1983 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 52-65
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Seiji Sekiguchi (52-65)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1983 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1983 season with a record of 52 wins and 65 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes scored 581 runs and yielded 626 runs. Shigeru Kurihashi led Osaka with 23 home runs, while Shuzo Arita walloped 15 or more, too. Shigeru Kurihashi recorded 72 runs batted in and topped all regular hitters by hitting .294. Keishi Suzuki paced the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.7 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Mike Edwards 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
Keishi Suzuki	14	11	.560	3.70	28	28	0	23	3	0	226.0	232	105	93	31	30	1	101	2	0	920
Kazuya Sumitomo	8	2	.800	2.81	33	0	11	0	0	3	80.0	73	37	25	11	22	1	34	4	1	331
Yutaka Yanagida	6	14	.300	4.79	28	27	0	5	2	0	159.7	176	89	85	29	46	4	90	7	0	690
Yasujiro Suzuki	5	1	.833	2.28	42	1	38	0	0	14	71.0	56	19	18	6	14	1	30	3	3	279
Yasuo Kubo	5	10	.333	4.55	29	20	4	5	0	2	142.3	134	83	72	26	52	1	46	4	0	598
Hiroaki Tani	4	8	.333	6.13	21	20	0	5	0	0	111.7	130	78	76	16	56	1	60	4	4	510
Tatsuya Yamamura	3	6	.333	4.82	16	14	1	4	0	0	89.7	93	51	48	10	27	1	52	1	3	381
Masao Koyama	2	2	.500	5.23	11	4	5	0	0	0	31.0	31	21	18	3	12	0	14	1	0	135
Kenji Tachibana	2	2	.500	7.58	14	4	5	0	0	0	38.0	50	33	32	7	11	2	19	2	0	178
Tatsumi Murata	2	6	.250	5.00	25	9	5	4	0	0	86.3	94	55	48	8	32	3	25	5	0	371
Masami Yoshikawa	1	1	.500	4.03	23	0	7	0	0	0	51.3	43	28	23	6	33	1	22	6	0	223
Tetsuro Kato	0	0		6.75	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	3	3	2	1	0	2	0	0	19
Tetsuji Yamaguchi	0	0		9.00	5	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	9	5	5	1	3	0	2	0	0	25
Yoshiaki Ishimoto	0	0		108.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	5	5	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	7
Koji Tanizaki	0	2	.000	3.58	12	3	5	0	0	0	32.7	34	14	13	2	21	0	12	0	0	146
Totals	52	65	.444	4.49	289	130	84	46	5	19	1129.0	1167	626	563	160	361	16	510	39	11	4813

