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1976 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes

1976 > Class Foreign > 1976 Japan Pacific League
Overall: 57-66
Scored 457 runs, Allowed 436 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-59

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Yukio Nishimoto
Represented: Osaka, JP
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1975 / 1977

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Narihiro Abe 29 L L 5' 8.0" 154 Mar 27, 1947 Iwate, JP
Shigeo Akiyama 30 R R 5' 10.0" 160 May 5, 1946 Okayama, JP
Shuzo Arita 24 R R 5' 8.0" 176 Sep 27, 1951 Ube, Yamaguchi, JP
Satomi Bando 34 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Jan 1, 1942 Itano-gun, Tokushima, JP
Tokuichi Fukiishi 23 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Apr 2, 1953 Hidaka-gun, Wakayama, JP
Yasuo Fukui 23 R R 5' 11.0" 176 Nov 12, 1952 Okayama, JP
Koichi Hada 23 R R 5' 11.0" 187 Jun 19, 1953 Amagasaki, Hyogo, JP
Masahiro Hayashi 24 R R 5' 8.0" 167 May 25, 1952 Wakayama, JP
Mitsuyasu Hirano 27 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Apr 23, 1949 Osaka, Osaka, JP
Takashi Imoto 25 Nov 21, 1950
Takao Ise 31 Dec 18, 1944
Shigeru Ishiwata 27 Aug 12, 1948
Kazuhide Ishiyama 25 Dec 13, 1950
Clarence Jones 34 L L 6' 2.0" 185 Nov 7, 1941 Zanesville, OH, US
Toshio Kanbe 33 Mar 24, 1943
Shigeru Kurihashi 24 Aug 10, 1951
Ron Lolich 29 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Sep 19, 1946 Portland, OR, US
Hiroshi Mizutani 30 Apr 11, 1946
Masataka Nashida 22 Aug 4, 1953 Hamada, Shimane, JP
Shunji Nishimura 28 May 21, 1948
Toru Ogawa 30 Aug 1, 1945
Kazuo Onishi 22 Aug 4, 1953
Koji Ota 24 Jan 23, 1952
Toshizo Sakamoto 32 Jul 13, 1943
Kyosuke Sasaki 26 Dec 28, 1949
Fumio Sato 23 Apr 12, 1953
Takehide Sato 29 Jun 13, 1947
Hiroaki Shibaike 30 Jun 21, 1946
Kohei Shimamoto 24 Jan 11, 1952
Keishi Suzuki 28 Sep 28, 1947
Kenji Tachibana 22 Mar 8, 1954
Koji Takagi 24 Jun 15, 1952
Hiroaki Tani 20 Apr 7, 1956
Yutaka Yanagida 24 Aug 31, 1951
Asakichi Yoda 27 Jul 29, 1948

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