1976 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 57-66
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Yukio Nishimoto (57-66)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1976 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1976 season with a record of 57 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes plated 457 runs and yielded 436 runs. Clarence Jones walloped 36 home runs for Osaka and accounted for 68 RBI. Kyosuke Sasaki paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .268. Keishi Suzuki topped the team with 18 wins, while Satomi Bando recorded a 2.09 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Ron Lolich 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	BK	WP	BF
Keishi Suzuki	18	15	.545	2.68	37	31	4	24	4	0	265.7	241	89	79	25	43	5	129	4	0	2	1052
Koji Ota	9	7	.562	3.94	29	23	2	2	1	0	144.0	125	70	63	13	76	1	54	1	1	6	609
Yutaka Yanagida	9	9	.500	2.57	42	22	16	11	2	5	206.7	184	64	59	20	24	0	86	12	1	0	821
Toshio Kanbe	8	12	.400	3.26	27	20	5	8	3	1	146.3	142	59	53	13	43	2	62	1	0	0	598
Satomi Bando	7	6	.538	2.08	18	13	4	2	1	2	99.7	83	30	23	6	22	0	38	7	0	0	400
Takashi Imoto	6	11	.353	3.65	30	20	8	7	0	3	155.3	161	68	63	23	36	0	68	4	0	1	647
Kenji Tachibana	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
Fumio Sato	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5
Koji Takagi	0	0		1.85	21	1	8	0	0	0	43.7	32	11	9	1	21	0	13	1	0	0	175
Kazuo Onishi	0	0		2.08	9	0	7	0	0	0	17.3	15	7	4	4	5	0	5	1	0	1	70
Yasuo Fukui	0	0		3.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	14
Hiroaki Tani	0	0		27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	9
Hiroshi Mizutani	0	2	.000	4.26	8	0	3	0	0	0	19.0	22	12	9	3	2	0	5	1	0	0	78
Hiroaki Shibaike	0	4	.000	4.89	30	0	17	0	0	4	38.7	33	22	21	7	13	1	25	1	0	0	156
Totals	57	66	.463	3.04	256	130	76	54	11	15	1145.0	1051	436	387	116	289	9	489	33	2	10	4646

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
Kyosuke Sasaki	125	479	418	49	112	17	1	10	41	15	5	46	40	.268	.344	.385	.729	161	15	5	5	5	1
Narihiro Abe	123	433	410	39	109	6	3	3	26	22	6	11	34	.266	.286	.317	.603	130	4	2	7	3	0
Shuzo Arita	124	418	365	38	96	14	1	6	40	1	1	36	45	.263	.325	.356	.681	130	13	1	9	7	0
Shigeru Ishiwata	116	416	355	37	92	17	0	6	26	7	5	44	42	.259	.341	.358	.699	127	5	1	14	2	0
Clarence Jones	114	449	377	54	92	12	1	36	68	0	1	64	87	.244	.356	.568	.924	214	3	4	0	4	7
Koichi Hada	125	393	359	35	87	9	2	6	39	7	3	23	48	.242	.290	.329	.619	118	11	2	7	2	0
Toshizo Sakamoto	109	335	299	25	75	12	1	1	19	5	4	25	21	.251	.314	.308	.622	92	8	3	7	1	2
Toru Ogawa	110	343	305	34	71	6	0	4	29	3	5	28	20	.233	.307	.292	.599	89	9	5	4	1	1
Shigeru Kurihashi	101	291	267	27	67	11	4	6	24	11	6	18	63	.251	.304	.390	.694	104	3	3	2	1	0
Kohei Shimamoto	116	333	297	33	63	14	1	4	28	7	5	26	50	.212	.283	.306	.590	91	3	5	1	4	1
Shunji Nishimura	108	244	216	20	48	9	0	1	21	1	1	11	34	.222	.266	.278	.544	60	7	3	11	3	0
Ron Lolich	54	158	152	16	40	4	1	7	23	1	0	5	31	.263	.285	.441	.726	67	5	0	0	1	0
Takehide Sato	70	150	130	11	33	6	0	3	18	0	2	17	35	.254	.347	.369	.716	48	3	2	0	1	0
Takao Ise	66	122	113	11	23	1	0	5	13	0	0	9	27	.204	.262	.345	.607	39	4	0	0	0	1
Masataka Nashida	48	57	48	7	13	1	1	3	10	1	1	5	13	.271	.352	.521	.873	25	1	1	3	0	0
Shigeo Akiyama	61	74	70	9	12	1	1	0	3	3	2	2	19	.171	.205	.214	.420	15	2	1	1	0	0
Tokuichi Fukiishi	48	30	28	8	4	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	4	.143	.200	.143	.343	4	0	1	0	0	0
Kazuhide Ishiyama	54	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Masahiro Hayashi	19	8	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	1	0	0	0
Asakichi Yoda	16	7	7	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.571	.714	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mitsuyasu Hirano	15	18	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.059	.000	.059	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	1722	4763	4244	457	1040	140	17	102	431	88	51	372	623	.245	.310	.358	.668	1520	96	40	72	35	13