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	130	592	506	90	145	23	6	10	46	60	14	62	64	.287	.372	.415	.787	210	4	8	14	2	1
Mitsuyasu Hirano	121	490	456	39	133	22	2	10	48	6	3	23	53	.292	.328	.414	.742	189	5	3	5	3	0
Shigeru Kurihashi	110	434	374	71	110	22	2	23	72	8	3	45	58	.294	.382	.548	.931	205	6	11	0	4	7
Koichi Hada	123	476	414	61	110	22	2	14	66	6	0	51	78	.266	.342	.430	.772	178	16	1	3	7	1
Masataka Nashida	111	357	313	34	84	14	0	8	42	7	1	35	37	.268	.341	.390	.731	122	9	1	5	3	1
Masahiro Nakane	106	355	311	44	83	11	1	14	44	8	3	39	56	.267	.345	.444	.788	138	7	0	1	4	1
Shinichi Tani	119	391	319	38	74	13	1	3	39	7	2	32	58	.232	.309	.307	.616	98	7	5	32	3	0
Toru Ogawa	104	270	234	25	63	6	1	8	27	1	0	35	15	.269	.364	.406	.770	95	8	0	1	0	4
Terry Lee	44	158	144	22	46	8	0	10	29	1	0	12	38	.319	.367	.583	.950	84	4	0	0	2	1
Mike Edwards	53	171	158	21	46	6	2	1	10	8	2	4	18	.291	.315	.373	.689	59	4	2	6	1	0
Vic Harris	75	262	227	27	45	8	1	4	23	6	3	29	42	.198	.288	.295	.584	67	4	1	2	3	0
Shuzo Arita	77	220	185	28	43	2	0	17	33	0	1	26	51	.232	.338	.519	.857	96	4	4	4	1	0
Kohei Shimamoto	75	182	161	18	36	4	0	2	17	1	1	11	32	.224	.283	.286	.569	46	3	4	2	4	0
Tokuichi Fukiishi	67	147	132	18	28	6	0	2	20	4	1	8	13	.212	.254	.303	.557	40	1	0	5	2	0
Hideaki Keimoto	63	114	96	14	27	3	1	1	11	5	0	9	5	.281	.355	.365	.719	35	1	3	4	2	0
Yoshiaki Kanemura	38	83	76	6	15	3	0	2	11	1	0	3	19	.197	.228	.316	.544	24	2	0	4	0	0
Yoshihito Oda	40	82	69	5	14	0	0	0	7	0	1	12	11	.203	.321	.203	.524	14	2	0	1	0	0
Hiroshi Moriwaki	23	33	27	4	8	3	0	0	4	0	0	3	4	.296	.375	.407	.782	11	1	1	1	1	0
Kazuhide Ishiyama	12	14	13	2	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	.231	.286	.538	.824	7	1	0	0	0	0
Shiro Fujise	35	6	4	7	2	0	0	1	2	8	2	0	1	.500	.400	1.250	1.650	5	0	0	1	1	0
Masakazu Mitsui	6	9	9	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.556	.778	5	0	0	0	0	0
Masahiro Hayashi	13	15	13	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	3	.154	.267	.385	.651	5	0	0	0	0	0
Unpei Noda	9	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	1	0	0
Takahiro Yanagihara	7	13	12	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	5	.083	.154	.333	.487	4	0	0	0	0	0
Shuji Ishihara	13	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.000	.091	.000	.091	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1574	4894	4271	581	1121	177	19	134	559	139	39	444	669	.262	.335	.407	.742	1738	89	44	92	43	16

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Toru Ogawa	1B	81					.000
Terry Lee	1B	40					.000
Yoshihito Oda	1B	24					.000
Yoshiaki Kanemura	1B	23					.000
Koichi Hada	1B	13					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	1B	9					.000
Masakazu Mitsui	1B	1					.000
Daijiro Oishi	2B	130					.000
Shinichi Tani	2B	2					.000
Masakazu Mitsui	2B	2					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	2B	1					.000
Koichi Hada	3B	109					.000
Yoshiaki Kanemura	3B	11					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	3B	11					.000
Shinichi Tani	3B	10					.000
Masahiro Hayashi	3B	4					.000
Shiro Fujise	3B	3					.000
Daijiro Oishi	3B	1					.000
Masataka Nashida	C	82					.000
Shuzo Arita	C	49					.000
Kazuhide Ishiyama	C	5					.000
Mitsuyasu Hirano	OF	114					.000
Masahiro Nakane	OF	84					.000
Hideaki Keimoto	OF	57					.000
Kohei Shimamoto	OF	56					.000
Shigeru Kurihashi	OF	52					.000
Mike Edwards	OF	47					.000
Vic Harris	OF	46					.000
Shiro Fujise	OF	16					.000
Shuji Ishihara	OF	10					.000
Unpei Noda	OF	9					.000
Takahiro Yanagihara	OF	6					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	OF	5					.000
Yasujiro Suzuki	P	42					.000
Kazuya Sumitomo	P	33					.000
Yasuo Kubo	P	29					.000
Yutaka Yanagida	P	28					.000
Keishi Suzuki	P	28					.000
Tatsumi Murata	P	25					.000
Masami Yoshikawa	P	23					.000
Hiroaki Tani	P	21					.000
Tatsuya Yamamura	P	16					.000
Kenji Tachibana	P	14					.000
Koji Tanizaki	P	12					.000
Masao Koyama	P	11					.000
Tetsuji Yamaguchi	P	5					.000
Tetsuro Kato	P	1					.000
Yoshiaki Ishimoto	P	1					.000
Shinichi Tani	SS	111					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	SS	41					.000
Hiroshi Moriwaki	SS	17					.000
Totals		1571	0	0	0	0	.000

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