2001 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 78-60
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Masataka Nashida (78-60)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Fujiidera Stadium

2001 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 2001 season with a record of 78 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes led the league with 770 runs, powered by 211 home runs. Osaka yielded 745 runs, most in the circuit. Karl Rhodes crushed 55 homers for the squad, while Yuji Yoshioka, Norihiro Nakamura, Naoyuki Omura, Kenshi Kawaguchi and Koichi Isobe each walloped 15 or more, too. Norihiro Nakamura recorded 132 runs batted in. Karl Rhodes paced all regular hitters by hitting .327. Kat Maekawa topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 5.91 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Norihiro Nakamura, Sean Bergman, Akinori Otsuka, Karl Rhodes, Jeremy Powell, Hisashi Iwakuma, Narciso Elvira, Shawn Gilbert and Freddy García were all players from the 2001 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Masataka Nashida 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
Kat Maekawa129.5715.8928241500140.71409592198508414013633
Sean Bergman104.7144.1818180200107.711753501128259203460
Ken Kadokura85.6156.4932212000123.3136928927511122004552
Koishi Misawa701.0004.01210100033.731171549025000143
Hiroki Yamamura76.5385.832316220092.79963601847242404420
Hiroshi Takamura59.3574.922121020093.310758511850268406431
Hisashi Iwakuma42.6674.5398011043.7462822313025301192
Akira Okamoto44.5002.7361118008102.3863331833673303423
Jeremy Powell45.4444.951414000080.08451441040052610365
Hiroshi Ishige31.7505.042501100230.3271717813028100129
Hisashi Aikyo201.0001.67300600032.32766211015100130
Koki Morita201.0007.06340600021.7251817311114510104
Isao Koda23.4003.973601300147.7412421107024100188
Akinori Otsuka25.2864.0248043002656.0422525715282015228
Toshiro Yufune101.0005.35371200033.7372020323014101158
Yasunari Takagi101.00014.215120006.3121010140600135
Kazuharu Yamazaki11.5004.95111200020.02514111801120094
Narciso Elvira11.5005.4766000024.7271615511016000111
Hiroto Kato11.5008.4412020005.31365160310034
Motoyuki Akahori13.2505.3698000048.7613129618127001223
Takuya Matsumoto000.001000001.000001000003
Katsunari Yoshikawa000.001000001.010000010004
Shinji Udaka000.79110200011.3841060510048
Kazuya Shibata004.35420300120.72310105411100086
Masaki Maki004.913020003.7222030000016
Masashi Nara006.002020003.0322110200012
Hironori Fujisaki006.1470300014.7201010060720070
Takuichi Koike008.594000007.31187340710137
Daisuke Miyamoto009.001000001.011110000004
Shogo Yamamoto0017.477000005.7121111430810032
Bill Flynt0027.001000000.321101100004
Iori Sekiguchi01.0004.33530500035.3371917325229004166
Totals7860.5654.99613140128121381249.0130374569218253721860533475535

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 Rhodes140643550137180190551319283140.327.421.6621.083364148022
Koichi Isobe140604537821724241795775259.320.381.508.890273194651
Norihiro Nakamura1406365251091682504613232104106.320.434.6301.064331264038
Naoyuki Omura136651590821603421653513174.271.318.417.7352468111540
Yuji Yoshioka1275374567612122126852066114.265.358.489.84722362944
Eiji Mizuguchi11050240368117100330126045.290.384.337.7211361013800
Kenshi Kawaguchi124421358451132132172015561.316.412.567.97920375124
Shawn Gilbert762922553268181624312864.267.347.416.76310675130
Hirotoshi Kitagawa812292002754141635202529.270.355.440.79588132110
Tetsuya Matoyama101269232244190525111851.177.237.280.51765411620
Fumitoshi Takano68135108243340620001724.306.440.509.9505549101
Tadatoki Maeda11320417020316218021231.182.236.259.49544602200
Masahiro Abe44103936183001110610.194.240.226.4662150310
Daisuke Masuda5556477160021010813.340.446.468.9152211000
Kenji Furukubo53121100614120800632.140.193.190.38319111220
Freddy García2996858133015011020.153.240.224.4631940010
Shoya Shinzato234439109300300410.231.302.308.6101200100
Jeremy Powell141101000000001.0001.0001.0002.000100000
Akihito Fujii1320100000000.500.667.5001.167101000
Hiroyuki Nakahama2330110000000.333.333.6671.000200000
Makoto Hagiwara5550100000001.200.200.200.400100000
Kei Ichihara291067000010021.000.300.000.300011010
Katsumi Yamashita21000000000001.000001000
Totals1613556647657701332235162117483520587885.280.363.468.8322232136571263120


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