1981 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 54-72
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Yukio Nishimoto (54-72)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium
1981 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes StatisticsTeam Record: 54-72
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Yukio Nishimoto (54-72)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium
The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1981 season with a record of 54 wins and 72 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.
The Kintetsu Buffaloes plated 557 runs and yielded 576 runs. Vic Harris paced Osaka with 22 home runs, while Koichi Hada, Masataka Nashida and Ike Hampton each walloped 15 or more also. Vic Harris drove in 74 runs. Toru Ogawa led batters with significant playing time by hitting .295. Yutaka Yanagida topped the squad with 10 wins, and Tatsumi Murata registered a 3.36 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Ike Hampton and Vic Harris both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Yukio Nishimoto served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narihiro Abe | L | L | March 27, 1947 | 5'8" | 154 | , Iwate JP |
| Shuzo Arita | R | R | September 27, 1951 | 5'8" | 176 | Ube, Yamaguchi JP |
| Shiro Fujise | R | R | July 2, 1953 | 5'6" | 136 | Ibaraki, Osaka JP |
| Yasuyuki Fujiwara | R | R | October 18, 1957 | 5'11" | 165 | Kakamigahara, Gifu JP |
| Tokuichi Fukiishi | R | R | April 2, 1953 | 5'10" | 165 | Hidaka-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Yasuo Fukui | R | R | November 12, 1952 | 5'11" | 176 | , Okayama JP |
| Koichi Hada | R | R | June 19, 1953 | 5'11" | 187 | Amagasaki, Hyogo JP |
| Ike Hampton | S | R | August 22, 1951 | 6'1" | 185 | Camden, SC US |
| Vic Harris | S | R | March 27, 1950 | 5'11" | 165 | Los Angeles, CA US |
| Mitsuyasu Hirano | R | R | April 23, 1949 | 5'11" | 180 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Takashi Imoto | R | R | November 21, 1950 | 5'10" | 162 | Takaoka-gun, Kochi JP |
| Yoshiaki Ishimoto | L | L | December 24, 1962 | 6'0" | 187 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Shigeru Ishiwata | R | R | August 12, 1948 | 5'10" | 156 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa JP |
| Kazuhide Ishiyama | R | R | December 13, 1950 | 5'8" | 170 | , Kyoto JP |
| Yasuaki Kanemitsu | R | R | April 21, 1957 | 5'11" | 160 | , Okayama JP |
| Yasuo Kubo | R | R | April 8, 1958 | 5'10" | 182 | Kaho-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Shigeru Kurihashi | L | L | August 10, 1951 | 5'10" | 182 | Itabashi Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Hiroshi Moriwaki | R | R | August 6, 1960 | 5'9" | 170 | Taka-gun, Hyogo JP |
| Tatsumi Murata | L | L | July 9, 1952 | 5'10" | 162 | Yokote, Akita JP |
| Yasunori Nagao | L | R | May 2, 1950 | 5'6" | 160 | Saga, Saga JP |
| Masahiro Nakane | L | R | September 24, 1954 | 6'4" | 198 | Shibuya Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Masataka Nashida | R | R | August 4, 1953 | 5'10" | 173 | Hamada, Shimane JP |
| Toru Ogawa | L | L | August 1, 1945 | 5'8" | 160 | Miyazaki, Miyazaki JP |
| Daijiro Oishi | R | R | October 20, 1958 | 5'6" | 156 | Shizuoka, Shizuoka JP |
| Koji Ota | R | R | January 23, 1952 | 5'9" | 167 | Misawa, Aomori JP |
| In-cheon Paek | R | R | November 27, 1943 | 5'8" | 180 | , KR |
| Craig Ryan | L | R | August 15, 1952 | 6'3" | 200 | |
| Motokuni Sano | R | R | March 6, 1958 | 5'10" | 195 | Yokohama, Yokohama JP |
| Kyosuke Sasaki | R | R | December 28, 1949 | 5'9" | 171 | Hikami-gun, Hyogo JP |
| Kohei Shimamoto | L | L | January 11, 1952 | 5'9" | 176 | Kaiso-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Keishi Suzuki | L | L | September 28, 1947 | 5'11" | 190 | Nishiwaki, Hyogo JP |
| Kenji Tachibana | R | R | March 8, 1954 | 6'0" | 198 | Oita, Oita JP |
| Hiroaki Tani | R | R | April 7, 1956 | 5'11" | 176 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Koji Tanizaki | R | R | May 7, 1957 | 6'1" | 180 | Oita-gun, Oita JP |
| Tetsuji Yamaguchi | R | R | April 17, 1959 | 6'1" | 187 | Gojo, Nara JP |
| Kazunori Yamamoto | L | L | October 18, 1957 | 5'10" | 165 | Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Tatsuya Yamamura | R | R | September 21, 1961 | 5'11" | 184 | Tomitabayashi, Osaka JP |
| Yutaka Yanagida | R | R | August 31, 1951 | 5'9" | 143 | Nobeoka, Miyazaki JP |
| Eiji Yoda | R | R | September 1, 1962 | 5'11" | 176 | Kofu, Yamanshi JP |
