Osamu Higashio

Osamu Higashio
Born: May 18, 1950
Arita-gun, Wakayama JP
Primary Position: Pitcher
All Position(s) Played: 1B, OF
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 173
Career: 1969-1988

Osamu Higashio compiled a career record of 251 wins and 247 losses, with 23 saves, and a 3.50 ERA in his 697-game pitching career with the Nishitetsu Lions, Taiheiyo Club Lions, Crown Lighter Lions and Seibu Lions. He began playing during the 1969 season and last took the field during the 1988 campaign.

Nishitetsu Lions

Seibu Lions

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Pitching:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1969	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nishitetsu Lions	0	2	.000	8.40	8	4	2	0	0		15.0	16	14	14	2	14	0	11	1	0	1	73
1970	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nishitetsu Lions	11	18	.379	5.14	40	31	5	3	0		173.3	183	107	99	22	90	2	94	7	0	4	786
1971	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nishitetsu Lions	8	16	.333	3.74	51	31	10	3	0		221.3	198	110	92	20	118	3	109	15	0	5	964
1972	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nishitetsu Lions	18	25	.419	3.66	55	41	9	13	2		309.7	313	152	126	37	110	6	171	12	0	4	1313
1973	Foreign Major	JPPL	Taiheiyo Club Lions	15	14	.517	3.29	48	37	8	14	5		257.3	250	107	94	22	91	8	104	13	0	6	1088
1974	Foreign Major	JPPL	Taiheiyo Club Lions	6	9	.400	3.44	27	19	7	7	1	0	123.0	116	55	47	12	46	2	58	7	0	1	513
1975	Foreign Major	JPPL	Taiheiyo Club Lions	23	15	.605	2.38	54	31	23	25	4	7	317.7	287	101	84	14	63	8	154	7	0	3	1281
1976	Foreign Major	JPPL	Taiheiyo Club Lions	13	11	.542	3.18	43	22	19	15	2	5	243.3	256	97	86	14	52	8	93	7	0	2	1013
1977	Foreign Major	JPPL	Crown Lighter Lions	11	20	.355	3.87	42	31	7	17	1	4	241.7	259	119	104	30	56	4	108	14	0	1	1018
1978	Foreign Major	JPPL	Crown Lighter Lions	23	14	.622	2.94	45	35	9	28	1	1	303.3	299	110	99	25	53	8	126	16	0	1	1225
1979	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	6	13	.316	4.53	23	22	1	10	1	0	155.0	181	90	78	19	32	3	61	7	1	0	666
1980	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	17	13	.567	3.79	33	33	0	18	1	0	235.3	258	117	99	28	41	1	84	12	1	0	988
1981	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	8	11	.421	3.83	27	27	0	11	1	0	181.0	192	83	77	24	51	6	55	7	1	1	768
1982	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	10	11	.476	3.28	28	25	3	11	2	1	183.7	179	76	67	20	49	3	59	3	1	1	763
1983	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	18	9	.667	2.92	32	29	2	11	3	2	213.0	198	76	69	14	51	4	72	6	1	0	873
1984	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	14	14	.500	3.32	32	32	0	20	3	0	241.3	227	103	89	24	53	5	84	8	0	2	986
1985	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	17	3	.850	3.30	31	23	3	11	3	1	174.3	164	71	64	19	46	0	74	7	0	1	721
1986	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	12	11	.522	4.22	31	22	9	8	0	2	168.3	183	85	79	29	27	6	52	7	0	1	703
1987	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	15	9	.625	2.59	28	27	0	17	3	0	222.7	215	81	64	16	29	6	85	6	0	3	904
1988	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	6	9	.400	4.85	19	15	3	5	1	0	105.7	121	63	57	21	30	2	30	3	0	2	463
Totals				251	247	.504	3.50	697	537	120	247	34	23	4086.0	4095	1817	1588	412	1102	85	1684	165	5	39	17109

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
1969	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nishitetsu Lions	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1970	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nishitetsu Lions	45	55	49	2	9	1	0	3	0	0	0	10	.184	.184	.204	.388	10	0	0	6
1971	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nishitetsu Lions	51	72	64	6	9	1	1	3	0	1	3	17	.141	.179	.203	.382	13	1	0	5
1972	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nishitetsu Lions	55	110	97	3	13	3	0	5	1	0	4	16	.134	.176	.165	.341	16	0	1	8
1973	Foreign Major	JPPL	Taiheiyo Club Lions	51	93	79	5	18	2	0	5	0	0	8	12	.228	.299	.253	.552	20	1	0	6
1974	Foreign Major	JPPL	Taiheiyo Club Lions	27	41	37	3	7	0	0	2	1	1	0	7	.189	.189	.189	.378	7	2	0	4
Totals				238	375	330	19	56	7	1	18	2	2	15	62	.170	.208	.200	.408	66	4	1	29

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
1969	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nishitetsu Lions	P	8					.000
1969	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nishitetsu Lions	OF	1					.000
1970	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nishitetsu Lions	P	40					.000
1970	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nishitetsu Lions	1B	4					.000
1970	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nishitetsu Lions	OF	1					.000
1971	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nishitetsu Lions	P	51					.000
1972	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nishitetsu Lions	P	55					.000
1973	Foreign Major	JPPL	Taiheiyo Club Lions	P	48					.000
1973	Foreign Major	JPPL	Taiheiyo Club Lions	OF	3					.000
1974	Foreign Major	JPPL	Taiheiyo Club Lions	P	27					.000
1975	Foreign Major	JPPL	Taiheiyo Club Lions	P	54					.000
1976	Foreign Major	JPPL	Taiheiyo Club Lions	P	43					.000
1977	Foreign Major	JPPL	Crown Lighter Lions	P	42					.000
1978	Foreign Major	JPPL	Crown Lighter Lions	P	45					.000
1979	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	P	23					.000
1980	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	P	33					.000
1981	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	P	27					.000
1982	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	P	28					.000
1983	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	P	32					.000
1984	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	P	32					.000
1985	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	P	31					.000
1986	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	P	31					.000
1987	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	P	28					.000
1988	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	P	19					.000
Totals					706	0	0	0	0	.000

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team
1969	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Nishitetsu Lions
1970	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Nishitetsu Lions
1971	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Nishitetsu Lions
1972	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Nishitetsu Lions
1973	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Taiheiyo Club Lions
1974	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Taiheiyo Club Lions
1975	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Taiheiyo Club Lions
1976	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Taiheiyo Club Lions
1977	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Crown Lighter Lions
1978	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Crown Lighter Lions
1979	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Seibu Lions
1980	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Seibu Lions
1981	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Seibu Lions
1982	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Seibu Lions
1983	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Seibu Lions
1984	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Seibu Lions
1985	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Seibu Lions
1986	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Seibu Lions
1987	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Seibu Lions
1988	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Seibu Lions

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