Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (大阪近鉄バファローズ, Ōsaka Kintetsu Bafarōzu?)
League	Pacific League
Location	Osaka
Ballpark	Kyocera Dome Osaka
Year Founded	1936
League championships	1979, 1980, 1989, 2001
Former name(s)	Kintetsu Pearls (1950-1958), Kintetsu Buffalo (1959-1961), Kintetsu Buffaloes (1962-1998), Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (1999-2004)
Uniforms
Home	Away

The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (大阪近鉄バファローズ, Ōsaka Kintetsu Bafarōzu^?) 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 played in Fujiidera Stadium, and later 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):

Contents 1 Players of note 1.1 Former players 1.1.1 Japanese 1.1.2 Foreign players 1.2 Retired numbers 2 External links

[edit] Players of note

[edit] Former players

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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
• Terry Lee
• 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

[edit] Retired numbers

• 1 Keishi Suzuki (鈴木 啓示)

[edit] External links

• History of the Kintetsu Buffaloes
• The dramatic determination of championship in Pacific League

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Hanshin Tigers	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Tokyo Yakult Swallows	Orix Buffaloes
Yokohama BayStars	Saitama Seibu Lions
Yomiuri Giants	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
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