu Yamazaki Infield defense/base running coach: 70 Shuta Tanaka Outfield defense/base running coach: 76 Takahito Kudo Fielding coach: 71 Hiroki Uemoto

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