1984 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics
Team Record: 58-61
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Isami Okamoto (58-61)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium
The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1984 season with a record of 58 wins and 61 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.
The Kintetsu Buffaloes tallied 609 runs and conceded 647 runs. Daijiro Oishi paced Osaka with 29 home runs, while Dick Davis and Koichi Hada walloped 15 or more also. Hideji Kato drove in 72 runs. Daijiro Oishi led all regular batters by hitting .282. Keishi Suzuki topped the team with 16 wins, and Hiroaki Tani recorded a 3.57 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1984 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dick Davis, Don Money and Mark Corey.
Isami Okamoto served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
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 | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3.76 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 213.0 | 217 | 108 | 89 | 30 | 45 | 0 | 102 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 889 |
| Yutaka Yanagida | 10 | 9 | .526 | 4.06 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 177.3 | 149 | 86 | 80 | 31 | 58 | 4 | 84 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 733 |
| Hiroaki Tani | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.57 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 146.3 | 121 | 72 | 58 | 20 | 76 | 2 | 85 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 637 |
| Masao Koyama | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.30 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 92.0 | 109 | 58 | 44 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 411 |
| Yasujiro Suzuki | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.10 | 46 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 78.3 | 73 | 34 | 27 | 3 | 27 | 7 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 339 |
| Yasuo Kubo | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.76 | 36 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 124.7 | 125 | 73 | 66 | 20 | 52 | 4 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 546 |
| Tatsumi Murata | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.81 | 36 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 110.3 | 106 | 66 | 59 | 16 | 46 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 473 |
| Kenji Tachibana | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.63 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.3 | 42 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 171 |
| Kazuyoshi Ono | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.29 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 68.0 | 78 | 44 | 40 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 304 |
| Yoshiaki Ishimoto | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Tetsuji Yamaguchi | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | |
| Kazuya Sumitomo | 0 | 0 | 6.93 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37.7 | 54 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174 | |
| Koji Tanizaki | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Tetsuro Kato | 0 | 1 | .000 | 40.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Tatsuya Yamamura | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| Masami Yoshikawa | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.68 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 30 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 136 |
| Totals | 58 | 61 | .487 | 4.37 | 307 | 130 | 94 | 36 | 2 | 23 | 1151.7 | 1148 | 647 | 559 | 167 | 400 | 20 | 500 | 47 | 1 | 12 | 4963 |
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 | 598 | 528 | 97 | 149 | 22 | 5 | 29 | 65 | 46 | 19 | 58 | 58 | .282 | .355 | .508 | .863 | 268 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| Hideji Kato | 130 | 572 | 499 | 65 | 126 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 72 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 91 | .253 | .332 | .373 | .705 | 186 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mitsuyasu Hirano | 121 | 535 | 490 | 59 | 123 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 53 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 37 | .251 | .298 | .335 | .633 | 164 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Shigeru Kurihashi | 118 | 487 | 427 | 61 | 120 | 28 | 1 | 14 | 55 | 9 | 4 | 53 | 66 | .281 | .359 | .450 | .809 | 192 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Koichi Hada | 115 | 444 | 393 | 55 | 107 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 50 | 8 | 4 | 42 | 42 | .272 | .345 | .433 | .778 | 170 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Dick Davis | 78 | 315 | 287 | 42 | 89 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 28 | .310 | .359 | .554 | .913 | 159 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Masataka Nashida | 84 | 273 | 241 | 29 | 60 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 26 | .249 | .321 | .390 | .711 | 94 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Masahiro Nakane | 78 | 196 | 175 | 18 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 50 | .274 | .352 | .514 | .866 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tokuichi Fukiishi | 86 | 207 | 189 | 25 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 19 | .249 | .283 | .365 | .648 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Shuzo Arita | 72 | 252 | 222 | 29 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 45 | .207 | .293 | .428 | .721 | 95 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Toru Ogawa | 83 | 179 | 158 | 22 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | .234 | .316 | .361 | .677 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Money | 29 | 125 | 100 | 17 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 10 | .260 | .408 | .520 | .928 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Takahiro Yanagihara | 29 | 65 | 62 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .387 | .400 | .645 | 1.045 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shinichi Tani | 69 | 148 | 126 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | .167 | .245 | .222 | .467 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Tetsuya Ohara | 40 | 96 | 82 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | .232 | .281 | .427 | .708 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Corey | 31 | 91 | 79 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 | .215 | .308 | .354 | .662 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yoshiaki Kanemura | 54 | 115 | 94 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 23 | .170 | .266 | .266 | .532 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Hideaki Keimoto | 82 | 67 | 60 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | .250 | .328 | .350 | .678 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Duran | 24 | 82 | 69 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .188 | .317 | .507 | .824 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junichi Sato | 78 | 39 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | .143 | .211 | .229 | .439 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Takayuki Murakami | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 | .600 | .600 | 1.200 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kohei Shimamoto | 21 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .150 | .143 | .200 | .343 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Masahiro Hayashi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Motokuni Sano | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1558 | 4914 | 4343 | 609 | 1114 | 161 | 13 | 174 | 593 | 91 | 48 | 445 | 612 | .257 | .328 | .420 | .748 | 1823 | 99 | 32 | 65 | 29 | 11 |
Fielding:
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