1989 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 71-54
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Akira Ogi (71-54)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1989 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Roster

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1989 season with a record of 71 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.

The Kintetsu Buffaloes plated 606 runs and conceded 558 runs. Ralph Bryant walloped 49 home runs for Osaka, while Germán Rivera and Takahisa Suzuki added 15 or more also. Ralph Bryant drove in 121 runs. Hiromasa Arai led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .302. Hideyuki Awano topped the team with 19 wins and a team-best 2.72 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1989 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Pat Dodson, Germán Rivera, Masato Yoshii and Ralph Bryant.

Akira Ogi 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
Hideyuki Awano	19	8	.704	2.71	29	28	1	21	5	1	235.7	187	75	71	25	80	4	183	4	4	955
Kazuyoshi Ono	12	9	.571	3.39	25	24	1	13	1	1	180.3	167	82	68	23	59	5	149	1	2	744
Shintaro Yamasaki	9	10	.474	3.76	26	25	1	5	1	1	165.0	174	85	69	17	69	1	90	5	0	710
Tetsuro Kato	7	2	.778	3.83	24	13	3	2	1	1	94.0	98	41	40	11	49	2	61	3	5	416
Hideaki Sato	7	3	.700	3.64	47	0	8	0	0	4	81.7	89	38	33	4	20	2	34	2	0	339
Masato Yoshii	5	5	.500	2.99	47	0	38	0	0	20	84.3	77	28	28	8	37	7	44	3	2	358
Tatsumi Murata	4	6	.400	5.48	14	13	1	0	0	0	67.3	81	43	41	12	27	1	25	4	0	300
Koichi Ikeue	3	0	1.000	3.63	20	4	11	0	0	0	39.7	42	18	16	4	20	2	33	1	0	176
Izumi Takayanagi	3	5	.375	5.61	16	15	0	1	1	0	67.3	82	44	42	13	24	0	39	3	1	298
Osamu Sasaki	1	2	.333	5.61	20	1	5	0	0	0	43.3	58	30	27	10	14	3	18	2	0	192
Yoshiaki Ishimoto	1	3	.250	6.75	14	6	4	0	0	0	30.7	38	25	23	7	21	0	12	0	1	147
Masami Yamada	0	0		3.38	10	0	5	0	0	0	16.0	18	7	6	2	4	1	6	1	0	67
Fuminobu Kinoshita	0	0		3.64	21	0	2	0	0	0	29.7	22	13	12	3	21	1	32	2	0	131
Koji Tanizaki	0	0		6.75	4	0	2	0	0	0	10.7	13	13	8	2	10	0	7	0	0	54
Tatsuya Yamamura	0	0		9.82	6	0	1	0	0	0	11.0	13	12	12	3	8	0	12	0	0	53
Motoyuki Akahori	0	1	.000	3.86	9	1	5	0	0	0	7.0	9	4	3	0	6	0	2	0	1	35
Totals	71	54	.568	3.86	332	130	88	42	9	28	1163.7	1168	558	499	144	469	29	747	31	16	4975

