Orix Buffaloes

Japan Series Titles: 0

Pacific League Pennants: 0

Franchise Players: Chihiro Kaneko

Current Manager: Hiroshi Moriwaki

Stadium: Osaka Dome/Skymark Stadium

The Orix Buffaloes were formed in 2005 by the merger of the Orix Blue Wave and Kintetsu Buffaloes, getting the players from the two worst teams in the 2004 Pacific League except for a couple Kintetsu players who refused to play for the merged franchise and instead opted for the expansion Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

Managers

• 2005: Akira Ogi
• 2006: Katsuhiro Nakamura
• 2007-2008: Terry Collins
• 2008-2010: Daijiro Ohishi
• 2011-2012: Akinobu Okada
• 2013-2015: Hiroshi Moriwaki
• 2015- : Junichi Fukura

New Team formed from merger of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes and the Orix BlueWave

Orix Buffaloes 2005 - present

Current team name