ORIX Buffaloes 2007

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tabel.Stats of Buffaloes as of 12/08/2007
CompetitionsGamesPctWin/Loss/TieAveERAGBPlace
Regular-season144/1440.44662/77/50.2593.6710.56th/6
Inter League24/240.52212/11/16.06th/12

Regular-season Games includes Inter League Games.
2nd and 3rd place teams in the Regular-season are eligible to play in the Climax Series 1st stage.
1st place team in the Regular-season and the winner of 1st stage are eligible to play in the Climax Series 2nd stage for the Japan Series 2007.

SCHEDULE

tabel_1.Schedule of Buffaloes 2007
No.Date/venuesScoresTeamsPitchersHome-runsSpectators
1.24 Mar.,
Yahoo! Dome		8:5HawksKatoh D.Rhodes35,166
2.25 Mar.,
Yahoo! Dome		0:2HawksYoshii33,531
3.27 Mar.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		5:2FightersDaveyLaRocca12,055
4.28 Mar.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		2:3FightersHirano Y.LaRocca8,245
5.29 Mar.,
Skymark stadium		8:1FightersSerafiniRhodes 2, Shimoyama, LaRocca11,501
6.31 Mar.,
Fullcast stadium		11:3Golden EaglesKawagoeKitagawa, Shimoyama19,570
7.1 Apr.,
Fullcast stadium		1:10Golden EaglesYoshii15,692
8.3 Apr.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		1:3MarinesDavey9,474
9.4 Apr.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		3:4MarinesHirano Y.Rhodes, Kitagawa9,064
10.5 Apr.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		3:2MarinesKishidaLaRocca9,414
11.6 Apr.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		2:5LionsKawagoeLaRocca8,384
12.7 Apr.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		1:4LionsYoshiiRhodes12,441
13.8 Apr.,
Skymark stadium		1:4LionsDavey14,392
14.10 Apr.,
Sapporo Dome		4:2FightersHirano Y.Rhodes 214,684
15.11 Apr.,
Sapporo Dome		2:7FightersSerafini15,455
16.12 Apr.,
Sapporo Dome		9:0FightersKawagoe13,470
17.13 Apr.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		7:4HawksKatoh D.Ohnishi, Shimoyama10,521
18.14 Apr.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		2:4HawksKaneko17,515
19.15 Apr.,
Skymark stadium		4:4HawksHirano Y.Shiozaki15,299
20.17 Apr.,
Marine stadium		4:3MarinesSerafiniRhodes, Gotoh6,881
.18 Apr., rained out
Marine stadium		-MarinesKawagoerained out
21.19 Apr.,
Marine stadium		1:5MarinesKawagoe16,848
22.21 Apr.,
Goodwill Dome		7:1LionsDavey12,875
23.22 Apr.,
Goodwill Dome		4:5LionsCarterLaRocca14,198
24.24 Apr.,
Skymark stadium		5:9Golden EaglesSerafini11,067
25.25 Apr.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		7:3Golden EaglesYoshiiLaRocca10,965
26.26 Apr.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		3:3Golden EaglesKawagoeLaRocca8,853
27.28 Apr.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		1:3HawksKatoh D.17,586
28.29 Apr.,
Skymark stadium		5:6HawksHirano Y.Rhodes22,100
29.30 Apr.,
Skymark stadium		1:3HawksSerafiniOhnishi24,410
30.1 May.,
