1971 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 65-60
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Takashi Iwamoto (65-60)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1971 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1971 season with a record of 65 wins and 60 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes tallied 469 runs and allowed 481 runs. Masahiro Doi walloped 40 home runs for Osaka, while Takao Ise and Toru Ogawa swatted 15 or more also. Masahiro Doi drove in 113 runs. Toru Ogawa led all regular batters by hitting .315. Keishi Suzuki topped the squad with 21 wins, and Toshihiko Sei, too added 15 or more wins, too Toshihiko Sei recorded a 2.97 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Takashi Iwamoto 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	21	15	.583	3.21	43	36	6	25	7		291.3	221	116	104	39	107	5	269	8	0	4	1192
Toshihiko Sei	15	14	.517	2.97	47	28	13	11	4		236.0	188	88	78	21	65	6	148	4	0	2	934
Koichiro Sasaki	13	11	.542	3.19	41	33	6	6	2		228.3	207	98	81	16	47	11	117	10	0	1	933
Toshio Kanbe	10	9	.526	3.21	51	15	15	5	0		160.0	138	62	57	15	56	9	87	4	1	5	655
Satomi Bando	3	5	.375	5.18	31	7	9	0	0		73.0	78	45	42	10	29	3	46	2	1	2	316
Hiroaki Shibaike	2	5	.286	1.70	43	4	14	0	0		95.3	66	28	18	9	21	6	36	2	0	0	364
Minoru Handa	1	0	1.000	3.49	23	4	10	0	0		49.0	49	24	19	3	21	2	19	1	0	1	214
Mitsuo Okada	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0		0.7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4
Koji Ota	0	1	.000	6.84	14	3	9	0	0		25.0	26	20	19	7	16	0	13	3	0	7	115
Totals	65	60	.520	3.25	294	130	83	47	13	0	1158.7	973	481	418	120	363	42	735	35	2	22	4727

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	128	532	490	68	147	22	4	13	59	24	9	32	44	.300	.343	.441	.784	216	6	2	4	4	2
Masahiro Doi	127	520	443	72	137	10	0	40	113	2	10	65	45	.309	.395	.603	.998	267	11	3	1	8	15
Toru Ogawa	127	502	428	66	135	12	2	20	40	14	12	61	34	.315	.405	.493	.898	211	4	5	6	2	3
Takao Ise	112	400	365	49	84	7	1	28	64	8	8	26	47	.230	.288	.485	.772	177	12	5	0	4	2
Tomonori Yasui	116	387	361	39	81	11	0	1	11	15	11	10	27	.224	.245	.263	.508	95	8	1	12	3	0
Yoshinori Tsuji	108	314	289	20	59	8	0	8	20	3	2	21	63	.204	.260	.315	.574	91	13	1	2	1	4
Toshikazu Hattori	103	276	250	25	54	7	3	4	20	14	6	12	36	.216	.258	.316	.574	79	6	2	12	0	0
Yukio Iida	88	248	227	19	50	11	0	5	11	8	4	17	29	.220	.275	.335	.609	76	1	0	4	0	0
Tomoo Sekine	103	180	164	18	33	3	1	3	14	10	3	8	21	.201	.240	.287	.527	47	2	1	5	2	0
Katsutoshi Sano	51	157	136	10	29	4	0	0	3	7	3	16	15	.213	.310	.243	.552	33	2	3	2	0	0
Keishi Suzuki	45	121	115	10	28	0	0	3	10	0	1	4	31	.243	.275	.322	.597	37	2	1	1	0	0
Yasuro Iwaki	63	126	113	9	25	4	2	1	3	1	1	8	15	.221	.276	.319	.595	36	2	1	3	1	1
Elijah Johnson	52	141	130	12	24	1	0	7	15	0	3	7	29	.185	.221	.354	.575	46	3	0	1	3	0
Katsukuni Yamada	64	113	100	12	20	4	0	4	9	2	4	9	19	.200	.264	.360	.624	36	2	0	3	1	0
Koichi Kitagawa	74	93	83	4	19	3	0	1	14	0	0	6	4	.229	.301	.301	.602	25	5	3	0	1	1
Susumu Aikawa	42	82	79	6	16	1	0	5	6	0	0	3	18	.203	.232	.405	.637	32	4	0	0	0	0
Hideaki Miyahara	31	39	39	5	14	2	0	2	11	0	0	0	5	.359	.359	.564	.923	22	2	0	0	0	0
Hiroyoshi Kodama	39	46	43	5	14	1	0	2	6	0	0	3	4	.326	.370	.488	.858	21	1	0	0	0	0
Toshihiko Sei	47	87	76	5	11	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	21	.145	.167	.211	.377	16	2	0	9	0	0
Tatsuhiko Ito	52	53	50	3	10	1	0	2	6	0	1	3	3	.200	.245	.340	.585	17	1	0	0	0	0
Takehide Sato	27	34	33	2	8	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	9	.242	.235	.364	.599	12	1	0	0	1	0
Toshio Kanbe	51	52	44	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	11	.159	.260	.159	.419	7	1	1	2	0	0
Koichiro Sasaki	42	77	67	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	35	.060	.100	.060	.160	4	0	0	7	0	0
Yoshiaki Matsubara	8	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroaki Shibaike	44	18	18	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.111	.111	.167	.278	3	0	0	0	0	0
Shunji Nishimura	35	22	19	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	.105	.190	.105	.296	2	0	0	1	0	0
Satomi Bando	31	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.077	.077	.077	.154	1	2	0	1	0	0
Minoru Handa	25	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	1	0	0	0
Koji Ota	14	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shigeru Ishiwata	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takaomi Kimura	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haruo Nakazawa	26	14	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	2	0	0
Mikizo Manabe	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shigeo Akiyama	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1885	4675	4209	469	1016	116	13	151	447	109	80	327	596	.241	.299	.383	.681	1611	93	30	78	31	28

