1972 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 64-60
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Takashi Iwamoto (64-60)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1972 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1972 season with a record of 64 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes surrendered 453 runs, least in the league. Osaka plated 486 runs. Masahiro Doi walloped 30 home runs for the squad, while Yozo Nagabuchi swatted 15 or more also. Masahiro Doi drove in 84 runs. Yozo Nagabuchi and Masahiro Doi led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .300. Toshihiko Sei topped the team with 19 wins and a team-best 2.36 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

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

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
Toshihiko Sei	19	14	.576	2.36	45	26	16	10	5		236.3	191	72	62	21	67	12	158	4	1	0	941
Keishi Suzuki	14	15	.483	3.42	43	31	7	14	5		242.0	213	95	92	32	101	7	180	10	0	2	1018
Toshio Kanbe	13	9	.591	2.39	46	25	13	8	2		210.7	186	66	56	16	58	7	112	4	1	5	854
Koichiro Sasaki	10	15	.400	3.47	36	30	2	8	5		199.7	189	90	77	19	49	12	86	12	0	0	829
Hiroaki Shibaike	3	2	.600	3.71	40	1	11	0	0		60.7	48	27	25	7	23	2	29	2	0	1	241
Satomi Bando	2	1	.667	2.52	40	6	16	1	0		93.0	83	29	26	4	36	5	68	4	0	1	387
Koji Ota	2	1	.667	3.92	16	8	2	1	0		59.7	67	34	26	6	20	0	36	4	0	2	258
Hideo Igarashi	1	1	.500	5.47	14	2	6	0	0		26.3	31	18	16	4	12	0	10	0	0	0	122
Kenji Tachibana	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0		3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	10
Mitsuo Okada	0	0		2.00	7	0	5	0	0		9.0	9	4	2	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	37
Takahiro Oba	0	0		7.04	8	0	2	0	0		7.7	12	7	6	0	5	0	3	1	0	1	37
Minoru Handa	0	0		13.50	2	0	1	0	0		2.0	3	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	11
Hiroshi Mizutani	0	2	.000	3.60	10	1	7	0	0		15.0	15	8	6	2	4	1	2	0	0	0	61
Totals	64	60	.516	3.07	308	130	88	42	17	0	1165.0	1047	453	397	113	378	46	691	43	2	12	4806

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	544	503	72	151	16	0	22	57	15	6	32	35	.300	.343	.463	.806	233	3	2	4	3	0
Masahiro Doi	118	496	426	66	128	18	0	30	84	5	1	64	34	.300	.393	.554	.947	236	16	3	0	3	6
Toru Ogawa	125	530	446	68	121	23	8	10	32	10	4	65	29	.271	.376	.426	.802	190	6	11	6	2	5
Takao Ise	117	411	374	48	96	18	0	14	48	10	10	25	39	.257	.305	.417	.722	156	9	2	8	2	1
Jim Qualls	81	334	318	42	93	11	0	9	48	4	6	11	25	.292	.315	.412	.727	131	5	1	1	3	1
Shuhei Ichieda	114	382	349	25	90	13	0	5	32	5	7	20	34	.258	.299	.338	.638	118	3	2	8	3	1
Tomonori Yasui	109	379	333	32	77	13	1	0	18	14	5	13	24	.231	.261	.276	.537	92	10	1	30	2	0
Tomoo Sekine	91	150	135	17	38	5	0	3	15	5	2	10	12	.281	.336	.385	.721	52	3	1	4	0	1
Yasuro Iwaki	81	200	180	18	37	5	0	5	20	4	1	9	19	.206	.244	.317	.560	57	3	1	7	3	3
Kyosuke Sasaki	53	134	122	13	30	7	0	5	12	6	2	9	36	.246	.301	.426	.727	52	1	1	1	1	0
Toshikazu Hattori	109	179	159	16	28	3	1	2	12	8	8	12	32	.176	.236	.245	.481	39	0	1	5	2	0
Koichi Kitagawa	68	95	86	5	26	2	0	3	18	0	0	8	6	.302	.358	.430	.788	37	1	0	0	1	2
Katsutoshi Sano	61	111	102	10	23	3	1	0	2	0	1	7	18	.225	.282	.275	.556	28	2	1	1	0	0
Yoshinori Tsuji	50	136	121	8	22	1	0	5	18	1	1	11	24	.182	.259	.314	.573	38	0	2	1	1	6
Keishi Suzuki	44	94	85	8	16	2	0	2	8	0	0	4	19	.188	.225	.282	.507	24	1	0	5	0	0
Hideaki Miyahara	35	66	56	3	14	1	0	2	7	1	1	8	4	.250	.354	.375	.729	21	5	1	1	0	1
Takehide Sato	49	67	60	5	12	3	0	3	8	0	1	5	18	.200	.258	.400	.658	24	3	0	1	1	1
Toshihiko Sei	45	83	67	6	12	1	0	0	3	0	0	10	23	.179	.286	.194	.480	13	1	0	6	0	0
Toshio Kanbe	46	79	67	3	11	2	0	0	5	0	0	7	16	.164	.253	.194	.447	13	2	1	4	0	0
Terry Hankins	24	50	43	2	10	4	0	0	2	0	0	5	9	.233	.312	.326	.638	14	3	0	2	0	0
Mikizo Manabe	37	45	45	3	9	2	0	2	7	0	0	0	12	.200	.200	.378	.578	17	2	0	0	0	0
Shunji Nishimura	52	40	38	6	7	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	10	.184	.225	.184	.409	7	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroyoshi Kodama	49	81	76	2	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	10	.079	.125	.118	.243	9	1	2	1	0	1
Koichiro Sasaki	36	67	62	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	24	.081	.095	.081	.176	5	0	0	4	0	0
Masataka Nashida	9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0
Satomi Bando	40	15	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.182	.250	.182	.432	2	0	0	3	0	0
Koji Ota	16	18	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.118	.118	.118	.235	2	0	0	1	0	0
Mitsuo Okada	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 Igarashi	14	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
Haruo Nakazawa	8	9	8	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroshi Mizutani	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Takaomi Kimura	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toshitaka Tameike	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mitsuyasu Hirano	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroaki Shibaike	40	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenji Tachibana	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	1881	4823	4315	486	1071	153	11	123	465	90	57	343	535	.248	.307	.374	.681	1615	81	33	105	27	29

