1977 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 59-61
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Yukio Nishimoto (59-61)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1977 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1977 season with a record of 59 wins and 61 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes scored 453 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 483 runs. Koichi Hada led Osaka with 22 home runs and drove in 75 runs. Shigeru Ishiwata paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .285. Keishi Suzuki topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.36 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Buddy Bradford 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	20	12	.625	2.35	39	33	3	24	7	1	267.7	225	80	70	20	41	3	144	2	0	1	1040
Koji Ota	10	14	.417	3.21	36	29	4	14	2	1	218.7	208	86	78	23	39	0	72	6	0	4	878
Takashi Imoto	7	9	.438	3.75	31	20	8	8	1	0	141.7	161	64	59	17	33	3	49	3	0	2	599
Fumio Sato	6	3	.667	3.44	39	1	27	0	0	6	107.3	95	44	41	14	20	0	47	3	0	1	428
Yutaka Yanagida	6	6	.500	3.75	32	13	9	2	1	1	134.3	117	62	56	16	33	0	72	7	0	1	540
Toshio Kanbe	5	9	.357	3.64	25	15	5	6	1	3	116.3	118	51	47	10	26	2	54	1	1	3	473
Satomi Bando	3	5	.375	3.94	18	11	1	0	0	1	59.3	73	31	26	6	11	0	24	4	2	1	258
Tetsuya Yoneda	2	2	.500	4.62	12	5	2	0	0	0	39.0	49	24	20	9	15	0	22	1	0	1	181
Hiroaki Tani	0	0		2.25	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	15
Masahiro Nakane	0	0		2.45	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.7	3	1	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	16
Fumio Arita	0	0		3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	12
Tatsumi Murata	0	0		3.86	15	0	11	0	0	0	30.3	38	19	13	6	8	0	6	0	0	0	132
Kiyoharu Ota	0	0		4.76	6	0	1	0	0	0	17.0	14	12	9	2	9	0	6	2	1	2	77
Kenji Tachibana	0	1	.000	4.05	6	2	3	0	0	0	6.7	9	7	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	30
Totals	59	61	.492	3.33	263	130	76	54	12	13	1149.0	1118	483	425	126	243	8	501	30	4	18	4679

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
Shigeru Ishiwata	130	555	508	57	145	22	3	4	48	16	6	27	48	.285	.319	.364	.683	185	12	2	10	8	0
Koichi Hada	130	535	498	62	132	16	1	22	75	9	4	28	75	.265	.303	.434	.736	216	14	1	3	5	1
Mitsuyasu Hirano	118	426	390	37	102	12	5	8	46	10	6	20	57	.262	.303	.379	.682	148	5	4	10	2	0
Toru Ogawa	99	322	288	34	90	12	2	3	22	8	4	25	16	.312	.375	.399	.775	115	2	4	5	0	0
Shigeru Kurihashi	113	355	319	40	84	11	1	13	39	11	6	22	65	.263	.317	.426	.744	136	3	6	2	6	1
Kohei Shimamoto	126	383	352	38	83	16	0	12	37	8	7	19	59	.236	.284	.384	.668	135	3	6	3	3	3
Toshizo Sakamoto	93	237	212	19	61	6	2	1	12	16	3	16	16	.288	.346	.349	.695	74	5	3	6	0	2
Shunji Nishimura	118	326	290	20	61	8	1	2	15	3	4	18	45	.210	.261	.266	.527	77	4	2	16	0	0
Kyosuke Sasaki	109	330	293	30	59	8	0	6	30	9	5	26	39	.201	.274	.290	.564	85	3	4	5	2	0
Shuzo Arita	96	279	234	25	53	10	0	4	24	4	0	33	39	.226	.338	.321	.659	75	10	7	4	1	0
Masataka Nashida	80	210	190	15	47	5	0	0	10	2	2	8	29	.247	.287	.274	.561	52	3	3	8	1	0
Clarence Jones	82	289	248	30	44	8	1	11	24	0	3	37	51	.177	.291	.351	.641	87	2	3	0	1	1
Narihiro Abe	85	194	185	12	37	3	3	1	19	6	5	4	29	.200	.216	.265	.481	49	3	0	4	1	1
Buddy Bradford	56	89	78	8	15	0	1	4	11	4	2	9	23	.192	.281	.372	.653	29	3	1	0	1	0
Asakichi Yoda	87	96	88	6	13	3	0	0	4	0	1	4	25	.148	.219	.182	.401	16	0	4	0	0	0
Masataka Shirataki	13	21	20	2	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.300	.333	.350	.683	7	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshitaka Terada	21	38	32	2	6	0	0	0	1	3	0	5	6	.188	.297	.188	.485	6	1	0	1	0	1
Mitsuyoshi Masukawa	16	15	13	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	4	.231	.333	.462	.795	6	0	0	0	0	0
Shiro Fujise	35	15	15	9	3	0	0	0	0	10	4	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuhide Ishiyama	51	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tokuichi Fukiishi	28	15	12	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	2	.167	.200	.167	.367	2	0	0	0	2	0
Masahiro Hayashi	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takehide Sato	8	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.133	.000	.133	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shigeo Akiyama	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1701	4751	4284	453	1048	142	20	92	423	120	65	307	639	.245	.301	.352	.652	1506	73	50	77	33	10

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Asakichi Yoda	1B	85					.000
Toru Ogawa	1B	58					.000
Clarence Jones	1B	56					.000
Shunji Nishimura	2B	116					.000
Toshizo Sakamoto	2B	50					.000
Shigeru Ishiwata	2B	4					.000
Mitsuyoshi Masukawa	2B	3					.000
Masahiro Hayashi	2B	3					.000
Shiro Fujise	2B	3					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	2B	1					.000
Shigeo Akiyama	2B	1					.000
Koichi Hada	3B	130					.000
Shunji Nishimura	3B	1					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	3B	1					.000
Shuzo Arita	C	82					.000
Masataka Nashida	C	77					.000
Kazuhide Ishiyama	C	4					.000
Takaomi Kimura	C	3					.000
Yoshitaka Terada	C	1					.000
Kohei Shimamoto	OF	126					.000
Mitsuyasu Hirano	OF	113					.000
Kyosuke Sasaki	OF	102					.000
Narihiro Abe	OF	62					.000
Shigeru Kurihashi	OF	50					.000
Toru Ogawa	OF	17					.000
Shiro Fujise	OF	11					.000
Masataka Shirataki	OF	7					.000
Buddy Bradford	OF	5					.000
Takehide Sato	OF	3					.000
Keishi Suzuki	P	39					.000
Fumio Sato	P	39					.000
Koji Ota	P	36					.000
Yutaka Yanagida	P	32					.000
Takashi Imoto	P	31					.000
Toshio Kanbe	P	25					.000
Satomi Bando	P	18					.000
Tatsumi Murata	P	15					.000
Tetsuya Yoneda	P	12					.000
Kenji Tachibana	P	6					.000
Kiyoharu Ota	P	6					.000
Masahiro Nakane	P	2					.000
Hiroaki Tani	P	1					.000
Fumio Arita	P	1					.000
Shigeru Ishiwata	SS	130					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	SS	15					.000
Shunji Nishimura	SS	2					.000
Totals		1585	0	0	0	0	.000

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