Tetsuya Iida

Tetsuya Iida
Tetsuya Iida
	Iida with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows
	Outfielder / Coach
	Born: May 18, 1968; Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
	April 12, 1989, for the Yakult Swallows
Last NPB appearance
	October 1, 2006, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
NPB statistics ; (through 2006)
Batting average	.273
Home runs	48
Hits	1248
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	As player Yakult Swallows (1987–2004); Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2005–2006); As coach Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2007–2013); Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2015–2019);
Career highlights and awards
	1x Central League stolen base champion (1992); 1x Central League Best Nine Award (1992); 7x Central League Golden Glove Award (1991–1997); 4x Japan Series champion (1993, 1995, 1997, 2001); 2x NPB All-Star (1992–1993);
	Last updated on: January 19, 2014

Tetsuya Iida (飯田哲也, born May 18, 1968, in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder. He is best known for his career with the Yakult Swallows. He first joined Yakult in 1986 as the fourth player in the draft. Led by manager Katsuya Nomura, this period became known as the "golden age of Yakult" and Iida gained a reputation as the "poster child for ID baseball". Iida went on to play for the Rakuten Golden Eagles for two years before retiring.

Iida won the Pro Sportsman No.1 twice: first in 1995, as the first tournament winner to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, and then in 1999.