Goodwill Dome		2:4LionsKatoh D.LaRocca7,860
31.2 May.,
Goodwill Dome		8:11LionsKawagoeRhodes, LaRocca12,508
32.3 May.,
Goodwill Dome		6:15LionsMitsuharaLaRocca25,493
33.4 May.,
Sapporo Dome		1:3FightersDaveyLaRocca38,371
34.5 May.,
Sapporo Dome		3:7FightersHirano Y.33,193
35.6 May.,
Sapporo Dome		0:1FightersSerafini23,598
36.8 May.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		0:13MarinesYoshii9,812
37.9 May.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		4:3MarinesKawagoeRhodes11,216
38.10 May.,
Skymark stadium		2:6MarinesMitsuhara10,053
39.11 May.,
Skymark stadium		5:7Golden EaglesDaveyOhnishi, Gotoh13,956
40.12 May.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		4:5Golden EaglesCarterLaRocca20,400
41.13 May.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		0:7Golden EaglesSerafini17,791
42.15 May.,
Yahoo! Dome		1:5HawksYoshii27,028
43.16 May.,
Yahoo! Dome		1:8HawksKawagoeLaRocca27,275
44.17 May.,
Yahoo! Dome		9:2HawksYoshida Shu.LaRocca, Yoshida Shi.27,454
45.19 May.,
Tokyo Dome		6:1LionsHirano Y.Kitagawa, Rhodes20,366
46.20 May.,
Tokyo Dome		5:2LionsYukiOhnishi, Kitagawa24,280
I-1.22 May.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		6:0CarpCarterRhodes12,383
I-2.23 May.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		7:7CarpYoshii15,066
I-3.25 May.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		2:1TigersDaveyRhodes28,628
I-4.26 May.,
Skymark stadium		7:0TigersHirano Y.LaRocca33,215
I-5.27 May.,
Tokyo Dome		6:4GiantsTakagiLaRocca, Rhodes40,517
I-6.28 May.,
Tokyo Dome		2:8GiantsCarterHidaka, Rhodes37,392
I-.30 May., rained out
Jingu Stadium		-Swallowsrained out
I-7.31 May., called game by a rain
Jingu Stadium		1:4SwallowsDaveyRhodes9,104
I-8.1 Jun.,
Jingu Stadium		3:5SwallowsYoshiiRhodes, LaRocca10,461
I-9.2 Jun.,
Skymark stadium		3:1Bay StarsHirano Y.22,574
I-10.3 Jun.,
Skymark stadium		6:2Bay StarsYukiKitagawa, Rhodes17,837
I-.4 Jun.,
Skymark stadium		-Bay Stars
I-11.5 Jun.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		4:3DragonsMotoyanagi15,216
I-12.6 Jun.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		3:2DragonsDavey16,587
I-13.8 Jun.,
Koshien Stadium		1:2TigersKatoh D.45,632
I-14.9 Jun.,
Koshien Stadium		4:1TigersYuki48,506
I-15.10 Jun.,
Hiroshima Stadium		2:1CarpYoshida Shu.Kitagawa14,531
I-16.11 Jun.,
Hiroshima Stadium		6:7CarpKishidaGotoh11,482
I-.12 Jun.,
Hiroshima Stadium		-Carp
I-17.13 Jun.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		6:3GiantsDaveyRhodes 227,515
I-18.14 Jun.,
Skymark stadium		4:10GiantsHirano Y.Rhodes15,325
I-.15 Jun.,
Skymark stadium		-Giants
I-19.16 Jun.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		1:7SwallowsYuki20,580
I-20.17 Jun.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		6:5SwallowsKatoh D.Allen19,401
I-21.19 Jun.,
Toyama		0:1DragonsTakagi10,709
I-22.20 Jun.,
Kanazawa		2:5DragonsDavey10,857
