1991 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 77-48
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Akira Ogi (77-48)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1991 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1991 season with a record of 77 wins and 48 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes scored 592 runs and yielded 495 runs. Jim Traber led Osaka with 29 home runs, while Ralph Bryant, Takahisa Suzuki, Yoshiaki Kanemura and Hiro Ishii each walloped 15 or more, too. Jim Traber drove in 92 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .272. Hideo Nomo paced the team with 17 wins, and Kazuyoshi Ono recorded a 2.87 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1991 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jessie Reid, Ralph Bryant, Jim Traber, Masato Yoshii and Hideo Nomo.

Akira Ogi 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
Hideo Nomo	17	11	.607	3.05	31	29	2	22	4	1	242.3	183	92	82	21	128	1	287	5	1	15	1024
Kazuyoshi Ono	12	4	.750	2.86	21	21	0	4	0	0	144.7	128	49	46	16	49	0	65	2	0	2	594
Osamu Sasaki	10	4	.714	3.21	24	21	1	7	1	1	145.7	138	61	52	19	40	2	45	3	0	2	602
Izumi Takayanagi	7	5	.583	3.76	23	19	2	3	2	0	131.7	125	61	55	16	47	3	55	1	0	1	554
Tetsuro Kato	6	0	1.000	3.11	21	0	12	0	0	4	37.7	32	13	13	2	16	1	24	0	0	2	156
Shigeki Sano	6	2	.750	3.82	38	0	12	0	0	2	73.0	82	33	31	7	30	1	57	1	0	2	319
Shintaro Yamasaki	5	9	.357	4.59	28	15	4	3	0	0	102.0	105	60	52	10	43	0	58	4	1	1	448
Satoshi Iriki	4	0	1.000	2.44	10	8	2	4	2	0	51.7	35	16	14	3	17	0	23	3	0	0	205
Masato Yoshii	2	1	.667	3.42	21	0	14	0	0	2	26.3	30	11	10	0	6	2	13	1	0	0	108
Hideyuki Awano	2	2	.500	4.93	13	6	4	0	0	1	38.3	41	22	21	7	12	0	20	2	0	4	163
Eiji Kiyokawa	2	3	.400	2.25	30	0	10	0	0	4	28.0	20	8	7	4	11	1	30	0	0	3	115
Hideaki Sato	1	1	.500	4.28	27	1	2	0	0	0	40.0	41	19	19	5	7	0	21	0	0	2	164
Koichi Ikeue	1	1	.500	4.76	9	4	5	0	0	0	17.0	19	9	9	4	8	0	4	0	0	0	76
Fuminobu Kinoshita	1	2	.333	5.56	11	5	1	0	0	0	22.7	19	15	14	6	20	0	15	2	0	0	106
Motoyuki Akahori	1	3	.250	3.54	26	0	16	0	0	9	53.3	43	23	21	3	16	3	38	2	0	2	218
Masami Yamada	0	0		13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	3	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	11
Totals	77	48	.616	3.49	334	130	87	43	9	24	1156.3	1044	495	449	124	451	14	756	27	2	36	4863

