1959 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 39-91
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Shigeru Chiba (0-0), Giichi Hayashi (0-0)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1959 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1959 season with a record of 39 wins and 91 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes scored 381 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 578 runs, most in the circuit. Akitoshi Kodama led Osaka with 12 home runs and accounted for 47 RBI, while leading all regular batters by hitting .293. Mamoru Otsu and Glenn Mickens topped the squad with 11 wins each, and Glenn Mickens recorded a 2.42 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

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

Shigeru Chiba and Giichi Hayashi 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
Glenn Mickens	11	13	.458	2.42	38	27	8	10	2		234.7	189	79	63	13	47	2	119	4	0	1	918
Mamoru Otsu	11	20	.355	3.17	45	32	10	7	0		227.0	240	106	80	14	68	6	79	4	0	4	965
Yukio Tsuta	5	17	.227	3.69	50	13	18	3	1		146.3	140	70	60	11	42	3	82	1	0	0	608
Osamu Goto	3	2	.600	3.99	25	6	13	0	0		65.3	64	30	29	5	29	0	43	0	0	1	279
Hiroyuki Osada	3	6	.333	3.45	28	8	14	0	0		86.0	87	37	33	6	27	1	60	2	0	0	362
Noboru Yamashita	2	3	.400	5.31	20	3	11	0	0		40.7	44	26	24	8	11	2	19	2	1	1	182
Mitsuo Osaki	2	8	.200	3.51	26	10	9	0	0		84.7	91	44	33	6	16	1	46	2	0	2	365
Fumio Takechi	2	11	.154	3.78	23	20	2	1	0		104.7	119	48	44	10	21	4	39	2	0	1	438
Mitsuaki Kondo	0	0		8.53	3	0	2	0	0		6.3	8	6	6	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	27
Toshiaki Fukita	0	2	.000	4.85	12	2	3	0	0		26.0	37	19	14	1	10	0	15	0	0	0	124
Shiro Ito	0	2	.000	5.57	12	4	2	0	0		32.3	32	22	20	4	15	0	11	2	0	1	144
Masaru Fukuhara	0	2	.000	5.91	16	1	9	0	0		32.0	42	27	21	5	11	0	21	0	0	2	145
Tsutomu Kuroda	0	5	.000	5.38	31	7	11	0	0		87.0	104	64	52	9	28	0	53	0	0	3	385
Totals	39	91	.300	3.68	329	133	112	21	3	0	1173.0	1197	578	479	95	325	19	593	19	1	16	4942