I-23.23 Jun.,
Yokohama Stadium		1:5Bay StarsHirano Y.Gotoh15,178
I-24.24 Jun.,
Yokohama Stadium		4:5Bay StarsKawagoeRhodes12,971
47.29 Jun.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		4:1FightersKikuchihara12,658
48.30 Jun.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		3:4FightersKondohAllen16,469
49.1 Jul.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		1:3FightersCarter16,267
50.3 Jul.,
Marine stadium		4:3MarinesKishidaShimoyama, Rhodes19,762
51.4 Jul.,
Marine stadium		4:8MarinesKaneko8,712
52.5 Jul.,
Marine stadium		5:6MarinesOhkubo12,689
53.6 Jul.,
Fullcast stadium		10:5Golden EaglesHirano Y.Ohbiki, Allen11,584
54.7 Jul.,
Fullcast stadium		2:1Golden EaglesCarter15,119
55.8 Jul.,
Fullcast stadium		9:2Golden EaglesOhkuboHidaka15,049
56.10 Jul.,
Sapporo Dome		7:4FightersTakagiMatoyama, LaRocca13,278
57.11 Jul.,
Sapporo Dome		1:3FightersYukiLaRocca17,273
58.12 Jul.,
Sapporo Dome		0:8FightersDavey15,290
59.13 Jul.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		2:5LionsHirano Y.Ohbiki12,389
60.14 Jul.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		6:3LionsKikuchiharaShimoyama 214,502
61.15 Jul.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		6:2LionsTakagiKitagawa, Rhodes18,460
62.16 Jul.,
Marine stadium		1:5MarinesKawagoe28,756
63.17 Jul.,
Marine stadium		3:3MarinesYukiGotoh8,313
64.18 Jul.,
Marine stadium		1:3MarinesDavey16,571
.19 Jul.,
Marine stadium		-Marines
65.24 Jul.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		3:0FightersHirano Y.Hirano K., Rhodes15,845
66.25 Jul.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		2:4FightersDaveyRhodes15,800
67.26 Jul.,
Skymark stadium		4:3FightersKikuchiharaRhodes14,167
68.27 Jul.,
Skymark stadium		7:5Golden EaglesKawagoeRhodes 2, LaRocca18,502
69.28 Jul.,
Skymark stadium		3:4Golden EaglesMotoyanagiKitagawa20,544
70.29 Jul.,
Skymark stadium		4:2Golden EaglesKishidaRhodes18,218
71.31 Jul.,
Yahoo! Dome		3:5HawksHirano Y.LaRocca32,551
72.1 Aug.,
Yahoo! Dome		7:3HawksDaveyRhodes32,599
.2 Aug., no game by typhoon
Yahoo! Dome		-HawksYukirained out
73.3 Aug.,
Goodwill Dome		7:5LionsMotoyanagiRhodes9,258
74.4 Aug.,
Goodwill Dome		6:5LionsMotoyanagiRhodes 214,488
75.5 Aug.,
Goodwill Dome		2:5LionsYukiHidaka, Shimoyama14,204
76.7 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		3:0MarinesHirano Y.Rhodes16,427
77.8 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		3:2MarinesOhkuboGotoh17,436
.9 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		-Marines
78.10 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		7:5HawksYamamotoMaeda, Rhodes12,978
79.11 Aug.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		3:6HawksCarter20,730
80.12 Aug.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		4:1HawksYuki25,139
81.14 Aug.,
Fukushima		2:8Golden EaglesHirano Y.10,308
82.15 Aug.,
