1973 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 42-83
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Koji Shimada (0-0), Takashi Iwamoto (0-0)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1973 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1973 season with a record of 42 wins and 83 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes scored 424 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 580 runs, most in the circuit. Masahiro Doi led Osaka with 29 home runs, and Toru Ogawa walloped 15 or more, too. Masahiro Doi drove in 76 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .316. Keishi Suzuki paced the squad with 11 wins, while Satomi Bando recorded a 2.82 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1973 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim Qualls, Dave Roberts and Frank Coggins.

Koji Shimada and 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	11	13	.458	3.41	30	24	3	14	4		171.7	127	74	65	26	91	3	119	6	1	3	712
Toshio Kanbe	7	7	.500	2.95	26	10	4	3	0		106.7	87	40	35	5	47	4	48	2	0	2	430
Koji Ota	6	14	.300	3.23	40	28	10	4	1		192.0	161	86	69	21	74	5	113	9	1	3	803
Hiroshi Mizutani	5	2	.714	3.40	41	2	14	0	0		82.0	71	34	31	10	29	1	35	3	0	0	335
Toshihiko Sei	5	17	.227	4.71	45	22	13	6	1		174.0	188	107	91	23	59	7	89	6	1	1	756
Satomi Bando	4	9	.308	2.82	40	11	11	3	1		115.0	109	48	36	9	34	2	47	3	2	1	475
Koichiro Sasaki	2	9	.182	5.56	27	13	2	2	1		79.3	96	61	49	16	20	7	37	5	1	0	357
Hideo Igarashi	1	1	.500	4.26	11	2	5	0	0		25.3	21	12	12	1	8	0	10	1	0	1	105
Masahiro Nakane	1	8	.111	4.74	25	14	6	2	0		95.0	85	52	50	5	64	6	61	2	5	2	428
Hideo Kato	0	0		2.57	21	0	13	0	0		35.0	36	12	10	2	11	0	23	3	1	0	150
Mitsuo Okada	0	0		4.50	7	0	3	0	0		10.0	14	8	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	47
Takashi Imoto	0	0		7.33	19	0	4	0	0		23.3	33	21	19	4	21	1	15	0	2	1	120
Takahiro Oba	0	0		10.38	12	0	3	0	0		8.7	15	13	10	0	9	0	2	0	0	2	47
Kenji Tachibana	0	3	.000	2.02	9	4	5	0	0		26.7	24	12	6	2	12	1	12	2	0	1	113
Totals	42	83	.336	3.84	353	130	96	34	8	0	1144.7	1067	580	488	127	482	37	612	42	14	17	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
Masahiro Doi	122	492	414	60	131	15	0	29	76	2	2	66	24	.316	.417	.563	.979	233	15	8	0	4	10
Toru Ogawa	123	488	432	61	125	18	4	19	63	16	6	38	31	.289	.360	.481	.841	208	10	11	4	3	1
Toshikazu Hattori	121	322	293	29	94	14	5	4	16	9	9	19	37	.321	.363	.444	.807	130	3	1	8	1	0
Koichi Hada	104	391	371	29	89	17	1	12	34	3	2	13	59	.240	.272	.388	.660	144	8	4	1	2	0
Yozo Nagabuchi	114	382	355	30	82	8	0	4	30	11	5	16	28	.231	.263	.287	.551	102	4	1	6	4	0
Takao Ise	93	255	238	32	63	12	1	7	23	3	3	15	36	.265	.307	.412	.719	98	4	0	1	1	0
Jim Qualls	81	317	302	32	63	7	0	6	23	2	0	5	30	.209	.238	.291	.529	88	12	7	2	1	0
Shunji Nishimura	96	244	217	19	55	9	1	4	15	8	2	19	28	.253	.318	.359	.677	78	2	2	5	1	0
Kyosuke Sasaki	91	233	209	26	47	12	0	8	26	5	1	21	39	.225	.297	.397	.695	83	8	1	1	1	0
Tomoo Sekine	94	198	176	18	31	7	0	4	13	5	6	12	14	.176	.232	.284	.516	50	3	1	8	1	1
Shuhei Ichieda	53	124	117	9	29	4	0	3	8	2	2	3	13	.248	.267	.359	.626	42	1	0	4	0	0
Masataka Nashida	60	149	142	12	28	2	0	2	5	1	0	4	20	.197	.224	.254	.478	36	3	1	2	0	0
Tomonori Yasui	65	144	129	8	24	5	0	0	5	4	3	7	13	.186	.228	.225	.453	29	1	0	8	0	0
Yoshinori Tsuji	73	162	147	9	23	1	0	1	8	1	1	7	31	.156	.209	.184	.393	27	3	3	4	1	4
Keishi Suzuki	30	63	59	7	16	1	1	1	11	0	0	2	6	.271	.295	.373	.668	22	2	0	2	0	0
Koichi Kitagawa	66	67	61	0	14	0	0	0	16	0	0	3	8	.230	.273	.230	.502	14	5	1	1	1	0
Dave Roberts	36	75	65	3	14	0	0	2	7	0	0	10	10	.215	.320	.308	.628	20	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuhiko Kondo	52	62	54	2	11	1	0	0	4	1	0	5	12	.204	.283	.222	.506	12	0	1	2	0	0
Masahiro Nakane	25	30	30	2	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.267	.267	.267	.533	8	0	0	0	0	0
Takehide Sato	25	48	44	3	8	1	0	1	6	0	0	2	12	.182	.208	.273	.481	12	4	0	0	2	0
Koji Ota	40	57	52	6	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	13	.154	.200	.212	.412	11	0	0	2	0	0
Shigeru Ishiwata	21	35	32	3	7	0	0	1	2	2	2	3	4	.219	.286	.312	.598	10	0	0	0	0	0
Toshihiko Sei	45	54	46	3	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	19	.152	.204	.174	.378	8	0	0	5	0	0
Shoji Kubo	26	40	32	7	6	0	0	3	8	0	0	5	9	.188	.333	.469	.802	15	1	2	1	0	1
Yasuro Iwaki	38	42	40	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.150	.171	.150	.321	6	1	0	1	0	0
Katsutoshi Sano	33	37	35	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	.143	.167	.143	.310	5	0	0	1	0	0
Frank Coggins	13	41	40	3	5	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	8	.125	.122	.300	.422	12	2	0	0	1	0
Mitsuyasu Hirano	30	28	27	4	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	.148	.179	.222	.401	6	0	0	0	0	0
Toshio Kanbe	26	38	31	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.129	.229	.161	.390	5	0	1	3	0	0
Hiroshi Mizutani	41	15	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.214	.214	.214	.429	3	0	0	1	0	0
Satomi Bando	40	27	24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.083	.120	.083	.203	2	0	0	2	0	0
Haruo Nakazawa	2	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.750	1.000	3	0	0	0	0	0
Shuzo Arita	17	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shigeo Akiyama	5	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	0
Takashi Imoto	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mikizo Manabe	12	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hideo Igarashi	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenji Tachibana	9	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toshitaka Tameike	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	1	0	0	0
Koichiro Sasaki	27	25	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.000	.045	.000	.045	0	0	0	3	0	0
Hideo Kato	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2003	4719	4281	424	1015	138	16	113	409	77	45	290	563	.237	.291	.356	.647	1524	92	46	78	24	17

