1987 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 52-69
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Isami Okamoto (52-69)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1987 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1987 season with a record of 52 wins and 69 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes plated 528 runs and gave up 599 runs, most in the league. Ben Oglivie paced Osaka with 24 home runs, while Dick Davis and Takahisa Suzuki walloped 15 or more, too. Ben Oglivie drove in 74 runs. Hiromasa Arai led all regular hitters by hitting .366. Hideyuki Awano topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.89 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.

Members of the 1987 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Masato Yoshii, Ben Oglivie and Dick Davis.

Isami Okamoto 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
Hideyuki Awano	15	12	.556	2.88	32	30	0	22	3	0	249.7	211	86	80	27	58	2	201	4	0	3	1002
Kazuyoshi Ono	11	11	.500	4.07	28	27	0	14	3	0	190.3	169	91	86	36	56	4	138	2	0	0	776
Kazuya Sumitomo	5	4	.556	3.90	44	0	15	0	0	1	67.0	67	39	29	7	26	4	25	3	0	1	290
Masao Koyama	4	6	.400	4.76	18	15	1	2	1	0	75.7	89	49	40	15	16	0	36	2	0	0	329
Hiroaki Tani	4	6	.400	5.59	23	18	3	1	0	0	93.3	108	65	58	9	39	1	40	6	0	3	426
Tatsumi Murata	4	7	.364	4.92	33	12	12	1	0	1	93.3	115	57	51	18	26	2	36	9	1	1	420
Yoshiaki Ishimoto	3	6	.333	3.24	50	0	26	0	0	7	80.7	59	31	29	14	53	4	73	3	0	1	341
Osamu Sasaki	3	8	.273	4.82	24	16	1	0	0	0	99.0	115	58	53	16	36	2	32	6	1	1	446
Masato Yoshii	2	1	.667	4.75	13	2	6	1	0	0	36.0	45	21	19	3	12	1	23	0	0	2	157
Shintaro Yamasaki	1	4	.200	3.57	12	6	6	2	0	0	45.3	52	20	18	3	19	1	23	3	0	2	202
Tsuneto Fukuchi	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7
Yutaka Yanagida	0	0		0.00	6	1	2	0	0	0	9.3	8	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	36
Koji Tanizaki	0	0		7.71	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.3	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	10
Koichi Ikeue	0	0		10.80	3	0	1	0	0	0	6.7	11	8	8	1	6	0	3	1	0	1	36
Yasuo Kubo	0	2	.000	5.40	12	3	4	0	0	1	21.7	27	16	13	4	6	1	11	0	0	0	94
Tetsuro Kato	0	2	.000	6.18	38	0	9	0	0	0	78.7	81	56	54	10	49	0	39	5	0	2	357
Totals	52	69	.430	4.22	338	130	87	43	7	10	1150.7	1163	599	540	164	406	22	682	44	2	17	4929

