ORIX Buffaloes 2006

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tabel.Stats of Buffaloes 2006
CompetitionsGamesPctWin/Loss/TieAveERAGBPlace
Regular-season136/1360.39152/81/30.2533.8428.55th/6
Inter League36/360.33312/24/011.012th/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 2006.

SCHEDULE

tabel_1.Schedule of Buffaloes 2006
No.Date/venuesScoresTeamsPitchersHome-runsSpectators
1.25 Mar.,
Invoice S. Dome		5:2LionsKawagoe30,028
2.26 Mar.,
Invoice S. Dome		2:8LionsSerafini17,541
3.28 Mar., called game by a rain
Fullcast stadium		4:2Golden EaglesDavey18,690
4.29 Mar.,
Fullcast stadium		6:3Golden EaglesYoshiiGarcia12,035
5.30 Mar.,
Fullcast stadium		5:0Golden EaglesHirano Y.11,032
6.31 Mar.,
Skymark stadium		0:1FightersMaekawa17,624
7.1 Apr.,
Skymark stadium		6:7FightersOhkubo20,335
8.2 Apr.,
Osaka Dome		6:13FightersSerafiniMuramatsu25,070
9.4 Apr.,
Osaka Dome		1:0MarinesDavey18,302
10.5 Apr.,
Osaka Dome		5:7MarinesHagiwaraKitagawa, Abe M.18,217
11.6 Apr.,
Osaka Dome		8:0MarinesHirano Y.Garcia16,060
12.7 Apr.,
Yahoo! Dome		2:0HawksMaekawa28,945
13.8 Apr.,
Yahoo! Dome		6:2HawksKawagoe29,081
14.9 Apr.,
Yahoo! Dome		2:2HawksSerafini28,104
.11 Apr., rained out
Skymark stadium		-LionsDaveyrained out
15.12 Apr.,
Skymark stadium		6:5LionsKikuchiharaTani, Nakamura13,756
16.13 Apr.,
Skymark stadium		6:7LionsOhkuboMizuguchi11,960
17.14 Apr.,
Skymark stadium		10:2Golden EaglesYoshiiKitagawa, Kiyohara8,942
.15 Apr., rained out
Skymark stadium		-Golden EaglesHirano Y.rained out
18.16 Apr.,
Skymark stadium		6:7Golden EaglesHagiwaraAbe M., Ohnishi, Nakamura16,767
19.18 Apr.,
Tokyo Dome		4:10FightersSerafiniHirano K., Kiyohara12,560
20.19 Apr.,
Tokyo Dome		3:6FightersDaveyOhnishi, Shiozaki15,892
21.20 Apr.,
Tokyo Dome		6:5FightersHagiwaraNakamura, Hirano K.16,004
22.21 Apr.,
Skymark stadium		4:3HawksMatsumura11,789
23.22 Apr.,
Osaka Dome		2:13HawksHirano Y.27,050
24.23 Apr.,
Osaka Dome		4:6HawksKawagoeMukae, Nakamura, Garcia29,560
25.25 Apr.,
Marine stadium		0:1MarinesDavey13,674
26.26 Apr.,
Marine stadium		0:5MarinesMaekawa22,918
27.28 Apr.,
Skymark stadium		6:8LionsKatoh D.Nakamura18,039
28.29 Apr.,
Skymark stadium		7:0LionsHirano Y.Tani, Hidaka20,743
29.30 Apr.,
Skymark stadium		3:2LionsKawagoeGarcia23,265
30.2 May.,
Osaka Dome		1:0Golden EaglesDavey16,856
31.3 May.,
Osaka Dome		1:3Golden EaglesMaekawa27,056
32.4 May.,
Osaka Dome		4:5Golden EaglesYoshii28,803
33.5 May.,
Marine stadium		10:1MarinesHirano Y.Brumbaugh, Garcia, Ohnishi29,072
34.6 May.,
Marine stadium		11:4MarinesKawagoe27,519
35.7 May.,
Marine stadium		4:0MarinesHagiwara18,263
I-1.9 May.,
Skymark stadium		4:8GiantsDaveyTani20,318
.10 May., rained out
Skymark stadium		-Giantsrained out
I-2.11 May.,
Osaka Dome		0:2GiantsHirano Y.34,468
I-3.12 May.,
Osaka Dome		6:3SwallowsYoshiiNakamura14,152
I-4.13 May.,
Osaka Dome		2:3SwallowsKawagoe23,627
I-5.14 May.,
Skymark stadium		4:9SwallowsObermueller21,864
I-.15 May.,
