1961 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 36-103
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Shigeru Chiba (36-103)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1961 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1961 season with a record of 36 wins and 103 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes scored 411 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 691 runs, most in the circuit. Junzo Sekine drove in 49 runs. Akitoshi Kodama paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .294. Toshiaki Tokuhisa topped the team with 15 wins, while Glenn Mickens recorded a 2.42 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

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
Toshiaki Tokuhisa	15	24	.385	3.27	58	16	35	4	1		209.3	205	93	76	18	57	5	170	4	0	3	873
Glenn Mickens	5	11	.312	2.42	26	16	7	7	1		145.0	139	61	39	6	28	5	89	3	0	1	595
Mamoru Otsu	4	13	.235	4.05	46	19	9	2	1		135.7	148	78	61	11	44	3	55	0	0	2	581
Tsutomu Kuroda	4	13	.235	4.21	50	22	13	1	0		156.0	176	97	73	15	57	4	112	4	0	1	696
Yukio Tsuta	2	5	.286	4.67	16	10	3	1	1		54.0	62	34	28	4	21	5	21	1	0	0	236
Hiroyuki Osada	2	9	.182	3.46	39	11	5	0	0		93.7	95	49	36	5	45	2	55	5	0	0	421
Ron Bottler	2	11	.154	4.46	24	19	3	3	0		115.0	128	67	57	12	46	2	57	5	1	6	503
Masaru Fukuhara	1	1	.500	5.20	14	1	7	0	0		27.7	36	18	16	1	7	1	12	3	0	0	127
Teruo Esaki	1	7	.125	5.97	48	13	17	0	0		116.0	134	84	77	21	25	4	60	3	0	6	509
Satomi Bando	0	0		3.95	16	0	8	0	0		27.3	34	17	12	4	7	0	8	2	0	0	121
Motoji Takuwa	0	0		6.48	3	0	0	0	0		8.3	13	15	6	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	42
Mitsuaki Kondo	0	0		9.00	2	0	0	0	0		2.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	13
Yuko Abe	0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0		1.0	3	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7
Fumio Takechi	0	1	.000	2.76	21	4	5	0	0		45.7	47	16	14	4	17	1	17	1	0	0	192
Yukihiro Kubo	0	8	.000	4.00	50	9	9	0	0		108.0	112	57	48	9	42	5	74	5	0	5	475
Totals	36	103	.259	3.96	414	140	122	18	4	0	1244.7	1337	691	548	112	399	37	733	38	1	26	5391

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	138	571	520	61	153	42	1	9	43	7	8	45	43	.294	.351	.431	.782	224	17	2	2	2	6
Junzo Sekine	128	483	435	51	123	18	1	9	49	4	4	34	26	.283	.334	.391	.725	170	10	2	7	5	4
Kunimitsu Yanoura	128	550	525	48	119	16	6	9	38	4	7	13	95	.227	.247	.331	.578	174	4	2	7	3	1
Jack Bloomfield	108	391	354	44	105	27	4	7	32	7	4	30	41	.297	.355	.455	.810	161	4	3	2	2	3
Mitsuo Takeshita	117	331	321	23	79	15	1	6	40	0	4	7	57	.246	.261	.355	.616	114	9	0	1	2	0
Masatoshi Kato	125	340	296	23	62	11	1	5	29	4	7	36	63	.209	.301	.304	.605	90	5	4	1	3	0
Masaharu Sekimori	123	284	257	19	59	14	1	5	25	2	4	14	63	.230	.276	.350	.627	90	4	3	9	1	0
Koji Shimada	100	250	216	18	49	4	0	2	20	2	4	27	36	.227	.314	.273	.587	59	7	1	5	1	1
Koichi Murata	110	248	231	15	46	10	0	4	14	0	0	11	35	.199	.248	.294	.542	68	6	4	2	0	0
Morimichi Iwashita	82	200	185	16	37	4	3	0	13	2	4	10	43	.200	.245	.254	.499	47	3	1	4	0	0
Tadatoshi Saida	75	141	129	8	32	3	0	4	16	0	0	9	33	.248	.298	.364	.662	47	2	1	0	2	0
Minoru Kakurai	93	177	159	16	27	2	1	6	12	3	0	9	52	.170	.219	.308	.527	49	0	1	8	0	1
Teruo Iko	77	110	101	10	25	4	0	0	6	0	0	5	13	.248	.303	.287	.590	29	1	3	1	0	0
Hirofumi Naito	70	123	100	9	24	4	0	1	11	2	0	16	18	.240	.358	.310	.668	31	5	3	3	1	0
Keishi Totoki	90	105	99	9	21	7	0	0	5	0	3	6	26	.212	.257	.283	.540	28	1	0	0	0	1
Masahiko Osaka	48	123	117	10	21	4	0	0	2	0	0	3	29	.179	.200	.214	.414	25	0	0	3	0	0
Katsuo Kimura	30	77	76	5	17	2	1	0	3	0	0	1	14	.224	.234	.276	.510	21	5	0	0	0	0
Yoshihiro Kawaratani	63	115	111	3	17	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	28	.153	.168	.180	.348	20	5	1	2	0	0
Mamoru Ono	66	88	83	2	12	2	1	0	5	0	0	4	17	.145	.184	.193	.377	16	2	0	1	0	0
Glenn Mickens	26	52	45	2	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	.178	.213	.200	.413	9	0	2	5	0	0
Ron Bottler	31	46	40	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.175	.233	.200	.433	8	1	0	3	0	1
Toshiaki Tokuhisa	58	70	66	4	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	29	.106	.145	.136	.281	9	1	0	1	0	0
Kazuo Okubo	24	40	40	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	16	.150	.150	.150	.300	6	1	0	0	0	0
Mamoru Otsu	46	34	34	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.147	.147	.176	.324	6	0	0	0	0	0
Yukio Tsuta	16	14	14	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.286	.286	.286	.571	4	0	0	0	0	0
Teruo Esaki	48	24	21	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.190	.261	.238	.499	5	0	0	1	0	0
Takashi Higashida	24	21	20	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	7	.150	.190	.300	.490	6	1	0	0	0	0
Yukihiro Kubo	50	22	21	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.095	.095	.095	.190	2	0	0	1	0	0
Tsutomu Kuroda	50	41	39	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.051	.075	.051	.126	2	0	0	1	0	0
Yasuo Ochi	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	1	0	0	0	0
Fumio Takechi	21	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	1	0	0	0	0
Hiroyoshi Kodama	2	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroyuki Osada	39	23	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	.048	.091	.048	.139	1	0	0	1	0	0
Satomi Bando	16	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shinjiro Tanino	7	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0
Yasuo Hayakawa	10	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masaru Fukuhara	14	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hidefumi Matsushita	12	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hirofumi Ito	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hideo Kadoguchi	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Motoji Takuwa	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2281	5147	4726	411	1080	198	21	68	375	38	50	294	871	.229	.277	.322	.600	1524	97	33	72	22	18

