ORIX Buffaloes 2005

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Mr. OHGI die. (15.Dec.2005)

ORIX Blue Wave and Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes have been merged into ORIX Buffaloes.
And One New team (Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles) joins Pacific League.

tabel.Stats of Buffaloes 2005
CompetitionsGamesPctWin/Loss/TieAveERAGBPlace
Regular-season136/1360.46261/71/30.2603.8426.04th/6
Inter League36/360.51517/16/36.07th/12

Regular-season Games includes Inter League Games.
2nd and 3rd place teams in the Regular-season are eligible to play in the play-off 1st stage.
1st place team in the Regular-season and the winner of 1st stage are eligible to play in the play-off 2nd stage for Pacific League Championship 2005.

SCHEDULE

tabel_1.Schedule of Buffaloes 2005
No.Date/venuesScoresTeamsPitchersHome-runsSpectators
1.26 Mar.,
Invoice S. Dome		2:3LionsYoshikawa18,698
2.27 Mar.,
Invoice S. Dome		7:11LionsJPKitagawa12,071
3.28 Mar.,
Osaka Dome		5:2MarinesParraOhnishi22,317
4.29 Mar.,
Osaka Dome		3:4MarinesKevinShimoyama12,935
5.30 Mar.,
Osaka Dome		2:3MarinesYuki10,391
6.1 Apr.,
Sapporo Dome		7:5FightersMitsuhara10,258
7.2 Apr.,
Sapporo Dome		10:0FightersJP17,035
8.3 Apr.,
Sapporo Dome		1:5FightersKawagoe20,177
9.4 Apr.,
Skymark stadium		1:4HawksHagiwaraShiozaki22,936
10.5 Apr.,
Skymark stadium		1:3HawksAiki19,659
11.6 Apr.,
Skymark stadium		11:2HawksYamamoto S.Brumbaugh, Gotoh17,679
12.8 Apr.,
Osaka Dome		2:8Golden EaglesJP12,885
13.9 Apr.,
Osaka Dome		6:1Golden EaglesMitsuhara17,758
14.10 Apr.,
Osaka Dome		5:3Golden EaglesKawagoe15,979
.11 Apr., rained out
Marine stadium		-MarinesKevinrained out
.12 Apr., rained out
Marine stadium		-MarinesKevinrained out
15.13 Apr.,
Marine stadium		3:4MarinesKikuchihara8,107
16.15 Apr.,
Skymark stadium		2:1LionsJP16,883
17.16 Apr.,
Osaka Dome		9:4LionsMitsuharaGarcia, Kitagawa13,754
18.17 Apr.,
Osaka Dome		5:2LionsKawagoeKitagawa, Abe M.13,102
19.18 Apr.,
Yahoo! Dome		0:2HawksKevin24,371
20.19 Apr.,
Kita-kyushu		0:12HawksParra15,960
21.20 Apr.,
Yahoo! Dome		3:8HawksYukiShiozaki24,712
22.23 Apr.,
Tokyo Dome		4:8FightersHagiwaraMatoyama, Kitagawa21,684
23.24 Apr.,
Tokyo Dome		1:5FightersKevin26,031
24.25 Apr.,
Fullcast stadium		7:1Golden EaglesParraGotoh9,747
25.26 Apr.,
Yamagata		6:5Golden EaglesKatoh D.Tani, Kitagawa6,053
26.27 Apr.,
Yamagata		8:4Golden EaglesTakagiBrumbaugh, Kitagawa6,362
27.29 Apr.,
Sapporo Dome		6:2FightersJP19,573
28.30 Apr.,
Sapporo Dome		1:11FightersMitsuhara18,873
29.1 May.,
Sapporo Dome		1:5FightersKevin22,353
30.3 May.,
Osaka Dome		3:8HawksKawagoeBrumbaugh33,887
31.4 May.,
Osaka Dome		3:4HawksYoshikawaKitagawa27,141
32.5 May.,
Osaka Dome		0:6HawksJP27,060
I-1.6 May.,
Skymark stadium		6:0DragonsParraKitagawa13,225
I-2.7 May.,
Skymark stadium		6:3DragonsKevinTani30,218
I-3.8 May.,
Skymark stadium		6:8DragonsYoshikawaTani24,263
I-.9 May.,
Skymark stadium		-Dragons
I-4.10 May.,
Tokyo Dome		1:2GiantsKatoh D.Brumbaugh36,045
I-5.11 May.,
Tokyo Dome		4:4GiantsJPJP37,041
I-6.12 May.,
Tokyo Dome		3:6GiantsParraKitagawa, Ohnishi36,069
I-7.13 May.,
Skymark stadium		3:2CarpOhkuboBrumbaugh, Gotoh29,009
I-8.14 May.,
Skymark stadium		5:4CarpKatsukiBrumbaugh24,423
I-9.15 May.,
