1984 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 58-61
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Isami Okamoto (58-61)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium
1984 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes StatisticsTeam Record: 58-61
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Isami Okamoto (58-61)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium
The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1984 season with a record of 58 wins and 61 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.
The Kintetsu Buffaloes tallied 609 runs and conceded 647 runs. Daijiro Oishi paced Osaka with 29 home runs, while Dick Davis and Koichi Hada walloped 15 or more also. Hideji Kato drove in 72 runs. Daijiro Oishi led all regular batters by hitting .282. Keishi Suzuki topped the team with 16 wins, and Hiroaki Tani recorded a 3.57 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1984 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dick Davis, Don Money and Mark Corey.
Isami Okamoto served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shuzo Arita | R | R | September 27, 1951 | 5'8" | 176 | Ube, Yamaguchi JP |
| Mark Corey | R | R | November 3, 1955 | 6'2" | 200 | Tucumcari, NM US |
| Dick Davis | R | R | September 25, 1953 | 6'3" | 190 | Long Beach, CA US |
| Richard Duran | R | R | July 27, 1957 | 6'3" | 215 | |
| Tokuichi Fukiishi | R | R | April 2, 1953 | 5'10" | 165 | Hidaka-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Koichi Hada | R | R | June 19, 1953 | 5'11" | 187 | Amagasaki, Hyogo JP |
| Masahiro Hayashi | R | R | May 25, 1952 | 5'8" | 167 | , Wakayama JP |
| Mitsuyasu Hirano | R | R | April 23, 1949 | 5'11" | 180 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Shuji Ishihara | R | R | May 25, 1958 | 6'0" | 158 | Nagareyama, Chiba JP |
| Yoshiaki Ishimoto | L | L | December 24, 1962 | 6'0" | 187 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Yoshiaki Kanemura | R | R | August 27, 1963 | 6'0" | 187 | Takarazuka, Hyogo JP |
| Hideji Kato | L | L | May 24, 1948 | 5'9" | 165 | Haibara-gun, Shizuoka JP |
| Tetsuro Kato | R | R | April 12, 1964 | 6'1" | 187 | Miyazaki-gun, Miyazaki JP |
| Hideaki Keimoto | R | R | February 28, 1956 | 5'10" | 165 | Nishinara Ward, Osaka JP |
| Masao Koyama | R | R | August 30, 1963 | 6'1" | 173 | Sakai, Osaka JP |
| Yasuo Kubo | R | R | April 8, 1958 | 5'10" | 182 | Kaho-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Shigeru Kurihashi | L | L | August 10, 1951 | 5'10" | 182 | Itabashi Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Don Money | R | R | June 7, 1947 | 6'1" | 170 | Washington, DC US |
| Takayuki Murakami | R | R | August 26, 1965 | 5'10" | 178 | Omuta, Fukuoka JP |
| Tatsumi Murata | L | L | July 9, 1952 | 5'10" | 162 | Yokote, Akita JP |
| Masahiro Nakane | L | R | September 24, 1954 | 6'4" | 198 | Shibuya Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Masataka Nashida | R | R | August 4, 1953 | 5'10" | 173 | Hamada, Shimane JP |
| Toru Ogawa | L | L | August 1, 1945 | 5'8" | 160 | Miyazaki, Miyazaki JP |
| Tetsuya Ohara | R | R | July 24, 1957 | 5'9" | 156 | Takarazuka, Hyogo JP |
| Daijiro Oishi | R | R | October 20, 1958 | 5'6" | 156 | Shizuoka, Shizuoka JP |
| Kazuyoshi Ono | L | L | November 13, 1965 | 5'10" | 165 | Kawauchi-gun, Tochigi JP |
| Motokuni Sano | R | R | March 6, 1958 | 5'10" | 195 | Yokohama, Yokohama JP |
| Junichi Sato | R | R | July 18, 1960 | 6'0" | 180 | Omagari, Akita JP |
| Kohei Shimamoto | L | L | January 11, 1952 | 5'9" | 176 | Kaiso-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Kazuya Sumitomo | R | R | February 14, 1958 | 6'0" | 187 | Naruto, Tokushima JP |
| Keishi Suzuki | L | L | September 28, 1947 | 5'11" | 190 | Nishiwaki, Hyogo JP |
| Yasujiro Suzuki | R | R | April 18, 1949 | 6'3" | 176 | Kita Ibaraki, Ibaraki JP |
| Kenji Tachibana | R | R | March 8, 1954 | 6'0" | 198 | Oita, Oita JP |
| Hiroaki Tani | R | R | April 7, 1956 | 5'11" | 176 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Shinichi Tani | R | R | March 15, 1958 | 5'9" | 173 | Kure, Hiroshima JP |
| Koji Tanizaki | R | R | May 7, 1957 | 6'1" | 180 | Oita-gun, Oita JP |
| Tetsuji Yamaguchi | R | R | April 17, 1959 | 6'1" | 187 | Gojo, Nara JP |
| Tatsuya Yamamura | R | R | September 21, 1961 | 5'11" | 184 | Tomitabayashi, Osaka JP |
| Yutaka Yanagida | R | R | August 31, 1951 | 5'9" | 143 | Nobeoka, Miyazaki JP |
| Takahiro Yanagihara | R | R | June 12, 1955 | 5'9" | 189 | Yoshino-gun, Nara JP |
| Masami Yoshikawa | R | R | January 25, 1960 | 5'10" | 150 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
