Kintetsu Buffaloes

Kintetsu Buffaloes

NPB franchise and postseason
Name = Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
DisplayName = Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
League = Pacific

Tier 2 = Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes| JS = (0)*
JAPAN CHAMPIONS = None
LEAGUE = PL
P = (4)**
PENNANTS = 2001 1989 1980 1979

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (ja: 大阪近鉄バファローズ) was a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Osaka, Japan, which were in the Pacific League. The team was owned by Kinki Nippon Railway Co. (later: Kintetsu Corp.) and later sold to the Orix Group, the owner of the Orix BlueWave baseball team, in 2004. The new owner then announced that they would merged the two teams into one team called the Orix Buffaloes before the start of the 2004-2005 NPB season.

The team was founded in 1950 and was known by various names: the Kintetsu Pearls (1950-1958), Kintetsu Buffalo (1959-1961), Kintetsu Buffaloes (1962-1998), Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (1999-2004), and Orix Buffaloes (2005-now).

The team plays in Osaka Dome.

:Uniform colors: Red, navy blue and White:Nickname: "Kintetsu" (近鉄), "Buffaloes" (バファローズ), "Mougyu" (猛牛) means violent buffalo, "Ushi" (牛,丑) means cow.:Logo design: A stylized buffalo's head with angry-looking red eyes which is designed by Okamoto Taro; or "Buffaloes" in red script, outlined with white. :League championships won (4): 1979, 1980, 1989, 2001:Japan Series championships won (0):

Players of note

Former players

Japanese

*Hisashi Iwakuma (岩隈 久志)
*Yoshiaki Kanemura (金村 義明)
*Norihiro Nakamura (中村 紀洋)
*Hideo Nomo (野茂 英雄)
*Koji Ota (太田 幸司)
*Akinori Otsuka (大塚 晶則)
*Keishi Suzuki (鈴木 啓示)
*Masato Yoshii (吉井 理人)

Foreign Players

*Andy Abad
*Kyle Abbott
*Mike Andrews
*Luis Aquino
*Chris Arnold
*Gene Bacque
*Sean Bergman
*Billy Bean
*Buddy Bradford
*Ralph Bryant
*Ozzie Canseco
*Phil Clark
*Alvin Davis
*Dick Davis
*Pat Dodson
*Chris Donnels
*Chuck Essegian
*Freddy García
*Shawn Gilbert
*David Green
*Ike Hampton
*Mike Johnson
*Phil Leftwich
*Charlie Manuel
*Glenn Mickens
*Bob Milacki
*Don Money
*Ben Oglivie
*Dennis Powell
*Jim Qualls
*R. J. Reynolds
*Tuffy Rhodes
*Bombo Rivera
*Germán Rivera
*Dave Roberts
*Johnny Ruffin
*Brian Shouse
*Lee Stevens
*Jim Traber
*Carlos Valdez
*Nigel Wilson
*Bob Wolcott
*Larry Wolfe

Retired numbers

*1 Keishi Suzuki (鈴木 啓示)

External links

* [http://www.baywell.ne.jp/users/drlatham/baseball/yakyu/history/buffalo.htm History of the Kintetsu Buffaloes]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A32Eb8pkcx8 The dramatic determination of championship in Pacific League]


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