Skymark stadium		-Swallows
I-6.16 May.,
Nagoya Dome		0:2DragonsDavey27,643
I-7.17 May.,
Nagoya Dome		0:7DragonsObermueller28,303
I-8.18 May.,
Nagoya Dome		0:1DragonsYoshii25,416
.19 May., rained out
Koshien stadium		-Tigersrained out
I-9.20 May.,
Koshien stadium		2:5TigersHagiwaraNakamura48,507
I-10.21 May.,
Koshien stadium		3:5TigersHirano Y.Shiozaki48,501
I-11.22 May.,
Koshien stadium		2:8TigersMaekawa33,002
I-12.23 May.,
Hiroshima stadium		4:12CarpDavey9,788
I-13.24 May.,
Hiroshima stadium		7:2CarpObermuellerMuramatsu13,530
I-14.25 May.,
Hiroshima stadium		3:1CarpYoshii11,699
I-15.26 May.,
Osaka Dome		2:0Bay StarsKawagoeKiyohara14,576
I-16.27 May.,
Skymark stadium		7:6Bay StarsHirano Y.Gotoh, Kiyohara23,549
I-17.28 May.,
Skymark stadium		4:7Bay StarsMaekawaKitagawa, Shiozaki25,446
I-.29 May.,
Skymark stadium		-Bay Stars
I-18.30 May.,
Skymark stadium		1:3DragonsObermueller15,672
I-19.31 May.,
Osaka Dome		4:2DragonsDavey16,837
I-20.1 Jun.,
Osaka Dome		1:5DragonsYoshii14,738
I-21.2 Jun.,
Jingu stadium		7:10SwallowsKatsukiMizuguchi, Aikawa13,217
I-22.3 Jun.,
Jingu stadium		4:0SwallowsHirano Y.16,029
I-23.4 Jun.,
Jingu stadium		5:12SwallowsKatoh D.Aikawa17,023
I-.5 Jun.,
Jingu stadium		-Swallows
I-24.6 Jun.,
Osaka Dome		2:4CarpDavey16,490
I-25.7 Jun.,
Skymark stadium		3:0CarpYoshiiKiyohara17,568
I-26.8 Jun.,
Skymark stadium		0:1CarpKawagoe11,209
I-27.9 Jun.,
Yokohama stadium		5:7Bay StarsHirano Y.Kitagawa, Shiozaki7,770
I-28.10 Jun.,
Yokohama stadium		4:7Bay StarsObermuellerMizuguchi, Aikawa15,483
.11 Jun., rained out
Yokohama stadium		-Bay Starsrained out
I-29.12 Jun.,
Yokohama stadium		1:3Bay StarsMotoyanagi4,967
I-30.13 Jun.,
Fukushima		5:1GiantsDaveyShiozaki19,442
I-31.14 Jun.,
Tokyo Dome		4:2GiantsYoshiiKitagawa, Grabowski40,281
I-32.15 Jun.,
Tokyo Dome		1:8GiantsKawagoeNakamura42,563
I-33.16 Jun.,
Skymark stadium		3:6TigersHirano Y.33,585
I-34.17 Jun.,
Osaka Dome		1:5TigersObermueller34,932
I-35.18 Jun.,
Osaka Dome		5:1TigersMotoyanagi35,904
I-36.19 Jun.,
Skymark stadium		4:2GiantsDaveyGrabowski, Muramatsu
I-.20 Jun.,
venue		:team
I-.21 Jun.,
venue		:team
I-.22 Jun.,
Tokyo Dome		:Giants
.23 Jun.,
Skymark stadium		:Fighters
36.24 Jun.,
Skymark stadium		3:4FightersKawagoeAikawa28,815
.25 Jun., rained out
Skymark stadium		-FightersHirano Y.rained out
37.27 Jun.,
Yahoo! Dome		2:3HawksYoshiiBrumbaugh, Shiozaki30,387
38.28 Jun.,
Kita-kyushu		6:7HawksKatoh D.Brumbaugh18,362
39.30 Jun.,
Maebashi		7:1LionsDavey13,464
40.1 Jul.,
Invoice S. Dome		3:8LionsKanekoBrumbaugh, Grabowski14,591
41.2 Jul.,
Invoice S. Dome		3:11LionsKatoh D.17,455
42.4 Jul.,
Sapporo Dome		3:7FightersYoshiiGrabowski, Brumbaugh13,223
43.5 Jul.,
Sapporo Dome		0:4FightersHirano Y.16,602
44.6 Jul.,
Sapporo Dome		1:8FightersMaekawa16,481
45.8 Jul.,
Skymark stadium		2:1MarinesDaveyKitagawa22,794
46.9 Jul.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		4:1MarinesMotoyanagi20,879
