1992 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster
Team Record: 74-50
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Akira Ogi (74-50)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium
The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1992 season with a record of 74 wins and 50 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Kintetsu Buffaloes scored 580 runs and yielded 515 runs. Ralph Bryant walloped 38 home runs for Osaka, while Hiro Ishii and Takayuki Murakami added 15 or more, too. Ralph Bryant drove in 96 runs. Hiro Ishii led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .290. Hideo Nomo topped the team with 18 wins, and Motoyuki Akahori registered a 1.8 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Jessie Reid, Ralph Bryant, Hideo Nomo, Masato Yoshii, Alvin Davis, Norihiro Nakamura and Bill Bean were all players from the 1992 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes who played in the Majors during their careers.
Akira Ogi served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toshiya Adachi | S | R | June 21, 1965 | 5'10" | 160 | Kariya, Aichi JP |
| Motoyuki Akahori | R | R | April 7, 1970 | 5'11" | 158 | Fujieda, Shizuoka JP |
| Hiromasa Arai | L | R | April 26, 1952 | 5'9" | 145 | Higashinari Ward, Osaka JP |
| Hideyuki Awano | L | L | July 28, 1964 | 5'10" | 165 | Ota Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Bill Bean | L | L | May 11, 1964 | 6'0" | 185 | Santa Ana, CA US |
| Ralph Bryant | L | R | May 20, 1961 | 6'2" | 200 | Fort Gaines, GA US |
| Alvin Davis | L | R | September 9, 1960 | 6'1" | 195 | Riverside, CA US |
| Masaaki Esaka | L | L | August 9, 1967 | 6'0" | 176 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Jiro Fujitate | R | R | June 22, 1971 | 5'11" | 205 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Kenji Furukubo | R | R | June 23, 1964 | 5'9" | 165 | Toyonaka, Osaka JP |
| Masahiko Goseki | L | L | August 5, 1963 | 5'11" | 182 | Kamagaya, Chiba JP |
| Shunji Hatayama | L | L | June 11, 1964 | 5'10" | 171 | Kainan, Wakayama JP |
| Satoshi Iriki | R | R | June 3, 1967 | 5'10" | 176 | Miyakonojo, Miyazaki JP |
| Hiro Ishii | R | R | June 21, 1964 | 6'0" | 185 | Minami Akita-gun, Akita JP |
| Yoshiaki Kanemura | R | R | August 27, 1963 | 6'0" | 187 | Takarazuka, Hyogo JP |
| Masaki Kato | L | L | June 14, 1965 | 5'8" | 165 | Joto Ward, Osaka JP |
| Tetsuro Kato | R | R | April 12, 1964 | 6'1" | 187 | Miyazaki-gun, Miyazaki JP |
| Fuminobu Kinoshita | L | L | September 4, 1966 | 5'10" | 191 | Suita, Osaka JP |
| Eiji Kiyokawa | L | L | September 21, 1961 | 5'9" | 165 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Shingo Matsukubo | L | R | May 23, 1969 | 6'0" | 195 | Ichinomiya, Aichi JP |
| Hidekazu Mitsuyama | R | R | November 20, 1965 | 6'1" | 206 | Ikuno Ward, Osaka JP |
| Eiji Mizuguchi | R | R | January 9, 1969 | 5'8" | 171 | Nishi Uwa-gun, Ehime JP |
| Takayuki Murakami | R | R | August 26, 1965 | 5'10" | 178 | Omuta, Fukuoka JP |
| Norihiro Nakamura | R | R | July 24, 1973 | 5'10" | 205 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Ryoji Nakamura | R | R | June 19, 1968 | 5'11" | 187 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Hitoshi Nakane | R | R | August 28, 1966 | 5'10" | 176 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Tadami Nakatani | L | R | September 1, 1965 | 5'10" | 190 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Hideo Nomo | R | R | August 31, 1968 | 6'2" | 210 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Daijiro Oishi | R | R | October 20, 1958 | 5'6" | 156 | Shizuoka, Shizuoka JP |
| Kazuyoshi Ono | L | L | November 13, 1965 | 5'10" | 165 | Kawauchi-gun, Tochigi JP |
| Jessie Reid | L | L | June 1, 1962 | 6'1" | 200 | Honolulu, HI US |
| Shigeki Sano | R | R | April 30, 1968 | 5'9" | 200 | Matsuyama, Ehime JP |
| Osamu Sasaki | R | R | October 9, 1962 | 6'0" | 182 | Aki-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Ayahito Shinada | R | R | October 3, 1973 | 6'0" | 184 | Urawa, Saitama JP |
| Takahisa Suzuki | R | R | November 20, 1963 | 5'9" | 185 | Asahikawa, Hokkaido JP |
| Hiroshi Takamura | R | R | September 2, 1969 | 5'10" | 176 | Utsunomiya, Tochigi JP |
| Izumi Takayanagi | R | R | June 2, 1964 | 6'2" | 190 | Kuki, Saitama JP |
| Masami Yamada | R | R | September 8, 1967 | 6'1" | 191 | Sennan-gun, Osaka JP |
| Shintaro Yamasaki | L | R | May 19, 1966 | 6'0" | 165 | Shingu, Wakayama JP |
| Kazuhiko Yamashita | R | R | November 29, 1962 | 6'0" | 202 | Usa, Oita JP |
| Kunji Yonesaki | L | R | March 19, 1968 | 5'8" | 162 | Toyonaka, Osaka JP |
| Takashi Yoshida | R | R | November 28, 1966 | 5'9" | 160 | Toride, Ibaraki JP |
| Masato Yoshii | R | R | April 20, 1965 | 6'2" | 210 | Arita-gun, Wakayama JP |
