1989 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 71-54
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Akira Ogi (71-54)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1989 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1989 season with a record of 71 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes plated 606 runs and conceded 558 runs. Ralph Bryant walloped 49 home runs for Osaka, while Takahisa Suzuki and Germán Rivera added 15 or more also. Ralph Bryant drove in 121 runs. Hiromasa Arai led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .302. Hideyuki Awano topped the team with 19 wins and a team-best 2.72 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1989 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ralph Bryant, Pat Dodson, Germán Rivera and Masato Yoshii.

Akira Ogi served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Toshiya AdachiSRJune 21, 19655'10"160Kariya, Aichi JP
Motoyuki AkahoriRRApril 7, 19705'11"158Fujieda, Shizuoka JP
Hiromasa AraiLRApril 26, 19525'9"145Higashinari Ward, Osaka JP
Kenji AwaguchiLRApril 5, 19525'8"167Itano-gun, Tokushima JP
Hideyuki AwanoLLJuly 28, 19645'10"165Ota Ward, Tokyo JP
Ralph BryantLRMay 20, 19616'2"200Fort Gaines, GA US
Pat DodsonLLOctober 11, 19596'4"210Santa Monica, CA US
Kenji FurukuboRRJune 23, 19645'9"165Toyonaka, Osaka JP
Masahiko GosekiLLAugust 5, 19635'11"182Kamagaya, Chiba JP
Koichi HadaRRJune 19, 19535'11"187Amagasaki, Hyogo JP
Koichi IkeueRRJune 12, 19676'3"185Kobe, Hyogo JP
Yoshiaki IshimotoLLDecember 24, 19626'0"187Kobe, Hyogo JP
Nobuhiko KanazawaRRSeptember 14, 19646'0"171Mita, Hyogo JP
Yoshiaki KanemuraRRAugust 27, 19636'0"187Takarazuka, Hyogo JP
Masaki KatoLLJune 14, 19655'8"165Joto Ward, Osaka JP
Tetsuro KatoRRApril 12, 19646'1"187Miyazaki-gun, Miyazaki JP
Fuminobu KinoshitaLLSeptember 4, 19665'10"191Suita, Osaka JP
Shigeru KurihashiLLAugust 10, 19515'10"182Itabashi Ward, Tokyo JP
Yasunaga MakishiRRMay 3, 19605'8"162Okinawa, Okinawa JP
Hidekazu MitsuyamaRRNovember 20, 19656'1"206Ikuno Ward, Osaka JP
Takayuki MurakamiRRAugust 26, 19655'10"178Omuta, Fukuoka JP
Tatsumi MurataLLJuly 9, 19525'10"162Yokote, Akita JP
Ryoji NakamuraRRJune 19, 19685'11"187Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP
Hitoshi NakaneRRAugust 28, 19665'10"176Sendai, Miyagi JP
Tadami NakataniLRSeptember 1, 19655'10"190Kobe, Hyogo JP
Hiroki NobayashiRRSeptember 9, 19695'11"173Setagaya Ward, Tokyo JP
Daijiro OishiRROctober 20, 19585'6"156Shizuoka, Shizuoka JP
Kazuyoshi OnoLLNovember 13, 19655'10"165Kawauchi-gun, Tochigi JP
Akira OnoueRRApril 22, 19595'9"150Kaijo-gun, Chiba JP
Germán RiveraRRJuly 6, 19606'2"195Santurce, PR
Osamu SasakiRROctober 9, 19626'0"182Aki-gun, Hiroshima JP
Hideaki SatoLLMay 23, 19605'9"160Akita, Akita JP
Takahisa SuzukiRRNovember 20, 19635'9"185Asahikawa, Hokkaido JP
Izumi TakayanagiRRJune 2, 19646'2"190Kuki, Saitama JP
Shinichi TaniRRMarch 15, 19585'9"173Kure, Hiroshima JP
Koji TanizakiRRMay 7, 19576'1"180Oita-gun, Oita JP
Masami YamadaRRSeptember 8, 19676'1"191Sennan-gun, Osaka JP
Tatsuya YamamuraRRSeptember 21, 19615'11"184Tomitabayashi, Osaka JP
Shintaro YamasakiLRMay 19, 19666'0"165Shingu, Wakayama JP
Kazuhiko YamashitaRRNovember 29, 19626'0"202Usa, Oita JP
Kunji YonesakiLRMarch 19, 19685'8"162Toyonaka, Osaka JP
Takashi YoshidaRRNovember 28, 19665'9"160Toride, Ibaraki JP
Masato YoshiiRRApril 20, 19656'2"210Arita-gun, Wakayama JP



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