Norio Tanabe

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Norio Tanebe
	Tanebe with the Saitama Seibu Lions
Saitama Seibu Lions – No. 76
	Infielder/Coach/Manager
	Born: May 11, 1966 (age 60); Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
debut
	August 26, 1985, for the Seibu Lions
Last appearance
	June 11, 2000, for the Yomiuri Giants
Career statistics
Batting average	.268
Home runs	87
Hits	926
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Teams
	As Player; Seibu Lions (1985–1999); Yomiuri Giants (2000); As Manager; Saitama Seibu Lions (2014–2016); As Coach; Seibu Lions/Saitama Seibu Lions (2002–2009, 2010–2014, 2020-2022, 2025-); Hanwha Eagles (2017, 2019);
Career highlights and awards
	2× Best Nine Award (1989, 1992); 2× Mitsui Golden Glove Award (1989, 1992); 2× NPB All-Star (1992, 1994); 7× Japan Series champion (1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2000);
	Last updated on: 16 November 2024

Norio Tanabe (田辺徳雄, Tanabe Norio; born May 11, 1966 in Yamanashi, Japan) is a former Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. He played for the Seibu Lions and Yomiuri Giants.

In 1986, Tanabe was one of several Lions players who played on loan for the San Jose Bees. He led the club in hits, home runs, and runs batted in.^[1]

In 2002, Tanabe rejoined the Lions as a coach. He was serving as the club's hitting coach when he took over as manager in June 2014.^[2] On September 27, 2016, Tanabe announced he would resign at the end of the season.^[3]

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Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)

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v t e Saitama Seibu Lions current roster
Pitchers	11 Taiga Ueda 12 Yūtarō Watanabe 13 Kōna Takahashi 15 Kaito Yoza 16 Chihiro Sumida 17 Wataru Matsumoto 19 Shunsuke Satō 20 Ichirō Tamura 21 Natsuki Takeuchi 23 Ryōta Itogawa 25 Katsunori Hirai 29 Minato Aoyama 34 Hiroshi Kaino 36 Haruto Yamada 41 Haruse Narita 42 Bo Takahashi 43 Shinnosuke Hada 45 Trey Wingenter 46 Shōma Kariu 47 Haruki Sugiyama 48 Tatsuya Imai 49 Takeru Sasaki 52 Hibiki Shinohara 54 Yūta Kuroki 56 Emmanuel Ramírez 57 Masaya Kuroda 58 Yūta Nakamura 61 Kaima Taira 69 Yoshinobu Mizukami 70 Taishi Mameda 71 Shinya Sugai 90 Shōta Hamaya
Catchers	22 Yūto Koga 27 Ginjirō Sumitani 37 Sena Tsuge 53 Shōya Makino 64 Haruki Tatsuyama 65 Takeru Furuichi
Infielders	00 Keisuke Nakata 0 Ryōsuke Kodama 2 Hiroto Saitō 5 Shūta Tonosaki 6 Sōsuke Genda 10 J. D. Davis 30 Hiyū Motoyama 32 Takayoshi Yamamura 38 Taiyō Satō 39 Taiga Hirasawa 40 Leandro Cedeño 50 Wataru Takamatsu 59 Teruki Koga 60 Takeya Nakamura 62 Natsuo Takizawa 66 Kento Watanabe 67 Daiju Nomura 99 Reon Murata
Outfielders	1 Takumi Kuriyama 8 Seiya Watanabe 9 Takuya Hiruma 26 Tyler Nevin 31 Shōta Hiranuma 33 Yūdai Furukawa 35 Seiya Matsubara 44 Lin Kuan-chen 51 Manaya Nishikawa 55 Yūta Nakamigawa 63 Shinya Hasegawa 68 Junichirō Kishi 73 Montell 75 Kōichi Okumura
Development pitchers	112 Ren Ōmagari 114 Towa Uema 116 Víctor López 117 Taisei Miyazawa 120 Hiroki Inoue 121 Daiki Miura 123 Yamato Fuji 125 Sinclair 127 Ryōsuke Moriwaki 129 Masahiro Kiwashimo 131 Shōta Kise 133 Sō Satō
Development catchers	113 Kaito Noda 122 Ryōsuke Koresawa
Development infielders	118 Kazuki Nomura 126 Asahi Taniguchi 130 Kōji Kaneko 134 Ryōta Kawano 138 Haruma Fukuo
Development outfielders	124 Anthony García 132 Ramal 137 Haruto Sawada 139 Okem
First squad coaching	Manager: 74 Fumiya Nishiguchi Head coach: 91 Yūsuke Torigoe Chief pitching coach: 81 Kiyoshi Toyoda Pitching coach: 95 Tatsuya Ōishi Battery coach: 96 Shōta Nakata Chief fielding/batting coach: 78 Toshihisa Nishi Batting coach: 83 Yoshiie Tachibana Infield defense/base running coach: 80 Keiji Ōbiki Outfield defense/base running coach: 84 Masato Kumashiro
Second squad coaching	Manager: 79 Tatsuya Ozeki General pitching coach: 72 Yoshihiro Doi Pitching coaches: 98 Tomio Watanabe, 93 Hayato Aoki, 85 Daiki Enokida Battery coach: 82 Kōsuke Noda Fielding coaches: 87 Satoshi Kuroda, 77 Ryūtarō Tsuji, 86 Shōgo Akada, 88 Hiroyuki Ōshima
Third squad coaching	General coach: 97 Tomoshi Aoki Fielding coaches: 76 Norio Tanabe, 94 Yūji Onizaki, 89 Fumikazu Kimura

Norio Tanebe
Tanebe with the Saitama Seibu Lions
Saitama Seibu Lions – No. 76
Infielder/Coach/Manager
Born: (1966-05-11) May 11, 1966 (age 60) Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Batted: Right Threw: Right
debut
August 26, 1985, for the Seibu Lions
Last appearance
June 11, 2000, for the Yomiuri Giants
Career statistics
Batting average	.268
Home runs	87
Hits	926
Stats at Baseball ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Managerial record at Baseball ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Teams
As Player Seibu Lions (1985–1999) Yomiuri Giants (2000) As Manager Saitama Seibu Lions (2014–2016) As Coach Seibu Lions/Saitama Seibu Lions (2002–2009, 2010–2014, 2020-2022, 2025-) Hanwha Eagles (2017, 2019)
Career highlights and awards
2× Best Nine Award (1989, 1992) 2× Mitsui Golden Glove Award (1989, 1992) 2× NPB All-Star (1992, 1994) 7× Japan Series champion (1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2000)
Last updated on: 16 November 2024

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