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
Ralph Bryant	129	568	494	91	140	23	0	49	121	5	2	68	187	.283	.377	.628	1.004	310	6	6	0	0	17
Hiromasa Arai	124	521	444	64	134	25	2	7	47	6	2	40	22	.302	.361	.414	.776	184	8	3	31	3	1
Germán Rivera	123	523	473	70	123	18	0	25	79	4	1	41	69	.260	.323	.457	.780	216	11	5	0	4	1
Takahisa Suzuki	118	452	412	50	118	15	1	20	57	1	3	32	64	.286	.341	.473	.815	195	6	4	1	3	1
Daijiro Oishi	109	471	401	70	111	22	1	8	33	14	4	48	46	.277	.356	.397	.752	159	4	1	21	0	1
Yasunaga Makishi	113	337	295	35	75	14	3	7	30	2	3	22	37	.254	.307	.393	.700	116	5	1	18	1	0
Kazuhiko Yamashita	113	339	282	39	74	20	1	6	35	1	2	29	73	.262	.340	.404	.744	114	5	5	21	2	2
Yoshiaki Kanemura	81	288	244	32	55	7	0	7	30	0	2	29	68	.225	.312	.340	.652	83	6	2	12	1	0
Takayuki Murakami	50	175	160	24	49	11	3	5	25	2	0	13	32	.306	.354	.506	.861	81	5	0	0	2	0
Kenji Awaguchi	89	234	214	16	49	10	1	3	27	2	1	19	26	.229	.291	.327	.618	70	1	0	0	1	0
Koichi Hada	77	181	156	20	40	9	2	1	17	1	1	23	31	.256	.348	.359	.707	56	3	0	0	2	0
Hitoshi Nakane	59	157	144	25	34	5	0	10	21	2	1	10	44	.236	.286	.479	.765	69	3	0	3	0	0
Tadami Nakatani	46	117	106	11	29	9	0	1	13	0	0	9	19	.274	.333	.387	.720	41	1	1	0	1	1
Toshiya Adachi	88	159	127	20	26	4	2	1	9	2	2	15	22	.205	.299	.291	.590	37	0	2	15	0	0
Kenji Furukubo	65	120	105	10	18	3	0	2	6	0	0	9	27	.171	.241	.257	.499	27	3	1	4	1	0
Masahiko Goseki	42	78	71	1	15	3	0	1	5	0	0	4	15	.211	.253	.296	.549	21	2	0	3	0	0
Kunji Yonesaki	32	79	69	8	14	4	0	2	6	1	0	6	13	.203	.267	.348	.614	24	0	0	4	0	0
Shigeru Kurihashi	53	90	75	3	14	4	0	2	13	0	3	13	15	.187	.311	.320	.631	24	1	1	0	1	1
Pat Dodson	6	21	16	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	.312	.476	.375	.851	6	0	1	0	0	0
Hidekazu Mitsuyama	14	12	12	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.333	.333	.417	.750	5	0	0	0	0	0
Ryoji Nakamura	9	10	10	2	3	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	4	.300	.300	.700	1.000	7	0	0	0	0	0
Takashi Yoshida	49	11	11	12	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	.182	.182	.182	.364	2	1	0	0	0	0
Akira Onoue	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shinichi Tani	4	13	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.100	.250	.100	.350	1	0	0	1	0	0
Hiroki Nobayashi	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masaki Kato	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nobuhiko Kanazawa	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1603	4965	4338	606	1134	210	17	157	580	45	27	438	833	.261	.332	.426	.758	1849	71	33	134	22	25

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Germán Rivera	1B	74					.000
Koichi Hada	1B	40					.000
Takayuki Murakami	1B	23					.000
Masahiko Goseki	1B	22					.000
Hiromasa Arai	1B	14					.000
Pat Dodson	1B	6					.000
Yoshiaki Kanemura	1B	3					.000
Ryoji Nakamura	1B	2					.000
Nobuhiko Kanazawa	1B	1					.000
Daijiro Oishi	2B	108					.000
Toshiya Adachi	2B	43					.000
Takashi Yoshida	2B	7					.000
Shinichi Tani	2B	4					.000
Yoshiaki Kanemura	2B	4					.000
Kunji Yonesaki	2B	2					.000
Akira Onoue	2B	1					.000
Yasunaga Makishi	2B	1					.000
Yoshiaki Kanemura	3B	79					.000
Germán Rivera	3B	56					.000
Toshiya Adachi	3B	11					.000
Takayuki Murakami	3B	5					.000
Yasunaga Makishi	3B	4					.000
Koichi Hada	3B	2					.000
Shinichi Tani	3B	1					.000
Takahisa Suzuki	3B	1					.000
Hiroki Nobayashi	3B	1					.000
Kazuhiko Yamashita	C	112					.000
Kenji Furukubo	C	61					.000
Hidekazu Mitsuyama	C	11					.000
Takahisa Suzuki	OF	110					.000
Hiromasa Arai	OF	108					.000
Ralph Bryant	OF	94					.000
Kenji Awaguchi	OF	65					.000
Hitoshi Nakane	OF	50					.000
Takayuki Murakami	OF	26					.000
Tadami Nakatani	OF	13					.000
Takashi Yoshida	OF	9					.000
Shigeru Kurihashi	OF	3					.000
Masaki Kato	OF	3					.000
Ryoji Nakamura	OF	2					.000
Toshiya Adachi	OF	2					.000
Nobuhiko Kanazawa	OF	1					.000
Masahiko Goseki	OF	1					.000
Masato Yoshii	P	47					.000
Hideaki Sato	P	47					.000
Hideyuki Awano	P	29					.000
Shintaro Yamasaki	P	26					.000
Kazuyoshi Ono	P	25					.000
Tetsuro Kato	P	24					.000
Fuminobu Kinoshita	P	21					.000
Osamu Sasaki	P	20					.000
Koichi Ikeue	P	20					.000
Izumi Takayanagi	P	16					.000
Tatsumi Murata	P	14					.000
Yoshiaki Ishimoto	P	14					.000
Masami Yamada	P	10					.000
Motoyuki Akahori	P	9					.000
Tatsuya Yamamura	P	6					.000
Koji Tanizaki	P	4					.000
Yasunaga Makishi	SS	113					.000
Toshiya Adachi	SS	37					.000
Kunji Yonesaki	SS	25					.000
Takashi Yoshida	SS	14					.000
Shinichi Tani	SS	1					.000
Totals		1708	0	0	0	0	.000

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