1964 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 55-91
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Kaoru Betto (55-91)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1964 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1964 season with a record of 55 wins and 91 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes plated 546 runs and allowed 660 runs, most in the circuit. Masahiro Doi paced Osaka with 28 home runs, and Chuck Essegian walloped 15 or more also. Masahiro Doi drove in 98 runs. Akitoshi Kodama topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .304. Toshiaki Tokuhisa led the squad with 13 wins, while Koichiro Sasaki registered a 3.13 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Chuck Essegian played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes to do so.

Kaoru Betto served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Satomi BandoRRJanuary 1, 19425'11"185Itano-gun, Tokushima JP
Jack BloomfieldLRAugust 7, 19326'2"175Monti Alto, TX US
Dick DeSaRRFebruary 3, 19416'0"176Honomu, HI US
Masahiro DoiRRDecember 8, 19435'11"178Kashiwahara, Osaka JP
Chuck EssegianRRAugust 9, 19315'11"200Boston, MA US
Masaru FukuharaRRApril 19, 19405'11"154Masuda, Shimane JP
Seiichi HiraiRRAugust 8, 19425'10"162, Fukuoka JP
Teruo IkoLLApril 9, 19345'8"170Neyagawa, Osaka JP
Katsumi InoueLLAugust 25, 19425'10"180, Hyogo JP
Yukio ItoFebruary 17, 1943
Koritsu IwagamiRRMay 7, 19385'8"162Yofu-gun, Hyogo JP
Seiji KamibayashiRRAugust 8, 19425'8"160, Hiroshima JP
Yoshihiro KawarataniRRMarch 21, 19365'10"160, Hyogo JP
Shojiro KikukawaRRFebruary 7, 19455'8"150, Nagasaki JP
Gunji KimuraRRJuly 7, 19385'8"147, Ehime JP
Katsuo KimuraRRApril 25, 19395'10"170, Gifu JP
Koichi KitagawaLLJune 29, 19415'10"158Nishinomiya, Hyogo JP
Akitoshi KodamaRRJune 10, 19355'8"154Amagasaki, Hyogo JP
Hiroyoshi KodamaRRMarch 13, 19425'8"167Tsuna-gun, Hyogo JP
Kosei KomoriRRNovember 2, 19315'8"156Matsumoto, Nagano JP
Yukihiro KuboRRApril 2, 19405'11"165, Mie JP
Tsutomu KurodaRRAugust 28, 19365'11"154Fujisawa, Kanagawa JP
Noboru MakinoRRJune 5, 19375'9"154Takefu, Fukui JP
Yasuo OchiRRDecember 3, 19425'10"160Niihama, Ehime JP
Kazuo OkuboRRJanuary 17, 19425'9"150Kamoshima-cho, Tokushima JP
Kiyoshi OnozakaLLJuly 13, 19425'10"156, Osaka JP
Hiroyuki OsadaRLJune 3, 19395'10"154, Miyazaki JP
Koichiro SasakiRRAugust 30, 19436'0"182, Gifu JP
Junzo SekineLLMarch 15, 19275'8"154Sugamo, Tokyo JP
Koji ShimadaRRApril 12, 19365'8"165Yokaichi, Mie JP
Takashi TakagiLLJune 17, 19405'11"176, Osaka JP
Mitsuo TakeshitaRRJune 9, 19385'8"165, Shimane JP
Osamu TanabeRRApril 23, 19445'10"165, Tokushima JP
Toshiaki TokuhisaRRDecember 8, 19425'11"202Tosashimizu, Kochi JP
Katsukuni YamadaRRFebruary 9, 19445'11"170, Fukuoka JP
Hachiro YamamotoRRSeptember 17, 19375'8"143, Osaka JP
Shigemasa YamamotoRRMarch 1, 19445'9"165, Hyogo JP
Kunimitsu YanouraRRFebruary 23, 19415'10"145, Manchuria CN
Tomonori YasuiRRJanuary 25, 19435'10"145Nishinomiya, Hyogo JP
Katsuhiko YoshidaRRJanuary 17, 19455'11"160, Nagasaki JP
Takeo YoshizawaRRJuly 15, 19335'7"165Higashi Chikuma-gun, Nagano JP



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