1982 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 63-57
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Seiji Sekiguchi (63-57)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1982 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1982 season with a record of 63 wins and 57 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes scored 594 runs and conceded 577 runs. Shigeru Kurihashi and Koichi Hada led Osaka with 22 home runs apiece., while Mitsuyasu Hirano walloped 15 or more also. Koichi Hada drove in 85 runs. Shigeru Kurihashi topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .311. Yasuo Kubo paced the squad with 12 wins, and Takashi Imoto recorded a 3.37 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Larry Wolfe and Vic Harris both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Seiji Sekiguchi 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
Yasuo Kubo	12	9	.571	3.87	26	22	3	15	2	1	176.7	165	81	76	27	68	4	75	2	3	748
Takashi Imoto	11	4	.733	3.37	19	16	2	11	1	0	131.0	109	53	49	19	39	1	39	0	2	524
Hiroaki Tani	11	9	.550	3.54	28	25	2	14	2	0	200.7	184	85	79	23	58	0	107	3	2	820
Keishi Suzuki	11	10	.524	3.74	24	24	0	16	0	0	190.3	199	95	79	34	35	2	100	1	0	786
Tatsumi Murata	7	11	.389	4.28	25	19	4	10	1	2	136.7	135	71	65	18	40	3	51	13	0	582
Kenji Tachibana	6	3	.667	4.31	19	12	5	4	1	0	94.0	95	48	45	10	21	1	40	7	0	389
Tetsuji Yamaguchi	3	3	.500	4.61	27	1	19	0	0	4	56.7	53	34	29	7	22	2	26	3	0	243
Yutaka Yanagida	2	8	.200	5.70	23	9	8	1	0	2	85.3	112	57	54	15	27	0	43	3	0	381
Kazuya Sumitomo	0	0		4.50	4	0	3	0	0	0	6.0	3	3	3	2	4	0	2	0	0	23
Koji Ota	0	0		4.50	13	1	7	0	0	0	38.0	39	23	19	1	17	1	19	1	0	168
Tatsuya Yamamura	0	0		5.52	6	0	3	0	0	0	14.7	13	9	9	1	7	0	13	1	0	63
Yasuyuki Fujiwara	0	0		8.22	2	1	1	0	0	0	7.7	9	8	7	2	6	0	4	0	1	38
Koji Tanizaki	0	0		10.00	5	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	15	10	10	3	6	0	4	0	2	43
Totals	63	57	.525	4.11	221	130	59	71	7	9	1146.7	1131	577	524	162	350	14	523	34	10	4808

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
Daijiro Oishi	129	573	492	86	135	16	1	12	41	47	12	55	42	.274	.347	.384	.731	189	7	1	23	2	1
Shigeru Kurihashi	113	464	383	73	119	20	3	22	79	8	1	62	61	.311	.422	.551	.973	211	7	14	2	3	11
Koichi Hada	123	500	430	69	119	18	2	22	85	9	5	62	62	.277	.367	.481	.848	207	11	2	1	5	1
Mitsuyasu Hirano	119	530	470	61	115	17	2	15	43	4	3	51	70	.245	.319	.385	.704	181	7	2	4	3	2
Masataka Nashida	91	306	279	31	81	8	0	10	35	6	0	22	42	.290	.340	.427	.766	119	8	0	3	2	0
Vic Harris	81	346	294	51	80	16	3	9	35	10	1	43	51	.272	.368	.439	.807	129	5	4	1	4	0
Kohei Shimamoto	105	335	299	37	79	14	0	11	40	5	2	21	50	.264	.330	.421	.752	126	6	9	5	1	0
Toru Ogawa	94	280	249	27	75	14	1	6	42	3	2	22	12	.301	.349	.438	.787	109	2	0	2	7	2
Larry Wolfe	88	308	272	22	61	11	0	14	45	1	0	28	62	.224	.296	.419	.715	114	2	0	7	1	0
Shuzo Arita	96	312	265	35	59	9	1	12	30	4	2	42	66	.223	.330	.400	.730	106	11	1	3	1	2
Shigeru Ishiwata	90	249	224	19	51	9	0	4	20	3	2	16	19	.228	.288	.321	.609	72	8	3	6	0	0
Yoshihito Oda	60	146	133	13	36	6	0	7	29	0	1	5	26	.271	.312	.474	.786	63	2	4	2	2	0
Hiroshi Moriwaki	55	168	149	15	31	6	0	2	8	3	1	11	26	.208	.261	.289	.549	43	1	0	7	1	0
Tokuichi Fukiishi	82	150	139	17	26	3	0	3	13	3	2	7	13	.187	.223	.273	.496	38	4	0	2	2	0
Hideaki Keimoto	70	124	111	12	24	7	1	1	12	1	3	9	16	.216	.287	.324	.611	36	5	2	2	0	0
Masahiro Nakane	27	53	46	4	10	0	0	0	6	0	0	7	14	.217	.321	.217	.538	10	1	0	0	0	0
Shiro Fujise	60	18	16	13	2	0	0	0	0	15	6	2	2	.125	.222	.125	.347	2	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshiaki Kanemura	7	17	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.118	.118	.118	.235	2	0	0	0	0	0
Shuji Ishihara	28	24	20	6	2	0	0	1	4	1	1	4	7	.100	.250	.250	.500	5	1	0	0	0	0
Unpei Noda	6	6	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	.200	.333	.400	.733	2	0	0	0	0	0
Masakazu Mitsui	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuhide Ishiyama	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1534	4915	4299	594	1108	175	14	151	567	126	45	470	651	.258	.334	.410	.745	1764	88	42	70	34	19

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Toru Ogawa	1B	70					.000
Koichi Hada	1B	52					.000
Yoshihito Oda	1B	22					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	1B	15					.000
Masahiro Nakane	1B	5					.000
Masakazu Mitsui	1B	3					.000
Daijiro Oishi	2B	129					.000
Shigeru Ishiwata	2B	4					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	2B	3					.000
Koichi Hada	3B	67					.000
Larry Wolfe	3B	53					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	3B	25					.000
Yoshiaki Kanemura	3B	5					.000
Daijiro Oishi	3B	3					.000
Shuzo Arita	C	69					.000
Masataka Nashida	C	67					.000
Larry Wolfe	C	27					.000
Kazuhide Ishiyama	C	1					.000
Mitsuyasu Hirano	OF	117					.000
Shigeru Kurihashi	OF	89					.000
Kohei Shimamoto	OF	80					.000
Vic Harris	OF	74					.000
Hideaki Keimoto	OF	67					.000
Shiro Fujise	OF	33					.000
Shuji Ishihara	OF	18					.000
Unpei Noda	OF	3					.000
Masahiro Nakane	OF	3					.000
Hiroaki Tani	P	28					.000
Tetsuji Yamaguchi	P	27					.000
Yasuo Kubo	P	26					.000
Tatsumi Murata	P	25					.000
Keishi Suzuki	P	24					.000
Yutaka Yanagida	P	23					.000
Kenji Tachibana	P	19					.000
Takashi Imoto	P	19					.000
Koji Ota	P	13					.000
Tatsuya Yamamura	P	6					.000
Koji Tanizaki	P	5					.000
Kazuya Sumitomo	P	4					.000
Yasuyuki Fujiwara	P	2					.000
Shigeru Ishiwata	SS	82					.000
Hiroshi Moriwaki	SS	55					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	SS	29					.000
Daijiro Oishi	SS	2					.000
Totals		1493	0	0	0	0	.000

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