Fullcast stadium		4:2Golden EaglesKishida18,286
83.16 Aug.,
Fullcast stadium		0:4Golden EaglesMotoyanagi14,737
84.17 Aug.,
Goodwill Dome		1:2LionsTakagi13,582
85.18 Aug.,
Goodwill Dome		6:4LionsKanekoHidaka17,891
86.19 Aug.,
Goodwill Dome		1:7LionsYuki15,292
87.21 Aug.,
Sapporo Dome		0:1FightersHirano Y.17,763
88.22 Aug.,
Sapporo Dome		0:1FightersKishida23,587
.23 Aug.,
Sapporo Dome		-Fighters
89.24 Aug.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		4:3Golden EaglesOhkuboLaRocca13,386
90.25 Aug.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		3:4Golden EaglesOhkubo17,083
91.26 Aug.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		10:0Golden EaglesKanekoMaeda14,734
92.28 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		8:8HawksYukiLaRocca 215,692
93.29 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		1:5HawksHirano Y.Rhodes12,155
.30 Aug.,
Skymark stadium		-Hawks
94.31 Aug.,
Marine stadium		4:3MarinesOhkuboRhodes23,822
95.1 Sep.,
Marine stadium		4:7MarinesDaveyGotoh29,938
96.2 Sep.,
Marine stadium		5:3MarinesCarterRhodes24,114
97.4 Sep.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		5:3FightersKanekoKitagawa10,423
98.5 Sep.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		0:2FightersHirano Y.10,107
.6 Sep.,
Skymark stadium		-Fighters
99.7 Sep.,
Yahoo! Dome		3:7HawksKikuchihara30,181
100.8 Sep.,
Yahoo! Dome		0:3HawksDavey32,273
101.9 Sep.,
Yahoo! Dome		5:4HawksKomatsu32,022
102.10 Sep.,
Yahoo! Dome		4:1HawksNakayamaGotoh28,475
103.11 Sep.,
Fullcast stadium		4:1Golden EaglesKanekoRhodes, LaRocca10,503
104.12 Sep.,
Fullcast stadium		5:6Golden EaglesOhkubo12,200
105.13 Sep.,
Fullcast stadium		3:4Golden EaglesTakagiAllen16,153
106.15 Sep.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		5:1MarinesDavey18,372
107.16 Sep.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		6:7MarinesKatoh D.19,753
108.17 Sep.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		5:4MarinesTakagi20,015
109.18 Sep.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		5:6LionsOhkuboLaRocca, Rhodes9,500
110.19 Sep.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		3:5LionsHirano Y.9,170
111.21 Sep.,
Sapporo Dome		5:13FightersKikuchihara25,117
112.22 Sep.,
Sapporo Dome		7:2FightersDaveyMakita36,079
113.23 Sep.,
Marine stadium		0:8MarinesKawagoe27,694
114.24 Sep.,
Marine stadium		10:4MarinesKanekoGotoh 225,316
115.26 Sep.,
Yahoo! Dome		1:3HawksKatoh K.28,399
116.27 Sep.,
Skymark stadium		4:7Golden EaglesYamamotoHidaka22,728
.28 Sep.,
Skymark stadium		-Golden Eagles
117.29 Sep.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		1:6LionsKishidaMaeda11,324
118.30 Sep.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		4:1LionsHirano Y.14,175
119.1 Oct.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		4:0LionsKaneko9,833
120.2 Oct.,
Kyocera Dome Osaka		1:2HawksKatoh K.Mukae16,718

