1987 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes

1987 > Class Foreign > 1987 Japan Pacific League
Overall: 52-69
Scored 528 runs, Allowed 599 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 54-67

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Isami Okamoto
Represented: Osaka, JP
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1986 / 1988

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Hiromasa Arai	35	L	R	5' 9.0"	145	Apr 26, 1952	Higashinari Ward, Osaka, JP
Kenji Awaguchi	35	L	R	5' 8.0"	167	Apr 5, 1952	Itano-gun, Tokushima, JP
Hideyuki Awano	22	L	L	5' 10.0"	165	Jul 28, 1964	Ota Ward, Tokyo, JP
Dick Davis	33	R	R	6' 3.0"	190	Sep 25, 1953	Long Beach, CA, US
Tokuichi Fukiishi	34	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Apr 2, 1953	Hidaka-gun, Wakayama, JP
Tsuneto Fukuchi	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	182	Jan 29, 1963	Taku, Saga, JP
Kenji Furukubo	23	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Jun 23, 1964	Toyonaka, Osaka, JP
Koichi Hada	34	R	R	5' 11.0"	187	Jun 19, 1953	Amagasaki, Hyogo, JP
Koichi Ikeue	20		R	6' 3.0"	185	Jun 12, 1967
Yoshiaki Ishimoto	24					Dec 24, 1962
Yoshiaki Kanemura	23					Aug 27, 1963
Tetsuro Kato	23					Apr 12, 1964
Masao Koyama	23					Aug 30, 1963
Yasuo Kubo	29					Apr 8, 1958
Shigeru Kurihashi	35					Aug 10, 1951
Yasunaga Makishi	27					May 3, 1960
Hidekazu Mitsuyama	21					Nov 20, 1965
Takayuki Murakami	21					Aug 26, 1965
Tatsumi Murata	34					Jul 9, 1952
Yoshio Nakato	24					May 23, 1963
Masataka Nashida	33					Aug 4, 1953	Hamada, Shimane, JP
Ben Oglivie	38	L	L	6' 2.0"	160	Feb 11, 1949	Colon, Colon, PA
Tetsuya Ohara	29					Jul 24, 1957
Daijiro Oishi	28					Oct 20, 1958	Shizuoka, Shizuoka, JP
Kazuyoshi Ono	21					Nov 13, 1965
Osamu Sasaki	24					Oct 9, 1962
Junichi Sato	26					Jul 18, 1960
Kazuya Sumitomo	29					Feb 14, 1958
Takahisa Suzuki	23					Nov 20, 1963
Hiroaki Tani	31					Apr 7, 1956
Koji Tanizaki	30					May 7, 1957
Masao Yamamoto	33					Aug 12, 1953
Shintaro Yamasaki	21		R	6' 0.0"	165	May 19, 1966
Kazuhiko Yamashita	24					Nov 29, 1962
Yutaka Yanagida	35					Aug 31, 1951
Takahiro Yanagihara	32					Jun 12, 1955
Takashi Yoshida	20					Nov 28, 1966
Masato Yoshii	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	210	Apr 20, 1965	Osaka, JP

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