2007 Orix Buffaloes Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 62-77
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Terry Collins (62-77)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium, Kyocera Dome Osaka
2007 Orix Buffaloes StatisticsTeam Record: 62-77
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Terry Collins (62-77)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium, Kyocera Dome Osaka
The Orix Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 2007 season with a record of 62 wins and 77 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.
The Buffaloes plated 536 runs and yielded 585 runs. Karl Rhodes walloped 42 home runs for Orix, while Greg LaRocca swatted 15 or more, too. Karl Rhodes drove in 96 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .291. Tom Davey and Yoshihisa Hirano led the team with 8 wins each, and Mamoru Kishida registered a 2.93 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Lance Carter, Greg LaRocca, Chad Allen, Yoshihisa Hirano, Karl Rhodes, Masato Yoshii, Dan Serafini and Tom Davey were all players from the 2007 Orix Buffaloes who played in the Majors during their careers.
Terry Collins served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masahiro Abe | R | R | May 12, 1978 | 6'0" | 176 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa JP |
| Ryota Aikawa | R | R | January 18, 1977 | 6'0" | 172 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Chad Allen | R | R | February 6, 1975 | 6'1" | 195 | Dallas, TX US |
| Lance Carter | R | R | December 18, 1974 | 6'1" | 190 | Bradenton, FL US |
| Tom Davey | R | R | September 11, 1973 | 6'7" | 215 | Garden City, MI US |
| Mitsutaka Goto | L | R | July 27, 1978 | 5'9" | 165 | Minami Akita-gun, Akita JP |
| Takeshi Hidaka | L | R | August 15, 1977 | 5'11" | 185 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Keiichi Hirano | L | R | April 7, 1979 | 5'7" | 143 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa JP |
| Yoshihisa Hirano | R | R | March 8, 1984 | 6'1" | 185 | Uji, Kyoto JP |
| Koji Hirashita | L | R | February 1, 1978 | 5'10" | 178 | Nichinan, Miyazaki JP |
| Chihiro Kaneko | L | R | November 8, 1983 | 5'11" | 170 | Sanjo, Niigata JP |
| Daisuke Kato | R | R | July 27, 1980 | 5'10" | 198 | Buzen, Fukuoka JP |
| Kosuke Kato | L | L | July 2, 1978 | 5'11" | 183 | Shimizu, Shizuoka JP |
| Ryota Katsuki | R | R | July 27, 1982 | 5'11" | 187 | Kurume, Fukuoka JP |
| Hidetaka Kawagoe | R | R | June 8, 1973 | 5'9" | 163 | Sagamihara, Kanagawa JP |
| Tsuyoshi Kikuchihara | L | L | March 7, 1975 | 6'1" | 198 | Sagamihara, Kanagawa JP |
| Kuniyuki Kimoto | L | R | October 7, 1978 | 6'0" | 187 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Mamoru Kishida | R | R | May 10, 1981 | 5'11" | 165 | Suita, Osaka JP |
| Hirotoshi Kitagawa | R | R | May 27, 1972 | 5'11" | 203 | Itami, Hyogo JP |
| Satoshi Komatsu | R | R | October 29, 1981 | 5'11" | 175 | Iwaki, Fukushima JP |
| Kazuki Kondoh | R | R | July 8, 1983 | 6'0" | 176 | Sagamihara, Kanagawa JP |
| Greg LaRocca | R | R | November 10, 1972 | 5'11" | 185 | Oswego, NY US |
| Daisuke Maeda | R | R | September 14, 1979 | 5'10" | 176 | Takamatsu, Kagawa JP |
| Shogo Makita | R | R | April 13, 1974 | 5'11" | 167 | Fujieda, Shizuoka JP |
| Tetsuya Matoyama | R | R | October 1, 1970 | 5'10" | 182 | Himeji, Hyogo JP |
| Atsuhiro Mitsuhara | R | R | October 11, 1980 | 6'0" | 190 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Eiji Mizuguchi | R | R | January 9, 1969 | 5'8" | 171 | Nishi Uwa-gun, Ehime JP |
| Makoto Moriyama | L | R | August 11, 1981 | 5'9" | 161 | Kawanishi, Hyogo JP |
| Kazuya Motoyanagi | R | R | November 5, 1976 | 5'8" | 143 | Koshigaya, Saitama JP |
| Yuichiro Mukae | R | R | December 22, 1981 | 5'11" | 174 | Nishi Matsuura-gun, Saga JP |
| Arihito Muramatsu | L | L | December 12, 1972 | 5'10" | 172 | Kanazawa, Ishikawa JP |
| Masahiro Nagata | L | R | June 10, 1984 | 5'10" | 165 | Mobara, Chiba JP |
| Shinya Nakayama | L | L | February 22, 1982 | 6'0" | 180 | Ota, Gunma JP |
| Keiji Obiki | R | R | June 29, 1984 | 5'10" | 176 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Masanobu Okubo | R | R | September 13, 1976 | 6'2" | 183 | Gobo, Wakayama JP |
| Hiroaki Onishi | R | R | April 28, 1980 | 5'10" | 172 | Sakai, Osaka JP |
| Karl Rhodes | L | L | August 21, 1968 | 6'0" | 175 | Cincinnati, OH US |
| Tomotaka Sakaguchi | L | R | July 7, 1984 | 5'11" | 168 | Akashi, Hyogo JP |
| Dan Serafini | S | L | January 25, 1974 | 6'1" | 190 | San Francisco, CA US |
| Shinji Shimoyama | R | R | December 1, 1975 | 5'9" | 165 | Kato-gun, Hyogo JP |
| Makoto Shiozaki | R | R | June 29, 1973 | 5'10" | 159 | Yashiro, Kumamoto JP |
| Fumihiro Suzuki | R | R | May 23, 1975 | 5'11" | 165 | Shirakawa, Fukushima JP |
| Yasunari Takagi | L | L | March 30, 1982 | 6'0" | 170 | Haibara, Shizuoka JP |
| Yuki Tanaka | R | R | June 12, 1979 | 5'11" | 183 | Toyoda, Aichi JP |
| Toshiya Tsuji | R | R | July 14, 1979 | 5'10" | 181 | Kofu, Yamanashi JP |
| Shogo Yamamoto | L | L | May 28, 1978 | 5'10" | 170 | Nanao, Ishikawa JP |
| Shintaro Yoshida | L | L | July 20, 1981 | 5'9" | 163 | Kanazawa, Ishikawa JP |
| Shuji Yoshida | L | L | November 29, 1966 | 5'10" | 171 | Konan, Aichi JP |
| Masato Yoshii | R | R | April 20, 1965 | 6'2" | 210 | Arita-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Katsunari Yoshikawa | R | R | April 28, 1977 | 6'0" | 182 | Uji, Kyoto JP |