47.11 Jul.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		0:6HawksYoshii14,133
48.12 Jul.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		1:4HawksHirano Y.Nakamura15,580
49.13 Jul.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		5:2HawksYukiMatoyama, Aikawa17,709
50.14 Jul.,
Fullcast stadium		10:4Golden EaglesKawagoeKitagawa, Nakamura 2, Shimoyama10,482
51.15 Jul.,
Fullcast stadium		3:7Golden EaglesDaveyGotoh, Sakaguchi17,192
52.16 Jul.,
Fullcast stadium		5:3Golden EaglesYuki16,592
53.17 Jul.,
Sapporo Dome		5:1FightersYukiAikawa25,914
54.18 Jul.,
Sapporo Dome		4:5FightersKikuchiharaGotoh, Nakamura13,268
.19 Jul.,
Sapporo Dome		:Fighters
55.25 Jul.,
Invoice S. Dome		13:6LionsMotoyanagiAikawa 212,479
56.26 Jul.,
Invoice S. Dome		1:4LionsKawagoe15,358
.27 Jul.,
Invoice S. Dome		:Lions
57.28 Jul.,
Skymark stadium		3:4MarinesOhkubo24,323
58.29 Jul.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		3:5MarinesYoshii23,866
59.30 Jul.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		2:1MarinesYukiShimoyama20,016
60.1 Aug.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		1:2FightersYuki20,295
61.2 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		4:6FightersKikuchihara24,472
62.3 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		3:0FightersHirano Y.Kiyohara20,948
.4 Aug.,
Fullcast stadium		:Golden Eagles
63.5 Aug.,
Fullcast stadium		12:4Golden EaglesYoshiiKiyohara16,855
64.6 Aug.,
Fullcast stadium		6:2Golden EaglesKawagoeKitagawa14,445
65.8 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		3:4LionsKatoh D.Kiyohara19,331
66.9 Aug.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		6:5LionsKanekoShimoyama18,826
67.10 Aug.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		1:11LionsHirano Y.18,246
68.11 Aug.,
Yahoo! Dome		0:2HawksMaekawa33,247
69.12 Aug.,
Yahoo! Dome		2:5HawksKatoh D.33,142
70.13 Aug.,
Yahoo! Dome		3:3HawksKawagoe33,925
71.15 Aug.,
Marine stadium		3:1MarinesDaveyTani24,743
72.16 Aug.,
Marine stadium		1:2MarinesObermueller18,710
73.17 Aug.,
Marine stadium		1:3MarinesHirano Y.16,832
74.18 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		2:4Golden EaglesNakayamaKiyohara14,423
75.19 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		3:5Golden EaglesYoshiiGarcia25,225
76.20 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		3:4Golden EaglesYukiGarcia, Aikawa17,138
77.22 Aug.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		0:1HawksDavey19,035
78.23 Aug.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		2:6HawksSerafini20,537
79.24 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		3:2HawksYuki17,171
.25 Aug.,
Sapporo Dome		:Fighters
80.26 Aug.,
Sapporo Dome		0:1FightersNakayama32,595
81.27 Aug.,
Sapporo Dome		1:3FightersKawagoe35,394
82.29 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		8:6LionsKatoh D.Garcia, Kiyohara11,943
83.30 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		3:5LionsHirano Y.21,171