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Mitsuo Takeshita	1B	75					.000
Mamoru Ono	1B	56					.000
Morimichi Iwashita	1B	32					.000
Koji Shimada	1B	31					.000
Jack Bloomfield	1B	9					.000
Shinjiro Tanino	1B	6					.000
Hirofumi Naito	1B	4					.000
Jack Bloomfield	2B	90					.000
Koji Shimada	2B	40					.000
Katsuo Kimura	2B	20					.000
Hirofumi Naito	2B	14					.000
Masahiko Osaka	2B	5					.000
Hidefumi Matsushita	2B	1					.000
Akitoshi Kodama	3B	119					.000
Masahiko Osaka	3B	20					.000
Koji Shimada	3B	5					.000
Hidefumi Matsushita	3B	2					.000
Katsuo Kimura	3B	1					.000
Koichi Murata	C	104					.000
Yoshihiro Kawaratani	C	62					.000
Mitsuo Takeshita	C	23					.000
Kazuo Okubo	C	23					.000
Takashi Higashida	C	16					.000
Yasuo Ochi	C	4					.000
Hiroyoshi Kodama	C	2					.000
Masatoshi Kato	OF	121					.000
Junzo Sekine	OF	117					.000
Masaharu Sekimori	OF	107					.000
Minoru Kakurai	OF	67					.000
Keishi Totoki	OF	49					.000
Morimichi Iwashita	OF	43					.000
Tadatoshi Saida	OF	41					.000
Teruo Iko	OF	25					.000
Akitoshi Kodama	OF	13					.000
Hirofumi Naito	OF	10					.000
Yasuo Hayakawa	OF	7					.000
Hidefumi Matsushita	OF	3					.000
Hirofumi Ito	OF	2					.000
Toshiaki Tokuhisa	P	58					.000
Tsutomu Kuroda	P	50					.000
Yukihiro Kubo	P	50					.000
Teruo Esaki	P	48					.000
Mamoru Otsu	P	46					.000
Hiroyuki Osada	P	39					.000
Glenn Mickens	P	26					.000
Ron Bottler	P	24					.000
Fumio Takechi	P	21					.000
Yukio Tsuta	P	16					.000
Satomi Bando	P	16					.000
Masaru Fukuhara	P	14					.000
Motoji Takuwa	P	3					.000
Mitsuaki Kondo	P	2					.000
Yuko Abe	P	1					.000
Kunimitsu Yanoura	SS	128					.000
Masahiko Osaka	SS	10					.000
Koji Shimada	SS	4					.000
Jack Bloomfield	SS	1					.000
Totals		1926	0	0	0	0	.000

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