1988 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster
Team Record: 74-52
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Akira Ogi (74-52)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium, Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium
The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1988 season with a record of 74 wins and 52 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Kintetsu Buffaloes topped the league with just 446 runs allowed. Osaka scored 515 runs. Ralph Bryant walloped 34 home runs for the team, while Takayuki Murakami, Takahisa Suzuki and Ben Oglivie each swatted 15 or more, too. Ralph Bryant drove in 73 runs. Ben Oglivie led all regular hitters by hitting .311. Hideyuki Awano paced the team with 14 wins, and Kazuyoshi Ono recorded a 2.59 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1988 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Masato Yoshii, Dick Davis, Ralph Bryant and Ben Oglivie.
Akira Ogi served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toshiya Adachi | S | R | June 21, 1965 | 5'10" | 160 | Kariya, Aichi JP |
| Hiromasa Arai | L | R | April 26, 1952 | 5'9" | 145 | Higashinari Ward, Osaka JP |
| Kenji Awaguchi | L | R | April 5, 1952 | 5'8" | 167 | Itano-gun, Tokushima JP |
| Hideyuki Awano | L | L | July 28, 1964 | 5'10" | 165 | Ota Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Ralph Bryant | L | R | May 20, 1961 | 6'2" | 200 | Fort Gaines, GA US |
| Dick Davis | R | R | September 25, 1953 | 6'3" | 190 | Long Beach, CA US |
| Tokuichi Fukiishi | R | R | April 2, 1953 | 5'10" | 165 | Hidaka-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Kenji Furukubo | R | R | June 23, 1964 | 5'9" | 165 | Toyonaka, Osaka JP |
| Koichi Hada | R | R | June 19, 1953 | 5'11" | 187 | Amagasaki, Hyogo JP |
| Koichi Ikeue | R | R | June 12, 1967 | 6'3" | 185 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Yoshiaki Ishimoto | L | L | December 24, 1962 | 6'0" | 187 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Nobuhiko Kanazawa | R | R | September 14, 1964 | 6'0" | 171 | Mita, Hyogo JP |
| Yoshiaki Kanemura | R | R | August 27, 1963 | 6'0" | 187 | Takarazuka, Hyogo JP |
| Masaki Kato | L | L | June 14, 1965 | 5'8" | 165 | Joto Ward, Osaka JP |
| Tetsuro Kato | R | R | April 12, 1964 | 6'1" | 187 | Miyazaki-gun, Miyazaki JP |
| Fuminobu Kinoshita | L | L | September 4, 1966 | 5'10" | 191 | Suita, 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 |
| Yasunaga Makishi | R | R | May 3, 1960 | 5'8" | 162 | Okinawa, Okinawa JP |
| Hidenori Minami | R | R | November 25, 1960 | 6'0" | 185 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Hidekazu Mitsuyama | R | R | November 20, 1965 | 6'1" | 206 | Ikuno Ward, Osaka JP |
| 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 |
| Tadami Nakatani | L | R | September 1, 1965 | 5'10" | 190 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Masataka Nashida | R | R | August 4, 1953 | 5'10" | 173 | Hamada, Shimane JP |
| Ben Oglivie | L | L | February 11, 1949 | 6'2" | 160 | Colon, Colon PA |
| 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 |
| Akira Onoue | R | R | April 22, 1959 | 5'9" | 150 | Kaijo-gun, Chiba JP |
| Osamu Sasaki | R | R | October 9, 1962 | 6'0" | 182 | Aki-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Junichi Sato | R | R | July 18, 1960 | 6'0" | 180 | Omagari, Akita JP |
| Kazuya Sumitomo | R | R | February 14, 1958 | 6'0" | 187 | Naruto, Tokushima JP |
| Takahisa Suzuki | R | R | November 20, 1963 | 5'9" | 185 | Asahikawa, Hokkaido JP |
| Izumi Takayanagi | R | R | June 2, 1964 | 6'2" | 190 | Kuki, Saitama 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 |
| Tatsuya Yamamura | R | R | September 21, 1961 | 5'11" | 184 | Tomitabayashi, Osaka JP |
| Shintaro Yamasaki | L | R | May 19, 1966 | 6'0" | 165 | Shingu, Wakayama JP |
| Kazuhiko Yamashita | R | R | November 29, 1962 | 6'0" | 202 | Usa, Oita JP |
| Takahiro Yanagihara | R | R | June 12, 1955 | 5'9" | 189 | Yoshino-gun, Nara JP |
| Takashi Yoshida | R | R | November 28, 1966 | 5'9" | 160 | Toride, Ibaraki JP |
| Masato Yoshii | R | R | April 20, 1965 | 6'2" | 210 | Arita-gun, Wakayama JP |