.31 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		:Lions
.1 Sep.,
Skymark stadium		:Marines
84.2 Sep.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		6:11MarinesMotoyanagiKiyohara, Aikawa22,584
85.3 Sep.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		7:3MarinesKawagoeHayakawa22,402
86.5 Sep.,
Fullcast stadium		:Golden EaglesDaveyAikawa14,956
87.6 Sep., called game by a rain
Fullcast stadium		1:5Golden EaglesHirano Y.Abe M.8,909
.7 Sep.,
Fullcast stadium		:Golden Eagles
88.8 Sep.,
Skymark stadium		2:5FightersTakagiGarcia15,965
89.9 Sep.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		2:10FightersNakayama28,027
90.10 Sep.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		2:4FightersKawagoe30,957
91.12 Sep.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		3:5HawksDavey21,840
.13 Sep.,
Skymark stadium		:Hawks
.14 Sep.,
Skymark stadium		:Hawks
92.15 Sep.,
Invoice S. Dome		3:5LionsHirano Y.Matoyama, Shiozaki, Garcia10,131
93.16 Sep.,
Invoice S. Dome		3:2LionsNakayamaShiozaki13,437
94.17 Sep.,
Invoice S. Dome		4:7LionsKawagoeTani17,376
95.18 Sep.,
Marine stadium		0:4MarinesYoshii19,128
96.19 Sep.,
Marine stadium		1:0MarinesDavey17,507
.20 Sep.,
Marine stadium		:Marines
.22 Sep.,
Yahoo! Dome		:Hawks
97.23 Sep.,
Yahoo! Dome		5:4HawksHagiwaraGarcia, Shimoyama33,912
98.24 Sep.,
Yahoo! Dome		5:2HawksNakayamaShiozaki34,414
99.26 Sep.,
Skymark stadium		4:1Golden EaglesKawagoeTani17,379
100.27 Sep.,
Skymark stadium		0:1Golden EaglesKishida14,408
.28 Sep.,
Skymark stadium		:Golden Eagles

Home Stadiums

Fighters
Sapporo Dome at Sapporo City
Golden Eagles
Fullcast Stadium Miyagi at Sendai City
Lions
Invoice 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
Kyocera Dome Osaka (changed the name from Osaka Dome on 1st July) at Osaka City, Skymark Stadium at Kobe City
Tigers
Koshien Stadium at Nishinomiya City (in Hyogo)
Carp
Hiroshima Stadium at Hiroshima City
Hawks
Fukuoka Yahoo!JAPAN Dome at Fukuoka City

MEMBERS

tabel_2.Members of Buffaloes 2006
No.PositionsNamesCareersNotes
-The OwnerMIYAUCHI YoshihikoThe president of ORIX
71.Playing ManagerNAKAMURA Katsuhiro
0.InfielderMORIYAMA MakotoYAMAHA
00.PitcherKENSAKU: Senoo KensakuIkko
1.InfielderGOTOH MitsutakaBlueWave
2.CatcherMATOYAMA TetsuyaBuffaloes
3.OutfielderMURAMATSU ArihitoBlueWave
4.InfielderABE MasahiroBuffaloes
5.InfielderKIYOHARA KazuhiroGiants
6.PitcherThomas Joseph DAVEYCarp
7.InfielderMIZUGUCHI EijiBuffaloes
8.InfielderNAKAMURA NorihiroLA Dodgers
9.InfielderHIRANO KeiichiBlueWave
10.OutfielderTANI YoshitomoBlueWave
11.PitcherKAWAGOE HidetakaBlueWave
12.PitcherKATOH TatsuoBlueWave
13.PitcherSHIBATA MasayaBlueWave
14.PitcherKISHIDA MamoruNTT West
15.PitcherKATOH DaisukeBlueWave
16.PitcherHIRANO YoshihisaKyoto Sangyo University
17.PitcherKATSUKI RyotaBuffaloes
18.PitcherYAMAGUCHI KazuoBlueWave
19.PitcherKANEKO ChihiroToyota Motor
20.PitcherYAMAMOTO ShogoBuffaloes
21.PitcherYOSHII MasatoBlue Wave