Skymark stadium		14:16CarpTakagiBrumbaugh24,554
I-.16 May.,
Skymark stadium		-Carp
I-10.17 May.,
Osaka Dome		1:4Bay StarsKawagoe11,404
I-11.18 May.,
Osaka Dome		4:3Bay StarsJPGotoh11,943
I-12.19 May.,
Osaka Dome		6:1Bay StarsParraBrumbaugh11,422
I-13.20 May.,
Jingu stadium		1:3SwallowsKevin11,447
I-14.21 May.,
Jingu stadium		9:5SwallowsHagiwaraBrumbaugh 2, Hayakawa16,064
I-15.22 May.,
Jingu stadium		5:3SwallowsYoshii10,986
I-.23 May.,
Jingu stadium		-Swallows
I-16.24 May.,
Kurashiki		4:2TigersJPKitagawa17,853
I-17.25 May.,
Koshien stadium		6:6TigersKawagoeBrumbaugh37,451
I-18.26 May.,
Koshien stadium		0:10TigersKevin36,252
I-19.27 May.,
Osaka Dome		8:6GiantsMitsuhara23,821
I-20.28 May.,
Skymark stadium		5:0GiantsYoshii31,681
I-21.29 May.,
Skymark stadium		3:3GiantsJP24,921
I-.30 May.,
Skymark stadium		-Giants
I-22.31 May.,
Osaka Dome		2:3SwallowsKevin15,540
I-23.1 Jun.,
Osaka Dome		1:9SwallowsKawagoeShimoyama12,252
I-24.2 Jun.,
Osaka Dome		1:4SwallowsMitsuhara11,424
I-25.3 Jun.,
Onomichi		4:3CarpKatoh D.6,258
I-26.4 Jun.,
Hiroshima stadium		3:1CarpJP12,658
I-27.5 Jun.,
Hiroshima stadium		7:4CarpKatsukiShimoyama11,067
I-.6 Jun.,
Hiroshima stadium		-Carp
I-28.7 Jun.,
Skymark stadium		2:4TigersYoshikawa30,387
I-29.8 Jun.,
Osaka Dome		4:8TigersKatoh D.24,294
I-30.9 Jun.,
Osaka Dome		0:4TigersJP27,512
I-31.10 Jun.,
Yokohama stadium		5:1Bay StarsYoshii2,260
I-32.11 Jun.,
Yokohama stadium		10:7Bay StarsKikuchiharaTani, Kitagawa10,629
I-33.12 Jun.,
Yokohama stadium		7:8Bay StarsKevinGotoh, Hirano14,503
I-.13 Jun.,
Yokohama stadium		-Bay Stars
I-34.14 Jun.,
Nagoya Dome		4:1DragonsMitsuharaGarcia30,200
I-35.15 Jun.,
Nagoya Dome		0:2DragonsJP24,700
I-36.16 Jun.,
Nagoya Dome		2:4DragonsKatoh D.???
33.21 Jun.,
Invoice S. Dome		5:10LionsJPHirano8,315
34.22 Jun.,
Invoice S. Dome		6:9LionsMitsuhara8,319
35.23 Jun.,
Invoice S. Dome		6:5LionsKikuchihara8,279
36.25 Jun.,
Skymark stadium		9:2MarinesYoshiiKitagawa 2, Garcia22,411
37.26 Jun.,
Skymark stadium		0:5MarinesJP20,807
38.27 Jun.,
Osaka Dome		4:0Golden EaglesKevinHirano20,864
39.28 Jun.,
Osaka Dome		3:2Golden EaglesMitsuhara12,522
40.29 Jun.,
Osaka Dome		5:6Golden EaglesKawagoe13,271
41.2 Jul.,
Yahoo! Dome		1:3HawksJP30,995
42.3 Jul.,
Yahoo! Dome		3:6HawksKatoh T.Garcia31,568
43.4 Jul.,
Osaka Dome		7:10LionsMitsuharaGarcia16,840
44.5 Jul.,
Osaka Dome		5:4LionsKatoh D.Kitagawa, Garcia20,185
45.6 Jul.,
Osaka Dome		5:4LionsKawagoeGotoh11,834
46.8 Jul.,
Skymark stadium		7:10FightersJPGarcia14,080
.9 Jul., rained out
Skymark stadium		-FightersKevinrained out
.10 Jul., no game by rain
Skymark stadium		1:xFightersYoshiino game
.11 Jul.,
Fullcast stadium		-Golden Eagles
47.12 Jul.,
Morioka		3:5Golden EaglesKevinGarcia7,794
48.13 Jul.,
Fullcast stadium		6:0Golden EaglesMitsuharaGarcia11,924
49.15 Jul.,
Marine stadium		1:0MarinesJP9,376
50.16 Jul.,
Marine stadium		2:1MarinesKatoh D.Garcia25,184
51.17 Jul.,
Marine stadium		3:1MarinesKevin21,114
52.18 Jul.,
Invoice S. Dome		0:7LionsStewart13,483
53.19 Jul.,
Invoice S. Dome		3:0LionsKikuchiharaKitagawa, Brumbaugh9,046
54.20 Jul.,
Invoice S. Dome		3:0LionsJP10,885
.25 Jul.,
Skymark stadium		-Hawks
55.26 Jul.,
Osaka Dome		3:5HawksStewartMakita, Ohnishi21,710
56.27 Jul.,
Osaka Dome		2:0HawksJP26,978
.28 Jul.,
Skymark stadium		-Hawks