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Takao Ise	1B	106					.000
Toru Ogawa	1B	57					.000
Elijah Johnson	1B	12					.000
Takehide Sato	1B	2					.000
Koichiro Sasaki	1B	1					.000
Mikizo Manabe	1B	1					.000
Koichi Kitagawa	1B	1					.000
Yukio Iida	2B	70					.000
Katsutoshi Sano	2B	51					.000
Tomoo Sekine	2B	39					.000
Susumu Aikawa	2B	19					.000
Shunji Nishimura	2B	5					.000
Takao Ise	2B	3					.000
Tomonori Yasui	2B	2					.000
Toshikazu Hattori	3B	65					.000
Tatsuhiko Ito	3B	49					.000
Elijah Johnson	3B	40					.000
Tomoo Sekine	3B	27					.000
Haruo Nakazawa	3B	25					.000
Susumu Aikawa	3B	17					.000
Shunji Nishimura	3B	13					.000
Yukio Iida	3B	11					.000
Takao Ise	3B	7					.000
Tomonori Yasui	3B	2					.000
Shigeru Ishiwata	3B	1					.000
Yoshinori Tsuji	C	107					.000
Yasuro Iwaki	C	61					.000
Hiroyoshi Kodama	C	18					.000
Mikizo Manabe	C	1					.000
Yozo Nagabuchi	OF	128					.000
Masahiro Doi	OF	126					.000
Toru Ogawa	OF	100					.000
Katsukuni Yamada	OF	51					.000
Toshikazu Hattori	OF	37					.000
Koichi Kitagawa	OF	17					.000
Takehide Sato	OF	14					.000
Hideaki Miyahara	OF	6					.000
Shigeru Ishiwata	OF	3					.000
Tatsuhiko Ito	OF	2					.000
Minoru Handa	OF	2					.000
Hiroaki Shibaike	OF	1					.000
Kiyoshi Onozaka	OF	1					.000
Haruo Nakazawa	OF	1					.000
Yoshiaki Matsubara	OF	1					.000
Yukio Iida	OF	1					.000
Toshio Kanbe	P	51					.000
Toshihiko Sei	P	47					.000
Keishi Suzuki	P	43					.000
Hiroaki Shibaike	P	43					.000
Koichiro Sasaki	P	41					.000
Satomi Bando	P	31					.000
Minoru Handa	P	23					.000
Koji Ota	P	14					.000
Mitsuo Okada	P	1					.000
Tomonori Yasui	SS	111					.000
Tomoo Sekine	SS	44					.000
Shunji Nishimura	SS	11					.000
Yukio Iida	SS	2					.000
Katsutoshi Sano	SS	1					.000
Shigeru Ishiwata	SS	1					.000
Totals		1768	0	0	0	0	.000

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