Yutaka Wada
# Yutaka Wada

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