57.30 Jul.,
Kushiro		3:1FightersYoshii18,312
58.31 Jul.,
Obihiro		8:7FightersKatsukiTani, Garcia21,963
59.2 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		2:1LionsJP14,571
60.3 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		4:6LionsKawagoeGotoh, Brumbaugh25,900
.4 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		-Lions
61.5 Aug.,
Marine stadium		2:3MarinesKevin17,016
62.6 Aug.,
Marine stadium		4:0MarinesYoshiiBrumbaugh, Gotoh21,097
63.7 Aug.,
Marine stadium		5:1MarinesKatoh D.Hidaka21,176
64.9 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		7:3Golden EaglesJPShiozaki12,503
65.10 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		10:2Golden EaglesKevinGarcia 320,001
66.11 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		13:0Golden EaglesKawagoeBrumbaugh, Garcia 3, Kitagawa, Ohnishi12,448
67.12 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		3:11MarinesStewart15,055
68.13 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		8:13MarinesYoshiiGarcia 2, Ohnishi, Gotoh26,099
69.14 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		4:5MarinesOhkuboTani20,936
70.16 Aug.,
Yahoo! Dome		2:7HawksJP34,232
71.17 Aug.,
Yahoo! Dome		3:3HawksStewart33,314
72.18 Aug.,
Yahoo! Dome		8:1HawksKawagoe32,042
73.19 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		3:5FightersYoshii25,292
74.20 Aug.,
Osaka Dome		2:1FightersHagiwara30,411
75.21 Aug.,
Osaka Dome		3:10FightersKevinGarcia28,718
76.23 Aug.,
Fullcast stadium		6:5Golden EaglesJPAbe M., Garcia13,115
77.24 Aug.,
Fullcast stadium		1:4Golden EaglesKawagoe14,235
.25 Aug., rained out
Fullcast stadium		-Golden EaglesMotoyanagirained out
78.26 Aug.,
Marine stadium		0:4MarinesYoshii13,892
79.27 Aug.,
Marine stadium		2:6MarinesKevin26,913
80.28 Aug.,
Marine stadium		0:4MarinesMotoyanagi28,918
.30 Aug., rained out
Skymark stadium		-LionsJPrained out
81.31 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		1:8LionsKawagoe17,439
82.1 Sep.,
Skymark stadium		2:1LionsJPMizuguchi, Brumbaugh9,635
83.2 Sep.,
Fullcast stadium		3:18Golden EaglesYoshiiOhnishi, Shiozaki14,246
84.3 Sep.,
Fullcast stadium		2:9Golden EaglesTakagi12,925
85.4 Sep.,
Fullcast stadium		2:1Golden EaglesMotoyanagiBrumbaugh10,470
86.6 Sep.,
Osaka Dome		2:1HawksHagiwara16,046
87.7 Sep.,
Osaka Dome		13:6HawksJPMizuguchi19,144
.8 Sep.,
Skymark stadium		-Hawks
.9 Sep.,
Sapporo Dome		-Fighters
88.10 Sep.,
Sapporo Dome		1:2FightersTakagi18,231
89.11 Sep.,
Sapporo Dome		5:2FightersYamamoto S.Brumbaugh23,881
90.13 Sep.,
Skymark stadium		2:3MarinesOhkubo17,303
91.14 Sep.,
Skymark stadium		4:6MarinesYukiShimoyama17,314
.15 Sep.,
Skymark stadium		-Marines
.16 Sep.,
Yahoo! Dome		-Hawks
92.17 Sep.,
Yahoo! Dome		4:3HawksOhkubo34,758
93.18 Sep.,
Yahoo! Dome		0:1HawksKevin35,081
94.19 Sep.,
Skymark stadium		5:4Golden EaglesKatoh T.28,935
.20 Sep.,
Skymark stadium		-Golden Eagles
.21 Sep.,
Skymark stadium		-Golden Eagles
95.22 Sep.,
Skymark stadium		0:1FightersJP11,795
96.23 Sep.,
Skymark stadium		1:5FightersYoshii28,885
97.24 Sep.,
Osaka Dome		1:3FightersKevin20,218
98.25 Sep.,
Osaka Dome		2:6FightersStewartBrumbaugh21,632
.26 Sep.,
Skymark stadium		-Fighters
99.27 Sep.,
Invoice S. Dome		5:2LionsKawagoe11,416
100.28 Sep.,
Invoice S. Dome		0:7LionsJP22,248

