1994 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 68-59
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Keishi Suzuki (68-59)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1994 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1994 season with a record of 68 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes scored 701 runs, best in the league. Osaka gave up 619 runs. Ralph Bryant walloped 35 home runs for the team, while Takahisa Suzuki, Lee Stevens and Hiro Ishii each added 15 or more, too. Hiro Ishii drove in 111 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .316. Shintaro Yamasaki led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.42 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1994 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Kyle Abbott, Masato Yoshii, Hideo Nomo, Ralph Bryant, Lee Stevens and Norihiro Nakamura.

Keishi Suzuki 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
Shintaro Yamasaki	12	10	.545	3.41	27	27	0	10	3	0	179.7	182	87	68	13	65	4	85	2	3	772
Motoyuki Akahori	9	4	.692	1.82	45	0	45	0	0	24	94.0	66	20	19	5	24	4	73	2	2	369
Hiroshi Takamura	9	10	.474	4.66	24	22	2	4	2	0	125.7	142	74	65	9	36	2	130	3	2	551
Shigeki Sano	8	4	.667	3.47	47	0	17	0	0	2	93.3	95	39	36	6	22	2	51	1	1	384
Hideo Nomo	8	7	.533	3.63	17	17	0	6	0	0	114.0	96	55	46	9	86	0	126	2	7	512
Masato Yoshii	7	7	.500	5.47	21	19	1	2	0	0	97.0	118	69	59	16	37	0	42	1	4	436
Hideo Koike	5	2	.714	5.30	19	12	2	0	0	0	71.3	76	44	42	13	33	2	46	0	5	318
Koichi Ikeue	4	1	.800	2.65	25	2	2	0	0	0	54.3	38	17	16	3	12	1	45	2	1	215
Satoshi Iriki	4	6	.400	4.21	44	4	11	0	0	1	107.0	128	56	50	12	34	1	67	2	0	468
Hiroki Sakai	1	0	1.000	5.86	18	8	5	0	0	0	43.0	62	33	28	7	23	0	36	0	2	203
Masaaki Esaka	1	5	.167	7.30	15	9	0	1	0	0	49.3	75	44	40	11	21	4	27	2	3	239
Eiji Kiyokawa	0	0		2.95	37	0	3	0	0	0	18.3	13	6	6	1	10	4	16	1	1	77
Fuminobu Kinoshita	0	0		4.19	36	0	5	0	0	0	43.0	35	20	20	3	28	2	30	2	1	183
Ayahito Shinada	0	0		4.31	15	1	7	0	0	0	31.3	35	16	15	3	12	0	27	1	1	133
Osamu Sasaki	0	0		6.23	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.3	6	4	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	22
Masaki Yachi	0	0		7.50	5	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	6	5	5	1	8	0	4	0	0	32
Kyle Abbott	0	0		7.71	4	4	0	0	0	0	11.7	25	11	10	0	9	0	8	0	0	65
Shinichi Nishikawa	0	1	.000	6.23	3	1	2	0	0	0	4.3	6	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	21
Hideyuki Awano	0	2	.000	12.19	6	2	3	0	0	0	10.3	22	14	14	2	6	1	9	0	1	58
Totals	68	59	.535	4.24	410	130	107	23	5	27	1158.0	1226	619	545	114	470	27	823	21	34	5058

