1964 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

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 Roster

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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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Toshiaki Tokuhisa	13	23	.361	3.42	66	26	18	5	1		252.3	273	119	96	22	52	5	96	2	2	0	1059
Shigemasa Yamamoto	12	13	.480	3.45	63	21	22	4	1		206.3	203	96	79	12	79	3	154	6	0	4	881
Koichiro Sasaki	10	17	.370	3.13	73	24	22	4	2		227.3	189	97	79	22	57	3	161	8	0	2	921
Yukihiro Kubo	10	18	.357	3.76	51	32	6	8	3		220.3	249	112	92	16	49	1	65	6	0	2	939
Noboru Makino	8	14	.364	3.50	50	27	7	3	1		157.0	163	78	61	14	48	0	47	3	0	3	661
Hiroyuki Osada	1	1	.500	3.60	38	9	7	0	0		55.0	57	27	22	6	22	0	26	1	0	0	238
Satomi Bando	1	2	.333	4.80	34	5	13	0	0		69.3	78	40	37	7	17	2	23	1	0	0	292
Katsuhiko Yoshida	0	0			1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
Osamu Tanabe	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0		1.7	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9
Katsumi Inoue	0	0		2.25	5	0	3	0	0		4.0	5	3	1	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	20
Masaru Fukuhara	0	0		5.48	14	0	7	0	0		23.0	31	19	14	4	9	0	11	1	0	0	111
Kiyoshi Onozaka	0	0		6.75	11	0	2	0	0		6.7	8	5	5	2	3	0	2	1	0	1	30
Koritsu Iwagami	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0		1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
Dick DeSa	0	0		9.00	2	0	1	0	0		3.0	4	3	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	15
Tsutomu Kuroda	0	1	.000	3.06	15	1	6	0	0		32.3	46	16	11	2	7	0	14	0	0	1	149
Yukio Ito	0	2	.000	4.37	37	5	11	0	0		80.3	84	41	39	13	30	2	45	3	0	0	343
Totals	55	91	.377	3.63	462	150	126	24	8	0	1339.7	1393	660	541	122	380	16	648	35	2	13	5675

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
Masahiro Doi	147	616	567	75	168	29	4	28	98	4	6	38	52	.296	.340	.510	.850	289	12	2	4	5	1
Akitoshi Kodama	140	565	516	68	157	25	2	12	51	5	9	40	31	.304	.359	.430	.789	222	17	5	2	2	2
Hachiro Yamamoto	144	574	530	69	139	26	7	11	50	22	3	33	77	.262	.305	.400	.705	212	12	1	6	4	1
Kunimitsu Yanoura	115	499	461	47	132	24	7	8	36	7	10	24	63	.286	.320	.421	.741	194	9	1	8	5	0
Jack Bloomfield	124	481	429	55	126	26	4	13	69	4	0	37	37	.294	.356	.464	.820	199	8	7	4	4	2
Junzo Sekine	122	392	357	28	81	10	0	5	25	1	2	22	27	.227	.281	.297	.578	106	9	6	4	3	1
Chuck Essegian	110	332	300	36	79	14	0	15	41	3	2	28	55	.263	.326	.460	.786	138	9	1	1	2	1
Takeo Yoshizawa	104	337	299	19	77	12	0	2	37	2	0	24	51	.258	.322	.318	.640	95	11	6	5	3	1
Koji Shimada	105	335	284	37	69	16	0	6	24	2	1	39	42	.243	.336	.363	.699	103	3	2	8	2	0
Takashi Takagi	109	250	218	20	56	9	2	2	18	0	1	24	18	.257	.329	.344	.673	75	3	2	1	5	2
Hiroyoshi Kodama	79	178	163	13	40	2	2	3	16	4	3	8	37	.245	.279	.337	.616	55	2	0	6	1	0
Katsuo Kimura	82	98	97	14	27	7	2	3	9	1	3	0	12	.278	.278	.485	.763	47	2	0	1	0	0
Teruo Iko	84	101	82	3	19	1	0	0	5	0	0	10	11	.232	.356	.244	.600	20	1	7	0	2	1
Gunji Kimura	64	88	85	5	17	3	1	0	3	1	1	1	24	.200	.209	.259	.468	22	3	0	2	0	0
Mitsuo Takeshita	52	55	55	2	16	3	0	1	11	0	0	0	8	.291	.291	.400	.691	22	1	0	0	0	0
Tomonori Yasui	105	107	96	18	15	1	0	1	8	8	4	4	17	.156	.198	.198	.396	19	1	1	6	0	0
Kosei Komori	34	67	62	5	12	5	0	2	3	2	0	4	15	.194	.242	.371	.613	23	1	0	1	0	0
Katsukuni Yamada	79	63	61	8	11	3	0	0	2	4	3	1	16	.180	.194	.230	.423	14	1	0	1	0	0
Yukihiro Kubo	51	70	61	1	11	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	18	.180	.194	.213	.407	13	1	0	8	0	0
Koichi Kitagawa	72	61	56	7	10	2	0	0	2	0	2	4	5	.179	.230	.214	.444	12	1	0	0	1	0
Shigemasa Yamamoto	63	61	57	2	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	30	.123	.167	.140	.307	8	3	0	1	0	0
Noboru Makino	50	46	44	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	14	.136	.156	.136	.292	6	2	0	1	0	0
Yukio Ito	37	14	14	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.286	.286	.500	.786	7	0	0	0	0	0
Koichiro Sasaki	73	73	65	3	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	41	.062	.090	.092	.182	6	1	0	6	0	0
Toshiaki Tokuhisa	66	80	72	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	44	.056	.105	.056	.161	4	1	0	4	0	0
Satomi Bando	34	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	1	0	0
Shojiro Kikukawa	11	16	16	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	.125	.125	.188	.312	3	1	0	0	0	0
Masaru Fukuhara	14	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshihiro Kawaratani	7	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroyuki Osada	38	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuo Okubo	16	12	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	0	0	0
Seiichi Hirai	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Koritsu Iwagami	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Osamu Tanabe	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Seiji Kamibayashi	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Yasuo Ochi	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsutomu Kuroda	15	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2357	5608	5095	546	1295	225	32	112	514	71	51	352	769	.254	.305	.377	.682	1920	117	41	81	39	12