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Takao Ise	1B	68					.000
Toru Ogawa	1B	62					.000
Dave Roberts	1B	17					.000
Kyosuke Sasaki	1B	14					.000
Masahiro Doi	1B	12					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	1B	3					.000
Shuzo Arita	1B	3					.000
Takahiro Oba	1B	1					.000
Shunji Nishimura	1B	1					.000
Mikizo Manabe	1B	1					.000
Jim Qualls	2B	76					.000
Tomonori Yasui	2B	29					.000
Tomoo Sekine	2B	24					.000
Katsutoshi Sano	2B	18					.000
Shunji Nishimura	2B	15					.000
Frank Coggins	2B	4					.000
Toshitaka Tameike	2B	1					.000
Toshikazu Hattori	2B	1					.000
Koichi Hada	3B	103					.000
Tomoo Sekine	3B	26					.000
Tomonori Yasui	3B	18					.000
Frank Coggins	3B	7					.000
Katsutoshi Sano	3B	6					.000
Jim Qualls	3B	3					.000
Shunji Nishimura	3B	2					.000
Toshikazu Hattori	3B	2					.000
Haruo Nakazawa	3B	1					.000
Yoshinori Tsuji	C	73					.000
Masataka Nashida	C	60					.000
Yasuro Iwaki	C	38					.000
Shoji Kubo	C	23					.000
Shuzo Arita	C	11					.000
Mikizo Manabe	C	7					.000
Masahiro Doi	OF	110					.000
Toshikazu Hattori	OF	105					.000
Yozo Nagabuchi	OF	98					.000
Toru Ogawa	OF	78					.000
Kyosuke Sasaki	OF	52					.000
Mitsuyasu Hirano	OF	21					.000
Takehide Sato	OF	15					.000
Koichi Kitagawa	OF	5					.000
Mikizo Manabe	OF	4					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	OF	4					.000
Takao Ise	OF	4					.000
Shuzo Arita	OF	3					.000
Jim Qualls	OF	2					.000
Takahiro Oba	OF	2					.000
Shigeo Akiyama	OF	2					.000
Katsutoshi Sano	OF	1					.000
Shunji Nishimura	OF	1					.000
Toshihiko Sei	P	45					.000
Hiroshi Mizutani	P	41					.000
Koji Ota	P	40					.000
Satomi Bando	P	40					.000
Keishi Suzuki	P	30					.000
Koichiro Sasaki	P	27					.000
Toshio Kanbe	P	26					.000
Masahiro Nakane	P	25					.000
Hideo Kato	P	21					.000
Takashi Imoto	P	19					.000
Takahiro Oba	P	12					.000
Hideo Igarashi	P	11					.000
Kenji Tachibana	P	9					.000
Mitsuo Okada	P	7					.000
Shunji Nishimura	SS	77					.000
Shuhei Ichieda	SS	47					.000
Tomoo Sekine	SS	40					.000
Shigeru Ishiwata	SS	17					.000
Koichi Hada	SS	3					.000
Jim Qualls	SS	2					.000
Tomonori Yasui	SS	1					.000
Toshikazu Hattori	SS	1					.000
Totals		1778	0	0	0	0	.000

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