1996 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics
Team Record: 62-67
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Kyosuke Sasaki (62-67)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium
The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1996 season with a record of 62 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.
The Kintetsu Buffaloes scored 555 runs and allowed 571 runs, most in the circuit. Karl Rhodes paced Osaka with 27 home runs, while Norihiro Nakamura and Chris Donnels walloped 15 or more also. Karl Rhodes drove in 97 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .293. Luis Aquino led the squad with 11 wins, and Hiroki Sakai recorded a 3.3 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1996 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Chris Donnels, Karl Rhodes, Luis Aquino and Norihiro Nakamura.
Kyosuke Sasaki served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Aquino | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.04 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 156.0 | 158 | 75 | 70 | 22 | 55 | 1 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 658 |
| Motoyuki Akahori | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.09 | 44 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 73.3 | 67 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 311 |
| Shintaro Yamasaki | 8 | 13 | .381 | 4.15 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 167.0 | 159 | 87 | 77 | 19 | 73 | 3 | 107 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 722 |
| Hiroki Sakai | 8 | 15 | .348 | 3.30 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 183.0 | 151 | 78 | 67 | 17 | 84 | 5 | 149 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 772 |
| Hiroshi Takamura | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.94 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 125.7 | 112 | 61 | 55 | 10 | 50 | 3 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 525 |
| Shigeki Sano | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.95 | 57 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 97.7 | 96 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 407 |
| Ayahito Shinada | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.04 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.7 | 53 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 212 |
| Koichi Ikeue | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.65 | 39 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60.0 | 52 | 31 | 31 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 261 |
| Hideo Koike | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.94 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69.7 | 69 | 48 | 46 | 17 | 30 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 300 |
| Yasuo Kubo | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.32 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 124 |
| Ryujiro Matsutani | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.00 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 58 |
| Eiji Kiyokawa | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.18 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| Yoshihiro Seo | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.67 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49.0 | 45 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 216 |
| Katsuhito Osaka | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Shinichi Nishikawa | 0 | 0 | 2.62 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 109 | |
| Kazuya Shibata | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | |
| Masaaki Esaka | 0 | 0 | 8.22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43 | |
| Shinichiro Minami | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Masao Teramae | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.68 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| Tatsuji Nishimura | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.62 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 |
| Isao Koda | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.64 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| Totals | 62 | 67 | .481 | 4.01 | 392 | 130 | 106 | 24 | 8 | 29 | 1159.0 | 1120 | 571 | 516 | 138 | 478 | 22 | 811 | 35 | 4 | 58 | 4987 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl Rhodes | 130 | 564 | 501 | 80 | 147 | 29 | 1 | 27 | 97 | 11 | 8 | 57 | 122 | .293 | .363 | .517 | .880 | 259 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Eiji Mizuguchi | 121 | 514 | 442 | 53 | 124 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 48 | .281 | .334 | .385 | .719 | 170 | 11 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 2 |
| Takahisa Suzuki | 122 | 488 | 426 | 45 | 114 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 50 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 76 | .268 | .344 | .385 | .729 | 164 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Norihiro Nakamura | 110 | 454 | 411 | 60 | 112 | 15 | 1 | 26 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 89 | .273 | .341 | .504 | .845 | 207 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chris Donnels | 108 | 379 | 324 | 50 | 91 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 86 | .281 | .385 | .540 | .925 | 175 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kazunori Yamamoto | 86 | 319 | 267 | 35 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 40 | .266 | .382 | .461 | .843 | 123 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Takashi Yoshida | 107 | 297 | 259 | 31 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 50 | .239 | .310 | .290 | .600 | 75 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Hitoshi Nakane | 80 | 257 | 238 | 30 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 53 | .244 | .289 | .412 | .701 | 98 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Daijiro Oishi | 80 | 271 | 224 | 36 | 49 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 29 | 44 | .219 | .310 | .304 | .614 | 68 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| Naoyuki Omura | 78 | 220 | 194 | 28 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 21 | .232 | .299 | .309 | .608 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Yukio Arai | 80 | 194 | 171 | 21 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 22 | .222 | .293 | .351 | .643 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Hidekazu Mitsuyama | 60 | 164 | 141 | 8 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 36 | .241 | .297 | .305 | .602 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Masahiro Takumi | 59 | 157 | 137 | 20 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 27 | .241 | .333 | .380 | .713 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenji Furukubo | 67 | 176 | 150 | 16 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 52 | .207 | .271 | .333 | .604 | 50 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Jiro Fujitate | 47 | 104 | 94 | 16 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 27 | .309 | .347 | .691 | 1.038 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Terushi Nakajima | 42 | 98 | 88 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22 | .227 | .296 | .250 | .546 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Takayuki Murakami | 54 | 106 | 95 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 23 | .211 | .240 | .274 | .514 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Tetsuya Matoyama | 51 | 87 | 64 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .125 | .269 | .203 | .472 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Takashi Muto | 14 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .235 | .316 | .235 | .551 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiro Ishii | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenshi Kawaguchi | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .375 | .625 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Toru Takashima | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .182 | .308 | .455 | .762 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenji Horie | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .111 | .125 | .236 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Satoru Ota | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shunji Hatayama | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazuhito Yoshimura | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1543 | 4919 | 4289 | 553 | 1097 | 176 | 17 | 146 | 530 | 76 | 41 | 455 | 881 | .256 | .330 | .407 | .737 | 1745 | 87 | 35 | 105 | 35 | 20 |
Fielding:
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