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
Akitoshi Kodama	131	522	482	54	141	23	2	12	47	12	6	37	38	.293	.342	.423	.766	204	23	0	2	1	5
Junzo Sekine	116	451	412	49	120	17	9	5	38	4	3	30	32	.291	.345	.413	.758	170	5	4	5	0	1
Takeshi Suzuki	121	399	380	26	91	7	4	0	23	15	4	8	41	.239	.259	.279	.538	106	6	3	5	3	2
Ron Bottler	103	377	346	31	81	15	0	8	45	2	2	28	58	.234	.289	.347	.636	120	10	0	0	3	0
Masaharu Sekimori	107	361	331	32	68	10	1	8	33	5	4	25	87	.205	.261	.314	.575	104	5	0	4	1	0
Hirofumi Naito	67	273	248	33	62	5	1	4	15	1	2	16	40	.250	.314	.327	.640	81	3	7	2	0	1
Masatoshi Kato	91	291	269	18	60	13	0	3	16	3	2	19	43	.223	.274	.305	.579	82	6	0	3	0	0
Teruo Iko	94	284	257	28	57	10	2	1	17	6	3	23	29	.222	.293	.288	.581	74	3	3	1	0	2
Tadatoshi Saida	81	248	217	27	56	9	1	4	21	2	5	26	38	.258	.346	.364	.710	79	3	3	2	0	2
Hiroyuki Watanabe	98	266	248	12	53	6	1	2	30	0	1	15	36	.214	.257	.270	.527	67	8	0	1	2	0
Koji Shimada	83	214	194	17	36	7	1	0	7	5	1	17	43	.186	.251	.232	.483	45	6	0	3	0	1
Takatsugu Toguchi	71	130	121	7	27	4	4	0	7	1	1	8	23	.223	.277	.322	.599	39	3	1	0	0	0
Yukio Tomoto	58	118	110	6	20	3	1	0	1	3	0	4	31	.182	.217	.227	.445	25	4	1	3	0	0
Akitada Tsukuda	45	76	72	5	16	0	2	0	4	1	0	4	22	.222	.263	.278	.541	20	2	0	0	0	0
Glenn Mickens	38	84	74	2	16	2	0	0	7	0	0	1	10	.216	.237	.243	.480	18	1	1	8	0	0
Masaaki Oishi	47	77	70	4	14	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	17	.200	.243	.243	.486	17	1	0	3	0	0
Koichi Murata	26	85	76	4	13	2	0	0	7	0	2	8	18	.171	.247	.197	.444	15	4	0	0	1	0
Mamoru Otsu	45	77	72	4	12	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	14	.167	.167	.181	.347	13	1	0	5	0	0
Yasuo Kono	37	58	53	7	9	4	0	1	5	1	0	3	10	.170	.228	.302	.530	16	2	1	1	0	0
Michinobu Goto	30	48	40	4	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	7	.175	.292	.175	.467	7	1	0	0	1	0
Akiro Kato	38	60	55	2	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	9	.127	.200	.127	.327	7	3	0	0	0	0
Yoshinobu Kawakami	22	40	39	1	6	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	9	.154	.175	.231	.406	9	0	1	0	0	0
Chusuke Kizuka	13	23	21	2	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	6	.238	.273	.286	.558	6	0	0	1	0	0
Osamu Goto	28	23	22	3	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	8	.227	.261	.318	.579	7	1	0	0	0	0
Yukio Tsuta	50	42	40	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.100	.100	.100	.200	4	0	0	2	0	0
Tsutomu Kuroda	31	22	20	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.150	.190	.200	.390	4	1	0	1	0	0
Masaru Fukuhara	16	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
Noboru Yamashita	20	11	10	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.273	.300	.573	3	0	1	0	0	0
Mitsuo Osaki	26	23	21	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.095	.095	.095	.190	2	0	0	2	0	0
Fumio Takechi	23	29	25	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.080	.080	.080	.160	2	2	0	4	0	0
Mitsuaki Kondo	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shiro Ito	12	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	1	0	0	0	0
Katsuhiko Hara	9	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuo Kimura	9	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroyuki Osada	28	20	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.071	.133	.071	.205	1	0	0	5	0	0
Teruo Kishi	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toshiaki Fukita	12	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Yoshihiro Kawaratani	16	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1846	4777	4384	381	1002	145	31	48	338	64	39	292	728	.229	.280	.309	.589	1353	106	26	63	12	14

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Hiroyuki Watanabe	1B	65					.000
Ron Bottler	1B	62					.000
Akiro Kato	1B	25					.000
Yasuo Kono	1B	18					.000
Akitada Tsukuda	1B	1					.000
Hirofumi Naito	2B	66					.000
Koji Shimada	2B	56					.000
Takatsugu Toguchi	2B	31					.000
Chusuke Kizuka	2B	4					.000
Takeshi Suzuki	2B	2					.000
Yasuo Kono	2B	1					.000
Akitoshi Kodama	3B	128					.000
Takeshi Suzuki	3B	4					.000
Chusuke Kizuka	3B	4					.000
Koji Shimada	3B	3					.000
Takatsugu Toguchi	3B	1					.000
Katsuo Kimura	3B	1					.000
Masatoshi Kato	C	82					.000
Ron Bottler	C	40					.000
Koichi Murata	C	24					.000
Yoshihiro Kawaratani	C	9					.000
Katsuhiko Hara	C	9					.000
Junzo Sekine	OF	110					.000
Masaharu Sekimori	OF	107					.000
Teruo Iko	OF	84					.000
Tadatoshi Saida	OF	69					.000
Masaaki Oishi	OF	31					.000
Akitada Tsukuda	OF	27					.000
Michinobu Goto	OF	27					.000
Yoshinobu Kawakami	OF	20					.000
Hiroyuki Watanabe	OF	17					.000
Masatoshi Kato	OF	6					.000
Yasuo Kono	OF	1					.000
Yukio Tsuta	P	50					.000
Mamoru Otsu	P	45					.000
Glenn Mickens	P	38					.000
Tsutomu Kuroda	P	31					.000
Hiroyuki Osada	P	28					.000
Mitsuo Osaki	P	26					.000
Osamu Goto	P	25					.000
Fumio Takechi	P	23					.000
Noboru Yamashita	P	20					.000
Masaru Fukuhara	P	16					.000
Shiro Ito	P	12					.000
Toshiaki Fukita	P	12					.000
Mitsuaki Kondo	P	3					.000
Takeshi Suzuki	SS	113					.000
Yukio Tomoto	SS	50					.000
Chusuke Kizuka	SS	3					.000
Totals		1630	0	0	0	0	.000

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