1960 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 43-87
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Shigeru Chiba (43-87)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1960 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1960 season with a record of 43 wins and 87 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes plated 408 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 570 runs, most in the league. Akitoshi Kodama paced Osaka with 20 home runs and accounted for 69 RBI, while leading all regular batters by hitting .301. Glenn Mickens topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.24 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

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

Shigeru Chiba 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 Mickens	13	10	.565	2.24	37	31	4	15	2		253.3	200	87	63	8	62	1	179	7	1	3	1007
Tsutomu Kuroda	7	12	.368	3.68	45	13	18	2	2		134.7	116	64	55	11	61	3	109	0	0	2	573
Yukio Tsuta	7	19	.269	3.57	44	23	9	4	0		191.7	199	93	76	14	40	3	102	2	1	0	810
Teruo Esaki	6	11	.353	3.48	48	21	14	4	2		186.0	167	88	72	15	66	8	127	1	0	6	777
Ron Bottler	4	5	.444	2.98	25	6	15	4	0		102.7	78	43	34	9	47	3	54	4	1	1	426
Fumio Takechi	3	4	.429	2.72	21	11	2	1	0		72.7	72	29	22	4	16	2	27	0	0	0	294
Takumi Otomo	1	2	.333	3.98	15	0	9	0	0		20.3	20	9	9	3	4	0	14	1	0	0	86
Osamu Goto	1	4	.200	4.94	23	5	6	1	0		62.0	74	36	34	10	25	1	47	1	0	0	280
Mitsuo Osaki	1	7	.125	6.63	17	8	4	0	0		38.0	49	30	28	6	15	2	23	2	0	0	176
Motoji Takuwa	0	0		7.36	6	0	5	0	0		11.0	12	10	9	2	4	0	5	2	0	0	48
Satomi Bando	0	0		12.00	2	0	2	0	0		3.0	8	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17
Mitsuaki Kondo	0	1	.000	4.84	8	1	4	0	0		22.3	31	17	12	1	5	0	15	1	0	0	104
Yukihiro Kubo	0	1	.000	7.56	4	1	3	0	0		8.3	12	7	7	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	40
Mamoru Otsu	0	11	.000	6.67	19	11	5	0	0		55.3	83	53	41	5	22	1	32	0	0	3	265
Totals	43	87	.331	3.61	314	131	100	31	6	0	1161.3	1121	570	466	90	369	24	739	21	3	15	4903