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
Jim Traber	124	533	486	61	132	15	2	29	92	11	1	33	51	.272	.318	.490	.807	238	9	4	1	9	14
Yoshiaki Kanemura	130	526	467	65	126	16	3	16	60	2	2	50	88	.270	.342	.420	.762	196	13	2	6	1	2
Daijiro Oishi	125	548	459	77	123	22	3	6	42	12	7	62	65	.268	.358	.368	.727	169	7	5	18	4	0
Takahisa Suzuki	127	495	431	50	116	20	2	18	63	2	1	55	75	.269	.356	.450	.806	194	10	5	1	3	2
Hiromasa Arai	110	391	333	43	103	16	2	3	44	2	0	28	26	.309	.362	.396	.759	132	3	2	24	4	3
Hiro Ishii	96	371	331	52	96	17	2	21	55	0	3	36	56	.290	.359	.544	.903	180	9	1	1	2	3
Hitoshi Nakane	103	262	230	47	67	18	1	6	18	7	2	23	39	.291	.357	.457	.813	105	3	1	7	1	1
Ralph Bryant	63	264	239	37	57	5	2	22	43	3	1	24	100	.238	.311	.552	.863	132	1	1	0	0	1
Takayuki Murakami	88	229	214	26	56	9	2	13	36	2	0	11	47	.262	.296	.505	.801	108	5	0	3	1	1
Jessie Reid	51	215	182	31	50	12	1	10	34	0	1	31	37	.275	.381	.516	.898	94	4	1	0	1	2
Takashi Yoshida	95	231	188	32	48	10	4	4	23	14	7	23	48	.255	.341	.415	.756	78	2	2	17	1	0
Toshiya Adachi	89	209	174	19	46	6	1	1	19	3	3	25	25	.264	.351	.328	.679	57	5	0	7	3	0
Kenji Furukubo	69	181	164	16	37	7	0	3	11	1	1	8	39	.226	.262	.323	.585	53	4	0	9	0	0
Hidekazu Mitsuyama	74	150	135	10	28	4	0	3	9	1	0	8	34	.207	.260	.304	.564	41	1	2	4	1	0
Tadami Nakatani	42	46	44	4	15	0	0	1	6	0	0	2	9	.341	.370	.409	.779	18	0	0	0	0	0
Eiji Mizuguchi	68	70	61	5	15	3	0	0	3	2	2	3	13	.246	.281	.295	.576	18	1	0	6	0	0
Masaki Kato	50	67	58	10	12	3	1	0	2	0	0	5	12	.207	.270	.293	.563	17	1	0	4	0	1
Kazuhiko Yamashita	71	107	85	3	11	1	0	0	4	0	1	12	24	.129	.235	.141	.376	12	3	0	9	1	0
Shunji Hatayama	15	15	14	3	4	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	3	.286	.267	.643	.910	9	0	0	0	1	0
Masahiko Goseki	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kunji Yonesaki	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryoji Nakamura	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shingo Matsukubo	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yasunaga Makishi	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shinji Omura	7	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.000	.300	.000	.300	0	0	0	0	0	0
Satoru Ota	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1613	4931	4312	592	1143	184	27	157	568	62	32	443	797	.265	.335	.429	.764	1852	81	26	117	33	30

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jim Traber	1B	116					.000
Hiro Ishii	1B	14					.000
Takayuki Murakami	1B	4					.000
Hiromasa Arai	1B	4					.000
Shunji Hatayama	1B	2					.000
Masahiko Goseki	1B	2					.000
Shinji Omura	1B	1					.000
Ryoji Nakamura	1B	1					.000
Daijiro Oishi	2B	122					.000
Toshiya Adachi	2B	32					.000
Takashi Yoshida	2B	3					.000
Satoru Ota	2B	1					.000
Yoshiaki Kanemura	3B	126					.000
Hiro Ishii	3B	5					.000
Takashi Yoshida	3B	3					.000
Takahisa Suzuki	3B	1					.000
Hidekazu Mitsuyama	C	71					.000
Kazuhiko Yamashita	C	69					.000
Kenji Furukubo	C	69					.000
Yoshiaki Kanemura	C	1					.000
Kazuhiko Harada	C	1					.000
Takahisa Suzuki	OF	124					.000
Hitoshi Nakane	OF	98					.000
Hiromasa Arai	OF	88					.000
Takayuki Murakami	OF	56					.000
Jessie Reid	OF	45					.000
Ralph Bryant	OF	45					.000
Masaki Kato	OF	33					.000
Tadami Nakatani	OF	8					.000
Shunji Hatayama	OF	8					.000
Takashi Yoshida	OF	2					.000
Shinji Omura	OF	1					.000
Shingo Matsukubo	OF	1					.000
Toshiya Adachi	OF	1					.000
Shigeki Sano	P	38					.000
Hideo Nomo	P	31					.000
Eiji Kiyokawa	P	30					.000
Shintaro Yamasaki	P	28					.000
Hideaki Sato	P	27					.000
Motoyuki Akahori	P	26					.000
Osamu Sasaki	P	24					.000
Izumi Takayanagi	P	23					.000
Masato Yoshii	P	21					.000
Kazuyoshi Ono	P	21					.000
Tetsuro Kato	P	21					.000
Hideyuki Awano	P	13					.000
Fuminobu Kinoshita	P	11					.000
Satoshi Iriki	P	10					.000
Koichi Ikeue	P	9					.000
Masami Yamada	P	1					.000
Takashi Yoshida	SS	75					.000
Eiji Mizuguchi	SS	67					.000
Toshiya Adachi	SS	60					.000
Yasunaga Makishi	SS	2					.000
Totals		1696	0	0	0	0	.000

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