1978 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 71-46
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Yukio Nishimoto (71-46)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1978 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1978 season with a record of 71 wins and 46 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes topped the circuit with just 449 runs allowed. Osaka scored 573 runs. Shigeru Kurihashi led the team with 20 home runs, while Chris Arnold walloped 15 or more, too. Chris Arnold and Shigeru Kurihashi each accounted for 72 RBI. Kyosuke Sasaki paced all regular batters by hitting .354. Keishi Suzuki notched 25 wins on the mound for the squad and a team-best 2.02 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Chris Arnold and Joe Lis both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Yukio Nishimoto 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
Keishi Suzuki	25	10	.714	2.02	37	35	2	30	8	0	294.3	234	73	66	21	42	1	178	7	0	4	1138
Yutaka Yanagida	13	9	.591	3.60	38	25	8	13	1	2	202.7	193	90	81	22	37	4	113	7	0	0	820
Takashi Imoto	9	7	.562	4.10	28	24	0	7	1	0	167.0	176	83	76	20	41	5	58	6	0	3	692
Satomi Bando	7	1	.875	2.50	32	6	11	0	0	4	93.7	101	29	26	8	18	1	29	3	0	1	391
Toshio Kanbe	7	5	.583	3.11	21	18	0	4	0	0	124.3	115	46	43	11	36	3	60	5	0	0	519
Tatsumi Murata	5	2	.714	1.83	37	2	16	1	0	1	73.7	61	16	15	3	8	0	21	3	0	0	277
Fumio Sato	4	2	.667	3.44	34	3	21	0	0	6	86.3	87	37	33	10	15	1	33	3	0	2	350
Koji Ota	1	9	.100	5.43	21	15	4	2	1	0	69.7	90	46	42	9	21	0	26	3	2	1	308
Yasuo Kubo	0	0		5.74	6	1	3	0	0	0	15.7	16	10	10	3	5	0	8	0	0	0	67
Hiroshi Mizutani	0	0		6.23	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.3	3	3	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	15
Tsuneo Nozaki	0	0		8.31	4	0	3	0	0	0	4.3	5	4	4	4	2	0	1	0	0	1	20
Hiroaki Tani	0	1	.000	6.00	7	1	3	0	0	0	18.0	18	12	12	0	12	0	9	1	0	0	78
Totals	71	46	.607	3.21	268	130	73	57	11	13	1154.0	1099	449	411	113	237	15	538	38	2	12	4675

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
Mitsuyasu Hirano	129	549	507	82	137	16	1	7	39	27	7	31	44	.270	.312	.347	.659	176	3	2	4	5	0
Kyosuke Sasaki	109	426	376	47	133	19	2	9	62	8	7	30	23	.354	.398	.487	.884	183	10	4	6	10	0
Shigeru Kurihashi	128	495	425	75	124	17	7	20	72	13	6	51	44	.292	.384	.506	.890	215	3	14	3	2	7
Shigeru Ishiwata	126	502	440	59	117	8	3	8	28	13	3	35	56	.266	.326	.352	.678	155	7	6	17	4	1
Chris Arnold	123	431	402	59	110	26	0	15	72	5	2	18	61	.274	.306	.450	.756	181	12	3	3	5	1
Toru Ogawa	108	369	327	46	105	17	2	10	50	2	5	33	25	.321	.384	.477	.861	156	7	2	4	3	3
Koichi Hada	130	463	419	41	100	8	4	9	47	8	6	32	70	.239	.289	.341	.630	143	10	1	3	8	0
Shuzo Arita	114	376	318	36	82	10	1	10	43	2	1	46	44	.258	.354	.390	.744	124	8	3	6	3	1
Shunji Nishimura	116	266	229	21	54	8	2	3	22	5	4	22	29	.236	.300	.328	.628	75	4	0	13	2	0
Joe Lis	95	294	262	22	54	9	0	6	30	0	4	27	57	.206	.283	.309	.592	81	3	2	1	2	0
Kohei Shimamoto	112	244	221	26	44	9	1	9	29	2	1	15	36	.199	.258	.371	.629	82	3	4	0	4	1
Masataka Nashida	58	141	120	17	32	4	2	7	30	3	2	9	15	.267	.321	.508	.829	61	1	2	7	3	0
Narihiro Abe	56	63	58	8	16	2	0	0	6	2	0	3	6	.276	.317	.310	.628	18	3	1	0	1	0
Toshizo Sakamoto	43	59	54	5	10	1	0	0	5	7	1	3	7	.185	.228	.204	.432	11	2	0	2	0	1
Tokuichi Fukiishi	74	63	59	3	7	0	0	1	1	6	2	2	9	.119	.161	.169	.331	10	0	1	1	0	0
Masataka Shirataki	12	22	19	1	6	1	0	1	7	0	0	3	3	.316	.409	.526	.935	10	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuhide Ishiyama	21	11	9	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.333	.455	.333	.788	3	0	1	0	0	0
Takehide Sato	12	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	0	0	0
Shiro Fujise	69	10	10	22	0	0	0	0	0	20	7	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Koji Ota	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1657	4797	4268	572	1134	155	25	115	545	123	58	361	538	.266	.326	.395	.721	1684	78	46	70	52	15

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Toru Ogawa	1B	90					.000
Chris Arnold	1B	42					.000
Joe Lis	1B	22					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	1B	12					.000
Takehide Sato	1B	3					.000
Kyosuke Sasaki	1B	1					.000
Shunji Nishimura	2B	112					.000
Chris Arnold	2B	64					.000
Toshizo Sakamoto	2B	17					.000
Shigeru Ishiwata	2B	4					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	2B	2					.000
Koichi Hada	3B	130					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	3B	25					.000
Shunji Nishimura	3B	7					.000
Shiro Fujise	3B	2					.000
Kyosuke Sasaki	3B	1					.000
Shuzo Arita	C	102					.000
Masataka Nashida	C	53					.000
Kazuhide Ishiyama	C	9					.000
Mitsuyasu Hirano	OF	128					.000
Kyosuke Sasaki	OF	108					.000
Kohei Shimamoto	OF	97					.000
Shigeru Kurihashi	OF	93					.000
Narihiro Abe	OF	32					.000
Shiro Fujise	OF	24					.000
Masataka Shirataki	OF	9					.000
Takehide Sato	OF	7					.000
Chris Arnold	OF	2					.000
Yutaka Yanagida	OF	1					.000
Toru Ogawa	OF	1					.000
Yutaka Yanagida	P	38					.000
Keishi Suzuki	P	37					.000
Tatsumi Murata	P	37					.000
Fumio Sato	P	34					.000
Satomi Bando	P	32					.000
Takashi Imoto	P	28					.000
Koji Ota	P	21					.000
Toshio Kanbe	P	21					.000
Hiroaki Tani	P	7					.000
Yasuo Kubo	P	6					.000
Tsuneo Nozaki	P	4					.000
Hiroshi Mizutani	P	3					.000
Shigeru Ishiwata	SS	125					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	SS	35					.000
Toshizo Sakamoto	SS	1					.000
Koichi Hada	SS	1					.000
Totals		1630	0	0	0	0	.000

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