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 Kodama	122	483	438	62	132	29	1	20	69	8	5	39	47	.301	.362	.509	.871	223	18	4	0	2	8
Mitsuo Takeshita	122	450	435	35	112	32	3	8	48	4	5	8	63	.257	.275	.400	.675	174	18	3	3	1	0
Junzo Sekine	112	429	390	44	110	16	1	2	32	0	0	25	22	.282	.331	.344	.675	134	10	5	6	3	4
Kunimitsu Yanoura	110	414	387	33	99	13	7	3	30	4	5	20	51	.256	.292	.349	.641	135	8	0	7	0	8
Hirofumi Naito	92	341	311	30	78	15	3	3	21	2	0	17	66	.251	.304	.347	.652	108	9	7	6	0	0
Masaharu Sekimori	103	368	338	38	72	14	4	6	26	3	5	21	94	.213	.264	.331	.596	112	5	3	5	1	0
Koji Shimada	88	252	230	22	66	15	1	2	21	7	3	18	36	.287	.341	.387	.728	89	3	1	3	0	0
Satoru Sugiyama	99	295	271	22	57	10	1	4	22	4	4	18	61	.210	.266	.299	.565	81	5	3	2	1	0
Jack Bloomfield	58	207	183	22	51	11	1	5	17	5	5	20	27	.279	.353	.432	.784	79	2	2	0	2	0
Tadatoshi Saida	75	225	201	14	49	8	1	4	26	0	0	20	35	.244	.312	.353	.666	71	4	1	1	2	0
Keishi Totoki	101	241	222	22	45	6	2	5	20	5	4	16	75	.203	.255	.315	.571	70	3	0	2	1	1
Teruo Iko	67	131	119	8	27	6	1	1	9	1	1	8	15	.227	.287	.319	.606	38	1	2	2	0	1
Ron Bottler	36	59	56	2	20	3	1	1	6	0	1	1	6	.357	.362	.500	.862	28	3	0	1	1	0
Masatoshi Kato	56	109	93	5	17	2	0	1	6	5	0	15	30	.183	.294	.237	.530	22	0	0	0	1	0
Glenn Mickens	38	94	86	5	16	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	23	.186	.186	.186	.372	16	2	0	8	0	0
Koichi Murata	46	92	83	4	15	2	0	2	4	0	0	6	22	.181	.233	.277	.510	23	3	0	2	1	0
Yoshinobu Kawakami	87	123	112	7	15	2	0	1	8	0	2	8	29	.134	.205	.179	.383	20	3	2	1	0	0
Hidefumi Matsushita	52	97	80	6	12	1	1	0	2	0	0	13	21	.150	.266	.188	.453	15	2	0	3	1	0
Yukio Tsuta	44	64	62	3	10	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	18	.161	.161	.177	.339	11	1	0	2	0	0
Minoru Kakurai	34	74	71	9	10	4	0	1	4	1	0	0	28	.141	.139	.239	.378	17	0	0	2	1	0
Takeshi Suzuki	20	46	44	4	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.114	.114	.136	.250	6	0	0	2	0	0
Mitsuo Osaki	17	9	8	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	4	0	0	1	0	0
Yasuo Kono	6	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.400	.500	.400	.900	2	0	1	0	0	0
Tsutomu Kuroda	45	38	32	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	13	.062	.091	.125	.216	4	0	1	5	0	0
Teruo Esaki	48	51	46	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	.043	.083	.065	.149	3	0	0	3	0	0
Mitsuaki Kondo	8	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1	0	0
Katsuo Kimura	6	8	8	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	1	0	0	0	0
Mamoru Otsu	19	11	11	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.182	.273	2	0	0	0	0	0
Osamu Goto	23	20	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	.059	.158	.059	.217	1	0	0	1	0	0
Fumio Takechi	21	22	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.000	.182	.000	.182	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takumi Otomo	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yukio Tomoto	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yukihiro Kubo	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshihiro Kawaratani	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1780	4775	4372	408	1031	194	29	69	383	51	40	281	828	.236	.286	.341	.627	1490	101	35	69	18	22

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Junzo Sekine	1B	83					.000
Koji Shimada	1B	35					.000
Jack Bloomfield	1B	17					.000
Ron Bottler	1B	8					.000
Akitoshi Kodama	1B	2					.000
Satoru Sugiyama	1B	1					.000
Mamoru Ono	1B	1					.000
Yasuo Kono	1B	1					.000
Hirofumi Naito	2B	83					.000
Jack Bloomfield	2B	32					.000
Koji Shimada	2B	24					.000
Hidefumi Matsushita	2B	7					.000
Takeshi Suzuki	2B	4					.000
Katsuo Kimura	2B	2					.000
Akitoshi Kodama	3B	117					.000
Hidefumi Matsushita	3B	12					.000
Koji Shimada	3B	10					.000
Jack Bloomfield	3B	2					.000
Mitsuo Takeshita	C	121					.000
Koichi Murata	C	34					.000
Yoshihiro Kawaratani	C	2					.000
Masaharu Sekimori	OF	103					.000
Satoru Sugiyama	OF	95					.000
Keishi Totoki	OF	93					.000
Yoshinobu Kawakami	OF	78					.000
Tadatoshi Saida	OF	51					.000
Teruo Iko	OF	43					.000
Masatoshi Kato	OF	36					.000
Minoru Kakurai	OF	33					.000
Junzo Sekine	OF	25					.000
Hidefumi Matsushita	OF	2					.000
Teruo Esaki	P	48					.000
Tsutomu Kuroda	P	45					.000
Yukio Tsuta	P	44					.000
Glenn Mickens	P	37					.000
Ron Bottler	P	25					.000
Osamu Goto	P	23					.000
Fumio Takechi	P	21					.000
Mamoru Otsu	P	19					.000
Mitsuo Osaki	P	17					.000
Takumi Otomo	P	15					.000
Mitsuaki Kondo	P	8					.000
Motoji Takuwa	P	6					.000
Yukihiro Kubo	P	4					.000
Satomi Bando	P	2					.000
Kunimitsu Yanoura	SS	110					.000
Hidefumi Matsushita	SS	14					.000
Takeshi Suzuki	SS	11					.000
Yukio Tomoto	SS	3					.000
Jack Bloomfield	SS	3					.000
Totals		1612	0	0	0	0	.000

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