1968 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 57-73
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (57-73)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1968 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1968 season with a record of 57 wins and 73 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes scored 421 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 491 runs. Masahiro Doi led Osaka with 20 home runs, while Tony Roig walloped 15 or more as well. Masahiro Doi drove in 80 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .309. Keishi Suzuki notched 23 wins on the mound for the squad and a team-best 2.48 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Tony Roig and Carl Boles both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Osamu Mihara 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
Keishi Suzuki	23	21	.523	2.48	57	40	16	18	7		359.0	273	107	99	41	88	5	305	9	0	4	1433
Satomi Bando	12	14	.462	4.04	55	29	16	5	1		213.7	185	104	96	25	78	4	126	2	0	3	888
Koichiro Sasaki	11	15	.423	3.47	52	27	4	6	1		191.7	174	89	74	23	70	10	134	8	1	1	813
Toshihiko Sei	6	8	.429	3.70	49	16	16	1	0		141.0	134	65	58	12	53	5	73	6	0	1	601
Yasuo Kawauchi	4	4	.500	2.16	39	5	12	1	1		91.7	69	28	22	4	35	4	71	2	0	1	365
Kiyoshi Onozaka	1	2	.333	3.51	37	4	8	0	0		59.0	56	25	23	6	16	0	26	1	0	2	234
Noboru Makino	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0		2.0	1	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	10
Kenjiro Tabata	0	1	.000	2.08	6	1	4	0	0		8.7	13	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	39
Yozo Nagabuchi	0	1	.000	2.79	12	1	2	0	0		19.3	19	6	6	3	5	0	9	0	0	0	81
Hideo Kato	0	1	.000	3.49	16	1	10	0	0		28.3	26	11	11	4	4	0	23	1	1	1	111
Osamu Tanabe	0	1	.000	5.12	23	5	10	0	0		38.7	44	24	22	4	15	1	26	1	0	0	176
Hideo Igarashi	0	1	.000	5.40	4	1	2	0	0		8.3	10	6	5	0	4	1	6	0	0	0	38
Shigemasa Yamamoto	0	2	.000	3.68	10	2	2	0	0		22.0	20	10	9	2	13	0	15	2	0	1	101
Hiroyuki Osada	0	2	.000	4.76	14	3	2	0	0		17.0	24	11	9	5	8	0	5	0	0	0	81
Totals	57	73	.438	3.28	375	135	104	31	10	0	1200.3	1048	491	437	129	392	30	822	32	2	14	4971

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
Masahiro Doi	131	542	456	54	141	23	0	20	80	7	7	75	35	.309	.406	.491	.897	224	7	4	0	7	27
Tomonori Yasui	135	561	506	66	123	15	4	3	34	54	10	34	46	.243	.296	.306	.602	155	3	4	17	0	0
Tony Roig	127	474	421	34	101	12	0	18	58	5	1	47	85	.240	.318	.397	.714	167	8	2	2	2	6
Minoru Kamata	124	429	390	38	89	11	2	3	25	15	4	17	25	.228	.261	.290	.551	113	5	1	19	2	1
Yozo Nagabuchi	109	299	270	29	74	15	4	5	30	11	6	16	35	.274	.327	.415	.741	112	6	6	5	2	0
Junro Anan	118	308	283	21	69	11	1	3	22	3	7	13	39	.244	.277	.322	.598	91	7	1	8	3	0
Carl Boles	72	258	235	21	59	6	0	5	25	2	2	13	24	.251	.295	.340	.636	80	5	3	4	3	0
Toru Ogawa	95	251	215	31	55	7	2	3	11	10	5	25	15	.256	.339	.349	.688	75	4	2	9	0	2
Koichi Kitagawa	113	272	248	15	55	7	0	3	21	7	6	15	18	.222	.270	.286	.556	71	4	2	5	2	3
Hiroyoshi Kodama	97	213	194	17	49	9	2	3	17	2	3	12	24	.253	.305	.366	.671	71	5	3	3	1	0
Takao Ise	98	200	188	16	48	7	2	1	14	8	2	8	36	.255	.291	.330	.621	62	4	2	1	1	0
Katsukuni Yamada	102	184	170	20	38	13	1	2	13	16	1	11	36	.224	.279	.347	.626	59	3	2	1	0	0
Yukio Iida	81	188	171	14	31	10	0	4	12	5	3	13	43	.181	.241	.310	.551	53	4	1	1	2	0
Takeo Yoshizawa	80	174	157	8	24	5	0	2	10	0	3	11	20	.153	.222	.223	.445	35	5	3	3	0	3
Takaomi Kimura	51	101	96	13	23	3	1	6	13	0	1	4	11	.240	.267	.479	.746	46	2	0	0	1	2
Keishi Suzuki	57	132	121	10	22	1	0	2	6	0	0	3	20	.182	.208	.240	.448	29	3	1	7	0	0
Katsuhiko Yajima	65	53	51	7	8	0	0	0	2	6	1	0	8	.157	.157	.157	.314	8	0	0	2	0	0
Yasuro Iwaki	26	27	27	1	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	.185	.185	.296	.481	8	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuo Kawauchi	39	16	14	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.214	.267	.286	.552	4	0	0	1	0	0
Toshihiko Sei	51	38	35	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	14	.086	.135	.086	.221	3	0	0	1	0	0
Koichiro Sasaki	52	62	57	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	37	.053	.069	.053	.122	3	1	0	4	0	0
Osamu Tanabe	24	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kiyoshi Onozaka	41	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshiaki Matsubara	10	10	10	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.300	.500	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kenjiro Tabata	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hideo Kato	18	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Teruo Iko	9	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	1	0	0	0	0
Masashi Ino	19	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	1	0	1	0	0
Satomi Bando	55	63	56	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	35	.018	.083	.018	.101	1	1	0	3	0	0
Shunzo Arakawa	14	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shigemasa Yamamoto	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haruyoshi Hamaguchi	9	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroyuki Osada	15	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshimitsu Okano	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Seiichi Hirai	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Katsutoshi Amemiya	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hideo Igarashi	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	2073	4911	4424	421	1034	157	19	84	398	151	64	326	630	.234	.290	.335	.625	1481	79	37	98	26	44