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Takashi Takagi	1B	61					.000
Koji Shimada	1B	56					.000
Hachiro Yamamoto	1B	31					.000
Jack Bloomfield	1B	24					.000
Akitoshi Kodama	1B	12					.000
Tomonori Yasui	1B	5					.000
Mitsuo Takeshita	1B	2					.000
Kosei Komori	1B	1					.000
Yoshihiro Kawaratani	1B	1					.000
Jack Bloomfield	2B	101					.000
Tomonori Yasui	2B	53					.000
Koji Shimada	2B	27					.000
Katsuo Kimura	2B	16					.000
Gunji Kimura	2B	14					.000
Kosei Komori	2B	5					.000
Kunimitsu Yanoura	2B	2					.000
Seiji Kamibayashi	2B	2					.000
Shojiro Kikukawa	2B	1					.000
Akitoshi Kodama	3B	128					.000
Katsuo Kimura	3B	29					.000
Gunji Kimura	3B	23					.000
Kosei Komori	3B	10					.000
Tomonori Yasui	3B	7					.000
Kunimitsu Yanoura	3B	6					.000
Koji Shimada	3B	2					.000
Seiji Kamibayashi	3B	2					.000
Seiichi Hirai	3B	2					.000
Takeo Yoshizawa	C	104					.000
Hiroyoshi Kodama	C	73					.000
Kazuo Okubo	C	13					.000
Mitsuo Takeshita	C	3					.000
Yoshihiro Kawaratani	C	2					.000
Hachiro Yamamoto	C	1					.000
Masahiro Doi	OF	147					.000
Hachiro Yamamoto	OF	113					.000
Junzo Sekine	OF	98					.000
Chuck Essegian	OF	91					.000
Katsukuni Yamada	OF	60					.000
Koichi Kitagawa	OF	46					.000
Teruo Iko	OF	16					.000
Yoshihiro Kawaratani	OF	2					.000
Kazuo Okubo	OF	1					.000
Akitoshi Kodama	OF	1					.000
Seiji Kamibayashi	OF	1					.000
Katsumi Inoue	OF	1					.000
Seiichi Hirai	OF	1					.000
Dick DeSa	OF	1					.000
Koichiro Sasaki	P	73					.000
Toshiaki Tokuhisa	P	66					.000
Shigemasa Yamamoto	P	63					.000
Yukihiro Kubo	P	51					.000
Noboru Makino	P	50					.000
Hiroyuki Osada	P	38					.000
Yukio Ito	P	37					.000
Satomi Bando	P	34					.000
Tsutomu Kuroda	P	15					.000
Masaru Fukuhara	P	14					.000
Kiyoshi Onozaka	P	11					.000
Katsumi Inoue	P	5					.000
Dick DeSa	P	2					.000
Katsuhiko Yoshida	P	1					.000
Osamu Tanabe	P	1					.000
Koritsu Iwagami	P	1					.000
Kunimitsu Yanoura	SS	108					.000
Katsuo Kimura	SS	28					.000
Gunji Kimura	SS	25					.000
Kosei Komori	SS	10					.000
Shojiro Kikukawa	SS	10					.000
Tomonori Yasui	SS	3					.000
Totals		2044	0	0	0	0	.000

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