1980 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 68-54
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Yukio Nishimoto (68-54)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1980 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1980 season with a record of 68 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes led the league with 791 runs, spearheaded by 239 home runs. Osaka surrendered 694 runs. Charlie Manuel walloped 48 home runs for the team, while Kyosuke Sasaki, Koichi Hada, Shigeru Kurihashi, Toru Ogawa, Shuzo Arita, Mitsuyasu Hirano and Masataka Nashida each added 15 or more, too. Charlie Manuel accounted for 129 RBI. Shigeru Kurihashi topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .328. Takashi Imoto paced the team with 15 wins, and Keishi Suzuki recorded a 3.87 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Chris Arnold and Charlie Manuel 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	WP	BF
Takashi Imoto	15	8	.652	4.38	35	28	4	12	1	1	205.7	217	118	100	42	59	2	94	5	3	878
Keishi Suzuki	14	8	.636	3.87	26	24	1	12	2	0	179.0	161	86	77	32	52	1	100	3	2	735
Yutaka Yanagida	13	9	.591	4.05	46	23	17	12	3	7	211.3	190	102	95	41	59	3	150	9	0	873
Yasuo Kubo	8	5	.615	4.01	34	10	15	4	0	3	130.3	130	61	58	24	45	1	69	3	4	555
Kenji Tachibana	8	11	.421	5.90	35	20	7	6	0	1	146.3	159	102	96	37	51	2	75	8	1	639
Tatsumi Murata	7	7	.500	6.22	36	18	7	3	0	2	136.0	165	105	94	38	57	1	52	6	0	625
Tetsuji Yamaguchi	2	1	.667	6.39	17	1	11	0	0	1	31.0	47	22	22	8	6	1	14	1	3	143
Hiroaki Tani	1	0	1.000	6.68	12	3	5	1	0	0	31.0	43	29	23	9	16	0	17	1	1	155
Tatsuya Yamamura	0	0		15.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	5	5	2	1	0	3	0	0	16
Fumio Sato	0	0		45.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	4	5	5	2	0	0	1	2	0	9
Yasuo Fukui	0	1	.000	3.15	9	0	6	0	0	0	34.3	32	12	12	7	8	0	17	0	0	140
Koji Ota	0	4	.000	10.66	14	3	5	0	0	0	38.0	64	47	45	9	14	0	17	1	3	189
Totals	68	54	.557	4.96	266	130	80	50	6	15	1147.0	1217	694	632	251	368	11	609	39	17	4957

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
Charlie Manuel	118	520	459	88	149	16	0	48	129	0	1	58	66	.325	.400	.673	1.073	309	11	1	0	2	7
Shigeru Kurihashi	124	505	436	85	143	26	1	28	84	9	9	52	71	.328	.406	.585	.991	255	10	10	0	7	6
Mitsuyasu Hirano	130	574	496	102	141	21	5	23	68	13	4	69	64	.284	.372	.486	.858	241	8	1	7	1	1
Kyosuke Sasaki	112	414	359	68	114	18	0	19	66	8	5	40	36	.318	.393	.526	.919	189	12	7	4	4	0
Toru Ogawa	114	405	344	69	111	24	0	15	55	1	3	47	26	.323	.404	.523	.927	180	5	2	9	3	0
Koichi Hada	115	446	401	71	109	13	1	30	80	6	2	38	52	.272	.332	.534	.865	214	7	0	3	4	2
Masataka Nashida	118	404	360	55	105	26	2	15	55	1	0	27	58	.292	.343	.500	.843	180	14	3	10	4	0
Shigeru Ishiwata	117	422	373	50	99	18	1	9	47	5	2	35	33	.265	.331	.391	.722	146	9	4	5	5	0
Chris Arnold	91	279	254	38	64	8	1	11	37	1	3	22	57	.252	.310	.421	.732	107	6	0	2	1	1
Shuzo Arita	95	256	204	30	63	5	0	16	37	2	2	44	38	.309	.434	.569	1.003	116	8	2	5	1	1
Tokuichi Fukiishi	109	281	249	35	62	8	2	12	36	6	2	9	31	.249	.285	.442	.726	110	7	5	14	4	0
Kohei Shimamoto	92	128	114	22	40	5	0	5	26	1	3	10	21	.351	.417	.526	.944	60	2	3	1	0	0
Yasunori Nagao	104	194	172	20	40	3	1	1	15	4	2	14	13	.233	.296	.279	.575	48	2	2	5	1	0
Shiro Fujise	85	122	108	22	26	8	0	3	8	22	4	9	20	.241	.294	.398	.692	43	1	0	3	2	0
Masahiro Hayashi	40	62	52	14	13	2	0	2	9	4	3	10	9	.250	.371	.404	.775	21	0	0	0	0	0
Narihiro Abe	27	44	41	7	12	0	0	1	6	1	1	3	6	.293	.341	.366	.707	15	1	0	0	0	0
Shunji Nishimura	22	23	21	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.238	.273	.286	.558	6	0	0	1	0	0
Masataka Shirataki	34	19	17	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.118	.167	.118	.284	2	1	0	1	0	0
Kazunori Yamamoto	24	23	17	8	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	4	7	.118	.348	.294	.642	5	0	2	0	0	0
Kazuhide Ishiyama	22	9	8	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.125	.222	.250	.472	2	0	0	0	0	0
Asakichi Yoda	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1702	5133	4488	791	1301	203	14	239	764	85	46	494	616	.290	.363	.501	.864	2249	104	42	70	39	18

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Toru Ogawa	1B	107					.000
Chris Arnold	1B	46					.000
Shuzo Arita	1B	15					.000
Asakichi Yoda	1B	7					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	1B	3					.000
Masataka Nashida	1B	2					.000
Koichi Hada	1B	2					.000
Yasunori Nagao	2B	88					.000
Shigeru Ishiwata	2B	57					.000
Chris Arnold	2B	45					.000
Masahiro Hayashi	2B	26					.000
Shunji Nishimura	2B	16					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	2B	1					.000
Koichi Hada	3B	110					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	3B	23					.000
Yasunori Nagao	3B	10					.000
Shunji Nishimura	3B	4					.000
Masahiro Hayashi	3B	4					.000
Shiro Fujise	3B	4					.000
Masataka Nashida	C	102					.000
Shuzo Arita	C	46					.000
Kazuhide Ishiyama	C	5					.000
Mitsuyasu Hirano	OF	129					.000
Shigeru Kurihashi	OF	121					.000
Kyosuke Sasaki	OF	96					.000
Kohei Shimamoto	OF	68					.000
Shiro Fujise	OF	53					.000
Narihiro Abe	OF	19					.000
Masataka Shirataki	OF	15					.000
Kazunori Yamamoto	OF	11					.000
Yutaka Yanagida	P	46					.000
Tatsumi Murata	P	36					.000
Kenji Tachibana	P	35					.000
Takashi Imoto	P	35					.000
Yasuo Kubo	P	34					.000
Keishi Suzuki	P	26					.000
Tetsuji Yamaguchi	P	17					.000
Koji Ota	P	14					.000
Hiroaki Tani	P	12					.000
Yasuo Fukui	P	9					.000
Tatsuya Yamamura	P	1					.000
Fumio Sato	P	1					.000
Shigeru Ishiwata	SS	92					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	SS	87					.000
Yasunori Nagao	SS	5					.000
Totals		1685	0	0	0	0	.000

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