1959 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 39-91
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Shigeru Chiba (0-0), Giichi Hayashi (0-0)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1959 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1959 season with a record of 39 wins and 91 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes scored 381 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 578 runs, most in the circuit. Akitoshi Kodama led Osaka with 12 home runs and accounted for 47 RBI, while leading all regular batters by hitting .293. Glenn Mickens and Mamoru Otsu topped the squad with 11 wins each, and Glenn Mickens recorded a 2.42 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Glenn Mickens played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes to do so.

Shigeru Chiba and Giichi Hayashi served as manager.


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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Glenn Mickens1113.4582.4238278102234.7189796313472119401918
Mamoru Otsu1120.3553.1745321070227.0240106801468679404965
Yukio Tsuta517.2273.6950131831146.314070601142382100608
Osamu Goto32.6003.99256130065.3643029529043001279
Hiroyuki Osada36.3333.45288140086.0873733627160200362
Noboru Yamashita23.4005.31203110040.7442624811219211182
Mitsuo Osaki28.2003.51261090084.7914433616146202365
Fumio Takechi211.1543.782320210104.711948441021439201438
Mitsuaki Kondo008.53302006.3866300600027
Toshiaki Fukita02.0004.8512230026.0371914110015000124
Shiro Ito02.0005.5712420032.3322220415011201144
Masaru Fukuhara02.0005.9116190032.0422721511021002145
Tsutomu Kuroda05.0005.38317110087.01046452928053003385
Totals3991.3003.6832913311221301173.011975784799532519593191164942

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Akitoshi Kodama1315224825414123212471263738.293.342.423.766204230215
Junzo Sekine11645141249120179538433032.291.345.413.75817054501
Takeshi Suzuki121399380269174023154841.239.259.279.53810663532
Ron Bottler1033773463181150845222858.234.289.347.636120100030
Masaharu Sekimori1073613313268101833542587.205.261.314.57510450410
Hirofumi Naito67273248336251415121640.250.314.327.6408137201
Masatoshi Kato912912691860130316321943.223.274.305.5798260300
Teruo Iko942842572857102117632329.222.293.288.5817433102
Tadatoshi Saida81248217275691421252638.258.346.364.7107933202
Hiroyuki Watanabe98266248125361230011536.214.257.270.5276780120
Koji Shimada8321419417367107511743.186.251.232.4834560301
Takatsugu Toguchi71130121727440711823.223.277.322.5993931000
Yukio Tomoto58118110620310130431.182.217.227.4452541300
Akitada Tsukuda457672516020410422.222.263.278.5412020000
Glenn Mickens388474216200700110.216.237.243.4801811800
Masaaki Oishi477770414300200417.200.243.243.4861710300
Koichi Murata268576413200702818.171.247.197.4441540010
Mamoru Otsu457772412100200014.167.167.181.3471310500
Yasuo Kono37585379401510310.170.228.302.5301621100
Michinobu Goto3048404700011077.175.292.175.467710010
Akiro Kato3860552700001259.127.200.127.327730000
Yoshinobu Kawakami2240391611030109.154.175.231.406901000
Chusuke Kizuka1323212510011016.238.273.286.558600100
Osamu Goto2823223501030018.227.261.318.579710000
Yukio Tsuta50424014000000014.100.100.100.200400200
Tsutomu Kuroda3122200310020015.150.190.200.390410100
Masaru Fukuhara16440200000002.500.500.5001.000200000
Noboru Yamashita2011101210010002.200.273.300.573301000
Mitsuo Osaki2623210200000007.095.095.095.190200200
Fumio Takechi2329251200000007.080.080.080.160220400
Mitsuaki Kondo3220100000001.500.500.5001.000100000
Shiro Ito12660100000003.167.167.167.333110000
Katsuhiko Hara9660100000001.167.167.167.333100000
Katsuo Kimura9880100000004.125.125.125.250100000
Hiroyuki Osada2820140100000017.071.133.071.205100500
Teruo Kishi1110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Toshiaki Fukita12550000000002.000.000.000.000010000
Yoshihiro Kawaratani1613130000000003.000.000.000.000000000
Totals184647774384381100214531483386439292728.229.280.309.589135310626631214


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