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Clarence Jones	1B	104					.000
Takao Ise	1B	35					.000
Shigeo Akiyama	1B	8					.000
Asakichi Yoda	1B	7					.000
Kyosuke Sasaki	1B	3					.000
Toru Ogawa	1B	1					.000
Toshizo Sakamoto	2B	93					.000
Shigeru Ishiwata	2B	35					.000
Shigeo Akiyama	2B	32					.000
Shunji Nishimura	2B	31					.000
Masahiro Hayashi	2B	11					.000
Koichi Hada	3B	123					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	3B	23					.000
Shunji Nishimura	3B	22					.000
Shigeo Akiyama	3B	7					.000
Masahiro Hayashi	3B	2					.000
Shuzo Arita	C	124					.000
Masataka Nashida	C	45					.000
Kazuhide Ishiyama	C	5					.000
Kyosuke Sasaki	OF	123					.000
Narihiro Abe	OF	121					.000
Kohei Shimamoto	OF	89					.000
Shigeru Kurihashi	OF	87					.000
Kazuhide Ishiyama	OF	32					.000
Takehide Sato	OF	26					.000
Ron Lolich	OF	23					.000
Mitsuyasu Hirano	OF	15					.000
Toru Ogawa	OF	11					.000
Yutaka Yanagida	OF	4					.000
Hiroshi Mizutani	OF	4					.000
Toshio Kanbe	OF	4					.000
Satomi Bando	OF	4					.000
Asakichi Yoda	OF	3					.000
Hiroaki Shibaike	OF	3					.000
Clarence Jones	OF	3					.000
Takashi Imoto	OF	3					.000
Koji Takagi	OF	2					.000
Keishi Suzuki	OF	2					.000
Koji Ota	OF	2					.000
Kazuo Onishi	OF	2					.000
Masataka Nashida	OF	2					.000
Shigeo Akiyama	OF	2					.000
Shigeru Ishiwata	OF	1					.000
Yutaka Yanagida	P	42					.000
Keishi Suzuki	P	37					.000
Hiroaki Shibaike	P	30					.000
Takashi Imoto	P	30					.000
Koji Ota	P	29					.000
Toshio Kanbe	P	27					.000
Koji Takagi	P	21					.000
Satomi Bando	P	18					.000
Kazuo Onishi	P	9					.000
Hiroshi Mizutani	P	8					.000
Yasuo Fukui	P	2					.000
Hiroaki Tani	P	1					.000
Kenji Tachibana	P	1					.000
Fumio Sato	P	1					.000
Shigeru Ishiwata	SS	87					.000
Shunji Nishimura	SS	64					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	SS	4					.000
Totals		1690	0	0	0	0	.000

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