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Takao Ise	1B	92					.000
Toru Ogawa	1B	44					.000
Kyosuke Sasaki	1B	16					.000
Koichi Kitagawa	1B	6					.000
Masataka Nashida	1B	2					.000
Toshio Kanbe	1B	1					.000
Terry Hankins	1B	1					.000
Tomonori Yasui	2B	72					.000
Jim Qualls	2B	68					.000
Katsutoshi Sano	2B	29					.000
Tomoo Sekine	2B	6					.000
Shunji Nishimura	2B	2					.000
Takao Ise	2B	1					.000
Tomoo Sekine	3B	79					.000
Tomonori Yasui	3B	37					.000
Toshikazu Hattori	3B	34					.000
Kyosuke Sasaki	3B	25					.000
Katsutoshi Sano	3B	22					.000
Terry Hankins	3B	19					.000
Shunji Nishimura	3B	13					.000
Haruo Nakazawa	3B	3					.000
Toshitaka Tameike	3B	2					.000
Takao Ise	3B	2					.000
Hiroshi Mizutani	3B	1					.000
Yasuro Iwaki	C	81					.000
Yoshinori Tsuji	C	50					.000
Hiroyoshi Kodama	C	33					.000
Mikizo Manabe	C	29					.000
Takaomi Kimura	C	3					.000
Masataka Nashida	C	1					.000
Yozo Nagabuchi	OF	128					.000
Masahiro Doi	OF	118					.000
Toru Ogawa	OF	97					.000
Toshikazu Hattori	OF	62					.000
Takehide Sato	OF	25					.000
Hideaki Miyahara	OF	17					.000
Takao Ise	OF	15					.000
Mikizo Manabe	OF	7					.000
Kyosuke Sasaki	OF	6					.000
Masataka Nashida	OF	6					.000
Koichi Kitagawa	OF	6					.000
Hiroshi Mizutani	OF	3					.000
Mitsuyasu Hirano	OF	3					.000
Toshitaka Tameike	OF	1					.000
Jim Qualls	OF	1					.000
Shunji Nishimura	OF	1					.000
Toshio Kanbe	P	46					.000
Toshihiko Sei	P	45					.000
Keishi Suzuki	P	43					.000
Hiroaki Shibaike	P	40					.000
Satomi Bando	P	40					.000
Koichiro Sasaki	P	36					.000
Koji Ota	P	16					.000
Hideo Igarashi	P	14					.000
Hiroshi Mizutani	P	10					.000
Takahiro Oba	P	8					.000
Mitsuo Okada	P	7					.000
Minoru Handa	P	2					.000
Kenji Tachibana	P	1					.000
Shuhei Ichieda	SS	114					.000
Jim Qualls	SS	24					.000
Shunji Nishimura	SS	24					.000
Tomoo Sekine	SS	7					.000
Tomonori Yasui	SS	5					.000
Totals		1752	0	0	0	0	.000

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