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
Hiromasa Arai	128	568	503	67	184	22	5	13	67	5	4	34	26	.366	.403	.507	.910	255	5	2	22	7	0
Daijiro Oishi	130	586	532	75	141	26	4	5	42	41	9	39	58	.265	.316	.357	.673	190	6	2	10	3	1
Ben Oglivie	110	459	413	62	124	24	1	24	74	5	2	37	64	.300	.359	.538	.897	222	16	4	0	5	3
Takahisa Suzuki	119	487	450	46	118	21	0	21	54	4	4	25	89	.262	.308	.449	.757	202	11	6	3	3	4
Dick Davis	91	385	341	44	115	15	0	16	49	2	1	40	39	.337	.408	.522	.930	178	12	2	0	2	7
Yoshiaki Kanemura	130	531	469	51	114	12	2	14	61	4	3	42	101	.243	.300	.367	.667	172	11	1	8	11	2
Takayuki Murakami	109	370	342	43	82	16	1	13	39	6	2	18	80	.240	.282	.406	.689	139	5	3	5	2	1
Kenji Awaguchi	102	316	287	24	69	9	1	6	30	0	2	27	37	.240	.304	.341	.645	98	8	0	0	2	5
Kazuhiko Yamashita	116	324	286	31	62	8	0	6	24	0	3	18	79	.217	.270	.308	.578	88	4	3	17	0	0
Shigeru Kurihashi	73	200	181	20	54	12	0	6	19	2	0	16	39	.298	.360	.464	.824	84	1	2	0	1	0
Koichi Hada	74	156	147	11	31	6	2	4	17	0	1	6	24	.211	.245	.361	.606	53	2	1	1	1	0
Junichi Sato	84	62	58	14	18	2	0	1	5	5	4	1	13	.310	.322	.397	.719	23	1	0	3	0	0
Yasunaga Makishi	77	136	122	12	18	1	0	2	6	2	1	5	28	.148	.180	.205	.385	25	2	0	8	1	0
Masataka Nashida	35	71	64	4	15	5	0	2	7	1	3	4	19	.234	.271	.406	.678	26	0	0	1	2	0
Tokuichi Fukiishi	60	84	76	5	15	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	13	.197	.215	.197	.413	15	0	0	5	1	0
Masao Yamamoto	42	64	60	6	14	4	0	1	7	0	0	4	17	.233	.281	.350	.631	21	1	0	0	0	1
Kenji Furukubo	28	38	34	4	10	2	0	0	5	1	0	1	12	.294	.306	.353	.658	12	0	0	2	1	0
Yoshio Nakato	16	36	35	4	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.286	.306	.314	.620	11	1	0	0	0	0
Hidekazu Mitsuyama	23	21	18	3	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.222	.300	.444	.744	8	0	2	1	0	0
Tetsuya Ohara	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takahiro Yanagihara	7	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takashi Yoshida	20	10	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0
Totals	1575	4915	4438	528	1198	187	16	135	512	81	40	320	757	.270	.320	.411	.731	1822	87	28	87	42	24

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Dick Davis	1B	88					.000
Koichi Hada	1B	34					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	1B	29					.000
Yoshio Nakato	1B	13					.000
Yoshiaki Kanemura	1B	5					.000
Masao Yamamoto	1B	1					.000
Tetsuya Ohara	1B	1					.000
Daijiro Oishi	2B	128					.000
Yasunaga Makishi	2B	7					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	2B	6					.000
Takashi Yoshida	2B	4					.000
Yoshiaki Kanemura	3B	130					.000
Yasunaga Makishi	3B	5					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	3B	2					.000
Yoshio Nakato	3B	1					.000
Koichi Hada	3B	1					.000
Kazuhiko Yamashita	C	116					.000
Kenji Furukubo	C	28					.000
Masataka Nashida	C	27					.000
Hidekazu Mitsuyama	C	22					.000
Hiromasa Arai	OF	128					.000
Takahisa Suzuki	OF	119					.000
Junichi Sato	OF	71					.000
Kenji Awaguchi	OF	67					.000
Ben Oglivie	OF	47					.000
Masao Yamamoto	OF	31					.000
Shigeru Kurihashi	OF	8					.000
Takahiro Yanagihara	OF	1					.000
Yoshiaki Ishimoto	P	50					.000
Kazuya Sumitomo	P	44					.000
Tetsuro Kato	P	38					.000
Tatsumi Murata	P	33					.000
Hideyuki Awano	P	32					.000
Kazuyoshi Ono	P	28					.000
Osamu Sasaki	P	24					.000
Hiroaki Tani	P	23					.000
Masao Koyama	P	18					.000
Masato Yoshii	P	13					.000
Shintaro Yamasaki	P	12					.000
Yasuo Kubo	P	12					.000
Yutaka Yanagida	P	6					.000
Koichi Ikeue	P	3					.000
Koji Tanizaki	P	1					.000
Tsuneto Fukuchi	P	1					.000
Takayuki Murakami	SS	100					.000
Yasunaga Makishi	SS	63					.000
Tokuichi Fukiishi	SS	13					.000
Takashi Yoshida	SS	11					.000
Totals		1645	0	0	0	0	.000

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