1979 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 74-45
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Yukio Nishimoto (74-45)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1979 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1979 season with a record of 74 wins and 45 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes led the league with just 531 runs allowed. Osaka scored 672 runs. Charlie Manuel walloped 37 home runs for the team, while Mitsuyasu Hirano, Kyosuke Sasaki, Chris Arnold, Masataka Nashida and Shigeru Kurihashi each added 15 or more also. Charlie Manuel accounted for 94 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .324. Takashi Imoto paced the team with 15 wins, and Tetsuji Yamaguchi earned a 2.49 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Charlie Manuel and Chris Arnold 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
Takashi Imoto	15	4	.789	3.61	33	26	2	9	2	1	192.0	194	91	77	29	49	0	93	7	0	4	793
Tatsumi Murata	12	8	.600	3.42	43	26	7	11	3	2	192.3	207	81	73	23	34	0	98	4	0	1	786
Yutaka Yanagida	11	13	.458	4.09	37	24	9	12	2	4	187.0	165	96	85	34	43	0	102	3	0	0	759
Keishi Suzuki	10	8	.556	4.41	24	19	4	6	1	0	134.7	148	71	66	23	37	0	91	4	0	2	576
Koji Ota	7	4	.636	3.31	31	20	5	4	1	0	136.0	135	55	50	15	41	0	47	6	1	4	572
Tetsuji Yamaguchi	7	7	.500	2.49	36	10	17	4	0	4	148.3	139	47	41	17	32	4	57	2	0	1	597
Masato Kagawa	5	0	1.000	4.68	19	0	9	0	0	2	42.3	47	24	22	9	16	0	26	2	1	2	188
Fumio Sato	3	0	1.000	2.83	21	0	14	0	0	3	41.3	42	21	13	2	10	0	23	4	0	0	173
Satomi Bando	3	0	1.000	5.75	16	3	5	0	0	1	36.0	43	23	23	12	9	0	19	2	0	0	158
Kenji Tachibana	1	0	1.000	1.50	3	1	1	1	1	0	12.0	9	2	2	1	3	1	6	0	0	0	50
Yasuo Kubo	0	0		7.20	5	0	4	0	0	0	10.0	17	8	8	5	1	0	6	1	0	0	46
Hiroaki Tani	0	0		11.25	3	0	3	0	0	0	4.0	7	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	20
Kinya Toki	0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	4	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7
Yasuo Fukui	0	1	.000	3.00	4	1	2	0	0	0	12.0	10	4	4	2	1	0	6	0	0	1	45
Totals	74	45	.622	3.70	276	130	83	47	10	17	1149.0	1167	531	472	174	277	5	576	35	2	15	4770

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
Mitsuyasu Hirano	122	530	473	83	132	16	1	18	51	21	10	44	60	.279	.343	.431	.774	204	5	3	8	2	2
Shigeru Kurihashi	130	492	446	69	130	20	1	32	80	16	5	33	60	.291	.348	.556	.904	248	7	8	1	4	10
Kyosuke Sasaki	111	415	363	56	116	13	0	18	46	14	3	37	38	.320	.392	.504	.896	183	8	8	4	3	3
Chris Arnold	116	433	395	57	114	17	4	17	65	6	3	26	62	.289	.330	.481	.811	190	12	2	3	7	1
Shigeru Ishiwata	121	443	395	51	111	21	1	11	45	10	0	35	35	.281	.341	.423	.764	167	11	1	12	0	0
Charlie Manuel	97	403	333	69	108	18	0	37	94	0	0	65	62	.324	.434	.712	1.146	237	5	2	0	3	9
Toru Ogawa	118	430	376	47	104	20	0	12	44	2	2	43	25	.277	.356	.426	.782	160	9	5	3	3	2
Yasunori Nagao	120	365	323	42	100	14	1	3	40	12	6	20	23	.310	.354	.387	.741	125	4	5	12	5	2
Masataka Nashida	114	400	357	39	97	14	0	19	57	2	4	25	44	.272	.322	.471	.793	168	6	3	12	3	0
Koichi Hada	119	405	351	56	96	13	3	13	49	11	2	42	46	.274	.352	.439	.790	154	7	3	4	5	1
Narihiro Abe	92	210	199	27	52	6	0	1	18	13	10	9	11	.261	.290	.307	.597	61	2	0	0	2	1
Takenori Ikebe	64	138	125	11	32	2	0	2	10	1	0	6	11	.256	.304	.320	.624	40	3	3	3	1	1
Shuzo Arita	58	108	96	13	26	4	0	8	24	0	1	9	15	.271	.327	.562	.890	54	4	0	1	2	0
Tokuichi Fukiishi	95	109	99	14	19	3	0	3	10	4	2	6	20	.192	.238	.313	.551	31	0	0	4	0	0
Masataka Shirataki	28	34	33	7	10	2	0	0	5	1	1	1	4	.303	.324	.364	.687	12	0	0	0	0	0
Shiro Fujise	67	16	13	28	5	0	0	0	1	27	3	2	2	.385	.467	.385	.851	5	0	0	1	0	0
Shunji Nishimura	36	23	19	2	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	6	.211	.286	.421	.707	8	1	0	2	0	0
Kohei Shimamoto	21	19	18	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.167	.211	.222	.433	4	0	1	0	0	0
Kazuhide Ishiyama	15	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
Masahiro Hayashi	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1648	4982	4423	672	1260	185	11	195	641	140	52	405	529	.285	.348	.464	.812	2052	84	44	70	40	32

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Toru Ogawa	1B	114					.000
Chris Arnold	1B	44					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	1B	7					.000
Kyosuke Sasaki	1B	4					.000
Koichi Hada	1B	4					.000
Takenori Ikebe	1B	2					.000
Masataka Nashida	1B	1					.000
Shuzo Arita	1B	1					.000
Yasunori Nagao	2B	87					.000
Chris Arnold	2B	81					.000
Shigeru Ishiwata	2B	25					.000
Shunji Nishimura	2B	21					.000
Koichi Hada	3B	111					.000
Yasunori Nagao	3B	42					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	3B	28					.000
Shunji Nishimura	3B	5					.000
Masataka Nashida	C	108					.000
Shuzo Arita	C	37					.000
Kazuhide Ishiyama	C	7					.000
Shigeru Kurihashi	OF	129					.000
Mitsuyasu Hirano	OF	119					.000
Narihiro Abe	OF	75					.000
Kyosuke Sasaki	OF	70					.000
Takenori Ikebe	OF	53					.000
Masataka Shirataki	OF	21					.000
Kohei Shimamoto	OF	15					.000
Shiro Fujise	OF	14					.000
Chris Arnold	OF	8					.000
Tatsumi Murata	P	43					.000
Yutaka Yanagida	P	37					.000
Tetsuji Yamaguchi	P	36					.000
Takashi Imoto	P	33					.000
Koji Ota	P	31					.000
Keishi Suzuki	P	24					.000
Fumio Sato	P	21					.000
Masato Kagawa	P	19					.000
Satomi Bando	P	16					.000
Yasuo Kubo	P	5					.000
Yasuo Fukui	P	4					.000
Hiroaki Tani	P	3					.000
Kenji Tachibana	P	3					.000
Kinya Toki	P	1					.000
Shigeru Ishiwata	SS	113					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	SS	55					.000
Yasunori Nagao	SS	17					.000
Totals		1694	0	0	0	0	.000

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