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
Hiro Ishii	130	574	487	88	154	31	2	33	111	1	0	74	87	.316	.409	.591	1.001	288	12	7	0	6	6
Ralph Bryant	105	481	437	80	128	23	1	35	106	0	2	39	153	.293	.351	.590	.942	258	8	2	0	3	5
Takahisa Suzuki	120	483	430	56	113	21	0	19	73	1	0	47	74	.263	.340	.444	.784	191	12	4	0	2	0
Eiji Mizuguchi	107	377	334	52	91	23	2	5	43	1	2	24	36	.272	.324	.398	.722	133	6	3	13	3	0
Koichi Oshima	97	363	309	60	88	19	4	5	29	6	4	35	32	.285	.361	.421	.782	130	3	6	6	7	0
Hitoshi Nakane	103	344	299	52	87	20	3	10	42	12	3	35	74	.291	.363	.478	.841	143	5	0	8	2	0
Lee Stevens	93	334	302	44	87	21	0	20	66	3	1	28	100	.288	.347	.556	.904	168	3	1	0	3	1
Yoshiaki Kanemura	80	279	254	34	76	15	0	8	28	2	1	17	47	.299	.344	.453	.797	115	3	2	3	3	0
Daijiro Oishi	84	320	274	44	74	15	0	2	33	11	1	31	37	.270	.347	.347	.694	95	7	2	12	1	0
Masahiro Takumi	110	312	268	46	65	7	5	2	20	17	12	33	42	.243	.329	.328	.657	88	3	2	8	1	0
Norihiro Nakamura	101	215	192	23	54	13	1	8	36	0	0	19	49	.281	.343	.484	.827	93	2	0	2	2	1
Hidekazu Mitsuyama	89	229	206	32	50	9	0	5	20	0	0	13	62	.243	.290	.359	.649	74	3	2	5	3	1
Takashi Yoshida	84	168	143	34	47	11	0	2	19	13	4	13	35	.329	.389	.448	.836	64	0	1	11	0	0
Kenji Furukubo	87	218	193	22	39	10	0	6	26	1	1	8	67	.202	.236	.347	.584	67	8	1	15	1	0
Takayuki Murakami	82	145	125	11	26	5	1	1	7	6	3	14	34	.208	.291	.288	.579	36	2	1	4	1	0
Jiro Fujitate	48	87	76	15	18	1	0	6	15	0	1	7	20	.237	.287	.487	.774	37	2	0	0	4	0
Shunji Hatayama	29	50	47	2	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	10	.149	.200	.234	.434	11	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuhiko Yamashita	15	18	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.188	.235	.188	.423	3	1	0	1	0	0
Akihiro Shimada	9	23	19	4	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	4	.158	.273	.211	.483	4	0	0	1	0	0
Shingo Matsukubo	12	23	22	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	8	.136	.174	.273	.447	6	1	0	0	0	0
Tetsuya Matoyama	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1586	5044	4434	701	1213	246	19	169	681	75	35	445	976	.274	.341	.452	.793	2004	81	34	89	42	14

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Hiro Ishii	1B	124					.000
Lee Stevens	1B	13					.000
Norihiro Nakamura	1B	4					.000
Yoshiaki Kanemura	1B	2					.000
Takayuki Murakami	1B	1					.000
Daijiro Oishi	2B	81					.000
Koichi Oshima	2B	74					.000
Norihiro Nakamura	3B	92					.000
Yoshiaki Kanemura	3B	62					.000
Takashi Yoshida	3B	23					.000
Koichi Oshima	3B	19					.000
Hiro Ishii	3B	13					.000
Hidekazu Mitsuyama	C	87					.000
Kenji Furukubo	C	86					.000
Kazuhiko Yamashita	C	15					.000
Takahisa Suzuki	OF	117					.000
Masahiro Takumi	OF	100					.000
Hitoshi Nakane	OF	95					.000
Lee Stevens	OF	74					.000
Takayuki Murakami	OF	71					.000
Jiro Fujitate	OF	41					.000
Shunji Hatayama	OF	22					.000
Naoyuki Omura	OF	6					.000
Akihiro Shimada	OF	5					.000
Shingo Matsukubo	OF	5					.000
Tetsuya Matoyama	OF	1					.000
Shigeki Sano	P	47					.000
Motoyuki Akahori	P	45					.000
Satoshi Iriki	P	44					.000
Eiji Kiyokawa	P	37					.000
Fuminobu Kinoshita	P	36					.000
Shintaro Yamasaki	P	27					.000
Koichi Ikeue	P	25					.000
Hiroshi Takamura	P	24					.000
Masato Yoshii	P	21					.000
Hideo Koike	P	19					.000
Hiroki Sakai	P	18					.000
Hideo Nomo	P	17					.000
Ayahito Shinada	P	15					.000
Masaaki Esaka	P	15					.000
Hideyuki Awano	P	6					.000
Masaki Yachi	P	5					.000
Kyle Abbott	P	4					.000
Shinichi Nishikawa	P	3					.000
Osamu Sasaki	P	2					.000
Eiji Mizuguchi	SS	106					.000
Takashi Yoshida	SS	57					.000
Norihiro Nakamura	SS	3					.000
Koichi Oshima	SS	1					.000
Toshiya Adachi	SS	1					.000
Totals		1811	0	0	0	0	.000

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