Home Stadiums

Fighters
Sapporo Dome at Sapporo City
Golden Eagles
Fullcast Stadium Miyagi at Sendai City
Lions
Goodwill Dome (changed the name from 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 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 2007
No.PositionsNamesCareersNotes
-The OwnerMIYAUCHI YoshihikoThe president of ORIX
1.Playing ManagerTerry Lee COLLINS
0.InfielderMORIYAMA MakotoYAMAHA
00.PitcherKENSAKU: Senoo KensakuIkko
2.CatcherMATOYAMA TetsuyaBuffaloes
3.OutfielderMURAMATSU ArihitoBlueWave
4.InfielderABE MasahiroBuffaloes
5.InfielderKIYOHARA KazuhiroGiants
6.PitcherThomas Joseph DAVEYCarp
7.InfielderMIZUGUCHI EijiBuffaloes
8.OutfielderTuffy RHODESGiants
9.InfielderHIRANO KeiichiBlueWave
10.InfielderOHBIKI KeijiHosei University
11.PitcherKAWAGOE HidetakaBlueWave
12.PitcherKATOH TatsuoBlueWaveleft for Fighters on 26 Jun.
12.InfielderKIMOTO KuniyukiFighterson 26 Jun.
13.PitcherYOSHIDA ShujiHawks
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 Waveleft for Marines on 28 Jun.
22.PitcherYUKI: Tanaka YukiBlueWave
23.InfielderKITAGAWA HirotoshiBuffaloes
24.InfielderGOTOH MitsutakaBlueWave
25.OutfielderJohn CHAD ALLENTexas Rangers
26.PitcherKATOH KousukeMarineson 30 Mar.
27.CatcherHIDAKA TakeshiBlueWave
28.PitcherKOMATSU SatoshiJR Kyushu
29.PitcherDaniel Joseph SERAFINIMarines
30.InfielderGregory Mark LaROCCASwallows
31.InfielderSHIOZAKI MakotoBlueWave
32.PitcherLance David CARTERLA Dodgers
33.PitcherTAKAGI YasunariBuffaloes
34.PitcherMOTOYANAGI KazuyaBlueWave
35.PitcherOHKUBO MasanobuBlueWave
36.OutfielderSHIMOYAMA ShinjiBuffaloes
37.CatcherTSUJI ToshiyaMarines
38.OutfielderHIRASHITA KojiMarineson 28 Jun.
39.PitcherKAMOSHIDA TakashiGiants
40.CatcherMAEDA DaisukeBlueWave
41.PitcherMATSUMURA ToyojiBlueWave
42.PitcherHAGIWARA JunBlueWaveleft for Fighters on 26 Jun.
42.PitcherSHIMIZU AkioFighterson 26 Jun.
43.PitcherKIKUCHIHARA TsuyoshiCarp
44.CatcherSUZUKI FumihiroBuffaloes
45.PitcherMITSUHARA AtsuhiroJR Tokai
46.OutfielderMUKAE YuichiroBlueWave
47.PitcherNOBUE DaisukeSetouchi High School
48.PitcherABE KentaBuffaloes
49.PitcherNAKAYAMA ShinyaJR Tokai
50.OutfielderOHNISHI HiroakiBuffaloes
52.OutfielderSAKAGUCHI TomotakaBuffaloes
53.OutfielderAIKAWA RyotaBlueWave
54.InfielderIKKI: Shimamura IkkiBlueWave
55.OutfielderOKADA TakahiroRiseisha High school
56.InfielderSHIBATA RyosukuAikodai-Meiden High school
57.InfielderKAKEI YujiroBuffaloes
58.InfielderNAGATA MasahiroGiants
59.PitcherUMEMURA ManatoUmemura gakuen Mie Senior High School
60.InfielderMAKITA ShogoBlueWave
61.PitcherMACHI KatsumasaJR Kyushu
62.CatcherMASARU: Nagata MasaruBlueWave
63.OutfielderKIRA ToshinoriBuffaloes
64.InfielderTANAKA AkiraHosei University
65.PitcherKONDOH KazukiBuffaloes
66.OutfielderYOSHIDA ShintaroBlueWave
67.CatcherYOKOYAMA TetsuyaBuffaloes
68.PitcherNITOH TakumaShimada commercial High School
69.CatcherDOI KentaRiseisha High school
99.PitcherYOSHIKAWA KatsunariBuffaloes
113.PitcherSHIBATA MasayaBlueWaveEducate Player
114.PitcherMIYAMOTO DaisukeBuffaloesEducate Player
81.Head coachOHISHI Daijiro
83.Pitching coachKANBE Toshio
75.Batting coachJon DEBUS
89.Defense &
Base-running coach		MAKISHI Yasunaga
74.Defense &
Base-running coach		MATSUYAMA Hideaki
85.Bull pen coachBEPPU Shusaku
78.Training coachYONEMURA Osamu
80.Conditionind coachAKAGAWA Takahiro
96.ManagerSUMITOMO TairaSURPASS
70.Pitching coachKIYOKAWA EijiSURPASS
87.Pitching coachAKAHORI MotoyukiSURPASS
76.Batting coachOSHIMA KouichiSURPASS
82.Battery coachMIWA TakashiSURPASS
77.Infielders &
Base-running coach		YUMIOKA Keijiro-SURPASS
79.Outfielders &
Base-running coach		TAKUMI Masahiro-SURPASS
72.Bull pen &
Developing training coach		YOSHIHARA KousukeSURPASS
88.Training coachYASUDA MasaharuSURPASS
84.Conditionind coachMOTOYASHIKI ShunsukeSURPASS
111.MascotNeppieHe is the Little Neptune.
222.MascotRipseaShe is a Neppie's Girl Friend?
555.Ball MonkeyGofrom Kobe Monkeys

Leagues and Teams

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

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

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