22.PitcherYUKI: Tanaka YukiBlueWave
23.InfielderKITAGAWA HirotoshiBuffaloes
24.OutfielderClifford Michael BRUMBAUGHHyundai Unicons
26.InfielderJason William GRABOWSKILA Dodgers
27.CatcherHIDAKA TakeshiBlueWave
28.OutfielderKarim Gustavo GARCIABaltimore OriolesWorld Baseball Classic 2006 member of Mexico
29.PitcherDaniel Joseph SERAFINIMarines
31.InfielderSHIOZAKI MakotoBlueWave
32.CatcherYOSHIHARA KosukeBlueWave
33.PitcherTAKAGI YasunariBuffaloes
34.PitcherMOTOYANAGI KazuyaBlueWave
35.PitcherOHKUBO MasanobuBlueWave
36.OutfielderSHIMOYAMA ShinjiBuffaloes
37.OutfielderHAYAKAWA DaisukeBlueWave
38.PitcherMAEKAWA KatsuhikoTigers
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.PitcherNAKAYAMA ShinyaJR Tokai
50.OutfielderOHNISHI HiroakiBuffaloes
52.OutfielderSAKAGUCHI TomotakaBuffaloes
53.OutfielderAIKAWA RyotaBlueWave
54.InfielderSHIMAMURA IkkiBlueWave
55.OutfielderOKADA TakahiroRiseisha High school
56.InfielderSHIBATA RyosukuAikodai-Meiden High school
57.CatcherKAKEI YujiroBuffaloes
58.InfielderMIKI MasashiBuffaloes
59.InfielderNAKAMOTO KazukiBuffaloes
60.InfielderMAKITA ShogoBlueWave
61.PitcherMACHI KatsumasaJR Kyushu
62.CatcherNAGATA MasaruBlueWave
63.OutfielderKIRA ToshinoriBuffaloes
64.InfielderTANAKA AkiraHosei University
65.PitcherKONDOH KazukiBuffaloes
66.OutfielderYOSHIDA ShintaroBlueWave
67.CatcherYOKOYAMA TetsuyaBuffaloes
68.PitcherOGAWA YusukeBlueWave
90.OutfielderKOJIMA MasayaGolden Eagles
99.PitcherYOSHIKAWA KatsunariBuffaloes
30.PitcherWes OBERMUELLERMilwaukeeWesley Mitchell OBERMUELLER
Apr.25
69.Chief and Batting coachARAI Hiromasa
83.Pitching coachKANBE Toshio
75.Pitching coachSUMITOMO Kazuya
76.Batting coachOSHIMA Koichi
89.Defense &
Base-running coach		MAKISHI Yasunaga
74.Defense &
Base-running coach		MATSUYAMA Hideaki
82.Battery coachMIWA Takashi
88.Training coachYASUDA Masaharu
80.Conditionind coachAKAGAWA Takahiro
81.ManagerOHISHI Daijiro-SURPASS
91.Chief & Battery coachNAKAZAWA ShinjiSURPASS
86.Pitching coachTANIMURA TomohiroSURPASS
87.Pitching coachAKAHORI Motoyuki
72.Batting coachFUJII YasuoSURPASS
77.Infielders &
Base-running coach		YUMIOKA Keijiro-SURPASS
79.Outfielders &
Base-running coach		TAKUMI Masahiro-SURPASS
73.coachSUGIMOTO NaofumiSURPASS
78.Training coachYONEMURA OsamuSURPASS
84.Conditionind coachMOTOYASHIKI ShunsukeSURPASS
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
Chiba Lotte Marines / CHIBAHanshin Tigers / Nishinomiya, HYOGO
Fukuoka Soft Bank Hawks / FUKUOKAChunichi Dragons / NAGOYA
Seibu Lions / Tokorozawa, SAITAMA;
INVOICE (Lions Jr. team)		Yokohama Bay Stars / YOKOHAMA;
Shonan Searex/YOKOSUKA
ORIX Buffaloes / OSAKA & KOBE;
SURPASS/KOBE		Yomiuri Giants / TOKYO
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters / SAPPOROTokyo Yakult Swallows / TOKYO
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles / SENDAIHiroshima Toyo Carp / HIROSHIMA

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