Home Stadiums

Fighters
Sapporo Dome at Sapporo City
Golden Eagles
Fullcast Stadium Miyagi (changed the name from Miyagi Stadium) at Sendai City
Lions
Invoice Seibu Dome (changed the name from Seibu Dome) at Tokorozawa City (in Saitama)
Marines
Chiba Marine Stadium at Chiba City
Giants
Tokyo Dome at Tokyo
Swallows
Jingu Stadium at Tokyo
Bay Stars
Yokohama Stadium at Yokohama City
Dragons
Nagoya Dome at Nagoya City
Buffaloes
Osaka Dome at Osaka City, Skymark Stadium (changed the name from Yahoo!BB Stadium, Green Stadium KOBE) at Kobe City
Tigers
Koshien Stadium at Nishinomiya City (in Hyogo)
Carp
Hiroshima Stadium at Hiroshima City
Hawks
Fukuoka Yahoo!JAPAN Dome (changed the name from Fukuoka Dome) at Fukuoka City

MEMBERS

tabel_2.Members of Buffaloes 2005
No.PositionsNamesCareersNotes
-The OwnerMIYAUCHI YoshihikoThe president of ORIX
70.Playing ManagerOHGI Akira-1996 Nippon Champion
Pacific League Championship 3 times (1989, 95 and 96)
0.InfielderFUKUTOME HirokiBlueWave
00.InfielderGOSHIMA YujiBlueWave
1.InfielderGOTOH MitsutakaBlueWave
2.CatcherMATOYAMA TetsuyaBuffaloes
3.OutfielderMURAMATSU ArihitoBlueWave
4.InfielderABE MasahiroBuffaloes
6.InfielderSHIOTANI KazuhikoBlueWave
7.InfielderMIZUGUCHI EijiBuffaloes
8.InfielderRandall Carlito SIMONTijuanaJuly.2005
9.InfielderHIRANO KeiichiBlueWave
10.OutfielderTANI YoshitomoBlueWave
11.PitcherKAWAGOE HidetakaBlueWave
12.PitcherKATOH TatsuoBlueWave
13.PitcherSHIBATA MasayaBlueWave
14.PitcherJoshua Craig STEWARTChicago White SoxJuly.2005
15.PitcherKATOH DaisukeBlueWave
17.PitcherKATSUKI RyotaBuffaloes
18.PitcherYAMAGUCHI KazuoBlueWave
19.PitcherKANEKO ChihiroToyota Motor
20.PitcherYAMAMOTO ShogoBuffaloes
21.PitcherKEVIN BeirneBuffaloes
22.PitcherOKAMOTO AkiraBuffaloes
23.InfielderKITAGAWA HirotoshiBuffaloes
24.OutfielderClifford Michael BRUMBAUGHHyundai Unicons
25.PitcherJP: Jeremy PowellBuffaloes
26.PitcherIWASHITA ShuichiBlueWave
27.CatcherHIDAKA TakeshiBlueWave
28.OutfielderKarim Gustavo GARCIABaltimore Orioles
29.PitcherMAC SUZUKI: Suzuki MakotoBlueWave
30.OutfielderAIKAWA RyotaBlueWave
31.InfielderSHIOZAKI MakotoBlueWave
32.CatcherYOSHIHARA KosukeBlueWave
33.PitcherTAKAGI YasunariBuffaloes
34.PitcherMOTOYANAGI KazuyaBlueWave
35.PitcherOHKUBO MasanobuBlueWave
36.OutfielderSHIMOYAMA ShinjiBuffaloes
37.OutfielderHAYAKAWA DaisukeBlueWave
38.PitcherAIKI TakashiBlueWave
39.PitcherNOMURA HiroyukiBlueWave
40.CatcherMAEDA DaisukeBlueWave
41.PitcherMATSUMURA ToyojiBlueWave
42.PitcherHAGIWARA JunBlueWave
43.PitcherKIKUCHIHARA TsuyoshiCarp
44.CatcherSUZUKI FumihiroBuffaloes
45.PitcherMITSUHARA AtsuhiroJR Tokai
46.OutfielderMUKAE YuichiroBlueWave