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Tony Roig	1B	118					.000
Takao Ise	1B	60					.000
Toru Ogawa	1B	26					.000
Noboru Toshin	1B	1					.000
Yasuro Iwaki	1B	1					.000
Hideo Igarashi	1B	1					.000
Katsutoshi Amemiya	1B	1					.000
Minoru Kamata	2B	123					.000
Katsuhiko Yajima	2B	34					.000
Junro Anan	2B	21					.000
Masashi Ino	2B	11					.000
Tony Roig	2B	9					.000
Tomonori Yasui	2B	1					.000
Seiichi Hirai	2B	1					.000
Junro Anan	3B	106					.000
Yukio Iida	3B	65					.000
Takao Ise	3B	27					.000
Katsuhiko Yajima	3B	19					.000
Tony Roig	3B	11					.000
Masashi Ino	3B	2					.000
Seiichi Hirai	3B	1					.000
Shunzo Arakawa	3B	1					.000
Hiroyoshi Kodama	C	91					.000
Takeo Yoshizawa	C	78					.000
Takaomi Kimura	C	35					.000
Yasuro Iwaki	C	18					.000
Masahiro Doi	OF	130					.000
Koichi Kitagawa	OF	89					.000
Katsukuni Yamada	OF	84					.000
Yozo Nagabuchi	OF	81					.000
Carl Boles	OF	66					.000
Toru Ogawa	OF	65					.000
Yukio Iida	OF	16					.000
Takao Ise	OF	10					.000
Kiyoshi Onozaka	OF	4					.000
Yoshiaki Matsubara	OF	4					.000
Shunzo Arakawa	OF	4					.000
Katsutoshi Amemiya	OF	4					.000
Toshihiko Sei	OF	3					.000
Yasuro Iwaki	OF	3					.000
Takashi Hashimoto	OF	3					.000
Takeo Yoshizawa	OF	2					.000
Hideo Kato	OF	2					.000
Hideo Igarashi	OF	2					.000
Seiichi Hirai	OF	2					.000
Haruyoshi Hamaguchi	OF	2					.000
Osamu Tanabe	OF	1					.000
Kenjiro Tabata	OF	1					.000
Hiroyuki Osada	OF	1					.000
Yoshio Matsushita	OF	1					.000
Akiyo Kinjo	OF	1					.000
Keishi Suzuki	P	57					.000
Satomi Bando	P	55					.000
Koichiro Sasaki	P	52					.000
Toshihiko Sei	P	49					.000
Yasuo Kawauchi	P	39					.000
Kiyoshi Onozaka	P	37					.000
Osamu Tanabe	P	23					.000
Hideo Kato	P	16					.000
Hiroyuki Osada	P	14					.000
Yozo Nagabuchi	P	12					.000
Shigemasa Yamamoto	P	10					.000
Kenjiro Tabata	P	6					.000
Hideo Igarashi	P	4					.000
Noboru Makino	P	1					.000
Tomonori Yasui	SS	135					.000
Katsuhiko Yajima	SS	7					.000
Junro Anan	SS	5					.000
Masashi Ino	SS	2					.000
Yukio Iida	SS	1					.000
Totals		1968	0	0	0	0	.000

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