1969 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 73-51
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (73-51)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1969 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1969 season with a record of 73 wins and 51 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes paced the circuit with just 418 runs allowed. Osaka scored 482 runs. Masahiro Doi led the team with 27 home runs, while Takao Ise and Yozo Nagabuchi walloped 15 or more as well. Yozo Nagabuchi accounted for 74 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .333. Keishi Suzuki notched 24 wins on the mound for the squad, and Koichiro Sasaki and Toshihiko Sei, too added 15 or more wins, too Toshihiko Sei recorded a 2.23 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

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

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	WP	BF
Keishi Suzuki	24	13	.649	2.50	46	39	6	28	7		330.7	265	98	92	34	73	8	286	10	1	1327
Toshihiko Sei	18	7	.720	2.23	47	23	16	11	2		214.3	183	60	53	17	56	10	151	5	2	861
Koichiro Sasaki	15	7	.682	2.35	47	22	11	7	1		199.0	165	62	52	10	39	6	93	13	3	795
Mitsuo Okada	9	9	.500	3.18	29	20	4	6	2		141.3	136	59	50	12	41	3	61	5	1	585
Satomi Bando	5	6	.455	3.26	34	12	7	1	1		116.0	92	53	42	15	35	0	77	6	1	479
Kiyoshi Onozaka	2	1	.667	3.44	16	0	5	0	0		18.3	12	8	7	1	7	1	2	0	0	73
Osamu Tanabe	0	0		4.35	12	1	5	0	0		20.7	24	10	10	1	8	0	7	0	0	91
Hiroaki Shibaike	0	0		4.76	3	0	2	0	0		5.7	8	5	3	0	2	0	6	1	0	26
Yasuo Kawauchi	0	0		5.68	14	1	7	0	0		19.0	19	14	12	1	9	0	14	0	0	86
Shigemasa Yamamoto	0	0		8.31	4	0	2	0	0		4.3	5	4	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	18
Hiroshi Mizutani	0	1	.000	4.11	24	2	8	0	0		35.0	40	18	16	2	5	0	12	1	0	149
Gene Bacque	0	7	.000	3.25	12	10	2	2	0		55.3	54	27	20	5	16	2	26	5	4	239
Totals	73	51	.589	2.80	288	130	75	55	13	0	1159.7	1003	418	361	100	291	30	736	46	12	4729

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
Yozo Nagabuchi	127	535	486	80	162	18	8	20	74	23	6	37	41	.333	.379	.527	.906	256	3	2	5	5	6
Masahiro Doi	129	534	463	76	139	22	0	27	72	6	5	59	31	.300	.382	.523	.905	242	12	6	0	6	7
Tomonori Yasui	127	519	474	56	129	9	8	0	27	42	16	24	28	.272	.310	.325	.635	154	4	3	16	2	0
Toru Ogawa	118	381	311	51	77	13	1	11	34	15	7	54	29	.248	.366	.402	.768	125	6	5	9	2	1
Takao Ise	105	308	280	32	73	8	2	16	53	2	3	18	32	.261	.316	.475	.791	133	11	5	4	1	1
Junro Anan	118	320	293	22	68	8	1	7	36	8	2	17	25	.232	.276	.338	.614	99	5	1	8	1	2
Katsukuni Yamada	113	318	289	42	66	10	2	9	26	12	1	17	50	.228	.277	.370	.647	107	5	3	7	2	0
Minoru Kamata	114	302	278	24	63	10	2	2	18	2	3	13	20	.227	.263	.299	.561	83	5	1	9	1	1
Yasuro Iwaki	104	290	268	19	56	8	1	3	13	3	0	12	38	.209	.253	.280	.532	75	5	4	5	1	2
Yoshiaki Matsubara	101	200	190	13	39	8	1	2	17	1	1	9	35	.205	.245	.289	.534	55	2	1	0	0	0
Keishi Suzuki	46	131	117	12	28	8	0	2	14	0	0	8	20	.239	.286	.359	.645	42	2	0	5	1	1
Hiroyoshi Kodama	66	144	131	9	25	4	1	2	11	1	1	8	31	.191	.248	.282	.531	37	2	2	3	0	1
Yukio Iida	51	110	101	11	23	4	0	4	11	1	0	8	26	.228	.284	.386	.671	39	3	0	1	0	1
Jim Gentile	65	102	86	7	22	1	0	8	16	0	0	16	23	.256	.373	.547	.919	47	1	0	0	0	8
Takaomi Kimura	42	81	75	4	15	1	0	1	6	0	1	2	19	.200	.215	.253	.469	19	2	0	2	2	0
Toshikazu Hattori	39	47	39	5	12	2	0	1	4	1	0	1	10	.308	.357	.436	.793	17	2	2	5	0	0
Koichi Kitagawa	32	34	32	1	9	1	0	1	6	0	0	1	2	.281	.324	.406	.730	13	0	1	0	0	0
Susumu Aikawa	32	59	57	3	7	0	0	2	6	0	0	1	17	.123	.136	.228	.364	13	3	0	0	1	1
Narihide Sugi	46	32	29	4	4	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	10	.138	.194	.172	.366	5	0	0	1	0	0
Katsuhiko Yajima	60	38	34	4	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	11	.118	.143	.118	.261	4	1	0	3	0	0
Toshihiko Sei	47	71	58	2	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	24	.069	.115	.069	.184	4	0	0	10	0	0
Mitsuo Okada	31	53	46	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	18	.065	.122	.065	.188	3	0	0	4	0	0
Koichiro Sasaki	48	58	54	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	24	.056	.073	.056	.128	3	0	0	3	0	0
Hiroshi Mizutani	24	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	1	0	0
Shigeo Akiyama	10	10	8	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.125	.222	.250	.472	2	0	0	1	0	0
Gene Bacque	12	19	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.056	.056	.056	.111	1	0	0	1	0	0
Satomi Bando	34	33	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	14	.038	.194	.038	.232	1	1	0	2	0	0
Kiyoshi Onozaka	19	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shunzo Arakawa	26	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osamu Tanabe	13	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masashi Ino	7	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuo Kawauchi	17	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1923	4751	4261	482	1035	137	27	118	455	120	50	324	593	.243	.300	.371	.671	1580	75	36	105	25	32