47.PitcherMIYAMOTO DaisukeBuffaloes
48.PitcherABE KentaBuffaloes
49.PitcherJose Miguel PARRANew York Mets
50.OutfielderOHNISHI HiroakiBuffaloes
52.OutfielderSAKAGUCHI TomotakaBuffaloes
54.InfielderSHIMAMURA IkkiBlueWave
55.PitcherYUKI: Tanaka YukiBlueWave
56.PitcherYAMAMOTO TakujiBlueWave
57.InfielderKAKEI YujiroBuffaloes
58.InfielderMIKI MasashiBuffaloes
59.InfielderNAKAMOTO KazukiBuffaloes
60.InfielderMAKITA ShogoBlueWave
61.PitcherMACHI KatsumasaJR Kyushu
62.InfielderTAMAKI TomotakaBlueWave
63.OutfielderKIRA ToshinoriBuffaloes
64.InfielderTANAKA AkiraHosei University
65.PitcherKONDOH KazukiBuffaloes
66.OutfielderYOSHIDA ShintaroBlueWave
67.CatcherYOKOYAMA TetsuyaBuffaloes
68.PitcherOGAWA YusukeBlueWave
77.PitcherYOSHII MasatoBlue Wave
90.PitcherUTO ItaruBuffaloes
91.PitcherTANIGUCHI EtsujiBuffaloes
93.InfielderKIKUCHI ToshioBlueWave
94.OutfielderHIDA TakashiBlueWave
95.PitcherSHIOYA DaisukeBlueWave
96.OutfielderIDO NobutoshiBuffaloes
97.CatcherNAGATA MasaruBlueWave
98.PitcherKURITA YusukeBuffaloes
99.PitcherYOSHIKAWA KatsunariBuffaloes
69.Chief and Batting coachARAI Hiromasa-
16.Batting coachRalph BRYANT-
71.Battery coachNAKAZAWA ShinjiBlueWave
74.Defense &
Base-running coach		MATSUYAMA Hideaki-
80.Conditionind coachAKAGAWA Takahiro-
82.Battery coachMIWA TakashiBlueWave
83.Pitching coachKANBE Toshio-
87.Pitching coachAKAHORI MotoyukiBuffaloes
88.Training coachYASUDA MasaharuBlueWave
89.Defense &
Base-running coach		MAKISHI Yasunaga-
85.ManagerKATOH HidejiBlueWaveSurpass KOBE
81.Chief coachOHISHI Daijiro-Surpass KOBE
72.Batting coachFUJII YasuoBlueWaveSurpass KOBE
73.coachSUGIMOTO NaofumiBlueWaveSurpass KOBE
75.Outfielders &
Batting assistant coach		SASAKI MakotoBlueWaveSurpass KOBE
78.Training coachYONEMURA OsamuBlueWaveSurpass KOBE
84.Conditionind coachMOTOYASHIKI ShunsukeBlueWaveSurpass KOBE
86.Pitching coachTANIMURA TomohiroBlueWaveSurpass KOBE
111.MascotNeppieHe is the Little Neptune.
222.MascotRipseaShe is a Neppie's Girl Friend?

Leagues and Teams

The Nippon professional baseball has 2 Leagues, 6 teams each.

tabel_3.Leagues and Teams
PACIFIC LeagueCENTRAL League
Seibu Lions / Tokorozawa, SAITAMA;
INVOICE (Lions Jr. team)		Chunichi Dragons / NAGOYA
Fukuoka Soft Bank Hawks / FUKUOKAYakult Swallows / TOKYO
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters / SAPPOROYomiuri Giants / TOKYO
Chiba Lotte Marines / CHIBAHanshin Tigers / Nishinomiya, HYOGO
ORIX Buffaloes / OSAKA & KOBE;
Surpass Kobe/KOBE		Hiroshima Toyo Carp / HIROSHIMA
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles / SENDAIYokohama Bay Stars / YOKOHAMA;
Shonan Searex/YOKOSUKA

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