1962 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 57-73
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Kaoru Betto (57-73)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1962 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1962 season with a record of 57 wins and 73 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes scored 464 runs and yielded 566 runs. Jack Bloomfield led Osaka with 12 home runs and accounted for 74 RBI, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .374. Yukihiro Kubo earned 28 wins on the mound for the team, and Glenn Mickens recorded a 2.79 ERA, tops 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.

Kaoru Betto 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
Yukihiro Kubo	28	21	.571	3.02	66	23	29	10	1		300.7	294	122	101	13	70	9	168	7	1	2	1245
Glenn Mickens	8	9	.471	2.79	39	30	5	4	2		190.0	171	93	59	14	42	2	115	11	0	1	787
Tsutomu Kuroda	8	23	.258	3.57	57	32	6	2	1		199.3	210	100	79	14	73	4	120	4	0	2	856
Mamoru Otsu	6	4	.600	2.95	46	4	19	0	0		91.7	97	39	30	9	20	1	58	1	0	0	376
Noboru Makino	2	3	.400	2.85	43	8	10	1	1		91.7	87	36	29	10	34	1	47	1	0	2	384
Satomi Bando	2	4	.333	4.80	37	14	10	0	0		84.3	89	53	45	9	30	0	49	2	0	0	361
Shigemasa Yamamoto	2	5	.286	3.82	25	8	9	0	0		61.3	58	28	26	6	28	2	60	2	0	2	263
Toshiaki Tokuhisa	1	3	.250	4.63	18	7	2	1	0		46.7	52	26	24	4	11	0	33	0	0	1	192
Taketoshi Yoshiwara	0	0		0.00	4	0	2	0	0		3.7	6	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	18
Yuko Abe	0	0		1.93	3	0	1	0	0		4.7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20
Yukio Ito	0	0		2.70	5	0	3	0	0		10.0	9	3	3	1	2	0	13	0	0	0	41
Fumio Takechi	0	0		3.24	6	1	2	0	0		8.3	13	5	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	36
Masahiko Osaka	0	0		3.60	3	0	1	0	0		5.0	7	3	2	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	23
Yukio Tsuta	0	0		4.50	2	0	1	0	0		2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10
Hiroyuki Osada	0	0		7.31	20	1	4	0	0		16.0	19	17	13	5	12	1	12	1	0	1	77
Koritsu Iwagami	0	0		7.50	6	1	3	0	0		6.0	8	5	5	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	24
Teruo Esaki	0	0		10.12	2	0	0	0	0		2.7	6	7	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	16
Masaru Fukuhara	0	1	.000	3.48	19	2	6	0	0		33.7	37	26	13	2	10	1	23	0	0	0	149
Totals	57	73	.438	3.40	401	131	113	18	5	0	1157.7	1172	566	437	91	340	21	715	30	1	12	4878

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
Jack Bloomfield	112	446	401	56	150	26	8	12	74	6	7	32	35	.374	.426	.569	.994	228	10	7	2	4	7
Akitoshi Kodama	121	498	468	59	147	24	7	5	59	11	8	26	34	.314	.351	.427	.778	200	15	1	2	1	1
Junzo Sekine	126	509	465	66	144	18	4	9	49	4	2	33	34	.310	.360	.424	.783	197	5	5	3	3	1
Kunimitsu Yanoura	114	479	451	70	123	25	5	10	35	13	8	17	89	.273	.302	.417	.719	188	3	3	5	3	0
Koji Shimada	118	451	406	42	113	18	3	10	53	3	1	30	45	.278	.327	.411	.738	167	10	1	10	4	0
Masahiro Doi	129	500	477	33	110	21	1	5	43	16	8	16	60	.231	.258	.310	.568	148	15	2	3	2	0
Teruo Iko	107	273	250	20	82	13	2	3	31	0	1	10	15	.328	.380	.432	.812	108	4	11	2	0	1
Takeo Yoshizawa	114	343	297	24	55	2	3	2	21	1	1	36	65	.185	.284	.232	.516	69	8	5	5	0	1
Kosei Komori	83	183	174	14	35	6	0	4	12	0	2	4	34	.201	.223	.305	.528	53	4	1	4	0	0
Bob Jenkins	48	139	133	12	28	7	0	4	16	1	1	4	30	.211	.245	.353	.598	47	5	2	0	0	0
Gunji Kimura	70	129	116	12	25	5	2	2	5	4	6	9	40	.216	.283	.345	.628	40	1	2	2	0	1
Mitsuo Takeshita	78	105	98	5	18	2	0	2	17	0	0	7	26	.184	.238	.265	.503	26	1	0	0	0	0
Tadatoshi Saida	55	96	89	4	16	2	0	0	5	0	0	7	19	.180	.240	.202	.442	18	2	0	0	0	0
Yoshihiro Kawaratani	29	39	38	2	10	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	12	.263	.282	.368	.650	14	0	0	0	0	0
Masatoshi Kato	49	76	70	8	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	16	.129	.197	.143	.340	10	3	0	0	0	0
Yukihiro Kubo	66	105	100	4	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	35	.090	.108	.100	.208	10	1	0	3	0	0
Tsutomu Kuroda	59	64	55	3	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	16	.145	.175	.164	.339	9	2	1	7	0	0
Glenn Mickens	39	69	63	4	7	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	11	.111	.138	.159	.297	10	0	2	4	0	0
Masaharu Sekimori	53	63	55	4	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	25	.109	.197	.109	.306	6	0	2	2	0	0
Tomonori Yasui	59	38	37	10	5	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	16	.135	.158	.162	.320	6	1	0	0	0	0
Tadahiro Goto	17	16	13	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	9	.231	.333	.538	.872	7	0	0	1	0	0
Koichi Murata	23	29	28	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.107	.138	.107	.245	3	2	1	0	0	0
Katsuo Kimura	15	17	16	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	.125	.118	.188	.305	3	0	0	0	1	0
Noboru Makino	44	21	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.105	.150	.105	.255	2	0	0	1	0	0
Hiroyoshi Kodama	18	26	26	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.077	.077	.077	.154	2	0	0	0	0	0
Masaru Fukuhara	20	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.600	.800	3	0	0	0	0	0
Shigemasa Yamamoto	25	12	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.111	.273	.111	.384	1	0	0	1	0	0
Satomi Bando	39	20	18	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.056	.105	.111	.216	2	0	0	1	0	0
Taketoshi Yoshiwara	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toshiaki Tokuhisa	18	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Teruo Esaki	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fumio Takechi	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morimichi Iwashita	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hirofumi Ito	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuo Hayakawa	5	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mamoru Otsu	47	18	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.059	.000	.059	0	0	0	1	0	0
Hiroyuki Osada	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Yuko Abe	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1945	4794	4417	464	1115	180	36	70	432	64	50	253	729	.252	.299	.357	.656	1577	92	46	60	18	12

