Kintetsu Buffaloes
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| Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes |
| Pacific League |
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| Tier 2 |
| Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes |
| JAPAN CHAMPIONS (0)* |
| None |
| PL PENNANTS (4)** |
| 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 the Kinki Nippon Railway and later sold to the Orix Group, the owner of the Orix Blue Wave baseball team, in 2004. The new owner then announced that they will merged the two teams into one team called the Orix Buffaloes before the start of the 2004-2005 NPB season.
- Founded: 1950
- Formerly known as: Kintetsu Pearls (1950-1958), Kintetsu Buffalo (1959-1961), Kintetsu Buffaloes (1962-1998), Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (1999-2004), Orix Buffaloes (2005-)
- Home ballpark: Osaka Dome
- Uniform colors: Red, Black and White
- Nickname: Kintetsu (近鉄), Buffaloes (バファローズ), Mougyu (猛牛), Ushi (牛,丑)
- Logo design: A stylized buffalo's head with angry-looking red eyes; 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
- Ralph Bryant
- Phil Clark
- Chuck Essegian
- Norihiro Nakamura
- Hideo Nomo
- Ben Oglivie
- Akinori Otsuka
- Tuffy Rhodes
- Keishi Suzuki
- Jim Traber
Retired numbers
- 1 Keishi Suzuki
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