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Takao Ise	1B	94					.000
Toru Ogawa	1B	64					.000
Jim Gentile	1B	20					.000
Shunzo Arakawa	1B	9					.000
Yukio Iida	1B	7					.000
Masashi Ino	1B	2					.000
Shigemasa Yamamoto	1B	1					.000
Katsuhiko Yajima	1B	1					.000
Koichiro Sasaki	1B	1					.000
Kiyoshi Onozaka	1B	1					.000
Mitsuo Okada	1B	1					.000
Masaki Miura	1B	1					.000
Yasuo Kawauchi	1B	1					.000
Susumu Aikawa	1B	1					.000
Minoru Kamata	2B	114					.000
Katsuhiko Yajima	2B	37					.000
Narihide Sugi	2B	26					.000
Junro Anan	2B	17					.000
Susumu Aikawa	2B	17					.000
Yukio Iida	2B	9					.000
Shigeo Akiyama	2B	8					.000
Takao Ise	2B	4					.000
Masashi Ino	2B	2					.000
Junro Anan	3B	112					.000
Yukio Iida	3B	22					.000
Katsuhiko Yajima	3B	11					.000
Narihide Sugi	3B	5					.000
Takao Ise	3B	3					.000
Masashi Ino	3B	1					.000
Yasuro Iwaki	C	103					.000
Hiroyoshi Kodama	C	50					.000
Takaomi Kimura	C	31					.000
Masahiro Doi	OF	128					.000
Yozo Nagabuchi	OF	127					.000
Katsukuni Yamada	OF	101					.000
Toru Ogawa	OF	67					.000
Toshikazu Hattori	OF	30					.000
Yoshiaki Matsubara	OF	20					.000
Shunzo Arakawa	OF	15					.000
Shigemasa Yamamoto	OF	3					.000
Hiroaki Shibaike	OF	3					.000
Kiyoshi Onozaka	OF	2					.000
Osamu Tanabe	OF	1					.000
Mitsuo Okada	OF	1					.000
Koichi Kitagawa	OF	1					.000
Yasuo Kawauchi	OF	1					.000
Yukio Iida	OF	1					.000
Susumu Aikawa	OF	1					.000
Toshihiko Sei	P	47					.000
Koichiro Sasaki	P	47					.000
Keishi Suzuki	P	46					.000
Satomi Bando	P	34					.000
Mitsuo Okada	P	29					.000
Hiroshi Mizutani	P	24					.000
Kiyoshi Onozaka	P	16					.000
Yasuo Kawauchi	P	14					.000
Osamu Tanabe	P	12					.000
Gene Bacque	P	12					.000
Shigemasa Yamamoto	P	4					.000
Hiroaki Shibaike	P	3					.000
Tomonori Yasui	SS	127					.000
Katsuhiko Yajima	SS	10					.000
Narihide Sugi	SS	7					.000
Junro Anan	SS	4					.000
Totals		1714	0	0	0	0	.000

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