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Koji Shimada	1B	100					.000
Kosei Komori	1B	32					.000
Mitsuo Takeshita	1B	13					.000
Tomonori Yasui	1B	8					.000
Jack Bloomfield	1B	8					.000
Bob Jenkins	1B	6					.000
Jack Bloomfield	2B	105					.000
Koji Shimada	2B	17					.000
Gunji Kimura	2B	13					.000
Tomonori Yasui	2B	12					.000
Kosei Komori	2B	8					.000
Katsuo Kimura	2B	3					.000
Akitoshi Kodama	3B	121					.000
Tomonori Yasui	3B	8					.000
Kosei Komori	3B	6					.000
Gunji Kimura	3B	6					.000
Katsuo Kimura	3B	5					.000
Koji Shimada	3B	4					.000
Takeo Yoshizawa	C	114					.000
Yoshihiro Kawaratani	C	22					.000
Masatoshi Kato	C	20					.000
Hiroyoshi Kodama	C	16					.000
Koichi Murata	C	14					.000
Masahiro Doi	OF	129					.000
Junzo Sekine	OF	123					.000
Teruo Iko	OF	78					.000
Masaharu Sekimori	OF	47					.000
Bob Jenkins	OF	34					.000
Tadatoshi Saida	OF	31					.000
Gunji Kimura	OF	26					.000
Tadahiro Goto	OF	17					.000
Masatoshi Kato	OF	12					.000
Mitsuo Takeshita	OF	4					.000
Kosei Komori	OF	4					.000
Tomonori Yasui	OF	3					.000
Yasuo Hayakawa	OF	3					.000
Tsutomu Kuroda	OF	2					.000
Hirofumi Ito	OF	2					.000
Satomi Bando	OF	2					.000
Taketoshi Yoshiwara	OF	1					.000
Fumio Takechi	OF	1					.000
Mamoru Otsu	OF	1					.000
Hiroyuki Osada	OF	1					.000
Noboru Makino	OF	1					.000
Yoshihiro Kawaratani	OF	1					.000
Koritsu Iwagami	OF	1					.000
Yukio Ito	OF	1					.000
Masaru Fukuhara	OF	1					.000
Jack Bloomfield	OF	1					.000
Yukihiro Kubo	P	66					.000
Tsutomu Kuroda	P	57					.000
Mamoru Otsu	P	46					.000
Noboru Makino	P	43					.000
Glenn Mickens	P	39					.000
Satomi Bando	P	37					.000
Shigemasa Yamamoto	P	25					.000
Hiroyuki Osada	P	20					.000
Masaru Fukuhara	P	19					.000
Toshiaki Tokuhisa	P	18					.000
Fumio Takechi	P	6					.000
Koritsu Iwagami	P	6					.000
Yukio Ito	P	5					.000
Taketoshi Yoshiwara	P	4					.000
Masahiko Osaka	P	3					.000
Yuko Abe	P	3					.000
Yukio Tsuta	P	2					.000
Teruo Esaki	P	2					.000
Kunimitsu Yanoura	SS	113					.000
Gunji Kimura	SS	18					.000
Kosei Komori	SS	10					.000
Tomonori Yasui	SS	2					.000
Totals		1732	0	0	0	0	.000

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