1975 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 71-50
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Yukio Nishimoto (71-50)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1975 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1975 season with a record of 71 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes conceded 448 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Osaka plated 498 runs. Clarence Jones paced the team with 29 home runs, and Koichi Hada walloped 15 or more, too. Clarence Jones accounted for 73 RBI. Kyosuke Sasaki topped all regular hitters by hitting .305. Keishi Suzuki led the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 2.26 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Mike Andrews and Clarence Jones both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Yukio Nishimoto 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	22	6	.786	2.26	33	28	5	18	3	0	239.3	191	63	60	22	48	1	107	3	1	936
Koji Ota	12	12	.500	3.72	35	24	10	12	1	1	188.7	169	85	78	17	45	1	91	9	6	769
Toshio Kanbe	10	8	.556	3.06	31	25	5	9	2	1	173.7	142	66	59	15	53	1	57	8	3	705
Yutaka Yanagida	8	11	.421	3.19	34	23	8	12	3	3	191.7	175	78	68	26	33	4	75	5	1	771
Hiroaki Shibaike	5	1	.833	2.24	27	0	21	0	0	4	84.3	74	23	21	5	12	0	32	4	0	329
Satomi Bando	5	10	.333	4.38	20	16	2	4	3	0	98.7	115	50	48	13	28	1	33	5	1	425
Takashi Imoto	4	1	.800	2.49	16	10	2	2	0	0	68.7	65	27	19	4	19	0	30	1	0	283
Toshihiko Sei	3	0	1.000	3.86	7	1	2	0	0	0	18.7	20	8	8	2	8	0	5	1	0	78
Masahiro Nakane	1	0	1.000	0.84	2	2	0	1	1	0	10.7	5	1	1	0	11	0	7	0	1	46
Yasuo Fukui	1	0	1.000	2.91	10	1	6	0	0	0	21.7	18	8	7	4	6	0	7	0	0	83
Tatsumi Murata	0	0		2.70	11	0	2	0	0	0	20.0	19	11	6	3	9	0	6	0	1	90
Kenji Tachibana	0	0		9.49	8	0	3	0	0	0	12.3	15	13	13	4	8	0	2	1	0	60
Hideo Kato	0	1	.000	3.77	15	0	6	0	0	0	31.0	33	15	13	5	10	0	9	3	0	135
Totals	71	50	.587	3.11	249	130	72	58	13	9	1159.3	1041	448	401	120	290	8	461	40	14	4710

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
Toru Ogawa	128	541	453	67	131	13	2	5	45	7	8	68	18	.289	.394	.360	.753	163	4	10	10	0	3
Narihiro Abe	127	528	491	57	128	13	6	1	27	27	10	22	34	.261	.297	.318	.615	156	5	4	10	1	1
Kyosuke Sasaki	117	424	364	44	111	7	5	13	69	8	9	39	32	.305	.371	.459	.829	167	5	6	3	12	2
Koichi Hada	126	483	448	47	99	9	0	15	46	12	4	25	66	.221	.269	.342	.610	153	16	5	3	2	0
Clarence Jones	130	528	429	54	98	12	0	29	73	3	1	88	98	.228	.360	.459	.819	197	7	4	0	7	11
Mike Andrews	123	422	389	31	90	12	1	12	40	2	1	28	43	.231	.282	.360	.642	140	11	0	3	2	0
Shuzo Arita	112	363	320	33	83	13	0	7	28	1	1	25	30	.259	.314	.366	.680	117	3	1	16	1	0
Shigeru Ishiwata	122	415	363	34	76	16	0	2	24	7	2	31	58	.209	.275	.270	.545	98	3	2	19	0	0
Takao Ise	78	241	217	28	61	7	2	7	30	1	1	17	26	.281	.335	.429	.763	93	5	1	5	1	1
Takehide Sato	71	205	176	26	42	8	0	11	32	1	0	23	35	.239	.325	.472	.797	83	4	1	2	3	0
Shunji Nishimura	102	186	162	14	35	4	3	1	20	2	2	13	20	.216	.271	.296	.567	48	8	0	9	2	0
Kohei Shimamoto	40	124	113	14	32	10	0	4	16	3	0	6	15	.283	.325	.478	.803	54	6	2	1	2	0
Mitsuyasu Hirano	61	111	99	18	20	5	0	4	12	2	2	9	16	.202	.279	.374	.653	37	0	2	0	1	0
Masataka Nashida	45	86	69	5	11	2	0	2	9	0	0	7	15	.159	.235	.275	.510	19	3	1	5	4	0
Toshikazu Hattori	90	40	36	11	10	2	0	0	2	1	3	4	8	.278	.350	.333	.683	12	2	0	0	0	0
Shigeru Kurihashi	42	58	55	5	9	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	6	.164	.193	.255	.448	14	0	0	1	0	0
Shigeo Akiyama	17	23	22	4	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	9	.227	.261	.409	.670	9	0	0	0	0	0
Yozo Nagabuchi	29	45	35	3	5	1	0	0	5	0	1	8	4	.143	.318	.171	.490	6	0	1	1	0	1
Kazuhide Ishiyama	25	17	17	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.235	.235	.235	.471	4	0	0	0	0	0
Koji Ota	37	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takaomi Kimura	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tomonori Yasui	36	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1660	4851	4269	498	1050	137	19	115	483	80	46	416	539	.246	.316	.368	.684	1570	82	40	88	38	19

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Toru Ogawa	1B	84					.000
Takao Ise	1B	50					.000
Clarence Jones	1B	37					.000
Takehide Sato	1B	2					.000
Kazuhide Ishiyama	1B	2					.000
Kyosuke Sasaki	1B	1					.000
Hideo Kato	1B	1					.000
Mike Andrews	1B	1					.000
Mike Andrews	2B	116					.000
Toshikazu Hattori	2B	80					.000
Shunji Nishimura	2B	48					.000
Tomonori Yasui	2B	18					.000
Shigeo Akiyama	2B	7					.000
Koichi Hada	3B	126					.000
Shunji Nishimura	3B	37					.000
Toshikazu Hattori	3B	1					.000
Mike Andrews	3B	1					.000
Shigeo Akiyama	3B	1					.000
Shuzo Arita	C	112					.000
Masataka Nashida	C	45					.000
Kazuhide Ishiyama	C	9					.000
Takaomi Kimura	C	1					.000
Narihiro Abe	OF	127					.000
Kyosuke Sasaki	OF	113					.000
Toru Ogawa	OF	60					.000
Mitsuyasu Hirano	OF	47					.000
Takehide Sato	OF	42					.000
Toshikazu Hattori	OF	41					.000
Kohei Shimamoto	OF	35					.000
Shigeru Kurihashi	OF	20					.000
Kazuhide Ishiyama	OF	6					.000
Yozo Nagabuchi	OF	4					.000
Toshihiko Sei	OF	2					.000
Koji Ota	OF	2					.000
Tatsumi Murata	OF	1					.000
Hideo Kato	OF	1					.000
Shigeo Akiyama	OF	1					.000
Koji Ota	P	35					.000
Yutaka Yanagida	P	34					.000
Keishi Suzuki	P	33					.000
Toshio Kanbe	P	31					.000
Hiroaki Shibaike	P	27					.000
Satomi Bando	P	20					.000
Takashi Imoto	P	16					.000
Hideo Kato	P	15					.000
Tatsumi Murata	P	11					.000
Yasuo Fukui	P	10					.000
Kenji Tachibana	P	8					.000
Toshihiko Sei	P	7					.000
Masahiro Nakane	P	2					.000
Shigeru Ishiwata	SS	122					.000
Shunji Nishimura	SS	32					.000
Tomonori Yasui	SS	2					.000
Shigeo Akiyama	SS	2					.000
Totals		1689	0	0	0	0	.000

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